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    • DEBUT OF MILOR DAMDREARX
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      August 3, 1867.3 The Tomahawk. 147

      August 3 , 1867 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 147

      Reward.

      REWARD .

      Whereas, A Very Large Quantity Of Female...

      WHEREAS , a very large quantity of female attire , consistpeared ing princi from pall certain y of modesty theatres and in London decency and , have other recentl parts y of disap the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in consequence whereof wnereoi , , uumciuus numerous persons pciauus , , sty SLyiiug ling themselves tiicuiscivca actresses iu ^ ncsaca , , now uuw

      tageousl ing appear ly assume upon y to disp the such lay stage postures their in a limbs state as will , of and enable semi other -nudity them portions , and most unblush of advan their - - bodies , to the rude gaze of licentious audiences , while they , at questionable panied the same by time smiles character , indul , winks ge ; in , And nods disgusting , Whereas and other doub l actions e enten said actresses d of res , accom hig , hl in y - conjunction with a large number of persons , styling themselves amount actors , have of vul of late introduced intthe , and are still introducing at the , a great said

      garity o public performances have theatres been ; , An for d a W considerable hereas , by reason time past thereof , well , the nig said h , if theatre not en s - tirely , deserted by audiences with any pretensions to purity of mind and other , and are now patronised of evil character almost exclusively And Wherea by s profli it is gates be- , lieved that persons a class of personscalling ; themselves , burlesque writers , are in some way connected , with the disappearance of fore the said of shameless articles of effrontery female attire , and , and that the they substitution are alsoto , there some - extent , at leastlor introuuciioiiui uic , sciiuul

      sirable that the said theatres should be freed from the said vulgarities . This is to notify , that any person or persons who will give such assistance as may lead to the restoration of the said articles of female attire , and the abandonment of the said vulgarities , will be handsomely rewarded with the sincere thanks of all lovers of the legitimate drama . ( Signed ) Tomahawk

      garities ; And , responsiuie Whereasit is for me the public .. good . that the . said varticles of female attire , should , if possible , be restored to the said theatres from which they have disappeared , in order that they may be worn by their proper owners ; and it is also

      de-Superinten , delit of Theatrical Police .

      Debut Of Milor Damdrearx

      DEBUT OF MILOR DAMDREARX

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      blonde daughters of Albion ; those charming Mees who united themselves to the first movement of the Britannic National Guard or Volunteers . How we yet remember ourselves of that ballet at the Porte St . Martin , when those golden-haired amazons left their shore to gladden our sight before the footlights Parisian ! How we could have laid our heart at those feet when they pointed their riffles at our heart like one man ! We have seen the drama of Chaquesp £ re , that strong spirit who so often had recourse to our great Moli 6 re for the wit he dished his in the court of Elizabethwife of polisson de

      ( From La JBaliveme . ) Paris has already given hospitality to the actors of the Old Eng * Jtl , ^ land tmmi . Our V ^ M 4 . eyes V * T X ^^ -F have **«¦•• » v * been R ^ WW ** - charmed VXAW > 1 . AllVVi with VV 4 . VAA the V 11 V wlgUV sight V of ^*> the bllW

      Henri up as VIII J We have seen the tragedy , of Macbeth ce The B Mo ut or wh of er Corduroy e is the type , and o f D truth rama have such as it envy is loved to see in the again , city J of the Lormaire ? Where is the individual who excels by his originality the Garrick , that Talma of the land of cocagne ? Such an one we have found . There was bidden to a dramatic solemnity the entire journalism of our beautiful city , and we hurried yielded up ourselves for a time to take by the possession excellent of a M fauteuii . Bagier at to the the Italiens insular , impresario , Sir Knovles . With what impatience we awaited

      the rise of the curtain , for we must respect a nation which has produced a Byron Esquire , a Lord Newton , and a Clarissa Harlove 1 With what nervous excitement did we hear the three blows which announced the wished-for moment ! This time we hold it ; this type of insulars , type created by themselves , type verily performed by the prototype himself ; for Sir Knovles , at an immense loosening of his purse-strings , has persuaded one of that proud nation ' s aristocrats to give to our eyes the true form of Nature to be met with in all the halls of balls in West his fox -end -arks . M his y faith forinnannes , yes . A milor and his has boxe been to found show to the leav un e - ravelled p Parisian , the manners , and customs , of our neiehbours

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      us on by the surp other rise side milor of the had channel made to ( d fix ' ontre themselves manche . ) over Not our to walls take and enclosures , photographs nature-sized of his noble presence explaining on his fingers the lowest price of entry to the theatre , . where We cannot jud is ge lost of on one the country death of by a another cockand , and where in a land is made money by the sale of a wife , one cannot find , it extraordinary money that it is considered noble to fall into the knees of matrons or over over the the furniture furniture which which finds finds itself itseli there there . . When When we we had had the the

      happiness to pass a week in the country of fogs , we were desohostesses but lated we should we to now observe . have I n see effect . become we that we ought our could intelli English to not g have ible comprehend was stammered to our not hosts easil a , traitorous when y and understood charming no doubt word ; \ j ' of what was saying that dear Milor Dromedaire . But that he i was could a see type at — first type blow of nation and at as once such egotistical we hail him and for haug is hty it not we ! , ; I thus milor what that shall bhis we we American learn say a of nation the cousin p ' s lay virtues , Sir a comed Tom by y its written weaknesses of ori especiall in a ? tailor y And for j ! Terry I

      in the United y States , but afterwards , naturalized , in Eng g land and noted for his paternal adoption of several of our best authors offspring whom he has in the kindest way treated as his own ? , We have place to believe that Sir Tom was much occupied in recognising succeeded in poor securing Charles his de paternity Bernard , ' s though son-in-law he , has and not has made since much to return noise to since our , sheep for we ; all if this know comed still waters y is a type run deep we cannot . But render render much much , account account of of it it . . There I here is is an an American American , citizen citizen who who

      cornered speaks from cow his althoug nose , h and we there did not is a see country that bovine mees and type a on three the - stage . But above , all , there is an hydraulical machine which pours burst with the laughter water on the the roof favourites of the Italians of milor . , Tailor and which , Esquire made , is a man of infinite wit and original over the bargain for those hydraulics were never taken from the French . " Never in France shall English showers rain /' One has often told us that our neighbours of Albion have no respect for one another ; certainly , we had the occasion to perceive this at this representation . Milor Drumdairy suffers like vision Vicirin most of of r \ the f i intelli i- » l British - «» 11 irroi" » r nobility » ii and < jri / 1 in in from cnitp ite natural of rkf his V » ic earnest pavnpct defects , endeavours « av of » r 1 « speech a'n 7 ' / - » iiT * e , to + of # ¦»

      deliver , his part gence his , assisting sp society mocked themselves of him , and made , one blush no easy thing to a Parisian . I lency With did that not bonhomie appear natural more than to every usuall Eng y deranged lishman , , his and Excel con- - tinued boldly to the conclusion of the comedy ; even reading the contents of a particular letter to the little-compassionate for crowd wh , ich who we gave emptied themselves oar heads up comp to find letely a to cause a mad . Though laughter we , \ do what not Frenchman hesitate to of confess education that we does do ?— not we understand leave that Eng to waiters lish— j and hairdressers—we almost regret the inability to follow the ! reasoning of this interesting type of ancient blood , but we make ! to our distinguish compliments him to from this Eng Milor lish Sam lord who ( called comes the from Southern the North Milor ) ,

      on his evident cold-blood before the footlights , and we should much desire to see Milor Dindonry perform in a part which might give him an opportunity of being some one beside himin self any . We part would would not still wound remain a ^ M stranger ilor Dundreary , but we — fear a tout much sei Milor gneur , tout honneur , . Alfred Insolant .

      Sweets To The Sweet.—Ever Since The Late...

      Sweets to the Sweet . —Ever since the late Prince Consort promulgated his famous dictum with reference to Representative Government—viz ., that in England it is , in our time , stratum " on its of trial autocracy , " we have in his suspected character the . existence A glimpse of — a onl sub y a - g Queen limpse ' s mem in fact orial , the volume merest , jus " t dip published " in the , has world , we — fancy into , the revealed autocracy to us . the In the extent future and , it bearings seems to of us the , Prince late amiable Albert Prince might ' s be known as Albert The Oppressively Good .

      Medal V. Muddle.—" Vive La Beige." There...

      Medal v . Muddle . — " Vive la Beige . " There ' s French if struc you like k the ! We meda are l , not but surprised the medal at it never from , the struck Ignoramus " His Royal who Highness" who distributed them to the Belgian Volunteers !"

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 3, 1867, page 147, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_03081867/page/7/