Punch (59.1870)

November 12, 1870.]

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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BOON COMPANIONS!

Bargee. "What ! Ge-arge ! " Rustic grins in response.

REMINISCENCES OF DRAWING-ROOM
BALLADS IN 1870.

'Slightly altered)

Air—" Take back the Heart."

Take back the tart that thou gavest,

It, was Too much, dear, for me.
And the small piece'that thou savest,

Can be put by for my tea.
If for my tea it won't do, love,

And my economy's rash,
Then I will give it to you, love,

.And you may sell it for cash.
O ! Take back the tart, &c. {as before).

Air—" Only a Face at the Window."

Only a face at the window,

Ouly a face, nothing more,
Only a face, as it grinned, 0,

No neck, or feet on the floor.
" Only a woman," you tell me ;

Only a woman, may be ;
But mind, though you're trying to sell me,

That there is no green about me.

Only a face at the window,

Only a face as 1 see,
A handkerchief round it is pinned, 0 !

What faces it's making at me !
Only a woman's—with lace there—

Pooh, you're decidedly wrong,
If it is " only a face" there

To Nobody can it belong.

Anotheb Ballooning Statesman reports, from the French
capitat:—

" General Harmony is Cemented by the life shared in com men
by all."

If this cement is only plaster of Paris, we fear for it.
But General Harmony is the best officer Paris could have

Bargee. " 1 'm alltjs main Glad to see thee, Ge-arge ! " Rustic. " Whoy ? " ; just; now. Much better than General Melody, singing the
Bargee. "'Cause I know there must be a Pcblic-'Ouse close by!" ' Marseillaise, and doing nothing else.

"FELICES NIMIUM HIPPOPHAGI SUA SI BONA
NORINT."

Mb. Forsyth, Q.C. (of the Northern Circuit), and H.H. (Sead
Hippophagist of England), is of opinion that Paris and Metz are amply
compensated for their siege-sufferings by the indulgence in horse-
flesh which the Prussian leaguer has opened to them.

He declares, we understand, that to become practically familiar with
horse-lclopp— see the admirable Daily News Metz Correspondent's
receipt for that dish—Hlet de cheval, and tendrons de thorough-bred
a la La Grange, London, if she were wise, would willingly submit to a
siege as long as that of Troy, with Old Hoss au naturel for prize
instead of Helen.

The "harmless, necessary cat" is another domestic animal whose
culinary capabilities seem to be rising into due appreciation uader
siege. The lively Daily News Correspondent, inside Paris, though
usually of rather a cynical turn,«grows absolutely enthusiastic over
the meat of Toms and Tabbies, which he describes as

" Something between rabbit and squirrel, with a flavour all its own. It is
delicious. I recommend those who have cats with philoprogenitive proclivi-
ties, instead of drowning the kittens, to eat them. Either smothered in
onions, or in a ragout, they are capital eating. When I return to London, 1
shall frequently treat myself to one of these domestic animals, and ever feel
grateful to Bismarck for having taught me that cat served up for dinner is
the right animal in the right place."

Again, donkey we are at once gratified and surprised to learn, is
nothing short of delicious. So let us sing henceforth :—

" If I had donkey wot wouldn't go,
Do you think I'd waste him ? O no. no !
I'd kill, cook, and eat him, and cry, 0 no :
Nought like Donkey !"

Kitchen Dbessers.—Fine Cooks.

THE CAUSALITY OF PERSUASION.

The subjoined extract from the Pall Mall is surely a nut for the
Tablet .—

" At a Bible Society meeting at Manchester last week, the Rev. Doxaid
Fkazer, who represented the parent association, ^aid that the Emperor
Napoleon ' while he sat upon the throne of France was certainly a most
cordial friend to all the agents of the Society. In the most remarkable way,
and for whatever reason, tie facilitated their movements throughout France,
protected them from small persecutions, and never shut his ears against
them.' "

After having long befriended the Bible Society, perhaps the Romanist
press will point out, Louis Napoleon had to surrender at Sedan,
t'he subsequence of the latter fact to the former, is certainly not less
remarkable Than that of his downfal to bis evacuation of Rome.

A Good Beginning

The Lectures, at the Kensington Museum, for Women are about to
recommence ; one of the first courses being, "On the Clavecin and the
Pianoforte," (illustrated by performances on the latter instrument) by
Mb. Ebnst Paueb. The authorities at Kensington are evidently in
earnest in iheir desire to provide instraction for ladies, and we antici-
pate that a large number will be found ready to appreciate the "Power

! of Sound." _

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Thought in November.

{By a Londoner.)

Peehaps England's best defence against invasion will always be her
Fogs. No foreigner would like such a climate.

Thought by a Railway Dibector.—Britannia used to rule the
waves. She now rules the land—with lines.