DOI issue:
April 19, 1856
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16617#0165
afeil 19, 1866.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 157-
HONOURS NOT HONORARY.
THAT 'S THE WAY THE LINEN GOES.
HE Newspapers inform us People are often puzzled at the remarkable reduction in their stock
that Sib, R. Maclure has of linen, and it is generally a subject of surprise that sheets and shirts,
been reimbursed the fees j table-cloths and towels, make what may be called their " mysterious
amounting to £104? 2s. for disappearance" from houses which seem to be haunted by some dis-
making him a Knight, and honest spirits whom it is impossible either to lay or to lay hold of.
that the fees for making the Perhaps some light may be thrown on the subject by the following
Emperor of the French Circular, a printed copy of which was found, addressed to the nurse in
a Knight of the Garter are the letter-box of a house in Belgravia. It proves that there are " marine
to be paid out of the public store dealers " to suit servants of every class, and that there are pur-
funds, "which will suffer to chasers for the pilferings from the nursery, as well as from the pickings
the tune of £479 13s. 4id. by and stealings known by the convertible terms of perquisites and
the transaction." We have kitchen-stuff,
not heard the circumstances
under which Sir R. Maclure
has had his " money re-
turned;" and we are there-
fore at a loss to know,
whether he took his Knight-
hood upon trial, and whether
he gave it back on finding
it not worth the sum he had
paid for it. We have heard of nuts being offered for sale, with per-
mission to " crack and try before you buy," but we do not remember
a Knighthood to have been obtainable on the same convenient con-
ditions. If a nut on being cracked, turns out to be hollow, there is
nothing to pay; but we were not aware that the hollowness of aj ' "
Knighthood would enable the recipient to get back the cast of the j Mrs c is> no doubt> perfectly aware that "the Nobility," or even
MES. C-
^urchaser of TOatutobes.
Mrs. C. begs to inform tbe Nobility and Gentry, that she con-
tinues to purchase Ladies' and Children's Left-off Wearing Apparel
of every description, including Household Linen, Silks, Satins,
Velvets, Lace, Brocades, &c, for which the very best price will be
given. _
Stamped Letters will meet with prompt Attention.
unsatisfactory article
We do not exactly see why Sir R. Maclure, unless he has returned
his Knighthood, should be more favourably dealt with than the British
public, who, if a precedent has been made, have a right to ask for
the return of the fees paid for knighting Louis Napoleon. If the
recipients of these fees will make an offer, by way of compromise, we
think we can undertake, on behalf o^' the British public, that the odd
fourpence may be retained, it the £479 13s. are handed over within a
reasonable period.
PALMER AND PILGRIM.
The Popish public, in countries where the public is Popish, is wont
to make pilgrimages to certain remarkable places—to places remarkable
for having been the residence or the haunt of this or that Saint. They
do not, however, usually pay a Saint these honours before his canoni-
zation, and that we believe seldom takes place until a century or two
after his death ; when his sanctity is decreed on the strength, mainly,
of the miracles which he performed, and which are strictly authenti-
cated. A portion, at least, of the British public is rather more ardentjmd
eager than the Popish in making its pilgrimages—which, moreover, are
of a peculiar sot t. One of them is thus described by the Birmingham
Mercury:—
" PALJiea's House at Rugelky.—During Ea9ter week a vast number of persons
visited Rugeley from all parts of the country, to inspect the house of Wm. Palmee."
Our Birmingham contemporary adds—with an evident appreciation j and when pains are taken by sending round Circulars to intimate to
the Gentry " are not likely to present themselves at her receiving
house with bundles of left-off clothes, and she therefore directs her
Circular to " the Nurse," who is thus invited to appropriate what
does not belong to her. The introduction of the word " left off" is
probably intended to quiet the conscience of those over-scrupulous
servants who may feel some slight compunction, and perhaps a whole-
some terror of the law, when contemplating the sale of the property of
their employers. With such an invitation before them, Nurses are
easily induced to look upon clothing as "left off" at any moment
when it does not happen to have been " put on," and as a small portion
only of a wardrobe can be worn at once, the larger the stock, the
greater the facility for dipping into it. " Left-off" is very liberally
construed by nurses, who wish to respond to such Circulars as those of
Mrs. C.; and a dress, which was here to-day, may be gone to-morrow,
if the owner does not keep it in constant wear, to prevent its falling
under the head of "left-off" clothing....... ,.
Another instance of the largeness of the terms used by Mrs. C. and
her tribe, may be found in the fact that she speaks of "wearing
apparel" as including household linen, &c, &c, so that table-cloths,
sheets, pillow-cases, or anything else, may be carried away and sold as
" left-off clothing" when the family do not happen to be playing at
ghosts (a game not popular with the nobility and gentry), by walking
about the house in the bed-clothes, or the breakfast and dinner linen.
It is not much to be wondered, at that robberies by servants are
frequent, when such facilities exist for disposing of stolen property,
of the feeling manifested by these pilgrims, \ nurses and others where they may sell whatever they can lay their.
" We are informed on credible authority, that the late residence of Palmee is about han.ds uP<>n- Jf the marine-store dealers are denounced as pests to
to be opened as an inn, with the sign of the Strychnine Arms." I SOCiety, for affording facilities for the Sale 01 all Kinds Ot trumpery
Our British pilgrims are, however, a little premature in ascribing to; articles that are the subject of petty offences; how much greater
this locality the sanctity of strychnine. This has not yet been rendered! Pests are they who demoralise those who are confidentially employed m
de fide bv the infallibility of twelve men in a box. Cannot such devotees ! our homes, and who are tempted to rob us every hour ot the day in
find sufficiently numerous scenes of unquestionable murder, whereof Proportion to the trust we repose m them We can take our-pre-
the perpetrator has been actually tried, convicted, and hanged, by cautions against the thief out-of-doors, but it is dimcult to guard
visiting which unhallowed spots they might indulge their enthusiasm ? against a knave who is one of the family. Such are the thieves manu-
____' " & tactured by Circulars like that we have copied into our pages this day,
for the purpose of opening the eyes of many masters and mistresses
a mfADTT wac un.v Wflo find a diminution in the contents of their wardrobe, and who may
tt^AJU-LiLbb HOAX. by a little vigilance find out that "that's the way the linen goes."
Several roods of Oxford-street were last week thrown into a most __ _
painful degree of excitement by a rumour that Mr. Charles Kean
had signed an engagement for the Antipodes, and was about to take -cr-n- m -d- j„ n..~ a*nna
ship for Melbourne ! Field, the well-known officer, has been employed Killing Two Birds with One Stone.
to discover the author of this heartless hoax, and we are sure that we The Bill of Abjuration—that bulwark of the nation,
only speak the sense of the whole breadth and length of the country (Into whose guardian dyke of oaths John Bright, affirming
(to say nothing of its depth) when we express the liveliest wish that; Quaker, bites)
the culprit may be brought to condignest punishment. We believe we Must be kept 'up for exclusion of Judaical intrusion,
have sufficient authority to add, that when the rumour was at its Though built at first for shutting out not Israel- (but Jacob-) ites.
loudest, and the excitement at its highest, Her Majesty did not send ~ _
through Colonel Phipps to know the truth or falsehood of the story.
[further particulars.] further decline of the drama.
Since the above was written, we have been given to understand that | We mention it only as a curious proof how the Drama is gradually
the rumour of Mr. Kean's contemplated voyage to Australia arose declining, that Mr. Buckstone began his Haymarket season by asking
from the fact that Mr. Hicks had signed and sealed for that region. \ the Public to Lend me Five Shillings, and now he has got down to Only
Oxford-street has subsided into its usual tranquillity. a Halfpenny.
HONOURS NOT HONORARY.
THAT 'S THE WAY THE LINEN GOES.
HE Newspapers inform us People are often puzzled at the remarkable reduction in their stock
that Sib, R. Maclure has of linen, and it is generally a subject of surprise that sheets and shirts,
been reimbursed the fees j table-cloths and towels, make what may be called their " mysterious
amounting to £104? 2s. for disappearance" from houses which seem to be haunted by some dis-
making him a Knight, and honest spirits whom it is impossible either to lay or to lay hold of.
that the fees for making the Perhaps some light may be thrown on the subject by the following
Emperor of the French Circular, a printed copy of which was found, addressed to the nurse in
a Knight of the Garter are the letter-box of a house in Belgravia. It proves that there are " marine
to be paid out of the public store dealers " to suit servants of every class, and that there are pur-
funds, "which will suffer to chasers for the pilferings from the nursery, as well as from the pickings
the tune of £479 13s. 4id. by and stealings known by the convertible terms of perquisites and
the transaction." We have kitchen-stuff,
not heard the circumstances
under which Sir R. Maclure
has had his " money re-
turned;" and we are there-
fore at a loss to know,
whether he took his Knight-
hood upon trial, and whether
he gave it back on finding
it not worth the sum he had
paid for it. We have heard of nuts being offered for sale, with per-
mission to " crack and try before you buy," but we do not remember
a Knighthood to have been obtainable on the same convenient con-
ditions. If a nut on being cracked, turns out to be hollow, there is
nothing to pay; but we were not aware that the hollowness of aj ' "
Knighthood would enable the recipient to get back the cast of the j Mrs c is> no doubt> perfectly aware that "the Nobility," or even
MES. C-
^urchaser of TOatutobes.
Mrs. C. begs to inform tbe Nobility and Gentry, that she con-
tinues to purchase Ladies' and Children's Left-off Wearing Apparel
of every description, including Household Linen, Silks, Satins,
Velvets, Lace, Brocades, &c, for which the very best price will be
given. _
Stamped Letters will meet with prompt Attention.
unsatisfactory article
We do not exactly see why Sir R. Maclure, unless he has returned
his Knighthood, should be more favourably dealt with than the British
public, who, if a precedent has been made, have a right to ask for
the return of the fees paid for knighting Louis Napoleon. If the
recipients of these fees will make an offer, by way of compromise, we
think we can undertake, on behalf o^' the British public, that the odd
fourpence may be retained, it the £479 13s. are handed over within a
reasonable period.
PALMER AND PILGRIM.
The Popish public, in countries where the public is Popish, is wont
to make pilgrimages to certain remarkable places—to places remarkable
for having been the residence or the haunt of this or that Saint. They
do not, however, usually pay a Saint these honours before his canoni-
zation, and that we believe seldom takes place until a century or two
after his death ; when his sanctity is decreed on the strength, mainly,
of the miracles which he performed, and which are strictly authenti-
cated. A portion, at least, of the British public is rather more ardentjmd
eager than the Popish in making its pilgrimages—which, moreover, are
of a peculiar sot t. One of them is thus described by the Birmingham
Mercury:—
" PALJiea's House at Rugelky.—During Ea9ter week a vast number of persons
visited Rugeley from all parts of the country, to inspect the house of Wm. Palmee."
Our Birmingham contemporary adds—with an evident appreciation j and when pains are taken by sending round Circulars to intimate to
the Gentry " are not likely to present themselves at her receiving
house with bundles of left-off clothes, and she therefore directs her
Circular to " the Nurse," who is thus invited to appropriate what
does not belong to her. The introduction of the word " left off" is
probably intended to quiet the conscience of those over-scrupulous
servants who may feel some slight compunction, and perhaps a whole-
some terror of the law, when contemplating the sale of the property of
their employers. With such an invitation before them, Nurses are
easily induced to look upon clothing as "left off" at any moment
when it does not happen to have been " put on," and as a small portion
only of a wardrobe can be worn at once, the larger the stock, the
greater the facility for dipping into it. " Left-off" is very liberally
construed by nurses, who wish to respond to such Circulars as those of
Mrs. C.; and a dress, which was here to-day, may be gone to-morrow,
if the owner does not keep it in constant wear, to prevent its falling
under the head of "left-off" clothing....... ,.
Another instance of the largeness of the terms used by Mrs. C. and
her tribe, may be found in the fact that she speaks of "wearing
apparel" as including household linen, &c, &c, so that table-cloths,
sheets, pillow-cases, or anything else, may be carried away and sold as
" left-off clothing" when the family do not happen to be playing at
ghosts (a game not popular with the nobility and gentry), by walking
about the house in the bed-clothes, or the breakfast and dinner linen.
It is not much to be wondered, at that robberies by servants are
frequent, when such facilities exist for disposing of stolen property,
of the feeling manifested by these pilgrims, \ nurses and others where they may sell whatever they can lay their.
" We are informed on credible authority, that the late residence of Palmee is about han.ds uP<>n- Jf the marine-store dealers are denounced as pests to
to be opened as an inn, with the sign of the Strychnine Arms." I SOCiety, for affording facilities for the Sale 01 all Kinds Ot trumpery
Our British pilgrims are, however, a little premature in ascribing to; articles that are the subject of petty offences; how much greater
this locality the sanctity of strychnine. This has not yet been rendered! Pests are they who demoralise those who are confidentially employed m
de fide bv the infallibility of twelve men in a box. Cannot such devotees ! our homes, and who are tempted to rob us every hour ot the day in
find sufficiently numerous scenes of unquestionable murder, whereof Proportion to the trust we repose m them We can take our-pre-
the perpetrator has been actually tried, convicted, and hanged, by cautions against the thief out-of-doors, but it is dimcult to guard
visiting which unhallowed spots they might indulge their enthusiasm ? against a knave who is one of the family. Such are the thieves manu-
____' " & tactured by Circulars like that we have copied into our pages this day,
for the purpose of opening the eyes of many masters and mistresses
a mfADTT wac un.v Wflo find a diminution in the contents of their wardrobe, and who may
tt^AJU-LiLbb HOAX. by a little vigilance find out that "that's the way the linen goes."
Several roods of Oxford-street were last week thrown into a most __ _
painful degree of excitement by a rumour that Mr. Charles Kean
had signed an engagement for the Antipodes, and was about to take -cr-n- m -d- j„ n..~ a*nna
ship for Melbourne ! Field, the well-known officer, has been employed Killing Two Birds with One Stone.
to discover the author of this heartless hoax, and we are sure that we The Bill of Abjuration—that bulwark of the nation,
only speak the sense of the whole breadth and length of the country (Into whose guardian dyke of oaths John Bright, affirming
(to say nothing of its depth) when we express the liveliest wish that; Quaker, bites)
the culprit may be brought to condignest punishment. We believe we Must be kept 'up for exclusion of Judaical intrusion,
have sufficient authority to add, that when the rumour was at its Though built at first for shutting out not Israel- (but Jacob-) ites.
loudest, and the excitement at its highest, Her Majesty did not send ~ _
through Colonel Phipps to know the truth or falsehood of the story.
[further particulars.] further decline of the drama.
Since the above was written, we have been given to understand that | We mention it only as a curious proof how the Drama is gradually
the rumour of Mr. Kean's contemplated voyage to Australia arose declining, that Mr. Buckstone began his Haymarket season by asking
from the fact that Mr. Hicks had signed and sealed for that region. \ the Public to Lend me Five Shillings, and now he has got down to Only
Oxford-street has subsided into its usual tranquillity. a Halfpenny.