Punch / Almanack (1867)

PUNCH’S ALMANACK FOR 1867

THE COSTUME BALL.

*r2T00TLES HAS SOMEHOW CONTRIVED TO EE INTRODUCED TO BLANCHE VAVASOUR, AND IMPROVES THE OCCASION. ARRAYED IN THE PICTURESQUE ATTIRE OF SlR WALTER

Raleigh (?), he considers it “the Correct Thing, you know,” to talk the Language of the Period.)


“ Bv my Halidom, and in good sooth, fair Lady, thy devoted Slave hath no mean Skill in a Saraband! Shall we tread a Measure, i* Faith?

s, SHALL WE JOIN THE MaZY DANCE?”

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Of 'Snt.—May we never have to shed the
Wle8ret that we ever denied ourselves any-

e liked.

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% 1tcij-' The dramatist who observes the unities
' u'ly giving us only one act of his non-

*i|Aii(| ecK in time saves nine,” says a mean
V e5tt that unless you give your

,' 'avagance a clieek, she will ask for one

v\o t0N-—When a friend’s arms are indeed
^hen you see them on his carriage

etch you to his dinner.

[Blanche Vavasour is speechless with amazement.

Sentiment.—May we never have occasion to
serve a friend—with a writ.

Reciprocity.—You may safely mind other
people’s business. They will be sure to mind
yours.

Toast.—To brothers who are not bothers, and
sisters who are not blisters.

A Christmas Holiday Thought. —Our School-
boy says that the Better Half is the shorter one.

The only excuse for the fool who fears to
make his will, is that an execution is generally
fatal.

A PAST POSSIBLE PIC-N1C. 1866.