Punch: Punch (97.1889)

October 12, 1889.]

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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MR. PUNCH’S PUZZLE-HEADED PEOPLE. No. 2.

A DEFINITION.

What is Parliament ? A place men may admire, respect, or hate,
Where the Electorate’s elect orate to the Electorate.

Db._ Farrar’s “ Brotherhood.”—“ Monastic dress isn’t much
rood in the -winter,” observed Canon Wagstaefe to the Arch- _

leacon of Westminster. Dr. Farrar requested to he informed the appearance of a false profit.

why this was so. “ Because,” returned the lively Canon, “ a monk
always feels thoroughly ‘ cowl’d.’ ” The Canon exploded, and went off.

Forewarned.—A piece entitled Mahomet is announced as in
rehearsal, with Modnet-Suxly in the principal part. When
produced, M. Mounet-Soxly and the Manager will have to scrutinise
most narrowly the nightly returns, as it is so easy to be deceived by