DOI issue:
Punch's Almanack for 1879
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17769#0006
EDISON'S TELEPHONOSCOPE (TRANSMITS LIGHT AS WELL AS SOUND).
(Every evening, before going to bed, Pater- and Materfamitias set up an, electric camcra-ob$ctira over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with Vie sight of thmr Children at the
Antipodes, and converts gaily with them, through the wire.)
Paterfamilias (in Wilton Place). "Beatrice, come closer, I want to whisper." Beatrice (from Ceylon). "Yes, Papa dear."
Patcrfautilias. " Who is that charming totng Lady plating on Charlie's side?"
Beatrice. " She's just comb over from England, Papa. I'll introduce you to her as soon as the Game's ovep^?"
A TRAGEDY IN REAL LIFE.
HE thought it was a Vacant Chair * * * SHE arose suddenly from her Knees * * *
A Hint to Ladies who will Wear Outside
Pockets.—Have your purses made up to look
like Prayer-books.
Objection to Capital Punishment (By an
Anti-Gallows Advocate).—Its Newgate-tory cha-
racter.
How to Make Time Fly.—Accept a bill for
£100 at three months, and you will find yourself
at the end of the quarter in no time.
(Every evening, before going to bed, Pater- and Materfamitias set up an, electric camcra-ob$ctira over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with Vie sight of thmr Children at the
Antipodes, and converts gaily with them, through the wire.)
Paterfamilias (in Wilton Place). "Beatrice, come closer, I want to whisper." Beatrice (from Ceylon). "Yes, Papa dear."
Patcrfautilias. " Who is that charming totng Lady plating on Charlie's side?"
Beatrice. " She's just comb over from England, Papa. I'll introduce you to her as soon as the Game's ovep^?"
A TRAGEDY IN REAL LIFE.
HE thought it was a Vacant Chair * * * SHE arose suddenly from her Knees * * *
A Hint to Ladies who will Wear Outside
Pockets.—Have your purses made up to look
like Prayer-books.
Objection to Capital Punishment (By an
Anti-Gallows Advocate).—Its Newgate-tory cha-
racter.
How to Make Time Fly.—Accept a bill for
£100 at three months, and you will find yourself
at the end of the quarter in no time.