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April 16, 1892
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182 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [April 16, 1892.
BROKEN BONDS.
THE BOUNDS OE SCIENCE.
And now he does it for another girl,
And I—I stand apart.
["I learn from St. Petersburg-, that, last Satur- _ {Fragment from a Fin de Monde Romance.)
clay, conferences were begun between llussia and Did I not give my heart to him—false one .— * J '
Germany on the admission of the former to the new And also—well, my " stocking " ? The Student had read many things, hut he
Nor after her "commercial" charms he'11 had not yet considered the subject of Coal.
run, ; He knew that it was expensive, but he had
My modest beauties mocking. j not imagined that there was_ so little in the
Hist! I believe of me they 're making fan!
O del! 'tis simply shocking!
commercial treaties."—The Times Paris Corre-
spondent on " Russia and the Central Commercial
League."}
La Belle France, the Forsaken One, loqtiitur :—
What do I hear ? Oh, do I hear aright,
Over the garden wall ?
My latest love, my gallant Muscovite,
Is this the end, this all ?
My heart beats
fast, a mist ob-
scures my sight.
Support me, or 1
fall!
"What can he
mean ? What-
ever is she at ?—
Ah! well I know
her game! _
Germania is a
vile coquette,
a cat.
Seducingmynew
flame
With mercenary
lures, and low
at that!
It is a cruel
shame!
But six short
months ago and
I to him
Indeed seemed
all in all.
A stalwart lover,
though tant
soit pen grim,
I fancied him
my thrall.
And was it after
all pretence, or
whim P
Oh, prospect, to
appal!
I know my envi-
ous rivals said
as much,*
But that I
deemed their
spite,
Was't but my
money he de -
sired to clutch ?
I lent it—with
delight:
Were his mere
venal vows?
His bonds but
such
As S a m s o N
snapped at
sight P
See how she purrs,
false puss! She
deems her dot
Hist! I can hear her, the sly cat. How fond
Her glances bold and bright!
A TERRIBLE THREAT.
Impatient Old Gentleman (to Female Tost-Ojjice Assistant, who is chatting pleasantly with an agreeable
acquaintance). "Look heke, young Woman, if you don't give me my Change, confound it, I'm
hanged if I don't go away without it!"
May well out-glitter mine. j Her bag is brimming, mine's a broken
And he ! That slow seductive smile I know. ' bond.
world. But he at length obtained the re-
quisite knowledge, and set to work to put
tumgs to-rights. He called upon the Secre-
tary of a Transatlantic Ocean Steamer Com-
pany, and remonstrated with him upon the
waste with which
the _ transactions
of his institution
were conducted.
"You carry
your passengers
too rapidly," he
observed.
" As how ? "
asked the Secre-
tary.
"Why I am
given to under-
stand that the
power generated
by the coal gives
each person on
board your ships
a rate of pro-
gression night and
day of twenty-
four horses."
"And, if it does
—what then?"
" Why, it is too
much," returned
the Student. "All
the coal in the
world will be ex-
hausted in some-
thing like four or
five hundred
years; and so,
while there is yet
time, I had better
go somewhere
where coal is a
secondary con-
sideration. What
shall I do?"
And then the
Secretary advised
the Student to
take a ticket to
the Centre of
Africa — and the
Student followed
his advice. But
the day before
the boat started,
the Student once
more appeared.
"I am afraid,"
said he, " I must
ask you for the
return of my
money. I find
that it will be
useless for me to
At Cronstadt by the brine,
To that dear dulcet voice, not long ago,
My ears did I incline.
Ah! and those fine moustachios' conquering
Subdued my maiden heart. [curl
For me those tendril-tips he 'd twist and twirl,
Looking so gay, so smart;
* " The success of a Russian Loan is not dearly
purchased by a little effusion, which, after all,
commits llussia to nothing." (See Cartoon " Turn
I dreamed not me he 'd slight
For such mere bagman beauty, tamely blonde,
But—ah ! was Blowitz right ?
[Left doubting.
iug the Tables," Sept. 26, 1891. [ Vaughan expression
Dr. Yaughan, of Salford, is to be the New
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.
He is a bright cheerful-looking man now, but
it is to be feared that the extra toil and trouble
of London may soon give his features a Care-
go to the Centre of Africa, a3 the Sun is about
to cease giving warmth."
"Dear me!" cried the Secretary, "I was
under the impression that the Sun was timed
to last about one hundred millions of years ? "
" It may have been in the far distant past,"
returned "the Student, sadly, "but recent
statistics fix the termination of the Sun's exist-
ence at a much nearer date. There is no
doubt that the Sun will not last more than
four millions of years, or five millions at
longest. Now give me my money! "
And (of course) the bullion was promptly
returned.
BROKEN BONDS.
THE BOUNDS OE SCIENCE.
And now he does it for another girl,
And I—I stand apart.
["I learn from St. Petersburg-, that, last Satur- _ {Fragment from a Fin de Monde Romance.)
clay, conferences were begun between llussia and Did I not give my heart to him—false one .— * J '
Germany on the admission of the former to the new And also—well, my " stocking " ? The Student had read many things, hut he
Nor after her "commercial" charms he'11 had not yet considered the subject of Coal.
run, ; He knew that it was expensive, but he had
My modest beauties mocking. j not imagined that there was_ so little in the
Hist! I believe of me they 're making fan!
O del! 'tis simply shocking!
commercial treaties."—The Times Paris Corre-
spondent on " Russia and the Central Commercial
League."}
La Belle France, the Forsaken One, loqtiitur :—
What do I hear ? Oh, do I hear aright,
Over the garden wall ?
My latest love, my gallant Muscovite,
Is this the end, this all ?
My heart beats
fast, a mist ob-
scures my sight.
Support me, or 1
fall!
"What can he
mean ? What-
ever is she at ?—
Ah! well I know
her game! _
Germania is a
vile coquette,
a cat.
Seducingmynew
flame
With mercenary
lures, and low
at that!
It is a cruel
shame!
But six short
months ago and
I to him
Indeed seemed
all in all.
A stalwart lover,
though tant
soit pen grim,
I fancied him
my thrall.
And was it after
all pretence, or
whim P
Oh, prospect, to
appal!
I know my envi-
ous rivals said
as much,*
But that I
deemed their
spite,
Was't but my
money he de -
sired to clutch ?
I lent it—with
delight:
Were his mere
venal vows?
His bonds but
such
As S a m s o N
snapped at
sight P
See how she purrs,
false puss! She
deems her dot
Hist! I can hear her, the sly cat. How fond
Her glances bold and bright!
A TERRIBLE THREAT.
Impatient Old Gentleman (to Female Tost-Ojjice Assistant, who is chatting pleasantly with an agreeable
acquaintance). "Look heke, young Woman, if you don't give me my Change, confound it, I'm
hanged if I don't go away without it!"
May well out-glitter mine. j Her bag is brimming, mine's a broken
And he ! That slow seductive smile I know. ' bond.
world. But he at length obtained the re-
quisite knowledge, and set to work to put
tumgs to-rights. He called upon the Secre-
tary of a Transatlantic Ocean Steamer Com-
pany, and remonstrated with him upon the
waste with which
the _ transactions
of his institution
were conducted.
"You carry
your passengers
too rapidly," he
observed.
" As how ? "
asked the Secre-
tary.
"Why I am
given to under-
stand that the
power generated
by the coal gives
each person on
board your ships
a rate of pro-
gression night and
day of twenty-
four horses."
"And, if it does
—what then?"
" Why, it is too
much," returned
the Student. "All
the coal in the
world will be ex-
hausted in some-
thing like four or
five hundred
years; and so,
while there is yet
time, I had better
go somewhere
where coal is a
secondary con-
sideration. What
shall I do?"
And then the
Secretary advised
the Student to
take a ticket to
the Centre of
Africa — and the
Student followed
his advice. But
the day before
the boat started,
the Student once
more appeared.
"I am afraid,"
said he, " I must
ask you for the
return of my
money. I find
that it will be
useless for me to
At Cronstadt by the brine,
To that dear dulcet voice, not long ago,
My ears did I incline.
Ah! and those fine moustachios' conquering
Subdued my maiden heart. [curl
For me those tendril-tips he 'd twist and twirl,
Looking so gay, so smart;
* " The success of a Russian Loan is not dearly
purchased by a little effusion, which, after all,
commits llussia to nothing." (See Cartoon " Turn
I dreamed not me he 'd slight
For such mere bagman beauty, tamely blonde,
But—ah ! was Blowitz right ?
[Left doubting.
iug the Tables," Sept. 26, 1891. [ Vaughan expression
Dr. Yaughan, of Salford, is to be the New
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.
He is a bright cheerful-looking man now, but
it is to be feared that the extra toil and trouble
of London may soon give his features a Care-
go to the Centre of Africa, a3 the Sun is about
to cease giving warmth."
"Dear me!" cried the Secretary, "I was
under the impression that the Sun was timed
to last about one hundred millions of years ? "
" It may have been in the far distant past,"
returned "the Student, sadly, "but recent
statistics fix the termination of the Sun's exist-
ence at a much nearer date. There is no
doubt that the Sun will not last more than
four millions of years, or five millions at
longest. Now give me my money! "
And (of course) the bullion was promptly
returned.