Punch: Punch (101.1891)

August 22, 1891.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 89

QUITE A LITTLE NOVELTY.

Deae Me. Punch,—As Englishmen are so often accused of want
of originality, I hope you will let me call your attention to an occa-
sion when it was conclusively proved that at least two of the British
race were free from the reproach. The date to which I refer

was the 1st

*KWfCry«tf9__|4E£^if£S5«R i ASTRfA of August

last, when
'' a new and
original
drama,"
entitled The
Trump et

.gun

the Loyal
A d e 1 p h i
Theatre,
and the two
exceptions
to the gene-
ral rule then
proclaimed
were Messrs.
George B.
Sims and

EOBEHI

TmW*m itsr authors^'

Professor Giunifer exhibiting Sims' and Buchanan's P^.ot °f

Monstrosities. tllls truly

new and

original piece is simple in the extreme. Cuthbertson, a young gentle-
man, has married his wife in the belief that his Wife No. 1 (of whom
he has lost sight), is dead. Having thus ceased to he a widower, Cuth-
bertson is confronted by Wife No. 1 and deserts Wife No. 2. Assured
by the villain of the piece that she is not really married to Cuthbertson,
Wife No. 2 prepares to marry her informant. The nuptials are about
to be celebrated in the Chapel Loyal, Savoy, when enter Wife No. 1
who explains that she was a married woman when she met Cuthbert-
son, and therefore, a fair, or rather unfair, bigamist. Upon this
Cuthbertson (who is conveniently near in a pew, wearing the unpre-
tentious uniform of the Eoyal Horse Artillery), rushes into the arms of
the lady who has erroneously been numbered Wife No. 2, when she
has been in reality Wife No*. 1, and aU is joy. Now I need scarcely
point out to you that nothing like this has ever been seen on the
stage before. It is a marvel to me how Messrs. Sims and Buchanan
came to think of such clever things.

But if it had been only the plot that was original, I should not
have been so anxious to direct attention to The Trumpet Cull. But

Call he joins the Eoyal Horse Artillery. Then, again, unlike the
scene in the New Cut in The Lights o' London, there is a view by
night of the exterior of the Mogul Music Hall. Further, there is a
"Doss House" scene, that did not for a moment (or certainly not
for more than a moment) recall to my mind that gathering of the
poor in the dark arches of a London bridge, in one of Boucicattxt's
pieces. By the way, was that play, After Dark, or was it The
Streets of London ? I really forget which, Then, all the characters
in the new play are absolutely new and original. The hero who will
bear everything for his alleged wife's sake, and weeps over his child,
is quite new. So is the heroine who takes up her residence with poor
but amusing showmen, instead of wealthy relatives. That is also
quite new, and there was nothing like it in The Lights o' London.
The villain, too, who wiU do and dare anything (in reason) to wed
CwF'" ^was^ lady who has secured his affections,'is also a novelty. So is a
produced at i cnaracter played by Miss Claea Jecks as only Miss Claea. Jecks can
' and does play it. And there are many more equally bright and
fresh, and, in a word, original.

So, my dear Mr. Punch, hasten to the Eoyal Adelphi Theatre, if
you wish to see something that will either wake you up or send you
to sleep. Go, my dear Mr. Punch, and sit out The Trumpet Call,
and when you have seen it, you will understand why I sign myself,

Yours faithfully,
One who has Seen Nothing Like it Befoee.

FLENCH AS SHE IS SPOKE."

An Altared Scene.

the incidents and characters are equaUy novel. For instance, unlike
The Lights d London, there is a caravan and a showman. Next, un-
like In the Banks, there are scenes of barrack-life that are full of
freshness and originality. In Harbour Lights, if my memory does ,
not play me false, the hero enUsted in the Guards, in The Trumpet | series

From Admiral Gcrvais to My Lor'1 Maire.

Much we regret, Lor' Maire, mon cher,

Your banquet to refuse ;
But if you fear not mal de mcr,
Pack up your malle de mer, mon cher,

And join us in a cruise.

From My Lor'' Maire to Admiral Gcrvais.

Mon cher Geevais,
Can't say " Je vais,"
Except Je rais
L'autre cote."
Geevais, tu vas,—
Moi—je nc vais pas.

LE EOI (EN GASCON) EN YOYAGE, S'AMUSE;

Or, what his Juvenile Majesty packed in his "Gladstone," and set denen

in his Notes, &c.

Ollendorff—Seryian—in French, German, Russian, and any other
Eastern tongues, as yet published.
Twelve dozen Boxes of Tin Soldiers.
Ditto, ditto, Bricks to Match.

Complete Letter Writer (with addenda), specially added by his
" Papa," as models to be followed more or less closely when address-
ing his mother on matters of a homely and domestic character.

The Boy-King's Guide to the proper and decent method of pre-
siding at a Cabinet Council, showing how the same maybe conducted
conjointly with the introduction of Ninepins, or some other equally
interesting, intellectual, and manly game.

List of the best Sweet-stuff Shops.

Ditto, ditto [of what's going on, and most worth looking up in
places we visit.

Hand-Book to Leger de Main, with special reference to Practical
Joking at State Functions, and other High Jinks !

Shilling Hand-Book to Home Made Fireworks, with Permanent
Order signed by War Minister for supply of necessary materials.

Hyjinks and Hygiene.

Hygiene and Demography ! Never before

With such wonderful names has a Conference met,
With statistics by thousands and papers galore

As to what Demos wants, as to what he's to get.
It's not always perfectly clear what they mean,

Yet, perhaps an outsider is right when he thinks
Though no doubt they would die for beloved Hygiene,

As a matter of fact they indulge in High Jinks.

New Woek by Sie Augustus Deubiolanes to be included m
the " Opera Omnia," bv the same Author writing under a nom de
plume, entitled, " Legs Taglionis ; or, Little Steps for Babes in the
Ballet. By a Pa' de Quatre." Also " Classes and Lasses," same