DOI issue:
December 10, 1892
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17694#0281
276 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [December 10, 1892.
LADIES IN THE HUNTING FiELD.
It is The Opinion of Mr. Phunkie "that the Fair Sex is all very well at the Covert Side, and he has no
objection to a little quiet flirtation there ; but if a man is expected to go hanging round a glrl when hounds are
running, the thing is apt to become a dooce of a nuisance ! "
TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE.
["A deputation of Seamstresses stated at Westminster Police Court, that
they make soldiers' clothing, receiving for each pair of trousers 8\d., and for
each flannel-belt, rather less than one penny."—Daily Paper.']
0 England, you boast of your warrior sons,
Your history tells of them, fearless in strife,
How they faced the French horse, how they charged Russian
guns,
So thoughtful of duty, so careless of life !
You honour them rightly, but do not forget
That economy pleases the voters as well;
Each penny reduces the National Debt;
Old Ships, as you know, are the best things to sell.
You could not escape paying pounds to the men
Who fought, wearing soles of brown paper, supplied
In your wise, frugal way. Follow precedent then !
Remember pence saved, not your children who died !
Though the men must be paid, such expense need not vex
A skilful economist. This can be met.
You can always grind pence from the poor, weaker sex ;
If the clothes are ill-made, think what bargains you get!
Then lavish your honours, your wealth, on the brave,
If you did not, perhaps, scarce a man would enlist;
But forget not the gain of each penny you save,
And starve these poor Women—they cannot resist.
Peaks' Christmas Number—what it ought to be :—A new edition
of "His Soup's Fables:* _
Tile Real Enemy: to " The Big Loaf " (according to John
Burns).—The Big Loafer.
QUEER QUERIES.
National Art-Treasures.—I see that objections are being made to
Millbank as a suitable site for the Picture Gallery which Mr. Tate
has so generously offered to the nation. May I ask whether the
advantages of the Isle of Dogs have ever been considered P The
position being right out of the way of anybody who cares a rush for
Art, and in the centre of the river-fog district, so as to ensure a
maximum of injury to the pictures by damp, its offer to the generous
donor would convincingly demonstrate our Government's apprecia-
tion of such patriotic munificence. Failing the Isle of Dogs, would
there be any objection to Barking, in the neighbourhood of the
Sewage Outfall ? They are quite accustomed there to dealing with
the precipitation of sludge. Perhaps some Art-lover would reply.
Citizen op a Rather Mean City.
Householder's Difficulties. — Could some practical Corre-
spondent advise us as to what would be the best course to pursue
under the following awkward circumstances ? I live in a house in
a newly-constructed terrace, with very thin party-walls. The
tenant on one side has just set up a private establishment for the
reception of the most thoroughly incurable class of maniacs, while
on the other side is a family who make their living by piano, violin,
and cornet performances, at private houses. 1 have asked the land-
lord to abate the nuisance by adding another brick to the thickness
of the walls on each side ; but he writes to me, giving his address at
the Bankruptcy Court, to explain that the houses are not so con-
structed as to bear the extra weight, which I think very probable.
I would apply for an injunction against the Maniacs, were it not
that their bowlings are sometimes useful in drowning the sound of
the constant practising on the piano. Would it be wise to retaliate
by dropping bricks at midnight down my neighbours' chimneys ?
What is the least term of Penal Servitude that I could get if I hired
some of the Unemployed to break into the musical house and smash
up the instruments ? If I went as a Deputation on the subject to
Mr. As'qutth, should I be likely to be cordially received ?
Tortured Tenant.
NOTICE.—Rejected. Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed Matter, Drawings, or Pictures of any description, will
in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamped and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper, To this rula
there will be ao exception.
LADIES IN THE HUNTING FiELD.
It is The Opinion of Mr. Phunkie "that the Fair Sex is all very well at the Covert Side, and he has no
objection to a little quiet flirtation there ; but if a man is expected to go hanging round a glrl when hounds are
running, the thing is apt to become a dooce of a nuisance ! "
TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE.
["A deputation of Seamstresses stated at Westminster Police Court, that
they make soldiers' clothing, receiving for each pair of trousers 8\d., and for
each flannel-belt, rather less than one penny."—Daily Paper.']
0 England, you boast of your warrior sons,
Your history tells of them, fearless in strife,
How they faced the French horse, how they charged Russian
guns,
So thoughtful of duty, so careless of life !
You honour them rightly, but do not forget
That economy pleases the voters as well;
Each penny reduces the National Debt;
Old Ships, as you know, are the best things to sell.
You could not escape paying pounds to the men
Who fought, wearing soles of brown paper, supplied
In your wise, frugal way. Follow precedent then !
Remember pence saved, not your children who died !
Though the men must be paid, such expense need not vex
A skilful economist. This can be met.
You can always grind pence from the poor, weaker sex ;
If the clothes are ill-made, think what bargains you get!
Then lavish your honours, your wealth, on the brave,
If you did not, perhaps, scarce a man would enlist;
But forget not the gain of each penny you save,
And starve these poor Women—they cannot resist.
Peaks' Christmas Number—what it ought to be :—A new edition
of "His Soup's Fables:* _
Tile Real Enemy: to " The Big Loaf " (according to John
Burns).—The Big Loafer.
QUEER QUERIES.
National Art-Treasures.—I see that objections are being made to
Millbank as a suitable site for the Picture Gallery which Mr. Tate
has so generously offered to the nation. May I ask whether the
advantages of the Isle of Dogs have ever been considered P The
position being right out of the way of anybody who cares a rush for
Art, and in the centre of the river-fog district, so as to ensure a
maximum of injury to the pictures by damp, its offer to the generous
donor would convincingly demonstrate our Government's apprecia-
tion of such patriotic munificence. Failing the Isle of Dogs, would
there be any objection to Barking, in the neighbourhood of the
Sewage Outfall ? They are quite accustomed there to dealing with
the precipitation of sludge. Perhaps some Art-lover would reply.
Citizen op a Rather Mean City.
Householder's Difficulties. — Could some practical Corre-
spondent advise us as to what would be the best course to pursue
under the following awkward circumstances ? I live in a house in
a newly-constructed terrace, with very thin party-walls. The
tenant on one side has just set up a private establishment for the
reception of the most thoroughly incurable class of maniacs, while
on the other side is a family who make their living by piano, violin,
and cornet performances, at private houses. 1 have asked the land-
lord to abate the nuisance by adding another brick to the thickness
of the walls on each side ; but he writes to me, giving his address at
the Bankruptcy Court, to explain that the houses are not so con-
structed as to bear the extra weight, which I think very probable.
I would apply for an injunction against the Maniacs, were it not
that their bowlings are sometimes useful in drowning the sound of
the constant practising on the piano. Would it be wise to retaliate
by dropping bricks at midnight down my neighbours' chimneys ?
What is the least term of Penal Servitude that I could get if I hired
some of the Unemployed to break into the musical house and smash
up the instruments ? If I went as a Deputation on the subject to
Mr. As'qutth, should I be likely to be cordially received ?
Tortured Tenant.
NOTICE.—Rejected. Communications or Contributions, whether MS., Printed Matter, Drawings, or Pictures of any description, will
in no case be returned, not even when accompanied by a Stamped and Addressed Envelope, Cover, or Wrapper, To this rula
there will be ao exception.