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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
MARRIAGES IN MIDDLE LIFE.
he happy day for Mr. Jones to lead
Miss Smith to the altar is not yet
fixed, in consequence of some disa-
greement about the gig in which they
are to go out of town for the honey-
week. The Livery Stable keeper
wants an old debt paid off; but Mr.
Jones is only prepared to offer cash
in advance for the week's hire. Alas !
how often are marriages postponed
by disputes about a settlement.
The lovely and accomplished niece
of the ugly but indefatigable Mr,
Brown, has, it is said, consented to
bestow her hand on the seedy and sentimental Mr. Simper. The
bride has the reversion of the interest of four hundred pounds in
the threes, after the demise of her uncle and some of his nearer
relatives. Mr. Simper's prospects are at present rather gloomy ; but,
as he is said to have had a relation who left England forty years
ago, and has never been heard of since, it is to be hoped that the
matrimonial prospects of the young and interesting couple may be
yet realised.
The nuptials between a certain highly successful adapter of French
Vaudevilles and a popular Coryphee were celebrated last week at
St. Clement's. The bell of the vestry rang a merry peal, and the
church clock was put right during the performance of the ceremony
at the expense of the bridegroom. The Coryphee was given away
by the amiable and athletic chief of the Caoutchouc Incredibles.
The wedding party left in one cab, and under five cotton umbrellas,
for the lodging- of the bridegroom, where a cold collation had been
O O O y
laid out under the superintendence of Mr. Cann, of the Bloomsbury
Souji Establishment. Covers were laid for one, and plates for seven.
In the evening, the happy pair repaired to Drury Lane Theatre ; the
bride to sustain her part in the Peri, and the bridegroom to applaud
her from the shilling gallery. The bride wore in the morning a four-
and-ninepenny print ; but, in the evening, appeared in a magnificent
toilette of gauze and fleshings.
directing his hand in a horizontal position to the preoordia, or perhaps the epigastrium*
In a few moments convulsive twitchings of the hands began to appear ; she seemed dis-
tressed ; the eyelids winked convulsively, and shortly afterwards she fell asleep. This may
j be considered as the first stage of the phenomena. The second was that of intense fear
or horror at being left alone whenever Dr. Elliotson withdrew his hand from hers, or-
ceased to touch any part of her body. This feeling was on all occasions instantly arrested
by simple contact—even by the doctor's foot being applied to hers."
This instrument, to all appearances, is richly inlaid with brass.
Its compass is very great—quite equal, we should say, to Col-
lins's " Ode of the Passions,"— though some of the stops appear
to have been not very accurately tuned. For example, we doubt
whether the critical ear of Moore, or Sydney or Horace Smith, would
recognise the keen tone of wit in the following, which certainly sounds
moreflat than sharp. The doctor had played a little prelude about
Noah
" The finger was then placed on the organ of wit, and the same questions being asked,
she answered, ' I never bothered myself much about Noah ; and as to the ark, why any tub
that has a bottom will swim.' ' Hut the maker of it was a very great man,' said Dr.
Elliotson. ' I don't know whether he was great or small, 1 teilyou I never bothered about
him.' "
This, however, may be but the imperfection of a new instrument,
A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
famous organ of Haarlem,
furniture, by the help of
"he Cabinets, Cottages, Grands, and Grand
Uprights of Collard, Broadwood, Stod-
dart, Wornum, &c., have long been es-
tablished favourites with the musical
world, but they must all cede to the
wonderful Instrument invented by Dr.
Elliotson, and which he too modestly
compares to a piano It evidently more
resembles a Finger-Organ of great power
and compass, and even superior, as re-
gards the Vox Humana pipe, to the
in Holland. As a mere article of household
rich silk, &c., it may be made quite as
ornamental, with this peculiar advantage—that standing on two self-
acting legs, instead of being moved about in a sort of one-horse hearse,
it will move itself to any quarter of the town where it may be re-
quired. Its musical powers may be estimated from the following
account of a fantasia executed by the Patentee, on the themes of
"La Qi darem la liiano," "Monster, away !" "Idol mio," and other
popular airs : —
" Without any previous intention, I one day tried to mesmerise some of the cerebral
organs in the young lady. < n placing the point of a finger on the rig;ht organ of
attachment, she strongly squeezed my fingers of the other hand placed in her right
hand, and fancied 1 was her favourite sister : on removing it to the organ of self-esteem,
she let go my fingers, which were in the right hand, repelled my hand, mistook me for a
person she disliked, and talked in tlie haughtiest manner. On replacing the point of my
finger on attachment, she squeezed my fingers or the other hand again, and spoke
affectionately. I removed the point oi my finger to destructiveness : she let go my
fingers again, repelled my hand, mistook me for some one she disliked, and fell into a
passion. The finger upon benevolence silenced her instantly, and made her amiable,
though not attached : and thus I could alter her mood and her conception of my person
at pleasure, and play upon her head as upon a piano."
The " Young Lady " appears to be a sort of piccolo. But the
Doctor advertises another variety of the instrument, with much
greater boldness of tone, and a particularly sensitive pedal, which
responds to the pressure of the foot in a style only to be indicated as
K afettuoso
"Tht patient being placed in a chair, Dr. Elliotson commenced the experiment by
or a rawness of the performer,—indeed, the inventor, not being &•
Thalberg or Moscheles, for want of practice evidently thumps down
his finger now and then on the wrong key, and even mistakes the
character of the tune he produces. Thus, whilst the instrument was
" singing very sweetly "—
" Suddenly Dr. Elliotson removed the finger at a part of the song where the tune run:?,
' I hate the sight of a sheep or a cow,' to the organ of philo-progenitivencss, or love of
offspring, and then said, ' Why don't you like the sight of the little ambs?' She
instantly replied, ' O yes, poor dear little things, they are so innocent.' Then removing
it to destructiveness, and putting the same question, she answered, ' Like them ! I should
like to cut their heads off.' The finger was then placed on the organ of wit, and she
continued, ' I cut their heads off, because they make such capital soup.' "
Now, what the performer here quotes as a philo-progenitive cradle
hymn, or fondness for babies, was really only a pastorale, or partiality,
to lambkins. The destructive idea of the decapitation of the sheep,
was a cruel capriccio enough : but the pleasant divertimento of
making soup of their heads, instead of being a flourish of wit, was
palpably a little voluntary on the organ of Scotch Cookery !
These are defects, however, that time will remedy ; and once again,
we venture to predict that the new Finger Organ will supersede
the PiaD'v
Fashions for October.
Bo.nnets have experienced little alteration in shape, except those thar
have been crushed by some one sitting accidentally down upon them.
Shaded silks are still seen, the shading being thrown in by constant wear
during the whole of the summer, causing the material to be much darker
in some parts than in others. Scarfs will be in request, and so will lace ;
but for those who cannot get the point lace, the boot-kice will be a cheap
and useful substitute. Flounces, which have been for some time coming
iu, are now made to stick out more than ever.
We have seen a very graceful head-dress for gentlemen—which, for
evening toilette, is general. It consists of a coiffure of white cotton, with
a tassel at the top of it.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
MARRIAGES IN MIDDLE LIFE.
he happy day for Mr. Jones to lead
Miss Smith to the altar is not yet
fixed, in consequence of some disa-
greement about the gig in which they
are to go out of town for the honey-
week. The Livery Stable keeper
wants an old debt paid off; but Mr.
Jones is only prepared to offer cash
in advance for the week's hire. Alas !
how often are marriages postponed
by disputes about a settlement.
The lovely and accomplished niece
of the ugly but indefatigable Mr,
Brown, has, it is said, consented to
bestow her hand on the seedy and sentimental Mr. Simper. The
bride has the reversion of the interest of four hundred pounds in
the threes, after the demise of her uncle and some of his nearer
relatives. Mr. Simper's prospects are at present rather gloomy ; but,
as he is said to have had a relation who left England forty years
ago, and has never been heard of since, it is to be hoped that the
matrimonial prospects of the young and interesting couple may be
yet realised.
The nuptials between a certain highly successful adapter of French
Vaudevilles and a popular Coryphee were celebrated last week at
St. Clement's. The bell of the vestry rang a merry peal, and the
church clock was put right during the performance of the ceremony
at the expense of the bridegroom. The Coryphee was given away
by the amiable and athletic chief of the Caoutchouc Incredibles.
The wedding party left in one cab, and under five cotton umbrellas,
for the lodging- of the bridegroom, where a cold collation had been
O O O y
laid out under the superintendence of Mr. Cann, of the Bloomsbury
Souji Establishment. Covers were laid for one, and plates for seven.
In the evening, the happy pair repaired to Drury Lane Theatre ; the
bride to sustain her part in the Peri, and the bridegroom to applaud
her from the shilling gallery. The bride wore in the morning a four-
and-ninepenny print ; but, in the evening, appeared in a magnificent
toilette of gauze and fleshings.
directing his hand in a horizontal position to the preoordia, or perhaps the epigastrium*
In a few moments convulsive twitchings of the hands began to appear ; she seemed dis-
tressed ; the eyelids winked convulsively, and shortly afterwards she fell asleep. This may
j be considered as the first stage of the phenomena. The second was that of intense fear
or horror at being left alone whenever Dr. Elliotson withdrew his hand from hers, or-
ceased to touch any part of her body. This feeling was on all occasions instantly arrested
by simple contact—even by the doctor's foot being applied to hers."
This instrument, to all appearances, is richly inlaid with brass.
Its compass is very great—quite equal, we should say, to Col-
lins's " Ode of the Passions,"— though some of the stops appear
to have been not very accurately tuned. For example, we doubt
whether the critical ear of Moore, or Sydney or Horace Smith, would
recognise the keen tone of wit in the following, which certainly sounds
moreflat than sharp. The doctor had played a little prelude about
Noah
" The finger was then placed on the organ of wit, and the same questions being asked,
she answered, ' I never bothered myself much about Noah ; and as to the ark, why any tub
that has a bottom will swim.' ' Hut the maker of it was a very great man,' said Dr.
Elliotson. ' I don't know whether he was great or small, 1 teilyou I never bothered about
him.' "
This, however, may be but the imperfection of a new instrument,
A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
famous organ of Haarlem,
furniture, by the help of
"he Cabinets, Cottages, Grands, and Grand
Uprights of Collard, Broadwood, Stod-
dart, Wornum, &c., have long been es-
tablished favourites with the musical
world, but they must all cede to the
wonderful Instrument invented by Dr.
Elliotson, and which he too modestly
compares to a piano It evidently more
resembles a Finger-Organ of great power
and compass, and even superior, as re-
gards the Vox Humana pipe, to the
in Holland. As a mere article of household
rich silk, &c., it may be made quite as
ornamental, with this peculiar advantage—that standing on two self-
acting legs, instead of being moved about in a sort of one-horse hearse,
it will move itself to any quarter of the town where it may be re-
quired. Its musical powers may be estimated from the following
account of a fantasia executed by the Patentee, on the themes of
"La Qi darem la liiano," "Monster, away !" "Idol mio," and other
popular airs : —
" Without any previous intention, I one day tried to mesmerise some of the cerebral
organs in the young lady. < n placing the point of a finger on the rig;ht organ of
attachment, she strongly squeezed my fingers of the other hand placed in her right
hand, and fancied 1 was her favourite sister : on removing it to the organ of self-esteem,
she let go my fingers, which were in the right hand, repelled my hand, mistook me for a
person she disliked, and talked in tlie haughtiest manner. On replacing the point of my
finger on attachment, she squeezed my fingers or the other hand again, and spoke
affectionately. I removed the point oi my finger to destructiveness : she let go my
fingers again, repelled my hand, mistook me for some one she disliked, and fell into a
passion. The finger upon benevolence silenced her instantly, and made her amiable,
though not attached : and thus I could alter her mood and her conception of my person
at pleasure, and play upon her head as upon a piano."
The " Young Lady " appears to be a sort of piccolo. But the
Doctor advertises another variety of the instrument, with much
greater boldness of tone, and a particularly sensitive pedal, which
responds to the pressure of the foot in a style only to be indicated as
K afettuoso
"Tht patient being placed in a chair, Dr. Elliotson commenced the experiment by
or a rawness of the performer,—indeed, the inventor, not being &•
Thalberg or Moscheles, for want of practice evidently thumps down
his finger now and then on the wrong key, and even mistakes the
character of the tune he produces. Thus, whilst the instrument was
" singing very sweetly "—
" Suddenly Dr. Elliotson removed the finger at a part of the song where the tune run:?,
' I hate the sight of a sheep or a cow,' to the organ of philo-progenitivencss, or love of
offspring, and then said, ' Why don't you like the sight of the little ambs?' She
instantly replied, ' O yes, poor dear little things, they are so innocent.' Then removing
it to destructiveness, and putting the same question, she answered, ' Like them ! I should
like to cut their heads off.' The finger was then placed on the organ of wit, and she
continued, ' I cut their heads off, because they make such capital soup.' "
Now, what the performer here quotes as a philo-progenitive cradle
hymn, or fondness for babies, was really only a pastorale, or partiality,
to lambkins. The destructive idea of the decapitation of the sheep,
was a cruel capriccio enough : but the pleasant divertimento of
making soup of their heads, instead of being a flourish of wit, was
palpably a little voluntary on the organ of Scotch Cookery !
These are defects, however, that time will remedy ; and once again,
we venture to predict that the new Finger Organ will supersede
the PiaD'v
Fashions for October.
Bo.nnets have experienced little alteration in shape, except those thar
have been crushed by some one sitting accidentally down upon them.
Shaded silks are still seen, the shading being thrown in by constant wear
during the whole of the summer, causing the material to be much darker
in some parts than in others. Scarfs will be in request, and so will lace ;
but for those who cannot get the point lace, the boot-kice will be a cheap
and useful substitute. Flounces, which have been for some time coming
iu, are now made to stick out more than ever.
We have seen a very graceful head-dress for gentlemen—which, for
evening toilette, is general. It consists of a coiffure of white cotton, with
a tassel at the top of it.