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    • ij , .— .. . ¦_.... — j - READING COUPLETS.
    • A GENTLE REMINDER.
    • THE TENDER CONSCIENCE OF VESTR YMEN.
    • ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN OUR LAST.
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      Tramways Are Once More On The Carpet. A ...

      This secret points of the lukewarmness our want of sp of irit the in public the matter in constructing being rather them the . I ; fruit at work of . prejudice . At all events than stup , now idit we y . have Perhaps another . both chance causes of have " better been - i i in " limited | f ourselves , " but , " " unlimited and' we " wish success the . Tramway Company , not ¦ —— 1

      November 6, 1869.] The Tomahawk. 219

      November 6 , 1869 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 219

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      that XST : QW hybrid ^ tfiat rtiuse ' the Stage who ; is may so be much best jle ch voted aracterized to the by worshi the well p of - known line of Horace : — " Desinit in piscem vavlier formosa superne , " which we may translate ( freely ) : : — " When Fishy indeed at its head , must Formosa fre the Drama -we must ' s tail hail . , "

      it is ? gratifying to See actors" trying , in spite of managers , to introduce rede ftf ontague em their these have " art young begun from actors a utter series to ' contempt the of public readings . in Mess a which more rs . I favou rving mise rable and to li stage ght . than It is one gratif of them ying , at think least , that can oth hop e r t autho o' be r seen s are in studied on the by cultivation people on of the true stage poetry than cannot Boucicatilt but elevate and t Robertson hose who . under The - their take it popularity ; and we by may paAdering be thankful to the wl low ien est artists tastes do of not their abuse

      auinstincts dience , but . father seek to draw but higher and more intellectual The chief feature of the first reading was the introduction of tha a scene t this out century of Talfourd has produced 's Iori ,- — . oiie There of the are few so noble many tr dramatic agedies poets we may whose Hope works that are Messrs virtuall . Irving y excluded and Montague . from the and stage those that rreiny artists dra who biatic tread geniuses in their whose steps wbrks will remind lie neg the lected public on the of stud those y slielfEvlibrary has a Ben fAA Jpnson 1 V ^ AAW VJ . A * and i a Beaumo WW 4 A n W t and

      Fle *^ >> A >^ tcher A * S . - ~ iT ; ery * but t * M . J AAMX liow niafly T ^ ** +.+ *** peop * - *• ^ L ^^ le have ever , ****** < W « read «¦*¦ A ^ a li ne < . «*^ of these * - ***^ - * authors Elizabethan ? And age it j is few with wo these uld have , a ^ s with the ' all patienc the dramatists e alone to of hunt the for those beauties which lie scattered about in the midst of so much rubbish . whole As for it the reading creditable which we to heard both , itfe' must say that on the

      has a habit was of very stamping when excited , which performers he mu . st Mr cure . I . rving He difficult also is apt to to be cli heard p his words a large with room his . teeth In , speaking which w , as make in sing him - ing no , restrictive the chest , action throat , of and the mouth muscles , should should all three be permitted be opened ; — all the earnestness air passages and intensity must be ; his well love filled of . poetry Mr . seems Irving with has him great a passion stinacy . of In the " nature Adrastus embittered Wll " he 4 VliVA realized VVIi by cruel admirabl treatment y the sullen in youth

      oband WkMAaVW Montague half T X >^ - brutalized was VXXV ^ AAUVWA tame b and y savage *> colourless V self- *~ indulgence ^ as J ^*^ Ion fc" *^«"" - ; he * >^ in » - *« had V *** later . ^*** not W life A *«> devoted . r ^« r «>« Mr . W- ' » . , * with sufficient that Idissez mental -dller exertion tepid to sty the le , which conception may suit ; he was characters infected creations of Mr . Robertson of an earnest ' s manufacture arid vigorous , but is geni very us . prejudicial Mr . Montague to the ' s reading deserves of " gh Joe praise the Crossing ; it showed Sweeper much , " out delicate of " Bleak feeling House , but , " greater niece iece which which study he he read read will in in improve the the character character this performa of of an an Irishman Irishman nce . The was was humorous verv well well very

      p g ch iv en . Mr his . Calverley lightest ' effort s " Ge , belongs mini and to Vi rgo hig , her " which class Mr of . Irving literat In ure scen . It es is from an admirable . Sheridan examp ' s Rivals le of , both quiet gentlemen refined pleasantry were ex- . which cellent w . e M have r . Montagu heard . e He ' s " succeeded Captain Absolute in giving " is the by utmost far the point best ¦ to witri the a qui gentlemanl et retorts y of bearing the son which without softened any apparent down the effort want , and of fili stickl al er respect for parental in the Captain authority , so . as We not wish to offend to both the these most young rigid actors the utmost success in their future readings .

      What The Irish Peasants Really Do Want.—...

      What the Irish Peasants really do want . —A little more rope .

      A Gentle Reminder.

      A GENTLE REMINDER .

      And The We Snow Are Threatened Has Put I...

      and The we snow are threatened has put in with an appearance what we call unusuall a severe y earl winter y this . year To , clear us this fires means . To sharp some health however y weather a severe , good winter appetite means , and want bri and ght starvation . We do not , wish to , accuse the London public of any want are ever of charity behindhand or of in good their intention acts of almsg ; but iving we . affirm It is that not until they the * . ** . Vrf newspapers * . * .- <* + » s k 'J ^ j' « ' « with . t- ^ teem VVWAJL tales & with w w A V of 4 . 4 . how descriptions \ A \/ U \/ whole il W W 1 V ^ 1 £ > J of V ^ A . the I > A « V « sufferings *_? 14 . 1 . 1 . Vr A . . iJLXC ^ O of \ J J . the LJ . J . W

      poor out food classes for , days togetherand have then families been have frozen been to death withthat hearts thaw and purse- , strings are loosed . Good people will , be surel horrified y events such surprised as these when will they happen hear as of the such winter things goes ; but on , usual and this . year they will probably commence even earlier than getting The ¦ charitable subscri persons ptions to who take lwarmth upon th and em s food elves the to the office suf of

      j fering but -fr ^* * * r ^ we ^* - ^ y poor fear up ± 7 * that ?• are - »¦ - » ^^* already ¦*! their - ' V *^^ - *^ S ^ appeals *»> activel ^ supp *^ W * Wk ^ A y will y V engaged TIML be 1 AAW of * ' U > in little AAV * their A V ^ avail V ^ V * , good VV until V 41 work V they ^ *¦* * ; perhaps have a text , the to money preach will upon come , a horrible in ; but case not till to then quote . ,- and Gan then any- , their public te thing n months hearts be ? done Surel . old The to y , remove they peop would le this could of want soon lukewarmness onl and y have take read up a on file enoug the of part h the itself to of soften Times not the once in a century fc but history % regularl JL . t- * IS ^> JL winter misery XAAbV * repeats and if the public ,

      could VAAVV A- onl I- * . « - % > y \*^ be * * . * . % , broug * J- J , a p ^ ht « - *• to ^^ understan .. AT y every V , T WJL d that . VT the ; J same U . A 1 U . AJL pitiful bXXV 1- * cases » - * MX 1 U would will recur flow unless in cop timel iously y enoug aid be h . proffered It is as , easy surel to y give subscri now ptions as in a few weeks' time , and it should be remembered that if it is praiseworth hope we may y to not cure have , it written is doubl in y praiseworth vain . y to prevent . We

      The Tender Conscience Of Vestr Ymen.

      THE TENDER CONSCIENCE OF VESTR YMEN .

      Printed Seems The , App Vestry Advertise...

      printed seems The , app Vestry advertisements lied Clerks for summonses of , St the . James pavements against ' s and persons Mary in thei lebone defacing r respective have , with , it pari forward shes . in No the doubt interests it is of very hih kind art of and them to have thus endeavoured to have rushed to wipe out from beneath the feet g of man , the records of Formosa ' s mi success ght have , or the been ubi far quity better of Nabob employed 's Pickles . If . vestrymen Still , we think as a rule they would footway direct alone their we attention can assure WMW to them the carriage the public % -road would and MJVi , leave have the far ,

      pointed greater Jfc ^^ ^** W * * J reason but ¦ - * ' ** - ' , »*> that ^* , to * V ^* their be XaTl > than * r * A one kful * - ** joke . ^ to VAAV of th em 1 pulling WAA . ^ air It , up » has ** T ^*^ the * been » T V carriage ^ , frequentl •*• * * -V - road \»» ** - y , process flinging to down the sharp feet of granite thoroug , and hbred then horses leaving , and the the pounding wheels -iri of fashionable great mistake equi . To pages cavil , is , therefore , if a thoroug , at the hly rath practical er entertaining one , at least habit , a the that ca has mel latel -swallowing y grown up sort among . There adv is ertisers a certain , is sort , indeed of recreation , a sin 01 in days tri of pping the national over a theat drama rical ' s decay adv rf ertisement there . Indeed even be , in to thes the e

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      Answer To Double Acrostic In Our Last.

      ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACROSTIC IN OUR LAST .

      B; Alsa M R Epriev E I Dio M B Om B E As...

      B ; alsa M R epriev E I dio M B om B E as E R egiste R

      Cat Answers , And Cabona Have Chica Been...

      Cat Answers , and Cabona have Chica been . received from Bravo Ned , Pimlico Tom

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 6, 1869, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06111869/page/11/