DOI Heft:
July 7, 1866
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16878#0011
July 7, 1866.]
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
A LITTLE BRUTE.
First Boy. “That’s a ’Ansom-cab Horse, that is!”
Second Boy. “What, Tm?”
First Boy. “Ah, ’cause he lives in our Mews; cost a lot o’ Money, he did—Ten Sovereigns! ’cause my Father
knows the Man as drives-” [Further revelations drowned by thundering word of command from Adjutant, who wheels off in disgust.
FANCY IN FASHIONS FOR JULY.
“ Sweet are the uses of adversity.” For the following good news
announced under the head of “Fashions for July,” by Le Follet,
Paterfamilias is doubtless indebted to the Panic and 10 per cent, in
the City:—
“ We are happy to announce a decided reactionary movement towards simplicity
of attire. There can be no question that luxury in dress has of late been indulged
in to an alarming excess. It is therefore gratifying to observe that the leaders of
fashion now show a decided inclination to allow the judiciously elegant to replace
the merely expensive ; we no longer see toilettes covered and sparkling with gold
and silver, these theatrical ornaments having given place to ribbons, flowers,
laces, &c.”
It is true that theatrical gold and theatrical silver, are not precious
metals, and that the cost of such tinsel may be indefinitely exceeded by
ribbons, flowers, laces, &c.; especially “ &c.” But Paterfamilias
may doubtless rely on the essential truth of Le Follefs testimony to
the comparative cheapness of fal-lals for the time being. Thank the
Bears.
In the succeeding observations, Le Follet really shows sense :—
“ Summer is undoubtedly a time of rest for the purse and of work for the fancy.
Expensive fabrics and trimmings are not required; a few simple materials, elegantly
made, so as to permit the possessor to appear often in what the Parisians call une
toilette fraiche, being all that is necessary, except for very dressy occasions, such as
Jetes or marriages.''
Few things that any poet has ever said of summer will be deemed by
Paterfamilias equal to the aphorism of Le Follet about it. “ Summer
is undoubtedly a time of rest for the purse and of work for the fancy.”
Most undoubtedly, as regards toilettes. Oh, Le Follet! thou art a
summer bird! As to whitebait dinners, and the like, the case may_ be
rather different. The purse cannot rest if the muscles of mastication
and deglutition are to act. Though fancy may be all-sufficient for the
love of finery, it will not supply the pleasures of the palate. It may
make une toilette fraiche answer every purpose, but will not provide a
cool cup or a satisfactory repast out of simple and slight materials.
So much the greater reason why fancy should do all the work that
ever it can to the end of resting the purse. Therefore, vive la toilette
fraiche while the summer lasts ; and let us hope that, in winter time,
fancy will still find scope for economy in the tasteful arrangement of
the cheapest of all those substantial fabrics which will then be necessi-
tated by the severity of the season.
In female education the importance of fancy in relation to dress, has
been grievously overlooked. A woman whose fancy has the power to
make an alpaca equal to a silk, or a merino to a moire antique, is the
wife for a wise man’s money; because she will not squander any of it
on excess of apparel.
COMIC TALENT.
Among a number of other odd theatrical requirements we specially
select the following for remark:—
WANTED, COMIC and SERIO-COMIC TALENT of the Highest
' * Order, for June 25thand future dates. No stamp. Silence a respectful negative.
What is called the “ comic business ” in a Pantomime consists in
the transactions of Pantaloon and Clown, and these persons not unfitly
may lay claim to have some comic talent, for we know it takes a clever
man to play sagaciously the fool. But where is “ serio-comic talent ”
displayed upon the stage, unless perhaps in the performances of certain
great tragedians, who play the sombre parts so funnily that they always
make one laugh. To them the gentle hint “ no stamp ” seems specially
addressed; for these serio-comic actors are usually addicted to much
stamping when they act, and it would be wise, we think, to add the
further gentle hint, “ no strut.”
Address to tite Reform Club.—“ Oh, then 1 see King Mob hath
been with you.”
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
A LITTLE BRUTE.
First Boy. “That’s a ’Ansom-cab Horse, that is!”
Second Boy. “What, Tm?”
First Boy. “Ah, ’cause he lives in our Mews; cost a lot o’ Money, he did—Ten Sovereigns! ’cause my Father
knows the Man as drives-” [Further revelations drowned by thundering word of command from Adjutant, who wheels off in disgust.
FANCY IN FASHIONS FOR JULY.
“ Sweet are the uses of adversity.” For the following good news
announced under the head of “Fashions for July,” by Le Follet,
Paterfamilias is doubtless indebted to the Panic and 10 per cent, in
the City:—
“ We are happy to announce a decided reactionary movement towards simplicity
of attire. There can be no question that luxury in dress has of late been indulged
in to an alarming excess. It is therefore gratifying to observe that the leaders of
fashion now show a decided inclination to allow the judiciously elegant to replace
the merely expensive ; we no longer see toilettes covered and sparkling with gold
and silver, these theatrical ornaments having given place to ribbons, flowers,
laces, &c.”
It is true that theatrical gold and theatrical silver, are not precious
metals, and that the cost of such tinsel may be indefinitely exceeded by
ribbons, flowers, laces, &c.; especially “ &c.” But Paterfamilias
may doubtless rely on the essential truth of Le Follefs testimony to
the comparative cheapness of fal-lals for the time being. Thank the
Bears.
In the succeeding observations, Le Follet really shows sense :—
“ Summer is undoubtedly a time of rest for the purse and of work for the fancy.
Expensive fabrics and trimmings are not required; a few simple materials, elegantly
made, so as to permit the possessor to appear often in what the Parisians call une
toilette fraiche, being all that is necessary, except for very dressy occasions, such as
Jetes or marriages.''
Few things that any poet has ever said of summer will be deemed by
Paterfamilias equal to the aphorism of Le Follet about it. “ Summer
is undoubtedly a time of rest for the purse and of work for the fancy.”
Most undoubtedly, as regards toilettes. Oh, Le Follet! thou art a
summer bird! As to whitebait dinners, and the like, the case may_ be
rather different. The purse cannot rest if the muscles of mastication
and deglutition are to act. Though fancy may be all-sufficient for the
love of finery, it will not supply the pleasures of the palate. It may
make une toilette fraiche answer every purpose, but will not provide a
cool cup or a satisfactory repast out of simple and slight materials.
So much the greater reason why fancy should do all the work that
ever it can to the end of resting the purse. Therefore, vive la toilette
fraiche while the summer lasts ; and let us hope that, in winter time,
fancy will still find scope for economy in the tasteful arrangement of
the cheapest of all those substantial fabrics which will then be necessi-
tated by the severity of the season.
In female education the importance of fancy in relation to dress, has
been grievously overlooked. A woman whose fancy has the power to
make an alpaca equal to a silk, or a merino to a moire antique, is the
wife for a wise man’s money; because she will not squander any of it
on excess of apparel.
COMIC TALENT.
Among a number of other odd theatrical requirements we specially
select the following for remark:—
WANTED, COMIC and SERIO-COMIC TALENT of the Highest
' * Order, for June 25thand future dates. No stamp. Silence a respectful negative.
What is called the “ comic business ” in a Pantomime consists in
the transactions of Pantaloon and Clown, and these persons not unfitly
may lay claim to have some comic talent, for we know it takes a clever
man to play sagaciously the fool. But where is “ serio-comic talent ”
displayed upon the stage, unless perhaps in the performances of certain
great tragedians, who play the sombre parts so funnily that they always
make one laugh. To them the gentle hint “ no stamp ” seems specially
addressed; for these serio-comic actors are usually addicted to much
stamping when they act, and it would be wise, we think, to add the
further gentle hint, “ no strut.”
Address to tite Reform Club.—“ Oh, then 1 see King Mob hath
been with you.”
I