Punch: Punch (81.1881)

142 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [September 24, 1881.

AN EGYPTIAN BOND.

France and England {duet). " Yes, we together ! "

Gratitude !

[Speaking before the Land League Convention in Dublin, Mr. Parnell,
for the hundredth time, repudiated the idea of " gratitude " being due to
England or to any English Minister.]

Gratitude P No, Sir! Though handicapped badly

By wrongs of the past, we are striving for right.
As to thanks for our labours, we leave that quite gladly
To justice and time ; knowing surely, if sadly,
No gratitude comes from Unreason and Spite.

The poor little Guys who have been compelled by unthinking
parents to walk about in long skirt3, antique cloaks, and coal-scuttle
bonnets, have caused so much laughter that the dress is now called
the "The Grinaway Costume."

Words of Command for the Egyptian Army.

" Move to the right in echelon upon the Palace!" " Form hollow
square on the Khedive !" " Prepare to receive bribes! " " Advance
arms for ' Backsheesh'" ! " At the word 'One,' fix bayonets; at
the word 'Two,' present petitions ! " "Take (everything you can
find in) open order ! " "And, lastly, at the caution 'Somebody's
coming !'—run away!"______

Historical Parallel.—King John signing Magna Charta in the
presence of the Barons, and the Khedive giving a Constitution to
the Colonels. This Colonel idea came out of our own Artist's Nut.

The state of the approaches to Billingsgate Market," says a
City Father, "has been something too offal!" [The Mud-Salad
district hasn't sensibly improved.]