DOI issue:
October 4, 1873
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16937#0152
140 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [October 4, 1873.
OUR RESERVES.
(AUXILIARY FORCES, NORTH OF IRELAND.)
Last Joined Supernumerary. “Now, then, Sentry, why don’t you Salute your Officer?”
Militia Sentry (old Yankee Irish Veteran, who has been through the “ Secesh” War). “ Salute, is it? Divel a Salute you’ll get
ontill ye Pay yer Futtin’ ' ! ”
UBI PRUDENTIA.
“ Nay, nay, dearest Alfred,” said Clara so sweet,
“I cannot adopt your suggestion,
’Tis charming to see such a duck at one’s feet,
But marriage is out of the question.
“ I’ve promised Sir Peter ; he’s three times my age,
Rather grumpy, and awfully yellow ;
But his book at his banker’s—he showed me a page—
Were it yours, you dear penniless fellow !
“ Now please not to scowl, but behave as you should:
The chances of life are all reckoned:
When anything happens to him, if you ’re good,
Come and ask me to make you my second.”
Theatrical.
The Adelphi Theatre to let, for a term of years!! Shades of
Maiden Lane, is it possible! Shades of Reeye, 0. Smith, Wright,
and Paul Bedford, can such things be! Yes, and Mr. Benjamin
Webster is going a-starring in the provinces. He quits town, bids
adieu to the Adelphi, but seeks the country, so that he may be once
more happy among The Willow Copse, The Hop-Pickers, and The
Green Bushes. Well, “we used to was, didn’t we, Jack?” “I
believe you, my b-o-o-oy ! ” Exeunt Omnes.
TO MUSICAL CORRESPONDENTS.
No: all wrong. The Cors de Chasse, at M. Riviere’s Concert, are
not performed on by Chiropodists, nor does it mean that the Cors in
question have arisen from going out to the Chasse in tight boots.
THE NEW SOLICITOR.
Mr. Henry James is the new Solicitor General. One of that
gentleman’s warmest admirers, Mr. Punch, heartily gratulates
him, the Ministry, and the nation, on the appointment. He trusts,
also, that Mr. James’s seat at Taunton is safe, as after a dose of
Dover’s powder, a dose of James’s powder might not do the Cabinet
much good. Mr. Punch has always predicted the new Solicitor’s
rise, and some years ago quoted, with accustomed felicity, an im-
proved passage from Sir Walter Scott. When asked to mention
some lawyers who ought to be promoted—
“ Punch thundered forth a roll of names :
The first was thine, 0 Henry James ! ”
Down on the Nail.
A Newspaper paragraph announces a—
“ Strike of Nail-Makers.—At a meeting at Bromsgrove yesterday of
operative nail-makers, it was resolved to strike at once for an advance of ten
per cent. It is expected a similar strike will take place in the Dudley
district.”
The nail-makers are singularly late in contracting the contagion so
long rife amongst our flesh and blood who constitute the Striking
Classes. Nail-makers have hitherto not been known to be concerned
in any strike beyond hammering nails. In nescience of the merits
of their case, we can only say we wish they may not find that they
have struck the wrong nail on the head.
NEWS FOR ARTISTS AND AMATEURS.
A genuine Murillo is now on view. For cards, apply at the
Admiralty.
OUR RESERVES.
(AUXILIARY FORCES, NORTH OF IRELAND.)
Last Joined Supernumerary. “Now, then, Sentry, why don’t you Salute your Officer?”
Militia Sentry (old Yankee Irish Veteran, who has been through the “ Secesh” War). “ Salute, is it? Divel a Salute you’ll get
ontill ye Pay yer Futtin’ ' ! ”
UBI PRUDENTIA.
“ Nay, nay, dearest Alfred,” said Clara so sweet,
“I cannot adopt your suggestion,
’Tis charming to see such a duck at one’s feet,
But marriage is out of the question.
“ I’ve promised Sir Peter ; he’s three times my age,
Rather grumpy, and awfully yellow ;
But his book at his banker’s—he showed me a page—
Were it yours, you dear penniless fellow !
“ Now please not to scowl, but behave as you should:
The chances of life are all reckoned:
When anything happens to him, if you ’re good,
Come and ask me to make you my second.”
Theatrical.
The Adelphi Theatre to let, for a term of years!! Shades of
Maiden Lane, is it possible! Shades of Reeye, 0. Smith, Wright,
and Paul Bedford, can such things be! Yes, and Mr. Benjamin
Webster is going a-starring in the provinces. He quits town, bids
adieu to the Adelphi, but seeks the country, so that he may be once
more happy among The Willow Copse, The Hop-Pickers, and The
Green Bushes. Well, “we used to was, didn’t we, Jack?” “I
believe you, my b-o-o-oy ! ” Exeunt Omnes.
TO MUSICAL CORRESPONDENTS.
No: all wrong. The Cors de Chasse, at M. Riviere’s Concert, are
not performed on by Chiropodists, nor does it mean that the Cors in
question have arisen from going out to the Chasse in tight boots.
THE NEW SOLICITOR.
Mr. Henry James is the new Solicitor General. One of that
gentleman’s warmest admirers, Mr. Punch, heartily gratulates
him, the Ministry, and the nation, on the appointment. He trusts,
also, that Mr. James’s seat at Taunton is safe, as after a dose of
Dover’s powder, a dose of James’s powder might not do the Cabinet
much good. Mr. Punch has always predicted the new Solicitor’s
rise, and some years ago quoted, with accustomed felicity, an im-
proved passage from Sir Walter Scott. When asked to mention
some lawyers who ought to be promoted—
“ Punch thundered forth a roll of names :
The first was thine, 0 Henry James ! ”
Down on the Nail.
A Newspaper paragraph announces a—
“ Strike of Nail-Makers.—At a meeting at Bromsgrove yesterday of
operative nail-makers, it was resolved to strike at once for an advance of ten
per cent. It is expected a similar strike will take place in the Dudley
district.”
The nail-makers are singularly late in contracting the contagion so
long rife amongst our flesh and blood who constitute the Striking
Classes. Nail-makers have hitherto not been known to be concerned
in any strike beyond hammering nails. In nescience of the merits
of their case, we can only say we wish they may not find that they
have struck the wrong nail on the head.
NEWS FOR ARTISTS AND AMATEURS.
A genuine Murillo is now on view. For cards, apply at the
Admiralty.