Punch: Punch (69.1875)

July io, 1875.] PUNCH, OE THE LONDON CHAEIVAEI. 9

REGULATIONS FOR WIMBLEDON.

[Special Cieculae.] July 5,1875.

ield-Mabshal Punch, Chief
Inspector-General of the
Auxiliary Forces, &e. &c,
acting for himself, and for
his able and distinguished
colleague, Sib Gabnet Wol-
seley, G.C.B., &c. &c. (ab-
sent on special service at
the Cape of Good Hope),
begs to inform the troops
under his immediate com-
mand, that he has noticed,
with much pain, in years
gone by, the want of dis-
cipline often observable in
the Volunteer Encampment,
held annually at Wimble-
don.

The Field-Marshal would
remind Riflemen that (1)
the Camp in question should
be a School of Instruction,
rather than a pic-nic ; that
(2) for the nonce Volunteers
should consider themselves
soldiers rather than civi-
lians ; and, finally, that (3)
England expects (during
the first half of July, at any rate) that every man should do his
duty.

With a view to insuring uniformity, the Field-Marshal be?s that
the following regulations maybe strictly observed by all taking part
in this year's gatbering. He may add that experience has taught
him tbat none of the rules published below can be considered
unnecessary.

Dbess.

Officers ordered to attend Full Dress Parade, will not appear in
white neck-ties, lavender kid gloves, and swallow-tailed coats. A
projected visit to the Opera (after the Parade has been dismissed)
will not in future be accepted as an excuse for disobeyance of this
order.

Non-Commissioned Officers taking part in Battalion Drill should
never unfurl their umbrellas without the command of a Brigadier-
General.

Head-Dresses known as " Billy-Cock Hats," should not be used
(as a rule) during Company drill.

Fancy grey Overcoats (with black velvet collars and cuffs) should
not be worn over tweed shooting-jackets and regulation trousers on
parade in fine weatber.

A Major (in tbe absence of his Commanding Officer) should never
hold a Church Parade in a straw-hat, a sword, and a pair of
goloshes.

Kid-Gloves should never be of more than three distinct patterns
and colours when worn by Privates belonging to the same Company.

Deell.

The Order " March at ease " will not be considered, in future, as
tantamount to a permission for a Company to ride home on the out-
side of an omnibus.

Guides should not explain the theory of Billiards or the rules of
Lawn-tennis to their Markers during the formation of four-deep
square.

Not more than a dozen Privates (to each Company) should speak
at once on the call of "Attention!" Constant disregard of this
rule will be found to cause some confusion, especially in the per-
formance of brigade movements.'

Regimental wags are cautioned against repeating stale jokes in
wheeling from column into line. Allusions to "a sad Mess" or
" an odd File " will in future be considered an infringement of this
regulation.

Bands.

No Band in future will be permitted to take up its station within
a radius of six yards from another Band.

As a rule, Bands practising within ten yards of one another,
should select tunes of more or less the same character. For instance,
if Band A plays a quadrille, Band B should rehearse the " Lancers;"
if B and C commence a polka, Band D may perform a lively waltz;
and so on. It may be taken for granted that the Old Hundredth
does not altogether agree with the Military March out of Faust.
The two tunes should be seldom played at the same time.

In conclusion, Field-Mabshal Punch begs to state that he will,

during the course of the encampment, pay several visits to Wimble-
don^ with a view to seeing that the above regulations are properly
carried out by Officers commanding regiments and other responsible
officials. He trusts that the Volunteers will cheerfully assume the
motto " Ready, aye Ready !"

He begs to remind them that he has, from the first, given tbem
his support, that they have never been lacking in zeal, and that
they only require discipline to make them the finest soldiers in the
world.

_ He trusts that they will enable him, on this occasion, to submit a
highly favourable report of their merits to the master they both
serve—the British Public.

By Order {signed) Toby,
85, Fleet Street, B.C. Dep. Ad.-Gen.

A SONG OF CITY KOSES.

Feoji Cashmere's Vale to sultry Chepe,

For Fancy is a flying leap ;

But as sweet June, in showers that weep

Her parting, closes,
Grim London shows as gaily drest
As Sbiraz at its Summer best,
With Flora holding, East and West,

Her Feast of Roses !

Roses, ripe roses, everywhere
Scent the dull City's dusty air ;
Fern-folded buds for Swells are there,

At fancy prices ;
And leaf-wrapt " mosses," cheap yet sweet,
The humble luxuries of the street,
Which with piled cherries ripe compete,

And penny ices.

Sie Sybabite shudders ; his are dreams
Of Cheshunt clusters, Guntee's creams;
But Bendemeer's bright bowers and streams,

Or groves of Arden,
Are not for all; and there are those
Whose pleasures are a penny rose,
And gorgeous, albeit gratis, Shows

Of Covent Garden!

Welcome, sweet child of June, whose grace
Bids even Mammon yield thee place;
Whose beauty brightens every face

Which bends above it!
Were Punch not Punch, he'd fain be Paul,
Or Cant of Colchester. To call
Roseland his own, were surely all

A bard could covet!

Lyons " Rose-Congresses " are things
Which those devised by scheming Kings,
Or Bismarck, with his seraph wings,

Are put to shame by.
How poor are plots to prop a throne,
Beside the pride of having grown
Some bright new blossom, to be known

Some sweet new name by!

Say "Punch's Own ! "—a friendly hint
For Paul and Son ! Both shape and tint
Should be perfection, the last print

Of Floba's finger,
Impressed on perfect petals! Then
Shall the Great Teacher's City den
Be home for Hafiz, and his pen

O'er love-lays linger!

eecipe eoe a bonnet a-la-mode.

Fiest procure a large-sized shape; then butter it well, so as to
adhere firmly to the extreme back of the head. Cover it with silk
or some light material, and kick it for a mile, taking care to keep
it clean during this process. Then take of flowers, feathers, and
ribbon each a quarter of a pound, and mix all well together. Add
birds, insects, fern-leaves, or grass, according to taste. (If the
butter be not sufficiently adhesive, try tulle strings and cobbler's
wax.)

to play-goebs.

Tee Best and Cheapest Manner of Seeing the Play of " Our
Boys."—Go to Lord's Cricket-Ground on the Eton and Harrow
Match day.