Punch (8.1845)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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"CHILDREN OF THE FOREST."

Axother importation of these unsophisticated creatures—another
batch of O-jib-way Indians—has been brought to London for the
delight and instruction of a most thoughtful people. "We hope that
we are not without due admiration for the Red Man as we hear of
him in the wilderness. His heroism, his activity, his powers of
endurance, are not, we think, lost upon us ; but, we confess it, when
the said Red Man makes a show of himself for shillings—when he
brings to market his war-songs, his war-dances, his war-paint, and all
the mysteries of the medicine-man,—we cannot consider him other-
wise than as a very miserable mountebank, in no way superior to
our Ma)-day sweeps and Jacks-in-the-Green. We think that any-
body who throws away a shilling on these mummers from the wilder-
ness, is shamefully neglectful of native talent, as sometimes exercised
upon stilts in our streets. The humble artist who, for " twopence
more " sends up " the donkey," is a practical teacher, a healthy satirist.
As we see the elevated ass, we may think of the strange manner in
which asses are sometimes sent up in this world. The lesson may
beget in us useful thought—may make us for the nonce wiser and
sadder men : now, the only feelings excited in us by the hooting,
stamping, grinning of Raying Storm or Bird of Tliunder are those of
melancholy and disgust. We have, too, so much of John Bull in
our heart that we would dispense the patronage of our halfpence
upon the English maiden who, in spangled frock and trousers vaults
on a spring-board in the highway, in preference to laying out
shillings upon a greasy, painted, blanketed, Woman-of-the-apper-world.
Sucli a human rarity, however, is now at the Egyptian Hall, (low
the poet Bunn, in his fine admiration of human exotics, could have
let her slip through his fingers, is certainly a reproach to his charac-
LlTTLE B)T 0p SENTIMENT. teristic watchfulness. After the Enchantress, by M. St. Georges, she

would have come in with excellent effect in a ballet written

_______ expressly for her by another illustrious foreigner, A Mighty Bock or

Thuvder Bird. With such foreign attractions, too, the poetBus'.v
might have safely calculated upon royal patronage ; for, of course,
LITTLE STORIES FOR GREAT HUMBUGS. under such circumstances, Her Majesty would have honoured

Drury Lane with a second visit in state. What icas the bard about ?

In Words of One Syllable.

THE GREEDY BOY WHO CRIED FOR THE MOON.

IBunt^s Nautical SSleatJjer &lmanatfe.

There Was a Bio- Bad Boy whose Name was Dan, and he „ t • * r l,. u- ™ »,

" J _ ^HMffKBak h nave some idea of publishing a \\ eather Alma-

used to Cry Out tor all Sorts of Tilings which it was not Right £§§MSfS£^ nack for the benefit and guidance of those unfor-
tunate individuals who are about to undertake a
sea-voyage. The following is a specimen of the
sort of useful information which such an Almanack
would contain : —

If you ask the Captain, previous to going on
board, what sort of a passage you will have, and
he tells you the sea will be as smooth as glass, you
must presume that he means glass bottles, which
resemble, on a small scale, the ups and downs you

for him to Have. One Day he would have This Thing, and the
next Day he would have That, but he would not Keep Still,
■Give Him what you Would. At last he would Cry Out and
Make a Great Noise for the Moon,* which he Said was His,
hut his Nurse Peel said he Should Not Have it, for it Would
<io Him no Good if he Got it. But his Nurse, who Would

have been Glad to Keep Him Still, gave Him a large Slice of ! are likely to meet with on the ?cean-

* . ° ° When you see the tars encasing themselves before leaving the harbour

what was Sweet and Good„ in the Hope that it Would Stop in coalheavers' hats and oilskin over-alls, you may make up your mind
Dan's Mouth. But Dan Would Call Out Still for the Moon • j to a series of involuntary evolutions, such as rolling down the middle of
„ the cabin and up again, changing sides, setting to the lady opposite,

tie would Have lhat, and not One lhmg else would do for advancing and retiring with alarming rapidity, and indulging in a grand
Him. Oh, what a Bad Big Boy was this Dan ! How shall j round alfover the floor of the cabin.

o tj- „ , tt- /~i jo t rm_. i ,T . If the Captain acknowledges that it maybe a little rough, you may

we berve ilim, to Make Him Oood ( 1 Ihink we Must Whip1 prepare for a series of small cataracts down the cabin-stairs, an occa-
Him if he will Go on SO, for we Must not Let Him Make such ! sional standing on your head when you fancied you were lying on your

xt ■ a r\ w r\ e i tit i_- ^ i side, and a variety of other illusions of a similar character,

a JNoise, and Call Out for the Moon, which is quite Out of his When you are told there's no sea to speak of, you may be sure that
Reach. I your utter inability to speak would prevent you from doing so.

* Repeal.

Preparation for War!

A foot-race lately came off at Hounslow, between the Blues and the
2nd Life Guards, in reference to which a newspaper paragraph states
that " for some time a great spirit of rivalry has existed between those
distinguished Regiments, as to which of them could produce the fleetest
runner." To run, has not, hitherto, been the ambition of the British
soldier; and we hope this kind of emulation between the Life Guards and
tha Blues, has not arisen in anticipation of War.

Vol.. 8.

DISPUTES OF DOCTORS.

A quarrel has arisen between the Surgeons and General Practitioners,
which Sir James Graham proposes to step in and settle. We recommend
the Home Secretary to let the Profession alone ; for, " Who shall decide
when Doctors disagree ?"

HIGHLY APPROPRIATE.

Ireland, we understand, at the dictation of Daniel O'Connell, La
about to repudiate the shamrock, and instead of it to assume, for a
national emblem, the aspen, as typical of eternal agitation.