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November 22, 1856
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November 2.', 1856.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI 201
To the Know-Nothings of the United States, iv admiration of the mighty
ghASP of t-e NATIVE AMERICAN MlND, AND as AN IlLDSTBATION of HOW just
and proper it is that " glgantic" should rhtme with " transatlantic,"
Mr. Punch dedicates this original Portrait of Judge Kin-ker-bdcket, of
Clamstackle, Kt., who always cleans his Meerschaum by walking a live
Rattlesnake through it.—" Keeps a Snake that does nothing else."
WHAT 'S A "CURE?"
Punch has no mission to repeal
The slang he hears along the street,
But when a cu ious phrase he seiz ?,
Punch does—as always—what he pleases.
He finds, then, in the followin? word,
No merit, save that it's absurd;
Bat as it's lkely to endure,
He asks the question, " Wha1; 's a Cure ? "
He heard, upon a river boat,
Tbe steersman told to move his coat:
Trie fellow grunted like a ho )r ;
The Captain said, " Well, you 'ie a Ca-e."
The mud wa? thick—the crossing clean—
A well dressed m«n, genteel of mien—
Walk'd through tlie rirs'r (be might be poor),
The sweeper muttered, "He's a Care."
Two youths talked "chaff" (in rjhra'.e polite),
Each asked where t' other slept last night:
"Me? Up a ppout." ' Me? Down a Few<er."
The fiist—" Ain't you a precious Cure ? "
A child, more apt to eat than spell,
Espied his little sweetheart, Nell:
Embraced her wi h affec'ion pure,
And cried, " You darling little Cue '*
Before a shop stood maidens two,
Wher« fine mcck-diamonds pleased their vie v -,
"0, Julia, that's the Kch-i-Ncxr."
" Tuat!" Julia said, " You silly Cu:e."
Lastly, he heard the word applied
To Lord Mayor Finnts in his prie'e.
A female shouted, " Well, I'm sure !
Ca'l him a Mayo;—he looks a Care."
Thus havii-g heard the word he mentions
Spoken with seven distinct intentions,
Punch doth the slinging world adjure
To state whence derivatur "Cure."
THE GENTS' QUADRILLE.
As Jullien once threw off a " Bow Polka," could he not further
immortalize himself with a "Bow Quadrille," for the be&tificaMon
of the numero-s G^nts who lately attend, d at his Concerts for the
>u pose of making a Bow ? We give our musical Mons. a few rotions
for some of the principal movements of such a Quadrille, to be danced
at the Duffer's ^rms, New Cut.
Le Chapeau.—Grande Ronde of Snobs. Chorus of shrieks a la
Wild Indian. Side partners join Berlins, and a circle is formed. Circle
keeps advancing, or retreating, expanding or contracting, according as
the number if hands engaged in it will allow. Pas de Cheesemonger
Seul. He trips gaily into centre of circle, cuts a frautic pirouette,
removes hi3 chapeau, and deposits same in circle. More pirouettes, and
Cheesemonger retires into natural insignificance. Gents di port them-
selves with their usual esprit. They fling halfpence, p'eces of orange-
peel and tobaca i-pipe, playbills rolh d up into balls, &c, &c, into
chapeau. Cucle advances. Everybody pausssttes. Delirious excite-
ment. Bapid retreat of chapeau before it is smashed. Glorious
triumph cf Cheesemonger on extricating Lis 45. 9d. More Shrieks.
General Galopade,
Pive minutes should be allowed for refreshments between the above
and the following figure, wh'ch is a very fatiguing one, of
Le Cercle.—This U precisely the same as the English dance of
" The Bing," that is so extremely popular amongst, the mad million at
these Concerts. A few Gents meet, bow, shriek, join hands f cross, and
distribute blows right and left. Fun increases. More Gents join the
gay and festive circle. Tumult thickens. Cries heard of " A Ring!
A Bing !" Elbows pushed into iiba on all sides. Bight wing advances.
Left ditto the same. They join, and a grande ronde is formed. The
circle balances backwards ana forwards for full ten minuses. Gentle-
men tread on ladies' toes (music descriptive of the grinding of corn).
Pickpocket lays hands on Gent's mosaic pin. Elderly lady in bugles
u the float row of dress-circle goe^ in'.o hysterics. Swell mobsman
pairs off with young lady's wafch. Shuffles over to the opposite side,
acd sets to countryman. Tbe bugles in the dress-circle silenced by a
glass of cold water being cleverly thrown in her face. Swell mobsman
retires into dark corner with countryn-aa's purse. Shouting and
shrieking ad libitum. Boliceman appears in the background. With a
few bold flourishes of his staff, he cuts his way down the middle and
back again—general meiee. Confusion worse confounded. Rioters
suddenly dumfounded. Mob chasses-croises in all direc'ions. Police-
man pairs off with Gent to station-house. Eive-bars'-rest to desc ib*
h''s awful look-out. Musie illustrative of a cell. The whole to wind
up with " God Save the Queen," and " B avo Jullien ! "—mingled with
the applause of the approving audience.
BLACK AND WHITE.
A Haytian gentleman, by name Damieb, lately communicated to
the Times the translation of a letter which he. had previously written to
the Journal des Debats, wherein occurs, with leference to his country-
men, the following remarkable passage :—
" On the contrary, the very organs now employed by unscrupulous and interrsted
parties to blacken and traduce them would have beeu foremost to speak in their behalf.''
Strange that it did not occur to Mr. Damieb that ary attempt to
blacken the population of Hayri, must, like trying to gild refined gold,
or paint the ldy, be vain a'd superfluous. The biack man need not be
ashamed of his colour. It will bear comparison, just now, with that
of European races; and the next time Ms. Damieb, has occasion to
complain that his compatriots have been calumniated, he should reverse
bis metaphor, and say that their slanders have whitened them.
Early Winteb.—Last week a few very wild 'ducks appealed in
the vicinity of the Stock Exchange. It was thought they had come
up by the Bussian railways. They, lowtver, soon took wing, to-
being inclined to speculate "for a fall."
Vol. 31.
7-2
To the Know-Nothings of the United States, iv admiration of the mighty
ghASP of t-e NATIVE AMERICAN MlND, AND as AN IlLDSTBATION of HOW just
and proper it is that " glgantic" should rhtme with " transatlantic,"
Mr. Punch dedicates this original Portrait of Judge Kin-ker-bdcket, of
Clamstackle, Kt., who always cleans his Meerschaum by walking a live
Rattlesnake through it.—" Keeps a Snake that does nothing else."
WHAT 'S A "CURE?"
Punch has no mission to repeal
The slang he hears along the street,
But when a cu ious phrase he seiz ?,
Punch does—as always—what he pleases.
He finds, then, in the followin? word,
No merit, save that it's absurd;
Bat as it's lkely to endure,
He asks the question, " Wha1; 's a Cure ? "
He heard, upon a river boat,
Tbe steersman told to move his coat:
Trie fellow grunted like a ho )r ;
The Captain said, " Well, you 'ie a Ca-e."
The mud wa? thick—the crossing clean—
A well dressed m«n, genteel of mien—
Walk'd through tlie rirs'r (be might be poor),
The sweeper muttered, "He's a Care."
Two youths talked "chaff" (in rjhra'.e polite),
Each asked where t' other slept last night:
"Me? Up a ppout." ' Me? Down a Few<er."
The fiist—" Ain't you a precious Cure ? "
A child, more apt to eat than spell,
Espied his little sweetheart, Nell:
Embraced her wi h affec'ion pure,
And cried, " You darling little Cue '*
Before a shop stood maidens two,
Wher« fine mcck-diamonds pleased their vie v -,
"0, Julia, that's the Kch-i-Ncxr."
" Tuat!" Julia said, " You silly Cu:e."
Lastly, he heard the word applied
To Lord Mayor Finnts in his prie'e.
A female shouted, " Well, I'm sure !
Ca'l him a Mayo;—he looks a Care."
Thus havii-g heard the word he mentions
Spoken with seven distinct intentions,
Punch doth the slinging world adjure
To state whence derivatur "Cure."
THE GENTS' QUADRILLE.
As Jullien once threw off a " Bow Polka," could he not further
immortalize himself with a "Bow Quadrille," for the be&tificaMon
of the numero-s G^nts who lately attend, d at his Concerts for the
>u pose of making a Bow ? We give our musical Mons. a few rotions
for some of the principal movements of such a Quadrille, to be danced
at the Duffer's ^rms, New Cut.
Le Chapeau.—Grande Ronde of Snobs. Chorus of shrieks a la
Wild Indian. Side partners join Berlins, and a circle is formed. Circle
keeps advancing, or retreating, expanding or contracting, according as
the number if hands engaged in it will allow. Pas de Cheesemonger
Seul. He trips gaily into centre of circle, cuts a frautic pirouette,
removes hi3 chapeau, and deposits same in circle. More pirouettes, and
Cheesemonger retires into natural insignificance. Gents di port them-
selves with their usual esprit. They fling halfpence, p'eces of orange-
peel and tobaca i-pipe, playbills rolh d up into balls, &c, &c, into
chapeau. Cucle advances. Everybody pausssttes. Delirious excite-
ment. Bapid retreat of chapeau before it is smashed. Glorious
triumph cf Cheesemonger on extricating Lis 45. 9d. More Shrieks.
General Galopade,
Pive minutes should be allowed for refreshments between the above
and the following figure, wh'ch is a very fatiguing one, of
Le Cercle.—This U precisely the same as the English dance of
" The Bing," that is so extremely popular amongst, the mad million at
these Concerts. A few Gents meet, bow, shriek, join hands f cross, and
distribute blows right and left. Fun increases. More Gents join the
gay and festive circle. Tumult thickens. Cries heard of " A Ring!
A Bing !" Elbows pushed into iiba on all sides. Bight wing advances.
Left ditto the same. They join, and a grande ronde is formed. The
circle balances backwards ana forwards for full ten minuses. Gentle-
men tread on ladies' toes (music descriptive of the grinding of corn).
Pickpocket lays hands on Gent's mosaic pin. Elderly lady in bugles
u the float row of dress-circle goe^ in'.o hysterics. Swell mobsman
pairs off with young lady's wafch. Shuffles over to the opposite side,
acd sets to countryman. Tbe bugles in the dress-circle silenced by a
glass of cold water being cleverly thrown in her face. Swell mobsman
retires into dark corner with countryn-aa's purse. Shouting and
shrieking ad libitum. Boliceman appears in the background. With a
few bold flourishes of his staff, he cuts his way down the middle and
back again—general meiee. Confusion worse confounded. Rioters
suddenly dumfounded. Mob chasses-croises in all direc'ions. Police-
man pairs off with Gent to station-house. Eive-bars'-rest to desc ib*
h''s awful look-out. Musie illustrative of a cell. The whole to wind
up with " God Save the Queen," and " B avo Jullien ! "—mingled with
the applause of the approving audience.
BLACK AND WHITE.
A Haytian gentleman, by name Damieb, lately communicated to
the Times the translation of a letter which he. had previously written to
the Journal des Debats, wherein occurs, with leference to his country-
men, the following remarkable passage :—
" On the contrary, the very organs now employed by unscrupulous and interrsted
parties to blacken and traduce them would have beeu foremost to speak in their behalf.''
Strange that it did not occur to Mr. Damieb that ary attempt to
blacken the population of Hayri, must, like trying to gild refined gold,
or paint the ldy, be vain a'd superfluous. The biack man need not be
ashamed of his colour. It will bear comparison, just now, with that
of European races; and the next time Ms. Damieb, has occasion to
complain that his compatriots have been calumniated, he should reverse
bis metaphor, and say that their slanders have whitened them.
Early Winteb.—Last week a few very wild 'ducks appealed in
the vicinity of the Stock Exchange. It was thought they had come
up by the Bussian railways. They, lowtver, soon took wing, to-
being inclined to speculate "for a fall."
Vol. 31.
7-2