Punch: Punch (76.1879)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[April 2G, 1879.

TIT FOR TAT.

Mamma (to Hamilton, who has been put in the corner because he would not say " Please "). " You may come out now, Hamilton ! "
Hamilton. "Not till you say 'Please,' Mother!"

" ON VIEW."

"The 'People's ' Tribute to the Premier.—The gold Laurel "Wreath
intended for presentation to the Earl of Beaconsfield, as the People's tri-
bute to the Premier, may now be seen, by ticket of invitation, at Messrs.
Hunt and Eoskell's, 156, New Bond Street. Mr. Tracy Turnerelli,
with whom the idea of presenting this "Wreath originated, wished it to be
entirely the gift of working men and women throughout the United King-
dom, and the amount of each person's subscription was limited to one penny.
The Wreath, which has been executed by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, is
valued, cost-price, at £220, and it will therefore represent the contributions
of 52,800 persons. The Wreath weighs rather more than 20 oz., and the
gold used is 22 carat—of the same fineness as a sovereign, only the alloy
in the "Wreath is silver instead of copper. There are forty-six leaves, and
on the back of each may be seen, on turning over the Wreath, the names,
one, two, or three on each leaf, of the eighty towns in the United Kingdom
that have sent or promised contributions. As subscriptions continue to come
in, it is proposed to add a stand for the "Wreath, an oaken casket, and an
illuminated address, and the names of future contributory towns will be
engraved on these. Arrangements have been made to exhibit the Wreath
publicly at the Crystal Palace soon after Easter, namely, from Saturday,
April 19th, to Saturday, April 26th, inclusive."—Times (not of April 1st.,
but April 12th).

(Lord B.'s Reflections at Hunt and EosheWs.)

"A charm tng Wreath !—But bay-leaves ?—Prcemia belli?

Of ' Peace with Honour' scarce appropriate guerdon.
Had I seen Mr. Tracy Turnerelli,

The choice of leaf I should have had a word on.
Why not a sprig of cypress intermingled,

Plucked near the foam-born Goddess's blue bays :
At touch whereof Britannia's ears bad tingled,

To hear another foam-born Godhead's praise ?

" But cypress smacks of mourning—teste Horace,

And this, the Turnerelli tribute fair,
Should not be ranked among ?nemento-moris,

But with mementos of successes rare,
Long life, large honours, orders, titles hi^h,

Golden deserts set forth, as fits, in gold,

Twenty-two carats—extra quality,—
By Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, so I'm told.

" Forty-six leaves, two towns to each they say.

'Twas to leaves fairy-gold, of yore, would turn ;
Which leaves to dust would shrivel, soon, away ;

Their sole reward who sought such gold to earn.
But though this gold be to its purpose suited,

Twenty-two carat, tine as line can be,
Query the copper whence it is transmuted

By Tracy Turnerelli's alchemy ?

Are the fifty-two thousand pennies there ?

Not promised only, but cashed up, put down—
Tribute in real bronze to brass paid fair,

Solid substratum of less solid crown ?
For that we've only Turnerelli's word—

Doubtless as good as Turnerelli's bond—
Well—his wreath's pretty, though his name's absurd.

' All's geld that glitters'—wherefore probe beyond ? "

Tilley Slowboy.

Mr. Tilley, Canadian Minister of Finance, has distinguished
himself by drawing up a Protectionist Tariff more than commonly
tending to raise the cost and so diminish the consumption of the
manufactures he designs to encourage. Tilley-valley! but a good
deal more Tilley than "valley." Commercial views more worthy of
a narrow-minded shopkeeper than an enlightened statesman denote
Mr. Tilley more competent to a till, than an exchequer.

Botanical Fancy.

At the "Working Men's College," Great Ormond Street, the other
evening, a free lecture was delivered by Mr. Francis Darwin on
"Self-Defence among Plants." As plants peculiarly distinguished
for this self-defending power, may be mentioned the thorns, the
thistles, and the stinging nettle. But, perhaps, the best emblem of
self-defence in the vegetable kingdom would be Box.