Punch: Punch (83.1882)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [November 4, 1882,

THE “ MODEL” SCHOOL,

Working Model of Board School in case. Usual Money-box opening with inscription, “ Put Threepence in this box, and the Model will work."
John Bull [to Mr. Forster). “ Works wonderfully well, eh ?”

Forster. “ Y-e-s. But I think you’ll have to put in another Penny or Two if rou want to keep it going."

COMING AND LEANING CARDS.

Autumn leaves—and Christmas Trees are approaching—in fact,
Father Christmas has already left his cards at our door, and gone
away to call again, we suppose, later on.

Such cards, too ! most of them quite too-too beautiful for anything
except a glass-case and admiration ; and, at the same time, about as
appropriate to Christmas as strawberries and iced-cream. A notable
exception to the un-Christmassy character of the cards, generally,
are. Mr. George Cruikshank’s Past Times and Our Times'"
which are spirited etchings, quaint, humorous, and quite appro-
priate. Their appearance, too, has the charm of novelty, on which
the publishers, Messrs. Horrocks (so like the name of “ Jorrocks,”
which is eminently Christmassy and sporting) and Hetheringtqn

(a name associated, like that of “ Jorrocks,” with horses) are to be
congratulated. Here are “ Cat and Dog Cards." Title certainly
not suggestive of a happy Christmas, unless the eat-and-dog life is
the happy one passed by two pets, feline and canine, curled up before
the fire. And to think we’ve scarcely commenced fires yet, and it
wants just two months to Christmas Day! Very polite of Young
Governor Christmas to call so soon—at present he is small and early,
and we look back to the Christmas of 1881 as Old Father Christmas
—or one of the Fathers now.

11 Pigs in the Snow." By B. B. Lawrence. Capital and Christa
massy. So are Mr. Birbeck’s prize designs of birds in the snow,
which go beyond Christmas time and chirp out wishes for a “ Happy
Hew YYar.” May we happily finish the old one. For ourselves, we
won’t hurrah till we ’re out of the wood.

Mr. J. Mucklet’s Flowers are beautiful in colour, Marguerites.