DOI issue:
May 4, 1889
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17687#0217
'JUVENILE VAGRANCY.”
Having head in the Times, on this subject, that the Chief Commissioner of Police is acting in concert with the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, &c., &c., and that “ the greatest kindness that can be shown to a
Begging Child is to set this Machinery in motion, by giving him or her in charge under ‘The Vagrant Act,’” Mr, Wig-
gins. the Philanthropist, does so !—but—TABLEAU !—rather wishes he had let it alone.
Recovering himself, Joe weaved into distance, and presently let out
a nasty one of a somewhat doubtful character perhaps, at which
there were cries of “ foul ” from the partisans of the “ Pet,” whose
numbers seemed greatly to preponderate. The Referee ordered the
lads to fight on, and there was a grin on Random’s mug which the
suspicious took due note of. Pulling himself together, he let fly
right and left, and rattled into the Brum in fine style, being “ all
over his man” in a brace of shakes, and delivering a series of well-
planted spanks, which, if not given open-handed (as some declared
they were), must have made Master Joe feel all abroad. The Brum,
however, did not seem much to mind (another suspicious sign in the
eyes of some), his dexter orb was closed (whether owing to a whack
or a wink seemed doubtful), he broke ground and retreated very
judgmatically with a sweet smile on his rather cold-cut phiz, which
looked scarcely at home there somehow, and when the round came to
an end, and the Cracks dropped into their cane-bottomed chairs, it
was difficult for those not “in the know” to determine which of
them had really got the best of it.
Only, it was fancied by some that the amount of puffing and pant-
ing, rubbing down, and silk-handkerchief-waving, which followed
was just a leetle out of proportion to the absolute necessity of the
case, on the actual ding-dong wear and tear of such a round with
pugilistic marvels in the pink of condition like the Brummagem
Bruiser and the Paddington Pet.
Ellen’s Cap and Henry’s Bells.—Why was The Bells chosen as
a piece to be played before the Queen ? Why ? Because the name
of the Prince of Wales’s estate suggested it. The Royal command
by telegraph was “ Give us The Bells, [S)and-ring- em.” Henry,
Ellen & Co., travelled by special train to Sandringham. Of course
with the special engine-driver was the Beam Stoker.
The Next Lions.—To arrive in May. The Wolff and the Persian
Chat.
SIGNS OF THE “TIMES” (AND “STANDARD”).
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—You will be pleased to hear that I ’ve just heard the cuckoo.
So no more at present from Yours sincerely,
The Vicarage, Snoozlemore. Cotton Wool.
Sir,—It will interest your readers to be informed that I’ve seen
a swallow. Send me sixpence. Yours, Tommy.
Swish Cottage, Birchington.
Sir,—I have just seen a dead donkey. This is remarkable so early
in spring. Can any of your readers inform me where there’s another ?
Thistle Lodge, Bray. Yours, A Lover of Nature.
Sir,—The other night, on returning home from a dinner-party, I
witnessed the singular spectacle of a chaffer on the top of a Putney
omnibus. I ran after it, and tried to catch it, but I regret to say 1
was unable to do so, and had to walk home, a distance of nearly
three miles, in the wet. Yours, Habitans in Stucco.
Pilaster Villa, Lathbury Road, S. JV.
Sir,—While at breakfast this morning I saw a swallow. I
expressed my surprise to my youngest boy, Johnnie, He imme-
diately replied, “ Well, father, you’d have been more surprised if
^°r a SaW’ Yours, Joseph Miller.
Little Whitborough.
Sir,—5 a.m. I’ve just heard a thrush and got out of his way.
The Lawn, Wngglesworth. Yours, The Early Worm.
[%.* This correspondence must now cease.—Ed.]
“Ici on Parle Francais.”—The real reason of General Bou-
langer’s visit to London has leaked out at last. We have it on the
best authority that the General is to play the part of Victor Dubois
on the 5000th performance of Ici on Parle Francais at Toole’s.
Having head in the Times, on this subject, that the Chief Commissioner of Police is acting in concert with the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, &c., &c., and that “ the greatest kindness that can be shown to a
Begging Child is to set this Machinery in motion, by giving him or her in charge under ‘The Vagrant Act,’” Mr, Wig-
gins. the Philanthropist, does so !—but—TABLEAU !—rather wishes he had let it alone.
Recovering himself, Joe weaved into distance, and presently let out
a nasty one of a somewhat doubtful character perhaps, at which
there were cries of “ foul ” from the partisans of the “ Pet,” whose
numbers seemed greatly to preponderate. The Referee ordered the
lads to fight on, and there was a grin on Random’s mug which the
suspicious took due note of. Pulling himself together, he let fly
right and left, and rattled into the Brum in fine style, being “ all
over his man” in a brace of shakes, and delivering a series of well-
planted spanks, which, if not given open-handed (as some declared
they were), must have made Master Joe feel all abroad. The Brum,
however, did not seem much to mind (another suspicious sign in the
eyes of some), his dexter orb was closed (whether owing to a whack
or a wink seemed doubtful), he broke ground and retreated very
judgmatically with a sweet smile on his rather cold-cut phiz, which
looked scarcely at home there somehow, and when the round came to
an end, and the Cracks dropped into their cane-bottomed chairs, it
was difficult for those not “in the know” to determine which of
them had really got the best of it.
Only, it was fancied by some that the amount of puffing and pant-
ing, rubbing down, and silk-handkerchief-waving, which followed
was just a leetle out of proportion to the absolute necessity of the
case, on the actual ding-dong wear and tear of such a round with
pugilistic marvels in the pink of condition like the Brummagem
Bruiser and the Paddington Pet.
Ellen’s Cap and Henry’s Bells.—Why was The Bells chosen as
a piece to be played before the Queen ? Why ? Because the name
of the Prince of Wales’s estate suggested it. The Royal command
by telegraph was “ Give us The Bells, [S)and-ring- em.” Henry,
Ellen & Co., travelled by special train to Sandringham. Of course
with the special engine-driver was the Beam Stoker.
The Next Lions.—To arrive in May. The Wolff and the Persian
Chat.
SIGNS OF THE “TIMES” (AND “STANDARD”).
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—You will be pleased to hear that I ’ve just heard the cuckoo.
So no more at present from Yours sincerely,
The Vicarage, Snoozlemore. Cotton Wool.
Sir,—It will interest your readers to be informed that I’ve seen
a swallow. Send me sixpence. Yours, Tommy.
Swish Cottage, Birchington.
Sir,—I have just seen a dead donkey. This is remarkable so early
in spring. Can any of your readers inform me where there’s another ?
Thistle Lodge, Bray. Yours, A Lover of Nature.
Sir,—The other night, on returning home from a dinner-party, I
witnessed the singular spectacle of a chaffer on the top of a Putney
omnibus. I ran after it, and tried to catch it, but I regret to say 1
was unable to do so, and had to walk home, a distance of nearly
three miles, in the wet. Yours, Habitans in Stucco.
Pilaster Villa, Lathbury Road, S. JV.
Sir,—While at breakfast this morning I saw a swallow. I
expressed my surprise to my youngest boy, Johnnie, He imme-
diately replied, “ Well, father, you’d have been more surprised if
^°r a SaW’ Yours, Joseph Miller.
Little Whitborough.
Sir,—5 a.m. I’ve just heard a thrush and got out of his way.
The Lawn, Wngglesworth. Yours, The Early Worm.
[%.* This correspondence must now cease.—Ed.]
“Ici on Parle Francais.”—The real reason of General Bou-
langer’s visit to London has leaked out at last. We have it on the
best authority that the General is to play the part of Victor Dubois
on the 5000th performance of Ici on Parle Francais at Toole’s.