Punch (63.1872)

July 27, lfe72J

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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Another matter to be noticed. Mb. Disbaeli intimated that if
the Government did not bring forward a Motion on the Galway A MAID-MARTYR.

Judgment, a Motion would come from the Conservative benches. , \M\\ • he Late Agitation a

" Was not that thunder ?" (Ion.) / ^Jj^Sk the Maids of Dundee.—A

Friday.- Lady Mayo (who has just been gazetted a Lady of the / \ C\ domestic servant who took a

Bedchamber) is to receive from the Home Government a pension of /'' prominent part in the agita-

£1000 a year. All right-minded persons will rejoice in this tribute / \ ffiHii tion has smce suffered so

. .i x j tit t. t j • ii • £ v / \»®c«^aHwi!lm\TO^ much from excitement and

to the memory of a good and able man, who died m the service of his / ^jaM^MSM: \ ^ accompanying tits of depres-

country. Long may Lady Mayo receive-we dare not say enjoy— / i-g§B^8H|ffl^m. sion and 'weakness that she

this proof of national gratitude. />«^^^MffiS5^A \ tI 1ms been compelled to leave

Me. Gladstone, as the Daily News well says, "dropped the: X^lPliSmi \ / 1 an excellent situation in the

portcullis," and shut out independent Members and their crotchets. fffi^§lv ^^M^^fSip'F/ I west end of Dundee which she

He carried a Resolution that for the rest of the Session, Government W^/^^yK § had held for a considerable

shall have precedence on Tuesdays. We gladly arive it the pas, J^^^ivrMr^^MiMBffl ■ / time. Her medical man is

that we may the sooner behold "the Yeasty," and we add ff \ W ^^fiffl^i of °pinion thiU Sreat care

Shakspearianly, / \' . , .^j^B^L will be required to secure a

., „ T . , . ,, // ^Wm&k^MmBn^ssaSB*. return of her ordinary health

Consume and swallow Legislation up. T^^SSS^^^^. :md strength."— Dundee Ad-

Then we had all sorts of useful and dull debate, mainly on Educa- / ^^mSS^^^^W vertiser.

tion, until three in the morning. See how hard we work for you / \ .v-;^Sfe^ > Truly afflicting. In fact

and yours, Madam. ^ .OV| \ ^VfljB^^ we are as yet quite un-
able to write on such a
subject. The news must

i t.AT-vn tt- i mitt t-tt , /"iTjTT? -.Zu L^Mx K.\ - & \ '" V „ - carry sorrow into every

A ROLND WITH BLACKIE. 1'? \^ W-V house in the kingdom.

"Wht, here is our jolly old friend, Peoeessob Blackie, again. ^^oB^^^It lilHK, o^freedomYnd'no apron?

He has been lecturing at Inverness on Nationality—no, not Ration- ' F^3a|fe^8^^L~'lm x%l$ ifiHt - It speaks well for the

aiity, excellent Compositor,-please be careful. Among many i -Wrfk^J^■ wJiHP unconventional character

wise things, the esteemed Professor said :- ^ ^ '/.^SKS HmKT ; of the Dundee Advertiser

" He once had the honour of being laughed at by Punch—as wise men were j \^^^B UBf^^-aH that it gives a paragraph

always laughed at by fools—(laughter)—because he said in Glasgow that the
Scotch wanted self-esteem. Now he repeated the Scotch did want self-esteem,
otherwise they would never allow such things to be done. Take our national
music as an example. He regarded national music and poetry as a noble
inheritance of which people ought to be proud. Did they devote themselves
to the study of Robert Burns as they ought to do ? No—they preferred the
Italian opera. "What was the opera ? A mere magnificent luxury for the ear,

but nothing for the understanding and nothing for the heart.1

Now, we may be as foolish as the Professor is polite, but that's
not the point." We shall certainly laugh at him— good fellow as he
is, and much as we admire him—when he talks nonsense. In utter
defiance of him and all his works, we maintain that a young Scot is
better engaged in listening to an Italian opera than in reading
Robeet Bubns. Firstly, Mozabt and Beethoven do appeal to the
heart, or the hearer's heart is not to be approached through the ears.
Secondly, at the opera the young Scot's good taste will not be
offended by lyrics in praise of drunkenness and other debauchery.
Thirdly, the young Scot will not, at the opera, be disgusted with
deliberate profanity, and this point should count with a particularly
Ghristian nation. Fourthly, the young Scot will, by attending the
opera, learn to comprehend that there are nobler themes for one of
the noblest arts than plebeian sentiment of a nearly monotonous
character. And fifthly, at the opera, the young Scot will listen to
something that he can talk about to ladies and gentlemen, and, as
all Scots are gentlemen, this is another point. Come, Professor, you
are much too truthful a man to adhere to a blunder. Gloat over
your Btjens, if you like (and about a fifteenth part of what he wrote
nearly deserves the praise you give to all his writings), but remember
that you are a Teacher, like Mr. Punch, and that you must not
lead your pupils astray. We have done, and here's a hand, our
trusty friend, and we drown all unkindness in a drammie. You
know that we are right. Strike up with us—you are no mean
songster, Professor:

" Dhia gleidh ar Banrigh mhor,
Beatha bbuan da'r Banrigh choir,
Dhia gleidh Bhanrigh."

"I cannot pray in Highland tongue," says poor Blanche, in
the Lady of the Lake. Those who cannot read Gaelic (there be
some such afflicted beings) may like to know that Peofessoes
Blaceie and Punch are singing the National Anthem, and thus
showing the best sort of Nationality.

to the hysterics of an ex-
servant maid. May we
hope to be regularly in-
formed of the condition
of the interesting crea-
ture, and to have " her medical man's" bulletin? Since the illness
of the Heir Apparent, nothing has excited more general distress.
We trust that the poor thing's late employer is in constant and
penitent attendance.

Answer to the Keogh Question.

Why all that reserve which our Peemiee has shown in replying
to questions respecting the intentions of Government with regard to
the judgment of Justice Keogh ? Why has he hesitated to take a
step which would effectually have settled every question on that
subject ? He might, at once, have raised Keogh to the Peerage.

How to Teavel Cheably.—Get wrapped up in a novel, and go
by book-post.

THE ONE TOPIC.

What's the news ?—Coal.

Where are you going i— To order Coal.

Where have you been ?—To my Coal Merchant.

Is anything the matter with you ?—Yes, Coal in my head.

Where do you mean to go this summer ?—Divided between Walls-
end and Silkstone.

We shall go into Wales.—Ah ! Ruabon, I suppose.

Anything stirring in politics ?—Strange Coalition that—Derby-
Bright.

What are you thinking of ?—Coal.

Something 's weighing on your mind ?—Yes, the last three tons.

Go to the Royal Academy.—I've been : one of the first things I
saw was Landscape (fine) by V. Cole.

And South Kensington ?—Yes, Cole works wonders.

I've just come from the Privy Council.—Ah ! Colliee's Court.

Your servant looked black as he let me in.—No wonder. I had
that moment been calling him over the Coals.

Nothing seems to go down with you to-day.—No, not even Coal.

You '11 be better when the cold weather comes.—When the Coal
weather comes ! ! !

Will you join me at the Theatre this evening ?—Yes, if you don't
mind my going to the coal-pit. .

Well, I must say good bye, for I see you are dreaming.—Yes, of
Coal.

A penny for your thoughts.—Thirty-six shillings a, ton.
By the bye, what's that book you are reading ?—Coee.
I prefer Colebidge.—I suppose you mean the poem which
begins—

" All Silkstones, Wallseuds, Derby-Brights,
"Whatever warms this shivering frame,
All are varieties of Coal,

And very dear their flame ! "

Liquoring Up.

Soeeb, observing that " Straw-elevators " were exhibited at the
meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Cardiff, remarked that
no man living could be a better judge of such implements than
himself, considering the number of times he had had his spirits
raised by the imbibition of sherry-coblers and other American
beverages.