Punch (98.1890)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[Maech 8, 1890.

PUTTING HIS NOSE OUT OF JOINT."

Engineering (to Little Tour Eiffel). " Whbek are You, Now, my Little Mais!'

" The Eiffel Tower is 1000 feet high; if the Forth Bridge were put up on
end, it would be 5280 feet iu height. The tower has in its construction
7500 tons of iron; the bridge has 53,000 tons of the best steel. The tower was
made in about six months; the bridge has required seven years. The Eiffel
Tower is a wonderful thing; but, then, how much more wonderful is the
Forth Bridge!"—Illustrated London Neivs.

TheBridge. You took lots of beating, my sky-scraping friend,
But Benjamin Bakes has compassed that end;
I am sure Monsieur Eiffel himself would allow
That the Bridge licks the Tower ; so where are you now t

The Tower. J'y mis etj'y reste, my big friend and great rival,
I hope for a long and a glorious survival;

But don't mind admitting—all great souls are frank —
That you—for the present at least—take first rank
'Midst the mighty achievements adorning our sphere
Of our latest of Titans, the Great Engineer.
The Bridge. All hail, Engineering 1 No wonder you 're proud
Of a work in whose honour all praises are loud ;
No wonder 'tis opened by princes and peers
Amidst technical triumph and popular cheers;
No wonder that Benjamin Bakes feels glad,
Sir John Fowlek and Cooper quite other than sad.
Twas a very big job, 'tis a very big day,
And the whole country joins iu the Scotchmen's Hooray!