DOI Heft:
December 22, 1866
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December 22, 1866.]
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
249
THE PLAY-GOERS.
Laughable Mistake (not an unaccountable one under the circumstances)
MADE BY TWO WeST-EnD GENTS AFTER A TASTING-ORDER AT THE DOCKS.
BALLADS LOR BACHELORS.
THE BACHELOR TO HIS BUTTONS.
Adieu ! thou ill-starred race, adieu!
Thy banishment I ’ll not bewail;
But trust I never more may view,
The broken rings which fret my nail.
How oft on wrist or collar band
A disc delusive dangled, where
Ureed by some mercenary hand
The iron stern had entered there !
Oh, Woman, who did first invent
That badge of our dependent state ;
Hast thou not laughed at our lament,
When buttonless we stamped irate F
Sweet nymphs have struck a tender chord,
‘And smiling, whispered, half in dread:
“ How helpless is a noble lord,
Whose happiness hangs by a thread.”
But, lo ! a mighty thought is born,
From Jove full-armed Minerva springs ;
The hollow mould which roused our scorn.
Gives place to firm and brighter things.
Then idle girls, who watchful see
Man’s jocund freedom, softly say,
“ Strong, Sir, as golden links may be
Love’s links are stronger far than they.”
SPECIFIC FOR SCURVY.
It appears that sailors in the merchant service are very
apt to shirk taking the lime-juice necessary to secure them
from scurvy. They are not altogether fools for doing so
when, as is ofien the case, the lime-juice, having been ill-
kept, in casks, has turned mouldy and bad.
Now, on board Her Majesty’s ships, we understand,
the lime-juice is preserved in bottles, with the addition of
a certain quantity of rum, which keeps it good. That is
the thing to preserve lime-juice with on the one hand, and
to get it taken on the other. Strengthen the lime-juice
with a certain proportion of rum; add a little sugar, and
moderately dilute the mixture with hot water, and there
is hardly a sailor who will not drink as much of it as is
ever served out to him.
THE MANHOOD OE LAMBETH.
Lambeth, famous for Short Weights and Bad Measures, had to
vindicate its character. When Mr. Thomas Hughes reminded his
constituents of the little distinction above indicated, he was met by
hisses. Lambeth then considered the situation, and on the whole
arrived at the just conclusion that something ought to be done. England
clearly looked scornfully at Lambeth, and regarded it as a fosterer of
rascality. So it was thought that when an opportunity arrived for
another meeting, it would be well for the masses of Lambeth to show
that they could extend patient and respectful attention to their repre-
sentatives, and even should either of the latter entertain views which
were not those of the majority, he should be judged fairly, and, if
necessary, censured calmly, and as became men who held themselves
entitled to pronounce political verdicts. The opportunity was last
week afforded. Mr. Doulton, M.P., invited an audience, and it
came. The Morning Star shall continue the story :—
“ The Chair was taken by Mr. Alder, Carriage-Builder, of Newington, who tried
in vain to obtain a hearing. After having essayed to do so for some time, he gave
up the attempts in despair, and Mr. Doulton then came forward The scene at
this moment was of the most exciting and extraordinary character. For several
minutes the honourable Member stood facing the assembly, his friends cheering
vociferously, whilst from the body of the meeting came counter demonstrations of
the most tumultuous description. Several gentlemen with excellent intentions
advanced to the front of the platform, and gesticulated wildly in the vain hope of
quelling the uproar. These attempts, however, only provoked a fresh storm of
shouts and jeers, whilst above the noise some electors gifted with more stentorian
lungs than others could be heard uttering expressions of indignant disapproval of
their Member’s Parliamentary conduct.”
This statesmanlike proceeding lasted for a long time, and at length
Mr. Doulton thought that it might be more practical to address the
reporters only. Those gentlemen, whom nothing ever deters from
their duty, took such notes as the impassioned utterances of the
assembly would permit, but occasionally the howling was too frantic
to permit the speaker’s sentences to reach the stenographers. But they
took down enough to show that Mr. Doulton endeavoured to argue
fairly, and to offer his antagonists his reasons for the votes he had
given in Parliament. But even this modified arrangement did not
please the friends of Manhood Suffrage, and the Star proceeds :—
“At this juncture the people occupying the body of the ball became intensely
excited—the pottery boys lost all self-control, if they ever had any—and the ‘ticket-
holders' of the platform sent defiant cheers in the teeth of the loud and unmis-
takeable disapprobation manifested by those who formed three-fourths of the main
body of the meetiDg. A rush was made for the platform across the tables occupied
by the reporters, who, effecting a precipitate ‘ skedadle,’ notes in hand, took the
platform by storm.”
Nevertheless the gallant reporters, driven off for a time, returned to
the charge, and managed to hear Mr. Doulton say,
“ If anything were wanting to show the tyranny of those who, up to the present
time, have been leading the people, and to show how they would exercise their
influence over them, I think we could find it in the infuriated language used in the
last few weeks to render this meeting of mine impossible.”
The discussion continued, but Mr. Doulton piuckily stood his
ground, completed bis address, and retired amid a storm of yelling
and booting. Then some folks of another sort mounted the platform,
and were heard with applause. They carried resolutions in favour of
giving every man a vote. Mr. Punch heartily congratulates Lambeth,
the meeting, and the promoters of the good cause upon their amicable
and patriotic tolerance, and the decided advance which such demon-
strations cause to the fortune of Manhood Suffrage.
Might makes Right.
We read that retribution dark
Awaits removing a land-mark.
A newer reading Prussia sends
Who plucks both marks and lands from friends;
And, in her grasp their wealth possessing,
Bids them esteem her theft a blessing.
The Paradise of the Compassionate.—The Pitti Palace.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
249
THE PLAY-GOERS.
Laughable Mistake (not an unaccountable one under the circumstances)
MADE BY TWO WeST-EnD GENTS AFTER A TASTING-ORDER AT THE DOCKS.
BALLADS LOR BACHELORS.
THE BACHELOR TO HIS BUTTONS.
Adieu ! thou ill-starred race, adieu!
Thy banishment I ’ll not bewail;
But trust I never more may view,
The broken rings which fret my nail.
How oft on wrist or collar band
A disc delusive dangled, where
Ureed by some mercenary hand
The iron stern had entered there !
Oh, Woman, who did first invent
That badge of our dependent state ;
Hast thou not laughed at our lament,
When buttonless we stamped irate F
Sweet nymphs have struck a tender chord,
‘And smiling, whispered, half in dread:
“ How helpless is a noble lord,
Whose happiness hangs by a thread.”
But, lo ! a mighty thought is born,
From Jove full-armed Minerva springs ;
The hollow mould which roused our scorn.
Gives place to firm and brighter things.
Then idle girls, who watchful see
Man’s jocund freedom, softly say,
“ Strong, Sir, as golden links may be
Love’s links are stronger far than they.”
SPECIFIC FOR SCURVY.
It appears that sailors in the merchant service are very
apt to shirk taking the lime-juice necessary to secure them
from scurvy. They are not altogether fools for doing so
when, as is ofien the case, the lime-juice, having been ill-
kept, in casks, has turned mouldy and bad.
Now, on board Her Majesty’s ships, we understand,
the lime-juice is preserved in bottles, with the addition of
a certain quantity of rum, which keeps it good. That is
the thing to preserve lime-juice with on the one hand, and
to get it taken on the other. Strengthen the lime-juice
with a certain proportion of rum; add a little sugar, and
moderately dilute the mixture with hot water, and there
is hardly a sailor who will not drink as much of it as is
ever served out to him.
THE MANHOOD OE LAMBETH.
Lambeth, famous for Short Weights and Bad Measures, had to
vindicate its character. When Mr. Thomas Hughes reminded his
constituents of the little distinction above indicated, he was met by
hisses. Lambeth then considered the situation, and on the whole
arrived at the just conclusion that something ought to be done. England
clearly looked scornfully at Lambeth, and regarded it as a fosterer of
rascality. So it was thought that when an opportunity arrived for
another meeting, it would be well for the masses of Lambeth to show
that they could extend patient and respectful attention to their repre-
sentatives, and even should either of the latter entertain views which
were not those of the majority, he should be judged fairly, and, if
necessary, censured calmly, and as became men who held themselves
entitled to pronounce political verdicts. The opportunity was last
week afforded. Mr. Doulton, M.P., invited an audience, and it
came. The Morning Star shall continue the story :—
“ The Chair was taken by Mr. Alder, Carriage-Builder, of Newington, who tried
in vain to obtain a hearing. After having essayed to do so for some time, he gave
up the attempts in despair, and Mr. Doulton then came forward The scene at
this moment was of the most exciting and extraordinary character. For several
minutes the honourable Member stood facing the assembly, his friends cheering
vociferously, whilst from the body of the meeting came counter demonstrations of
the most tumultuous description. Several gentlemen with excellent intentions
advanced to the front of the platform, and gesticulated wildly in the vain hope of
quelling the uproar. These attempts, however, only provoked a fresh storm of
shouts and jeers, whilst above the noise some electors gifted with more stentorian
lungs than others could be heard uttering expressions of indignant disapproval of
their Member’s Parliamentary conduct.”
This statesmanlike proceeding lasted for a long time, and at length
Mr. Doulton thought that it might be more practical to address the
reporters only. Those gentlemen, whom nothing ever deters from
their duty, took such notes as the impassioned utterances of the
assembly would permit, but occasionally the howling was too frantic
to permit the speaker’s sentences to reach the stenographers. But they
took down enough to show that Mr. Doulton endeavoured to argue
fairly, and to offer his antagonists his reasons for the votes he had
given in Parliament. But even this modified arrangement did not
please the friends of Manhood Suffrage, and the Star proceeds :—
“At this juncture the people occupying the body of the ball became intensely
excited—the pottery boys lost all self-control, if they ever had any—and the ‘ticket-
holders' of the platform sent defiant cheers in the teeth of the loud and unmis-
takeable disapprobation manifested by those who formed three-fourths of the main
body of the meetiDg. A rush was made for the platform across the tables occupied
by the reporters, who, effecting a precipitate ‘ skedadle,’ notes in hand, took the
platform by storm.”
Nevertheless the gallant reporters, driven off for a time, returned to
the charge, and managed to hear Mr. Doulton say,
“ If anything were wanting to show the tyranny of those who, up to the present
time, have been leading the people, and to show how they would exercise their
influence over them, I think we could find it in the infuriated language used in the
last few weeks to render this meeting of mine impossible.”
The discussion continued, but Mr. Doulton piuckily stood his
ground, completed bis address, and retired amid a storm of yelling
and booting. Then some folks of another sort mounted the platform,
and were heard with applause. They carried resolutions in favour of
giving every man a vote. Mr. Punch heartily congratulates Lambeth,
the meeting, and the promoters of the good cause upon their amicable
and patriotic tolerance, and the decided advance which such demon-
strations cause to the fortune of Manhood Suffrage.
Might makes Right.
We read that retribution dark
Awaits removing a land-mark.
A newer reading Prussia sends
Who plucks both marks and lands from friends;
And, in her grasp their wealth possessing,
Bids them esteem her theft a blessing.
The Paradise of the Compassionate.—The Pitti Palace.