Punch (8.1845)

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L'anaides, who appear to have gone to pass the honeymoon at a
building very like the Hotel at the Euston Square terminus of the
London and Birmingham Railway. Lynceus and Hypermnestra have,
however, been sitting up later than the rest, and Hypermnestra warns
him of his fate, urging him to fly, which he declines doing till nearly
too late, when seeing the daughters rushing in with their daggers, lie
bolts as fast as possible. The Dana'ides, who have all let down their
back hair, as if they had taken it out for the night and not had time
to put it up again, brandish their weapons, which have all been
dipped in red paint ; but that of Hypermnestra is still unstained.
Her papa is furious, and is going to kill her, when Lynceus appears
with about a dozen supernumeraries—headed by Mr. Pigeon—who
are, it appears, his trusty followers, and among whom we distinctly
recognised some of the equally trusty followers of the Duke io the
opera of The Daughter of St. Mark. Lynceus threatens the thunder o»
Jove, and the prompter rattles the sheet of iron at the wing. The
air becomes suddenly thickened with gauze, and when the mist of
grimaces and gestures, bullies and badgers her mto a pretended , uiuslin disperses we see

promise to joiu her sisters in their bridegroomicide, and thus euds .
the first act. Scene II f.— Tartarus, into which Danaus is dragged, and is chained

-- to an uncomfortable bit of car-

ACT „ penter's work, intended to re-

„ T , , r, , . . present a rock, while a stuffed

Scene I. represents the gardens of Danaus where a banquet is bird with a wire attached to

going on in the open air. The tables groan under plates of apples, hg head and ^ hoverg QVer

gut goblets with nothing in them,
and the other accessaries to a
theatrical feast. The Dana'ides
brandish the empty cups before
the faces of their husbands, who
evince their love and excitement
by capers of the most extrava-
gant kind.

do it :

Scene II. is a gallery conduct-
ing to the nuptial chambers of the

him as if intending to have a
peck at him, but ultimately
resolving not. Sisyphus is also
seen rolling a lump of canvas
up a set piece. Ixion is there
also with his wheel, to which
he is indebted for many a good
turn ; and amid all the usual
horrors of spirits of wine, blue
fire, and an orchestral crash,
the curtain falls.

PUNCH'S NOY'S MAXIMS. ru'e' tnat wuicn draws the boxes will also draw the pit, and sometimes the

gallery. It may be added, as a further illustration of this maxim, that

13. Incidents cannot be severed.—This maxim means that anything champagne draws with it brandy and-water at a later period of the evening:
incidental to something else cannot in law be taken from it ; but an inci- and thus the more worthy—the champagne—draws the less worthy—the
dental ballet is sometimes left out of a piece, and the incidents in a melo- ' brandy-and-water—after it.

drama may often be severed, for they frequently have no connection one _

with the other.

14. Actio personalis moritur cum persona. A personal action dies ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY,
with the person.—This maxim is clear enough, and means that an action

brought against a man who dies in the middle of it cannot be continued, j At the last meeting of the Antiquarian Society, Sir Henry Ellis pro-
Thus, though the law will sometimes pursue a man to the grave, his rest ' duced a bottle of Poo Loo's cement, with which it was hoped the Portland
is not there liable to be disturbed by the lawyers. If a soldier dies in Vase might be restored. Sir Henry stated that two men were now at

work upon it, and public attention was riveted upon the Vase by the late
unfortunate occurrence.

A member asked if public attention could rivet the Vase, but there was

action, the action does not necessarily cease, but is often continued with
considerable vigour afterwards.

15. Things of a higher nature determine things of a lower nature.—
Thus a written agreement determines one in words, though if the words 1 no reply to the question, and the meeting gradually dispersed,
are of a very high nature they put an end to all kinds of agreement
between the parties.

16. Majus continet minus. The greater contains the less.—Thus, if a
man tenders more money than he ought to pay he tenders what he owes,
for the greater contains the less; but a quart wine-bottle, which is greater j The above answer has been given by the Horse Guards to the petition
than a pint and a half, does not always contain a pint and a half, so that in | presented to them in our last Number by their veteran Clock, who now

ordered as prayed."

this instance the less is not contained in the greater,

17. Majus dignum trahit ad se minus dignum. The more worthy
draws with it the less worthy.— In accordance with this maxim, the owner
of deeds has a right to the box containing them ; for the box, which is less

looks clean and respectable, and has the appearance of something like :t
clock. In return for this benefit, the Horse Guards intend to present
Punch with the freedom of their gate,—that is to say, he is to be allowed
to pass through on horseback without being questioned, and to receive

worthy, is drawn to the deeds which are the more worthy. By the same | military honours, as often as he has occasion to call upon the Duke.

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