DOI issue:
March 22, 1856
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16617#0125
Maiicii 22, 1856.]
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
117
rmST.EA.TE "QOMEDI.
Brave fellow, named Lloyd,
otherwise known as " Co-
m?dy " in the establishment,
was the means of saving the
lives of three women at the
Covent Garden conflagra-
tion. Is not the fine fellow,
by the calamity of the fire,
burnt out of employment?
If so, Mr. Punch begs leave
to recommend a considera-
tion of his case to London
managers generally ; quite
convinced that no theatre
can be the worse, but all the
better, for the acceptance of
such a "Comedy."
commendable precaution.
It is understood, from the
ill-luck that has pursued the
Wizard of the North in
the matter of fire, that, in
future, he has resolved not
even to appear as Rob Roy
without having first " laid
on the hose."
THAT BLESSED BABY-LINEN.
Mrs. Smith to Mrs. Jones.
"Paris, March 14.—My dear Mrs. Jcnes, take my word for it,
babies will be all the fashion for a mon'h, at least amongst what Smith
calls 'our lively allies.' It can't be otherwise; for the show of the
baby-linen—the sweet Empress's things for the dailing child'.—will
make babies, as one may say, quite catching.
" Well, I've just come from Mademoiselle Eeligie's, in the
Yivienne. A ticket was brought to Smith by the Count- (Smith
tells me 1 mustn't trust names to the post) who always beats Smith at
billiards out of more than Smith likes to own, in the handsomest way
for two for the baby-linen; which, as Smith always grumbled at the
expense, I wouldn't, for that reason, take with me. So, myself and
young Mrs. Flower—who wished more than I can mention, but which
you '11 quite understand, to see the patterns—we both of us went to
Mdlle. Felicie's, where we had to form what is called here a queue, but
which, in English, may be called a termination,—there was such a
crowd to see the blessed children's things: for the Emperor, who is
the greatest man in Europe—and this would be enough to prove it if
nothing el-e did—the Emperor has had two sets ot things made up,
one for a darling Piince, and one for a sweet Prince.-s, so that he
mightn't be taken by surprise, if Providence was ever so bountiful. A
feeling that does him honour as a husband, and immortal glory as a
crowned head, as I said to young Mr. Flower, who I'm sorry to say
is what is called a liberal, which means anylhing but manly generosity
to the wife of his affections and the dear children that may at some
time bless him.
" After we had followed the movements of the queue— which twisted
in and out like any snake; but all, like the French, in the best polite-
ness, and with no pushing whatever—it came to our turn to enter the
rooms, several officers—Colonels or Generals at least, I'm sure of it—
in the handsomest manner attending us. Ob, my dear Mrs. Jones, it
is something to be born a Prince in France ! I thought Mrs. Flower
would have fainted,—the things were quite too much for her. And
even for myself, I must say, 1 felt as if it would have been a pleasure
to weep ever so little, the scene was so moving. Indeed, everybody
was affected; and I'm proud to say it, my o am country women—and
there was a swarm of 'em—showed as much interest in the things as if
they'd been made up upon their own account—and who, with any
heart, can wonder ?
allowing the babies—for I'm speaking, as one may say, both for the red
and the Hue—allowing 'em not to grow a bit, and there was more than
a full change a-day, without one going to the wash, for a twelvemonth!
Take and turn all the Foundling Hospital into new-born babies, and
there is clothes enough—if it isn't improper to name such a thing in
the same breath with foundlings—cl-thes enough to shift'em every
day for three months, boys and girls into the bargain.
"But what struck me and Mrs. Flower with astonishment, was
the quantity and the fineness of the lace. The Empress, as I said to
Mrs. F., who quite agreed with me, the Empress must be a happy
woman ! And then the work! Well, I don't like to think small of my
own country—specially in needlework and embroidery; but the work
does take away one's breath. The worst of it was, our queue was made
to move so fast through the rooms, that we couldn't examine even with
the naked eye anything like what we wished,—and as for touching a
single thread, you might as well have tried, as Mrs. Flower said, to
lay your hand upon a white cloud in Heaven. However, you may take
my word for it, there never was such needlework before; such embroi-
dered roses and violets, it isn't a bit too much to say, you might fairly
have smelt 'em. Besides this, I'm told—not that we saw it—that out
of compliment to the English alliance, the Emperor has had the British
lion woven as a pattern in some of the things, which is, you will allow,
very handsome.
"I've always stood up for the Emperor; because vhat I always
admire in men—I'm not speaking of Smith, understand—what I admire
is, determination, will, my dear; power! Now all this baby-linen con-
vinces me that Louis Napoleon is the best man for France ; knowing,
as it's plain he does, how much can be done with muslin.
"There was a report that the Conference—as they 're called—were
all coming over to Mdlle. Felicie's to look at the baby-linen; but
that an electric telegraph from St. Petersburg to Count Orlofp, for
state reasons, and on pain of the knout, which must be dreadful,,
forbid him.
"If I can, I'll bring you home, from Mdlle. Felicie herself, a
pattern of one of the Princess's blue bonnets; and also a pattern of a
Talma, which, 1 'm told, is called after a French tragedy-player, just as
you might name a muff after an English one ; and am, dear Mrs. Jones,
" Your's, Sincerely,
" Susan Smith.
"P.S. We 're to have a hundred guns when the Prince is born. You
know what Smith is! There's no rousing him to any pitch of admira-
tion. For thn e nights I could have vowed 1 heard toe beginning of
the guns ; and woke him accordingly ; but of course, he wouldn't hear
anything of the sort, and I couldn't make him. The Pope is coming to
christen l he Prince, which, I hear upon good authority, will be christened
Napoleon Pius."
Legal Intelligence.
Mr. Ddnup held his first levee of Creditors on the doormat outside
the closed door of his Chambers on Monday last. The representatives
of all the different trades in London were present. The levee began at
ten o'clock in the morning, and continued all the day. It must have been
full ten o'clock in the evening before the last Creditor took his de-
parture. The levee was enlivened at certain intervals with several
variations played in a most vigorous manner with walking-sticks upon
the oak that was " sported" on the occasion. We are informed that
it is the intention of Mr. Dunup to continue these levees, which are
extremely popular amongst the boys of the Court in which he lives,
every day throughout the Session.
Physic for the Forces.
" Be sure to ask for Dalby's Carminative," says a quack's puff,
adding, "the same as supplied to Her Majesty's troops in the
Crimea." As old women are in the habit of giving Daley to children,
we suppose it must have been the British infantry that were chiefly
dosed with that specific by the prescription of some official Mrs. Gamp.
effects without a cause.
Though sages swear, " Without a cause
a "f1 cornier r There's no effect "—it's mockerv
As I told you, there's two sets, for boy and girl-the boy's trimmed VrJ ™t;n™ tn all 1™*.
with red, and the girl s with blue; which, on the white, quite makes up
the line of the beautiful song for which Mr. Henry Eussell has been
made a full colonel of the legion of honour, with permission in the
decline of his life to sell out for the advantage of his family ; a favour,
as I am told, never before heard of in France, and by no means likely
to be heard of again.
" Well, my dear, if I was to try to tell you what we saw, you'd take
me for one of the Arabian Nights! There was one partic'lar set, frock,
under things, and all besides, you might have drawn through 1he
Empress's wedding-ring. And then the heaps of articles! Why,
There are exceptions to all laws:
What breaks domestic Crockery ?
Amende Honorable.
We were staitled at reading in the Hamburgh Gazette, "The relation
of Simony with the Ministry continues." We were going to ask, what
business a Hamburgh man had with the affairs of our own beloved
Church? But, luckily, we discovered that Mr. Simony was a
iiansea'ic statesman, and we retracted our indignation.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
117
rmST.EA.TE "QOMEDI.
Brave fellow, named Lloyd,
otherwise known as " Co-
m?dy " in the establishment,
was the means of saving the
lives of three women at the
Covent Garden conflagra-
tion. Is not the fine fellow,
by the calamity of the fire,
burnt out of employment?
If so, Mr. Punch begs leave
to recommend a considera-
tion of his case to London
managers generally ; quite
convinced that no theatre
can be the worse, but all the
better, for the acceptance of
such a "Comedy."
commendable precaution.
It is understood, from the
ill-luck that has pursued the
Wizard of the North in
the matter of fire, that, in
future, he has resolved not
even to appear as Rob Roy
without having first " laid
on the hose."
THAT BLESSED BABY-LINEN.
Mrs. Smith to Mrs. Jones.
"Paris, March 14.—My dear Mrs. Jcnes, take my word for it,
babies will be all the fashion for a mon'h, at least amongst what Smith
calls 'our lively allies.' It can't be otherwise; for the show of the
baby-linen—the sweet Empress's things for the dailing child'.—will
make babies, as one may say, quite catching.
" Well, I've just come from Mademoiselle Eeligie's, in the
Yivienne. A ticket was brought to Smith by the Count- (Smith
tells me 1 mustn't trust names to the post) who always beats Smith at
billiards out of more than Smith likes to own, in the handsomest way
for two for the baby-linen; which, as Smith always grumbled at the
expense, I wouldn't, for that reason, take with me. So, myself and
young Mrs. Flower—who wished more than I can mention, but which
you '11 quite understand, to see the patterns—we both of us went to
Mdlle. Felicie's, where we had to form what is called here a queue, but
which, in English, may be called a termination,—there was such a
crowd to see the blessed children's things: for the Emperor, who is
the greatest man in Europe—and this would be enough to prove it if
nothing el-e did—the Emperor has had two sets ot things made up,
one for a darling Piince, and one for a sweet Prince.-s, so that he
mightn't be taken by surprise, if Providence was ever so bountiful. A
feeling that does him honour as a husband, and immortal glory as a
crowned head, as I said to young Mr. Flower, who I'm sorry to say
is what is called a liberal, which means anylhing but manly generosity
to the wife of his affections and the dear children that may at some
time bless him.
" After we had followed the movements of the queue— which twisted
in and out like any snake; but all, like the French, in the best polite-
ness, and with no pushing whatever—it came to our turn to enter the
rooms, several officers—Colonels or Generals at least, I'm sure of it—
in the handsomest manner attending us. Ob, my dear Mrs. Jones, it
is something to be born a Prince in France ! I thought Mrs. Flower
would have fainted,—the things were quite too much for her. And
even for myself, I must say, 1 felt as if it would have been a pleasure
to weep ever so little, the scene was so moving. Indeed, everybody
was affected; and I'm proud to say it, my o am country women—and
there was a swarm of 'em—showed as much interest in the things as if
they'd been made up upon their own account—and who, with any
heart, can wonder ?
allowing the babies—for I'm speaking, as one may say, both for the red
and the Hue—allowing 'em not to grow a bit, and there was more than
a full change a-day, without one going to the wash, for a twelvemonth!
Take and turn all the Foundling Hospital into new-born babies, and
there is clothes enough—if it isn't improper to name such a thing in
the same breath with foundlings—cl-thes enough to shift'em every
day for three months, boys and girls into the bargain.
"But what struck me and Mrs. Flower with astonishment, was
the quantity and the fineness of the lace. The Empress, as I said to
Mrs. F., who quite agreed with me, the Empress must be a happy
woman ! And then the work! Well, I don't like to think small of my
own country—specially in needlework and embroidery; but the work
does take away one's breath. The worst of it was, our queue was made
to move so fast through the rooms, that we couldn't examine even with
the naked eye anything like what we wished,—and as for touching a
single thread, you might as well have tried, as Mrs. Flower said, to
lay your hand upon a white cloud in Heaven. However, you may take
my word for it, there never was such needlework before; such embroi-
dered roses and violets, it isn't a bit too much to say, you might fairly
have smelt 'em. Besides this, I'm told—not that we saw it—that out
of compliment to the English alliance, the Emperor has had the British
lion woven as a pattern in some of the things, which is, you will allow,
very handsome.
"I've always stood up for the Emperor; because vhat I always
admire in men—I'm not speaking of Smith, understand—what I admire
is, determination, will, my dear; power! Now all this baby-linen con-
vinces me that Louis Napoleon is the best man for France ; knowing,
as it's plain he does, how much can be done with muslin.
"There was a report that the Conference—as they 're called—were
all coming over to Mdlle. Felicie's to look at the baby-linen; but
that an electric telegraph from St. Petersburg to Count Orlofp, for
state reasons, and on pain of the knout, which must be dreadful,,
forbid him.
"If I can, I'll bring you home, from Mdlle. Felicie herself, a
pattern of one of the Princess's blue bonnets; and also a pattern of a
Talma, which, 1 'm told, is called after a French tragedy-player, just as
you might name a muff after an English one ; and am, dear Mrs. Jones,
" Your's, Sincerely,
" Susan Smith.
"P.S. We 're to have a hundred guns when the Prince is born. You
know what Smith is! There's no rousing him to any pitch of admira-
tion. For thn e nights I could have vowed 1 heard toe beginning of
the guns ; and woke him accordingly ; but of course, he wouldn't hear
anything of the sort, and I couldn't make him. The Pope is coming to
christen l he Prince, which, I hear upon good authority, will be christened
Napoleon Pius."
Legal Intelligence.
Mr. Ddnup held his first levee of Creditors on the doormat outside
the closed door of his Chambers on Monday last. The representatives
of all the different trades in London were present. The levee began at
ten o'clock in the morning, and continued all the day. It must have been
full ten o'clock in the evening before the last Creditor took his de-
parture. The levee was enlivened at certain intervals with several
variations played in a most vigorous manner with walking-sticks upon
the oak that was " sported" on the occasion. We are informed that
it is the intention of Mr. Dunup to continue these levees, which are
extremely popular amongst the boys of the Court in which he lives,
every day throughout the Session.
Physic for the Forces.
" Be sure to ask for Dalby's Carminative," says a quack's puff,
adding, "the same as supplied to Her Majesty's troops in the
Crimea." As old women are in the habit of giving Daley to children,
we suppose it must have been the British infantry that were chiefly
dosed with that specific by the prescription of some official Mrs. Gamp.
effects without a cause.
Though sages swear, " Without a cause
a "f1 cornier r There's no effect "—it's mockerv
As I told you, there's two sets, for boy and girl-the boy's trimmed VrJ ™t;n™ tn all 1™*.
with red, and the girl s with blue; which, on the white, quite makes up
the line of the beautiful song for which Mr. Henry Eussell has been
made a full colonel of the legion of honour, with permission in the
decline of his life to sell out for the advantage of his family ; a favour,
as I am told, never before heard of in France, and by no means likely
to be heard of again.
" Well, my dear, if I was to try to tell you what we saw, you'd take
me for one of the Arabian Nights! There was one partic'lar set, frock,
under things, and all besides, you might have drawn through 1he
Empress's wedding-ring. And then the heaps of articles! Why,
There are exceptions to all laws:
What breaks domestic Crockery ?
Amende Honorable.
We were staitled at reading in the Hamburgh Gazette, "The relation
of Simony with the Ministry continues." We were going to ask, what
business a Hamburgh man had with the affairs of our own beloved
Church? But, luckily, we discovered that Mr. Simony was a
iiansea'ic statesman, and we retracted our indignation.