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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 7th September 1867, Edition 1 of 1, Page 192, 192 THE TOMAHAWK. [September 7, 1867.

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    • A MAIDEN'S LETTER.
    • THE BISHOPS IN COUNCIL.
    • MEN WE DON'T WANT TO MEET.
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      Ni Not Ht Content Tho With Ht Seeking Mi...

      your the advantage evil influence of your so cheap assistance , for . scarce Nay , a day Mistress passes Vice by , during I cannot which hold , some honest child by the wayside has not contrasted her own condition of want and wretchedness with the luxury which you enjoy . The temptation she undergoes is hard to resist , and her soul must be patient indeed if she be content to await her reward until the time comes when she shall be summoned to receive it .

      In conclusion , let me remind you that it is not by an endeavour to degrade me that you will succeed in raising yourself ; nor is it by a comparison of my merits with your own that any good result may be looked for , but it is in contrasting what you are with what you might have been that a useful lesson may yet be learnt . I pray you let us hear no more of each other . Go your way , and leave me to go mine . When ovir journey is over , who knows but that we may meet again !

      192 The Tomahawk. [September 7, 1867.

      192 THE TOMAHAWK . [ September 7 , 1867 .

      A Maiden's Letter.

      A MAIDEN'S LETTER .

      He Asked Me If I Loved Him, — I Gazed At...

      He asked me if I loved him , — I gazed at the stars above , — And felt , yes , I own the weakness , For a moment , well then—love ! Only a moment , though , dear , For he whispered into my ear , 'Midst sweet soft nothings , the softest ;—He had next to nothing a year ! Yovi can fancy how I started ! He asked , what he had done

      So stupid—having just told me That he was a younger son ! Then he raved about love and honour—And things more precious than gold ; Such nonsense—just as if I now Were a child of eight years old I And I told Mamma , and she kissed me ; You know I was always her pet : And now more than ever—to-morrow

      I'm to marry a coronet ! Park Lane—the Row—such a carriage ! With the best box on the tier . Carte blanche for dress—a title , And twenty thousand a year ! My Earl—well , never mind him : there—It is pretty well tit for tat . Over fifty , —but subject to fits , dear , — And bad ones—think of that ! And mamma ' s so " naughty" about it ; You would laugh to hear her say ,

      ** . roor In her man own —ne good cloesn quiet t look way strong ! , dear , Well , to-morrow , with sixteen bridesmaids , — Dear me , how strange it seems !—By the way , though—talking of strange things ,. Do you ever put faith in dreams ? I ' ve had such an odd one lately ; Not once , —but again and again . A figure comes to my bedside And says in a mournful strain : '' Marriage you call it ? Death" That ' s the better word to say . 1 uiicuu t )

      piuiuu ; - ) jui jiuwci , " A shroud for bridal array ! " "In sickness and in health" Till death—for better , for worse 1 " Perjured , lying , false" A marriage that God will curse ! " Then I wake : it ' s an odd dream surely I And I wonder—but there , I ' ve done . Your own , Cecile . P . S . Dear , Don ' t you marry a younger son .

      On Loan To The Kensington Museum. How To...

      On Loan to the Kensington Museum . How to aid Art without coming to a full stop . —Put a Cole on . How to waste fuel at the Paris Exposition , and to keep up the fire of public indignation . —Put a Cole on .

      The Bishops In Council.

      THE BISHOPS IN COUNCIL .

      As Some Curiosity Has Been Manifested, E...

      As some curiosity has been manifested , especially in religious circles in regard to the subjects selected for discussion in the approaching Pan , - Anglican Coiuicil , we are happy to furnish our readers with what may be regarded as an official programme of the proposed theses . The one which , we subjoin has been , forwarded to us from an unquestionabl e source , and may therefore be relied upon as quite authentic : — riTT / NTTTG AT .

      ( 1 . ) Of the moral weight of Bishops in Council considered in relation to the importance of their avoiding discussion . ( 2 . ) Of the condition of the underpaid clergy considered—not in relation to the incomes of their Bishops . ( 3 . ) a Of -year the , l as awful gathered vise of from church reference patronage to , the lawn practices sleeves , of and the . £ 5 Earl , 000 Christians . y ( 4 . ) Of the relation of the Episcopal Office to public duties considered in reference to the duties of a Bishop to his private relations . Particular .

      ( 5 . ; On tne importance 01 discretion , ambiguity , and unction 111 tne confusion of popular questions . By the Bishop of Oxford . ( 6 . ) On the employment of gun-cotton in the manufacture of Episcopal charges . By the Archbishop of York . ( 7 . ) of On Salisbury the heretical , tendencies of the Council generally . B " y the J ?/ s / iop ( 8 . ) On the deplorable ill-nature of the last proposition . By the Bishop of St . Davids . ( 9 . ) On the very bad taste of this sort of thing . By the Bishop of London . ( 10 . ) On the advisability of not summoning another Council . By the Archbishop of Canterbury .

      Men We Don't Want To Meet.

      MEN WE DON'T WANT TO MEET .

      The " Literary Man, " Who Writes A Colum...

      The " Literary Man , " who writes a column composed of ninetenths twaddle to one-tenth Lempribre ' s Classical Dictionary , for a " genteel" weekly . Who , in his poetical moments , raves aboitt " chubby maiden's waists , " and "trips down the river to Richmond . " Whose religion depends entirely upon his digestion , and whose greatest bliss may be svimmed up in the words , a hogshead of gin in the taproom , with the bouncing barmaid of the establishment to help him to . drink it ! T " T-r"C " T £ " "l"wr » TT ' pttt'WT" * " ^ n / li n + nL "< = > c cn r * Ti n warm lnfprpet in vmir

      affairs , that he makes the whole world his ( and your ) confident , after you have revealed to him every thing . Who is so " sorry he cannot oblige you " when you come to him to ask him for a helping hand to save you from destruction . Who " draws you out" at your best moments , and takes care to sell your jokes afterwards as his own . Who , in short , would appropriate your very skin had he the chance , but lacking the opportunity , takes good care to make all the profit he can out of you , with the firm intention the while of casting you out from his friendship the moment he sees that you have become useless to him ! iiiiiiui * iiis uivi iiilu uiivn

      ± iiis v ^ ' ijxl > , wnu , iiavmg crept c v ^ Service at a time when it was the fashion for Members of Parliament to send their butler's offspring into public offices , never quite forgets his early breeding . Who offensively toadies a great man's son , and vul talents garl . y bullies Who , finding him who himself has an to associate look for of advancement gentlemen , tries to his to hide own his many shortcomings by the assumption of a heartiness that would be exactly suited to the servants' hall , and a bearing that might j ) ass for dignity among those who spout in the vestiy . In fact , who is a man to whom you would quite willingly surrender your boots for the ceremony of blacking , but to whom you could scarcely ( except on very state occasions ) offer your hand for the purpose of shaking ! The " Distinguished Amateur , " who ( in his own and , of course , eveiybody else ' s opinion ) is the only Romeo on or off the stage . Who 1 r ^ rJi * £ 111- »/\« "ft ^ T ¦ * ** \\ * i vl no T \^ To k \\ txxxrc VY ? rs c * t-i 1 c V mi / TT / n 11 / licrt ! r \ l £ k < % "I" % /* 1 1 "i ^/ Tr ltif * l 1 VI ¦ C ? iVl V

      . LWVJiYO UpUli 1 UX * VilUll ^ O ATX 141 IXI * O C * £ J 111 * 1 UlOV ^ lJVlVy MrllVA X V- ^ c *« . * -. »**• Phelps in the light of a pupil of his who has not turned out quite as well as might have been expected from such excellent teaching . Who spends from half-past ten to a quarter to fovxr every day in the service Downing of Street his country , or Whitehall in a smal . Who l room takes situated in the Era either , and in attempts Pall Mali to , conciliate by offers of the part of the " 3 rd Officer in the Lady of Lyons , " in the forthcoming amateur performance at Lady Gushington Baskin-111 1111111 Xll 1

      VU 1 C a ^( -CtJJJv'lJXl . l . * L iil 3 fc £ / UIJ -itLt-XW JXUU *| J 11 UJ JJUV . « V ^ v ** w theatrical critic of that influential " Daily" —The Hal / penny Thunderbolt . Who is , in fact , a small person at his office , a moderate-sized man The at the Man Bijou '' rehearsals who is , not and a a great had bore fellow everywhere at heart J , " but character who , under in the the impression most alarming that you manner have in wronged places him where , rims men down most yovu do - and congregate a murderer . Who , but emp who haticall , upon y discovering describes you his as mistake a villain , makes , a scoundrel you the ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 7, 1867, page 192, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07091867/page/8/