DOI issue:
December 27, 1873
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16937#0267
December 27, 1873.]
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVAEI.
255
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
trictly in pursuance of an
arrangement made with
him hy the Council of the
Society of Arts, Mr. Frank
Buckland intends to de-
liver, in the beginning of
January, a short course
of lectures, for juvenile
hearers exclusively, “ On
the Structure and Habits
of Beasts, Birds, and
Fishes, as showing Beauty
and Design.” An accom-
plished naturalist will not
fail to both instruct and
entertain a youthful audi-
ence in pointing out ex-
amples of beauty and de-
sign in the habits as well
as in the structure of the
lower creatures. He will
doubtless be able to adduce
plenty. Are there as many
instances of design and
beauty, discernible by a
competent philosopher, not
only in the structure but
likewise in the habits of a
higher race ? Its structural
beauties, especially as ex-
hibited in the female face
and form, are numerous no
doubt, and the habits of
human beings of the softer
sex, in the sense of personal
ways and usages are, some
of them, beautiful in so far
as they are fascinating.
Design, too, is exemplified
not less in their habits, af
above considered, than in
their structure ; the design, that is, of attracting admiration. In these respects they manifest beauty and design to the meanest
■capacity. _ But, in respect to their habits and structures considered as apparel, what is to be said about design and beauty ? For instance-
wherein is the beauty, and what is the design, of long habits which draggle in the dust F and what design and what beauty can
be made out in that structure of false hair, shreds, and patches, called a “chignon”? Immense beauty for a wild Indian very
likely, and apparently a design to captivate a native of that description. A course of lectures on “Beauty and Design, as con-
spicuous in the Feminine Toilet and Fashions,” might be given with much benefit to wives and daughters, and more to fathers and hus-
bands, and men about to marry, by an Anthropological Professor imbued with just ideas of Art.
^ ^ Bourn e. dcl
FROST AND FOLLY.
Frost came, and straightway ice began
To form on ponds and pools.
Frost went, and baulking many a plan
Of skating, saved some fools.
Boats, drags, and men, did the Humane
Society prepare ;
All which precautions were in vain:
But do not yet despair.
Of winter there are weeks to come ;
A month, and maybe more.
The Serpentine may yet, in some
Short time, be frozen o’er.
Still so. that, doubtless, here and there
The ice will be too thin
Advancing simpletons to bear ;
And they will tumble in.
They, if not drowned, a death of cold
May catch ; at least, will get
A ducking. Blockheads, be consoled—
You may be happy yet !
TO THE KITCHEN.
We recommend to the notice of all domestic servants a work
entitled Not to be Broken. They like a novel. Let them read this,
and show by their future conduct that they have profited by its
perusal.
PERAMBULATORS AND PEDESTRIANS.
It is said that a Deputation is being organised to wait upon tR-
First Commissioner oe Works and Public Buildings, and, if
possible, obtain from him the recall of the subjoined order, of which
he has caused notices to be posted on boards in all the walks and
avenues in Hyde Park leading into Rotten Row :—
“ Bath chairs and perambulators may not be brought into these walks
between the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.”
Minister against
with
A Deputation organised to remonstrate
the exclusion of Perambulators from public ways, may be supposed
to be one of a peculiar composition, consisting largely, if not entirely,
of ladies and nursemaids. Yet, if Perambulators are anywhere
compatible with the safety of pedestrians’ toes and shins, it is in
the Parks. One would think that the walks in Hyde Park were
almost wide enough for them and their infant occupants. If they
are excluded from those paths, they ought, a fortiori, to be ordered
off all the pavements. Otherwise, their exclusion from the ap-
proaches to Rotten Row will produce an effect like that of closing a
chapel-of-ease. Thus it will render them a greater nuisance in the
streets than ever. Dangerously obstructive in any of the arteries,
they are comparatively innocuous in the lungs of London.
Wanted a Faculty.
Dr. Tristram has refused the application of the Vicar and
Churchwardens of St. Barnabas, Pftnlico, for a faculty to erect a
“ Baldacehino ” in that Church. What those applicants really want
is a faculty to do nothing of the kind ; that is, the faculty of
common sense.
What Rural Deans Smoke.—“Churchwardens.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVAEI.
255
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
trictly in pursuance of an
arrangement made with
him hy the Council of the
Society of Arts, Mr. Frank
Buckland intends to de-
liver, in the beginning of
January, a short course
of lectures, for juvenile
hearers exclusively, “ On
the Structure and Habits
of Beasts, Birds, and
Fishes, as showing Beauty
and Design.” An accom-
plished naturalist will not
fail to both instruct and
entertain a youthful audi-
ence in pointing out ex-
amples of beauty and de-
sign in the habits as well
as in the structure of the
lower creatures. He will
doubtless be able to adduce
plenty. Are there as many
instances of design and
beauty, discernible by a
competent philosopher, not
only in the structure but
likewise in the habits of a
higher race ? Its structural
beauties, especially as ex-
hibited in the female face
and form, are numerous no
doubt, and the habits of
human beings of the softer
sex, in the sense of personal
ways and usages are, some
of them, beautiful in so far
as they are fascinating.
Design, too, is exemplified
not less in their habits, af
above considered, than in
their structure ; the design, that is, of attracting admiration. In these respects they manifest beauty and design to the meanest
■capacity. _ But, in respect to their habits and structures considered as apparel, what is to be said about design and beauty ? For instance-
wherein is the beauty, and what is the design, of long habits which draggle in the dust F and what design and what beauty can
be made out in that structure of false hair, shreds, and patches, called a “chignon”? Immense beauty for a wild Indian very
likely, and apparently a design to captivate a native of that description. A course of lectures on “Beauty and Design, as con-
spicuous in the Feminine Toilet and Fashions,” might be given with much benefit to wives and daughters, and more to fathers and hus-
bands, and men about to marry, by an Anthropological Professor imbued with just ideas of Art.
^ ^ Bourn e. dcl
FROST AND FOLLY.
Frost came, and straightway ice began
To form on ponds and pools.
Frost went, and baulking many a plan
Of skating, saved some fools.
Boats, drags, and men, did the Humane
Society prepare ;
All which precautions were in vain:
But do not yet despair.
Of winter there are weeks to come ;
A month, and maybe more.
The Serpentine may yet, in some
Short time, be frozen o’er.
Still so. that, doubtless, here and there
The ice will be too thin
Advancing simpletons to bear ;
And they will tumble in.
They, if not drowned, a death of cold
May catch ; at least, will get
A ducking. Blockheads, be consoled—
You may be happy yet !
TO THE KITCHEN.
We recommend to the notice of all domestic servants a work
entitled Not to be Broken. They like a novel. Let them read this,
and show by their future conduct that they have profited by its
perusal.
PERAMBULATORS AND PEDESTRIANS.
It is said that a Deputation is being organised to wait upon tR-
First Commissioner oe Works and Public Buildings, and, if
possible, obtain from him the recall of the subjoined order, of which
he has caused notices to be posted on boards in all the walks and
avenues in Hyde Park leading into Rotten Row :—
“ Bath chairs and perambulators may not be brought into these walks
between the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.”
Minister against
with
A Deputation organised to remonstrate
the exclusion of Perambulators from public ways, may be supposed
to be one of a peculiar composition, consisting largely, if not entirely,
of ladies and nursemaids. Yet, if Perambulators are anywhere
compatible with the safety of pedestrians’ toes and shins, it is in
the Parks. One would think that the walks in Hyde Park were
almost wide enough for them and their infant occupants. If they
are excluded from those paths, they ought, a fortiori, to be ordered
off all the pavements. Otherwise, their exclusion from the ap-
proaches to Rotten Row will produce an effect like that of closing a
chapel-of-ease. Thus it will render them a greater nuisance in the
streets than ever. Dangerously obstructive in any of the arteries,
they are comparatively innocuous in the lungs of London.
Wanted a Faculty.
Dr. Tristram has refused the application of the Vicar and
Churchwardens of St. Barnabas, Pftnlico, for a faculty to erect a
“ Baldacehino ” in that Church. What those applicants really want
is a faculty to do nothing of the kind ; that is, the faculty of
common sense.
What Rural Deans Smoke.—“Churchwardens.