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92 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [September 1, 1855.
did not land—Victoria did. There were no thundering guns on i lie
shores of Kent, but llie salute of peace on the strand of Picardy ; and
as the givers and takers of these salutes may otherwise be a matter of
dispute, Mr. Punch proposes tbis easy mode of compiomise. On the
base of the monument there will, of course, be four medallions. Let
one of these medallions show how the Emperor saluted the Queeu on
•ly'ipMg; j both cheeks, and how on both cheeks the Queen saluted the Emperor.
RATHER ANNOYING.
Mr. Todgers's disgust, after flogging the water all the afternoon, in vain,
to see Farmer Giles's stupid O'd Cow get a rise the very first cast.
THE ROYAL SALUTES AT BOULOGNE.
Mb. Punch very much regrets that, circumstances over which he of
course had no control—(whoever has?)—kept him from the shores of
Boulogne on the arrival of Queen Victoria; o'herwise there would
not have been left for future historians, a great question—to be hence-
forth known as the Great Kiss Question—never, perhaps, to be satis-
factorily Fettled. The unsatisfactory report of that kiss will descend,
echoing through generations. We are told by the Morning Pod, that
ought to know something about a question of "cheek," that when the
royal yacht was brought to, a flying bridge was extended to her from
the shore.
" But no sooner had the Queen put her foot on it and left the deck, than, as on her
first touching the soil of France, the Emperor, who had previously dismounted, came
forward, took Her Majesty by the hand, and saluted heron both cheeks—a salutation
customary among royal personages on such, occasions."
The English present, not aware of the royal etiquette, were at first
taken, says Jenkins, by surprise. However, they soon recovered
themselves, and corroborated the salute on both cheeks " wilh three vety
hearty cheers." Now, history would be content with this ; but how is
it possible, when—on the testimony of the Morning Chronicle—the
cheeks are changed ? The Chronicle, with historic gravity avers that—
"His Imperial Majesty immediately stepped onboard, and, having bowed, kissed
the hand of the Queen. Her Majesty then kissed the Emperor on both his cheeks.',
Wi'd this question ever he cleared up ? We fear not. It is hardly
to he expected that Her Majesty will " write to the Times," denying
the statement of the Chronicle; whilst, on the other hand, it would be
a shocking want of gallantry in Louis Napoleon to do so, he being
most delighted to enjoy the benefit of even a doubt. However,
Mr. Punch thinks he espies a way by which the difficulty may he
managed.
Boulogne has already one column, a column commemorative of the
landing (that did not take place) of Napoleon in England; let there be
another Boulogne column that, to all future generations, shall perpe-
tuate the pacific lauding of Victoria, in France. The Emperor
would have come wielding thunderbolts,—the Queen really lands,
offering the rose Of Albion to be bound up with the violets of Gaul.
Very different memories will be awakened by the two columns.
" Colonels, forward ! " writes Ney in his Account of his Division for
the Invasion of Great Britain—and " in ten minutes and a half, twenty-
four thousand men embarked." Another signal proved it was a feint
to try the rapidity of their embarkation: for "in thirteen minutes from
the time the soldiers were on board, they were drawn up in battle
array on the shore."
That is, not on the shore of Dover. The Napoleon Column comme-
morates a feint; the Victoria Column will testify to a truth. Napoleon
RARE FUN AT U\ DE.
One of the most amusing as well as intellectual of our old English
sports and pastimes, is a competition consisting in the pursuit of an
animal greased as to the tail, and in the endeavour to catch and hold it by
that appendage. Another is the rivalry of climbing, or rather attempting
to climb, a pole similarly lubricated, on the top of which is placed a
similar animal. That animal is the prize of scansory or prehensile
prowess; amusemeut results chiefly from unsuccessful exertion; the
competitors are clowns in general: and the animal is always a pig.
The refined mind will admit that this diversion beats cockfighting by
much, if it is not very superior to chess or billiards. To a more robust
taste, if not to a stronger intellect, it may appear insufficiently exciting,
and capable of improvement in that respect. Something has been done
towards filling the room for that improvement: as witness the following
copy of a handbill published at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight:—
POLE DANCE.
On Thursday, August 9th, 1855, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon
(weather permittkig),
A GREASED POLE
Will be su pended from the Pier, at the end of which will be placed a Box
containing a Rig, which, with Five Shillings, will be a prize to any one
residing in the Island, who will walk along the Pole, let out the Pig, and
bring it ashore without the aid of a Boat.
All Persons wishing to try, must be dressed in Guernsey Frocks, and
enter their names at the Pier Toll House, before Two o'Clock on Thursday.
Jig* Should the weather prove unfavourable on Thursday, the Sport will take
place on Saturday, the llth, at the same hour.
Ryde, August (>th, 1855.
Gt. Butler, Printer, " Observer" Office, Colonnade, Lind Street, Ryde.
The horizontal arrangement of the greased pole and the pig oyer the
water is a great improvement upou the perpendicular on terra firmd.
The fun of failure is much enhanced by the consequent ducking; besides
which the sport has the interest of danger to the competitors. If one
of them, in falling, knocked his head against the pole, he would perhaps
be stunned, and then he would not only tumble into the sea, but would
never rise out of it. However, some attendant emissary of the Humane
Society might succeed in spoiling this consummation of the sport; and
geese swim; therefore, instead of suspending the pole over the sea
another time, it would be advisable to set it over a tank of boiling
water. A close plantation of spikes would answer the same purpose at
less expense.
But what public-spirited party is it that has been thus treating, or
offering to treat, the Isle of Wight people to games ? Whoever that
party may be, the Ryde Pier proprietors ought to be particularly
obliged thereto: for no doubt the attraction held out by the pig and
the "Pole Dance" to the intelligence of the Island was calculated
largely to augment the receipts at the Toll House alluded to in the
above-quoted announcement.
Mr. Laing's Russian Reward.
The Tines benevolently observes on the melancholy case of Mr.
Laing:—
" We hope that, if peace does ever again visit the earth, Mr. Laing will reap the
reward of his support of Russia, and gain the concession of a railway long enough to
console him for the immediate loss of all the. dividends and premiums which the
miserable people of Italy are not to supply to him."
Yes ; a very long railway; so long that it may reach even to Siberia ;
Ma. Laing having the privilege to issue tickets the whole of the way
to his friends the peace-at-all-pricemongers; tickets carrying luggage,
but by no means returnable.
The Kaiser and the Pope.—A Concordat has been signed
between Austria and Rome. Judas has kissed Barabbas.
did not land—Victoria did. There were no thundering guns on i lie
shores of Kent, but llie salute of peace on the strand of Picardy ; and
as the givers and takers of these salutes may otherwise be a matter of
dispute, Mr. Punch proposes tbis easy mode of compiomise. On the
base of the monument there will, of course, be four medallions. Let
one of these medallions show how the Emperor saluted the Queeu on
•ly'ipMg; j both cheeks, and how on both cheeks the Queen saluted the Emperor.
RATHER ANNOYING.
Mr. Todgers's disgust, after flogging the water all the afternoon, in vain,
to see Farmer Giles's stupid O'd Cow get a rise the very first cast.
THE ROYAL SALUTES AT BOULOGNE.
Mb. Punch very much regrets that, circumstances over which he of
course had no control—(whoever has?)—kept him from the shores of
Boulogne on the arrival of Queen Victoria; o'herwise there would
not have been left for future historians, a great question—to be hence-
forth known as the Great Kiss Question—never, perhaps, to be satis-
factorily Fettled. The unsatisfactory report of that kiss will descend,
echoing through generations. We are told by the Morning Pod, that
ought to know something about a question of "cheek," that when the
royal yacht was brought to, a flying bridge was extended to her from
the shore.
" But no sooner had the Queen put her foot on it and left the deck, than, as on her
first touching the soil of France, the Emperor, who had previously dismounted, came
forward, took Her Majesty by the hand, and saluted heron both cheeks—a salutation
customary among royal personages on such, occasions."
The English present, not aware of the royal etiquette, were at first
taken, says Jenkins, by surprise. However, they soon recovered
themselves, and corroborated the salute on both cheeks " wilh three vety
hearty cheers." Now, history would be content with this ; but how is
it possible, when—on the testimony of the Morning Chronicle—the
cheeks are changed ? The Chronicle, with historic gravity avers that—
"His Imperial Majesty immediately stepped onboard, and, having bowed, kissed
the hand of the Queen. Her Majesty then kissed the Emperor on both his cheeks.',
Wi'd this question ever he cleared up ? We fear not. It is hardly
to he expected that Her Majesty will " write to the Times," denying
the statement of the Chronicle; whilst, on the other hand, it would be
a shocking want of gallantry in Louis Napoleon to do so, he being
most delighted to enjoy the benefit of even a doubt. However,
Mr. Punch thinks he espies a way by which the difficulty may he
managed.
Boulogne has already one column, a column commemorative of the
landing (that did not take place) of Napoleon in England; let there be
another Boulogne column that, to all future generations, shall perpe-
tuate the pacific lauding of Victoria, in France. The Emperor
would have come wielding thunderbolts,—the Queen really lands,
offering the rose Of Albion to be bound up with the violets of Gaul.
Very different memories will be awakened by the two columns.
" Colonels, forward ! " writes Ney in his Account of his Division for
the Invasion of Great Britain—and " in ten minutes and a half, twenty-
four thousand men embarked." Another signal proved it was a feint
to try the rapidity of their embarkation: for "in thirteen minutes from
the time the soldiers were on board, they were drawn up in battle
array on the shore."
That is, not on the shore of Dover. The Napoleon Column comme-
morates a feint; the Victoria Column will testify to a truth. Napoleon
RARE FUN AT U\ DE.
One of the most amusing as well as intellectual of our old English
sports and pastimes, is a competition consisting in the pursuit of an
animal greased as to the tail, and in the endeavour to catch and hold it by
that appendage. Another is the rivalry of climbing, or rather attempting
to climb, a pole similarly lubricated, on the top of which is placed a
similar animal. That animal is the prize of scansory or prehensile
prowess; amusemeut results chiefly from unsuccessful exertion; the
competitors are clowns in general: and the animal is always a pig.
The refined mind will admit that this diversion beats cockfighting by
much, if it is not very superior to chess or billiards. To a more robust
taste, if not to a stronger intellect, it may appear insufficiently exciting,
and capable of improvement in that respect. Something has been done
towards filling the room for that improvement: as witness the following
copy of a handbill published at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight:—
POLE DANCE.
On Thursday, August 9th, 1855, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon
(weather permittkig),
A GREASED POLE
Will be su pended from the Pier, at the end of which will be placed a Box
containing a Rig, which, with Five Shillings, will be a prize to any one
residing in the Island, who will walk along the Pole, let out the Pig, and
bring it ashore without the aid of a Boat.
All Persons wishing to try, must be dressed in Guernsey Frocks, and
enter their names at the Pier Toll House, before Two o'Clock on Thursday.
Jig* Should the weather prove unfavourable on Thursday, the Sport will take
place on Saturday, the llth, at the same hour.
Ryde, August (>th, 1855.
Gt. Butler, Printer, " Observer" Office, Colonnade, Lind Street, Ryde.
The horizontal arrangement of the greased pole and the pig oyer the
water is a great improvement upou the perpendicular on terra firmd.
The fun of failure is much enhanced by the consequent ducking; besides
which the sport has the interest of danger to the competitors. If one
of them, in falling, knocked his head against the pole, he would perhaps
be stunned, and then he would not only tumble into the sea, but would
never rise out of it. However, some attendant emissary of the Humane
Society might succeed in spoiling this consummation of the sport; and
geese swim; therefore, instead of suspending the pole over the sea
another time, it would be advisable to set it over a tank of boiling
water. A close plantation of spikes would answer the same purpose at
less expense.
But what public-spirited party is it that has been thus treating, or
offering to treat, the Isle of Wight people to games ? Whoever that
party may be, the Ryde Pier proprietors ought to be particularly
obliged thereto: for no doubt the attraction held out by the pig and
the "Pole Dance" to the intelligence of the Island was calculated
largely to augment the receipts at the Toll House alluded to in the
above-quoted announcement.
Mr. Laing's Russian Reward.
The Tines benevolently observes on the melancholy case of Mr.
Laing:—
" We hope that, if peace does ever again visit the earth, Mr. Laing will reap the
reward of his support of Russia, and gain the concession of a railway long enough to
console him for the immediate loss of all the. dividends and premiums which the
miserable people of Italy are not to supply to him."
Yes ; a very long railway; so long that it may reach even to Siberia ;
Ma. Laing having the privilege to issue tickets the whole of the way
to his friends the peace-at-all-pricemongers; tickets carrying luggage,
but by no means returnable.
The Kaiser and the Pope.—A Concordat has been signed
between Austria and Rome. Judas has kissed Barabbas.