Punch (92.1887)

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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SOWLERITJS TO THE FRONT OUR CLASSICAL EX-LORD MAYOR'S DREAM OF THE CIVIC SITUATION.

The Cook Brought to Book.

The remedy for London fog is cooking by gas."—Da. Carpenter.

Da. Carpenter points a clear way to the goal,

a oi■which every Londoner sighs in despair.

as a' " ^00^ y°ur Pea-s0UP with gas, and not coal,
o nomore you'11 be plagued with "pea-soup" in the air.
j? ^at what we've to break is the kitchen's fell yoke,
or the sraoke causes fog, and the cook causes smoke.

in^J?' Abiistic Jubilee Jocademy in Bond Street. — The fire
is to bp 068 £n *'le building will be uncommonly heavy because there
call it ii^,sno'w'°f Ptoniss's constantly going on inside. Why not
Furniss Abbey-Thoughts " ?

The Cheltenham Looker-On, for February 19, published a list of
the ladies and gentlemen who appeared at the Bachelors' Ball, with
a brief—very brief—description of the costume worn by each one.

Thus "Miss-'s " costume is described as " Only an Ivy Leaf,"

and a " Mr.-" came simply in " Facings." In these hard times

what could have been more economical than these two costumes?
The Cheltenham Looker-On, however, does not seem to have ex-
pressed any astonishment, so perhaps he has seen " Only an Ivy
Leaf" and "Facings " before, and has become accustomed to them.

Another "Sell" !—Anyone who wishes to obtain something
uncommonly like a sovereign for a shilling, should apply to the
agency whose tremendous practical-jokelike telegraphic address is
" Sell London."