DOI issue:
December 27, 1884
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17757#0308
December 27, 1884.] PUNCH, OP THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 301
CHRISTMAS WAITS AND CHRISTMAS CHEER.
CHRISTMAS BOX AND A LOT OF TIPS.
“MERRY CHRISTMAS” IN CHARACTER.
Christmas to celebrate all hands what a reverend Father calls !
His picture ’s in the print-shops, and his portrait on the walls.
A stout and sturdy Elder he, robust of frame, appears
To bear on his broad shoulders’ weight far over fourscore years.
There’s snow upon his hair, and heard, and gaberdine, and boots,
: And his face of much good living glows all over with the fruits.
Inflamed by love, oh say not through excess, of festive cheer—
Turkey, roast-beef, mince-pie, plum-pudding, wine, grog, punch,
and beer.
His visage, likewise, bloated don’t unpopularly style,
Nor his looks a frantic stare, subdued with a fatuous kind of smile.
This figure stands to signify a season and event;
Impersonate Father Christmas, not Silenus represent:
Silenus, all his Grecian ideality forgot,
A rampant, raving, violent, stupid, senile British sot.
I Mistake not Father Christmas, from the portraitures you see,
S For a crapulous old impostor, and a doting debauchee.
Ne’er look upon his likenesses from the cynic’s point of view ;
Take a sight all round of the rosy, not gamboge and jaundiced hue.
Good-natured, jocund, genial, sympathetic and sincere,
We are bound to be when Christmas comes—and it’s only once a
year.
In' a stirring, account of the career of Admiral Lynch, the new
Minister of Chili, at Madrid, the Times said, “ As his name indicates,
he is of English extraction, and he has the greatest admiration for
the English.” But surely, “Lynch” is Irish; and if additional
evidence of his origin were wanting, isn’t it to our hand in his extra-
ordinary admiration for the English.
A younG Doctor very earnest in his profession, but not particularly
well read in poetry, subscribed to a Library, and the first book he
selected was what, judging by its title, he thought, would be both
professionally interesting and poetically instructive. It was, The
Patient Grisel, and other Poems.
Cry por the Peace-at-any-Price Economists. — “Richards is
himself again! ”
DINNER-PARTY SONGS.
The happy experiment of “throwing in” Music along with the
bread, cheese, and pickles, as generally included in an ordinary
Restaurant Dinner, and first, we believe, commenced at the Holborn
Restaurant, has naturally become so popular, that much tact
and refinement have already been brought to bear upon the appro-
priateness of the various morceaux in the Programme to the dishes
of the menu of the day to which they are intended to give piquancy
and zest. What with “Ballad Luncheons,” “Hot-potato-cantata
Snacks,” “ Madrigal Suppers,” and other musical methods of satis-
fying the appetite, there is plenty of room for invention, and, as an
encouragement to Art in this practical and beautiful shape, the
following sample Bill of Fare is placed at the disposal of any
enterprising Restaurateur who, in accordance with the spirit of the
times, is, so to speak, playing an excellent carving-knife and tuning-
fork well together:—
BILL OF FARE.
Potages.
Printanier. Palestine.
“ Beautiful Spring ! ”—Riviere. “ The Crusaders ” —Pxnsuti.
Poissons.
Fried Mullet. Stewed Eels.
“ It was a Fryer of Orders w Ye Spotted Snakes.”—
Grey."—Parnell. Macfarren.
Blanchaille.
“ The Bait (Come live with me.)”—Hatton.
Entrees.
Cceur de Yeau Farci. Alouettes a Pain Grille.
"Oh, say not that my Heart is “ Ye little Birds that sit and
cold."—Smart. sing."—Smart.
Rots.
Roast Mutton. Haunch of Yenison.
“ Oh, who will o'er the Downs." “ What shall he have that
—Pearsall. killed the Deer ? ”—Arne.
Sweets.
Lemon Jelly. Apple Dumplings.
“ Shall I wasting in Despair." “ Beware ! Beware ! ”—
— Hatton. Hatton.
Dessert et Fromage.
Fruits of the Season. With Toasted Cheese.
“ 0, Happy, Happy Pair!" “ Then you'll remember Me."
—Blow. — Baler.
Coffee and Cigarettes.
Airs from “ The Sultan of Mocha ” (Cellier) and “ II Cigaretto
per esser ”—(Donizetti).
It may be added for the benefit of those who feel inclined
to try the thing, that, at the present season, the Waits could very
judiciously he' introduced between the courses. They should, how-
ever, be of a reasonable length, which would give the host an oppor-
tunity of effectively introducing Pearsall’s immortal “ See how
Smoothly ! ” But enough has been said to show how, with a little
tact and discretion, the Musical Meal may really become an amusing
and instructive social institution.
The Mariner between the Tyndall and Chamberlain
Lighthouses.
Voi . 87.
10—2
CHRISTMAS WAITS AND CHRISTMAS CHEER.
CHRISTMAS BOX AND A LOT OF TIPS.
“MERRY CHRISTMAS” IN CHARACTER.
Christmas to celebrate all hands what a reverend Father calls !
His picture ’s in the print-shops, and his portrait on the walls.
A stout and sturdy Elder he, robust of frame, appears
To bear on his broad shoulders’ weight far over fourscore years.
There’s snow upon his hair, and heard, and gaberdine, and boots,
: And his face of much good living glows all over with the fruits.
Inflamed by love, oh say not through excess, of festive cheer—
Turkey, roast-beef, mince-pie, plum-pudding, wine, grog, punch,
and beer.
His visage, likewise, bloated don’t unpopularly style,
Nor his looks a frantic stare, subdued with a fatuous kind of smile.
This figure stands to signify a season and event;
Impersonate Father Christmas, not Silenus represent:
Silenus, all his Grecian ideality forgot,
A rampant, raving, violent, stupid, senile British sot.
I Mistake not Father Christmas, from the portraitures you see,
S For a crapulous old impostor, and a doting debauchee.
Ne’er look upon his likenesses from the cynic’s point of view ;
Take a sight all round of the rosy, not gamboge and jaundiced hue.
Good-natured, jocund, genial, sympathetic and sincere,
We are bound to be when Christmas comes—and it’s only once a
year.
In' a stirring, account of the career of Admiral Lynch, the new
Minister of Chili, at Madrid, the Times said, “ As his name indicates,
he is of English extraction, and he has the greatest admiration for
the English.” But surely, “Lynch” is Irish; and if additional
evidence of his origin were wanting, isn’t it to our hand in his extra-
ordinary admiration for the English.
A younG Doctor very earnest in his profession, but not particularly
well read in poetry, subscribed to a Library, and the first book he
selected was what, judging by its title, he thought, would be both
professionally interesting and poetically instructive. It was, The
Patient Grisel, and other Poems.
Cry por the Peace-at-any-Price Economists. — “Richards is
himself again! ”
DINNER-PARTY SONGS.
The happy experiment of “throwing in” Music along with the
bread, cheese, and pickles, as generally included in an ordinary
Restaurant Dinner, and first, we believe, commenced at the Holborn
Restaurant, has naturally become so popular, that much tact
and refinement have already been brought to bear upon the appro-
priateness of the various morceaux in the Programme to the dishes
of the menu of the day to which they are intended to give piquancy
and zest. What with “Ballad Luncheons,” “Hot-potato-cantata
Snacks,” “ Madrigal Suppers,” and other musical methods of satis-
fying the appetite, there is plenty of room for invention, and, as an
encouragement to Art in this practical and beautiful shape, the
following sample Bill of Fare is placed at the disposal of any
enterprising Restaurateur who, in accordance with the spirit of the
times, is, so to speak, playing an excellent carving-knife and tuning-
fork well together:—
BILL OF FARE.
Potages.
Printanier. Palestine.
“ Beautiful Spring ! ”—Riviere. “ The Crusaders ” —Pxnsuti.
Poissons.
Fried Mullet. Stewed Eels.
“ It was a Fryer of Orders w Ye Spotted Snakes.”—
Grey."—Parnell. Macfarren.
Blanchaille.
“ The Bait (Come live with me.)”—Hatton.
Entrees.
Cceur de Yeau Farci. Alouettes a Pain Grille.
"Oh, say not that my Heart is “ Ye little Birds that sit and
cold."—Smart. sing."—Smart.
Rots.
Roast Mutton. Haunch of Yenison.
“ Oh, who will o'er the Downs." “ What shall he have that
—Pearsall. killed the Deer ? ”—Arne.
Sweets.
Lemon Jelly. Apple Dumplings.
“ Shall I wasting in Despair." “ Beware ! Beware ! ”—
— Hatton. Hatton.
Dessert et Fromage.
Fruits of the Season. With Toasted Cheese.
“ 0, Happy, Happy Pair!" “ Then you'll remember Me."
—Blow. — Baler.
Coffee and Cigarettes.
Airs from “ The Sultan of Mocha ” (Cellier) and “ II Cigaretto
per esser ”—(Donizetti).
It may be added for the benefit of those who feel inclined
to try the thing, that, at the present season, the Waits could very
judiciously he' introduced between the courses. They should, how-
ever, be of a reasonable length, which would give the host an oppor-
tunity of effectively introducing Pearsall’s immortal “ See how
Smoothly ! ” But enough has been said to show how, with a little
tact and discretion, the Musical Meal may really become an amusing
and instructive social institution.
The Mariner between the Tyndall and Chamberlain
Lighthouses.
Voi . 87.
10—2