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    • DINNER PARTIES.
    • AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.
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      54 The Tomahawk. [February 8, 1868.

      54 THE TOMAHAWK . [ February 8 , 1868 .

      Dinner Parties.

      DINNER PARTIES .

      Magazine An Amusing On The Article Subje...

      Magazine An amusing on the article subject has of recentl Talkers y appeared , and the in circumstances the Cornhill under which their talents are experienced to the greatest advantage writer rary , the states . Sa On turday that this the Review subject time , , at too has which , had our a accomplished an good article conversationist , in contempo which the is - most dissertation acceptabl on e talkers is duri n g dinner general . , and This their remark influence is joined on the common common weal weal of 01 the tne party partv 01 of wnicn which tney they nappen happen to to be De memb memDers ers ..

      We question agree has in the said main ; still with we what cannot the but writer own of that the we article hold in in much tionist dread . It is the true regular that the ( so race to speak of men ) pr such ofessional as Brummel conversa and - others tulate themselves is extinct , and that peop it is le so of ; for the if present one half day of may the congra sayings - authentic attributed , it to may the beaux be questionable of days gone whether by can they be were relied not on great as bores it is impossible , but it is indubitable that it should that h they ave wer been e great otherwise snobs with ; in men fact who tor tne most nature toadies

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      man is not who unusual is reall to y find an attraction that they get at a in dinner one another party is ' s way courteous . The and well-informed gentleman , who although desirous to make personal his society affront acceptable , shoul to d somebod his neighbours y else , chance will not to view make it as an agreeable remark or tell an amusing story . dinner But even party a guest an agreeabl such as e this entertainment will not alone . suffice The fact to make is , the a whole of our prandial system , as at present in force , stands that greatly more a than dinner in need six party of or reform , eigh to be t . carefully reall In y the pleasant selected first place , should every not body consist Now knows the of

      would statistics show of , those beyond who have doubt the , that habit where of they dining persons are out asked . frequentl to one y numbers dinner of consist eight people probabl , they y of are twice invited as many to ten . parties where the The best chance of meeting a pleasant circle is to be found beg during inning the to months return to of town January , when and parties February are , arranged when folks at very are are short glad notice to see , and the when m . Later people on in the lad season to come it , and is duty the hosts , and tion not noc pleasure p will leasure suffice , , that mat to pro pro show mpts mpts how the tne unlikel invitation invitation it is . . that / A * . moment moment the of oi reflec renec which --

      at present governs the arrangement y of dinner parties system should of secure a member agreeable of Parliament results . For , has examp , course le , th , e a wife very great of a Peer number , or several of friends social , from courtesies whom . she She has has received her visiting , at different list , and , times when , fourteen the season or sets sixteen in , without she . fires much off invitations consideration , in batches as to the of judicious should be assortm more or ent less , of of her the guests same , social further ra than nk . that The they day have 1 arrives __ _ _ _ _ been 1 _ , and invited with ? i _ J _ it the j 1 _ arrive . host < __* those and _ __ . 1 hostess 1 _ ladies __ j _ . _ and LC ___ gentlem in . . iJ to a _ en dinner J who

      with So far the so good lady , because ; gentlema the n givers of the of the hig hest " a st may social " position likened . posed to the to Impresario derive any of personal an Operatic enjoyment undertaki from ng the , who entertainment is not suphostess which he have has been prepared assigned for others fitting . But partners , when , what to the becomes host and of the the rest married of the ladies company and the ? Well bachelors , the married offer their men ar take ms to down the bod young y is unmarried going to have damsels , a delig : and htfu so l you dinner would . Not think a that bit every of it - . Viscount It appears that ' Lady wife is a lad ' y husba bless n e d is with a bore but , and slender that amount Can anything of inte be lli m gence ore natural , and no , the conversational n , than that Viscount powers wh — atever —' s .

      wife another and ? Lad They y have ' s an husband equal inaptitude should be for assigned contributing to one mated towards together the general , for ab hilarity out two , and hours thus and the a hap half less , without pair the are possibility of a separation . We will travel on round the table and see what amount of married amusement lady is . being In the experienced first place , by it seem the s bachelor that the and young the lady undoes not want any dinner at all . Indeed , it would be very and stran has ge if had she some did ; tea for and she cake made at half capital -past meal five . at two She o is ' clock quite ,

      unprepared dishes . Not , therefore so the , young to wade gentleman through ; a he menu has of had countless nothing since breakfast but a glass of sherry and a biscuit , and , as he has ravenous an been , and playing that he eats at fills racquets everything his next for -door that two he nei hours can hbour get , his hold with appetite of wonder with is and eagerness dismay . g of After social this courtesies somewhat is disposed unsatisfactory of , and fashion one by the one interchange the lady of the so that house when ticks the off season the na is mes over which and appear the bustl in her e of visiting town is list ex- , M changed St . fa . fm that 4- 1-K « - » . « W for she " « l * - » j-V the has V * k *« k f repose * done ^\ * " ^* - "i ^ "k her ¦ of ** /\ 4 the * duty ^\ « « country W , towards 4-J "" fc »•?< - » ** , she i- » her »•"» V *»** has acquaintances * -fc S + f ~ 1 « the « «¦« I'M 4 conscious » # *« k J « "fc *¦* « -

      ness * ^ . with Still a , little her dinner more care parties and have consideration not been very there pleasant is no reason ; thoug wh h , they should not have been perfectly agreeable , . y it improbable Before concluding that our these society remarks will be ( which sought by out the by way those , render who these have the entertainments habit of giving are , dinner as a ru -parties le , much ) , we too long . observe It is true that that we have made some advance on those dark days when the whole were subjected dinner was to the placed affliction on the of beholding table , and their when own the counten guests - most ances aggravating reflected in huge distortion dislmcovers ; still , it under must circumstances be borne in of mind the that for food everything ; and after has two its limit hours , not of heat excepting , clatter the , and human the appetite abiding . desirous odour of of many seeking dishes a , purer it is not atmosphere unnatural , and that some folks occupation should be other than that of eating . It is one thing , however , to point out an evil , and another to effect suggest a remedy firstand . we For must our own ve parts it to , we e good have sens endeavoure e society d to to accomplish , the last .

      An Electric Shock.

      AN ELECTRIC SHOCK .

      Pre Which In Mature Co Has Nsequence Sel...

      pre which In mature co has nsequence selection been cre of of ated a the gentleman in great all classes jealousy named of and society Wheatstone dissatisfaction , by the , inven very - the tor of Earl the of Electric Derby has Telegrap submitted h , for to the Her honour Majesty of the Knig names hthood of , thundermentioned for simildistinction

      e Mr . Defries , invent persons or of the a Largest ar Chandelier . in the World . Mr Mr . . Thompson Holloway , , inventor inventor of of a the Popular Sansflectum Pill . Crinoline . Mr Mr . . Samuel Pomeroy , inve Button ntor , i of nvento the Sydenham r of the Rantoon Trousers . . Mr Mr . . Cormack Samuel ' s , brother invento , r ditto of the . Harlequinade of several Pantnmimpe tomimes .

      Mr Mr . . Murphy Poole , inventor , inventor of of ready the -made Confessional Gentlemen Unmasked . , and other startling revelations . The names of the undermentioned persons have likewise b same een brought honour being before conferred Lord Derby upon ' s noti them ce ; with but his a vie Lordship w to the , taking selection into of consideratio Professor Wheatstone n the ill feeling has c aused ch the has unfortu felt him n elf to compelled the Queen to decline the responsibility of recommen , ding them Mr . Alfred Tennyson , Dr Mr . . Livingst Charles one Dic , kens Mr . Thomas Carlvie . ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 8, 1868, page 54, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_08021868/page/2/