Punch (10.1846)

176 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

A NOTION FOR THE CHEAP TAILORS.

Tailors ! I fifth as a judge, and a sixth as a bishop ; the two last being selected

I am beginning to respect you : really I am. The scale on j from the venerable old men. Array the rest in travelling and other

which you puff is so magnificent and grand, that—I do not joke—it is
absolutely imposing. You display a spirit of enterprise truly Napoleonic.
There is a poetry in your style of business, as well as in your style of
advertising. Taylor, the water-poet, was nothing to you tailors.
Now, let me suggest to you a means of extending yet further your
renown. Placard the town with the following notice :—

costumes, and in different forms of the paletot and wrapper.

Among them let there be some ingenuous youths, elegantly clad,
suitably to their respective ages. Cause them all, bearing banners,
inscribed with " In this Style," and charged with a general defiance to
competition, to march about the metropolis, along the kerb-stone, in
procession, with the bishop at their head. You will thus greatly extend
your notoriety at a moderate additional outlay ; but I know that you
Wanted, a number of tall handsome young men, with good figures, trade for fame> and nQt for money_ Ad t tMs lan> therefore, regard-
and a few old ones of a venerable exterior. : legs of expense) and never mind "increasing the present obstructions in

When you have got them, dress each in a first-rate suit of clothes.
Let one be attired as a gentleman of fashion, another as an off cer in the
Guards, a third in a naval uniform, a fourth as a footman in livery, a

the streets

I am, Your Admirer,

" TO FINE YOUNG MEN."

As it is the Archbishop of Canterbury who draws up thanks-
giving prayers for the successful slaughter of the enemy, may we ask,
is it the chaplains of regiments who write the recruiting bills, scattered
throughout the country, to catch the eye of the " Fine Young Men ? "
One of these compositions, recently put forth at Gloucester, is now
before us. There is a truthfulness in the promises held out—and
indeed a picturesqueness of painting, that do the highest credit to the
morals of the author, whether the thing be written on a drum-head or
a pulpit-cushion. Tor instance, when the " Fine Young Men,"—like
eels, bobbed for,—are caught by the shilling, they are immediately

" —taught the art of riding, driving, drawing, fencing, gunnery, and the mechanics ;
the making and use of gunpowder, sky-rockets, and other fire-works."

The allusion to sky-rockets and other fire-works shows the hand of
the master. The author subtly, knowingly touches on schoolboy
recollections—on those Fifth of November days, when fire-works were
precious to the juvenile. We subjoin a few of the advantages offered
to "the Gunners" (for so artillerymen are styled). Here they are :—

" They are lodged in the finest barracks in the world ! They have light work and good
pat), the best beef that Kent can afford, and a comfortable place in the barracks called the
' Canteen,' set apart for them to see their friends in and take a cheerful glass : also a
splendid library and reading-room, a park and pleasure grounds, with a select number
of horses for their instruction and amusement. After their education is completed, they
will have an opportunity afforded them to travel to foreign countries, where they may
drink their wine at two-pence per bottle, by the New Tariff! "

These, it must be owned, are many agreeable advantages ; and yet,
with a modesty peculiar to recruiting sergeants—he of the Upper

George Inn, Gloucester, has said nothing of the box at the opera, and
the Mowbray Hounds, always at the service of the Gunners. But
perhaps the sergeants did not wish to tell the fine young men all that
was in store for them. Only let them enlist, and then no doubt he
would surprise them.

After—it is not said how many—years' service, the recruits are
promised that they shall " return to see their friends "—(balls, bullets,
and bayonets permitting)—" with money, manners, and—experience! "
The last advantage, no doubt, warranted.

A Sure Capture.

We recommend the following plan to Louis-Philippe as an infallible
one for taking Abd-el-Kader. Let his Majesty get the Arab chief to
accept a bill—the larger the sum the better ; and put it into the hands
of Levy. If that illustrious sheriff's officer does not capture Abd-el-
Kader the very day it falls due, we will pay the amount and iosts
ourselves.

seasonable relief.
The Public Baths and Washhouse establishment in Glasshouse
Yard, Smithfield, have been giving pails of whitewash for nothing to
the poor in the neighbourhood. We understand that the applications
from Railway Directors to be whitewashed have been exceedingly
numerous.

Printed by William Bradhury, of No. 6, York Place, Stoke Newing-ton, and Frederick Mnllett Evans,
of No. 7, Church Row, Stoke Newincrton, both in the County of Middlesex, Printers, at their
Office in Lombard Street, in the Precinct of Whitefriars, m ihe City of London and pub-
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SaTUROAY, April 18, 1346.