Punch (79.1880)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI,

[July 17, 1880.

COMING OF AGE.-N. R. A., WIMBLEDON, 1880.

« The National Rifle Association has now attained its majority, and in a befitting way celebrates the twenty-first year of its existence by showing more
vigorous signs of life than ever.”—Daily News.

COMING OF AGE IN THE MODERN TIMES, AND MANY HAPPY, HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY,

TwENTY-One this year!

Punch uplifts his heaker,
And, in accents clear,
Cordial as the speaker,
Loud enough to reach
Over all the Island,

Swift from heach to beach,

Shouts with Punchian smile, and
Drinks “The IN’. R. A.,
Twenty-One to-day ! ”

Seasons Twenty-One
(On Time’s roll a trifle)