Punch (90.1886)

January 2, 1886.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

THE GLADSTONE NEW YEAR CARD TRICK; OR, ONE UP HIS SLEEVE!

to be a fite between surtain two gents as both -wants to play fust
liddle, witch of course they carnt both do, I shood wenture, with all
becoming umility, to prosefy as that the gent of the two as has the
best appytight, and spends the most time over the principle ewent of
the day, that is, his dinner, will win in a kanter, with both hands
down. And so wishing both them werry respectabel gents well out
of their trubblcs, and a Nappy New Year, I begs to jine in the seeson-
abel wish all my werry good frends, and all the werry poor, as wants
'em wust of all, but seldumest gets 'em, Kobert.

On the Cards.

How many more ? "What greater, dearer name*
Of clever Artists and of jingling Bards ?

What is the most expensive of all games ?—
Beggar my Neighbour—played with Christmas Cards !

Manshun House, and wun for Twelf Cake at Drewry Lane Theatre
after the Pantermine; and if they are ekal to last year's, as they
are sure to be, my heavening will be spent amung the hangels,
and my nite amung the Fairys. Wat a thort! Wat a idear! The
werry thort makes me poetical, and I busts into Tennysonian werse!
" I've often herd of Angels in an ouse,

And longed to look upon the little dearies,
But thanks to Lord Mare Staples and King Harkis,
I've gazed with rapshur hoth on them and Fairys ! "
How it brings one down to the werry prose of life wen one has to
xplain, in the best way one can, to one's much bigger harf, how it is
as fairys keeps sitch werry late hours !

I think, upon the hole, I can fairly look forrard to a Nappy New
Tear, and a reesonably good continuence of the same aU through.
I'm told as misscheef is a brewing, but it must be preshus bad miss-
cheef indeed as lets a man go without his dinner. If it's a going for