Punch: Punch (60.1871)

^ PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [January 21, 1871.

The Hon. Cecil di Argentcourt, eldest son of Viscount Silverlacke (to Mrs. Alderman Jones). " Most charming Young Ladies, your
Daughters, really ! Congratulate you ! S'pose they all Look forward to Marrying—a—future Lord Mayors like their
Papa ?"

Mrs. Alderman Jones. "0 dear No, Mr. D'Argentcourt. Future Lord Silverlackes, like you T'

TRUE BLUE.

Of every hue,
I best like blue,

It is the colour of the sky ; Both do the deeds they long to do ;

Our other blues,
On watch do cruise,
Whilst foreign thieves are prowling round.

Or else would those
Two kinds of foes

Denotes the place,
Where happy case
Awaits good niggers, by-and-by.

Celestial dye!

Thou clothest, I
Delight in thee, too, therefore take

That Angel Boy,

A daily Joy,
Who brings me cutlet, chop, or steak.

One reason more,

Makes me adore
Blue, though a blue of darker shade ;

My brave Police,

Who keep the peace,
My Bobbies, are therein arrayed.

Blue dotb attire,

(Tint I admire
So as to idolise, almost)

Our British Tars,

From hordes of Mars,
The sailors who defend our coast.

Our one blue band,
On Emglish land,
Gainst native robbers holds its ground,

Steal, burn, and kill,
And work their will—
But they both dread the British Blue.

LITTLE-GO FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Examiner. Can you cite any instances of unparliamentary con-
duct.

Candidate. Yes, Sir. One from Shakspeare. In Macbeth, when
Malcolm asks— <. What is the newest grief ? *'

—the answer which he receives from Rosse is—■

" That of an hour's age doth hiss the Speaker."

Hissing the Speaker is a case of unparliamentary conduct.
Another is that of Jack Fuller, who threw his wig at him.

King Mob as King Richard.

The diplomatic and punctilious Gladstone
No more shall be the Premier for our counsels :
Hath he so long held out with us untired,
And stops he now for breath ? That halt's no go.

A Troublesome Antagonist.—The most difficult task of the
whole War must haAre been silencing Fort Noisy.