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    • THE WEEK.
    • AN UNCIVIL SERVICE.
    • A NEW WORLD NOTION.
    • HONESTY v. POLICY.
    • TOO HARMONIC US B Y HALE.
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      228 The Tomahawk. 0** 11,1870.

      228 THE TOMAHAWK . 0 ** 11 , 1870 .

      Now Reactyy Price 7s. 6at., Vol. Iii. Of...

      Now reactyy price 7 s . 6 aT ., VOL . III . of BRITA NNIA , Edited by Arthur a'Beckett , Illustrated in Colours by Matt Morgan .

      VOL . V . j price % s ., of THE T O M A H A W K , Edited by Arthur a'JBeckett ; Illustrated by Matt Morgan . Office : 199 Strand .

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      London, June 11 , 1870.

      LONDON , JUNE 11 , 1870 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      It Seems Probable That A Halfpenny Posta...

      It seems probable that a halfpenny postage for cards with an address on one side and a written communication open to the postman ' s gaze on the other will shortly be introduced . Besides the great economy and convenience of the arrangementit will do special service as a blow to that special inquisitiveness , which Envelopes seem to inspire . Imagine letters which the servants may read , with no penalty attached to an acquisition of their contents . This will be domestic revolution indeed .

      Notwithstanding The Assertions Of The Pa...

      Notwithstanding the assertions of the Paris Doctors and Hotel Keepers , the Registrar-General ' s Return shows that the death rate in Paris is , just now , nearly double that of London . We can understand the doctors being anxious to tempt people to the City of the Seine , for illness—even smallpox—is good for their trade ; but in the case of the hotel keepers the matter is less comprehensible , for meeting coffins on the stairs of their establishments as the traveller wends his way to his bedroom is scarcely the sort of thing ; to make a house pleasant . But if the stranger , or his executor , pays his bill , we suppose the point is gained .

      An Uncivil Service.

      AN UNCIVIL SERVICE .

      It Only Needs Incivility On The Part Of ...

      It only needs incivility on the part of the Electric Telegraph Officials to put the public permanently out of patience with the errors Telegrap of hic wording Administration , and general . As stup yet idity , delay have of been transmission the sole , characteristic feature of the new reg ime ; but on the Derby day , althoug of the race h Mr was . Scudam known ore at has the officiall head office y bragged two minutes that the after result it had been decided , and was telegraphed everywhere within the various next five branch , even at Postal four o ' Telegrap clock the h modest Offices stamp who buyers made , bold at the to inquire the result of the race , were either , told that it was not silence known . , or Civili their ty costs inquiries nothing were , and treated the want with of a contemptuous it is a never failing sign of a bad servant . The sooner , therefore , we have a new set of " young ladies " attached to the Telegraphic Dennrtment of the Post Office the better .

      A New World Notion.

      A NEW WORLD NOTION .

      Last A Week Contemporary , Made The Foll...

      last A week contemporary , made the following , apropos announcement of Mr . Disraeli : — - 's indisposition "We are glad to learn that Mr . Disraeli was so far restored , to health as to be able to dine last evening with the American Minister . " If a dinner with an American Minister is indicative of an early phase of convalescence , our contemporary should have given the bill of fare . However , our vast sources of information enable us to reproduce it . Here it is : — Portland Place , 31 ST May , 1870 . Menu . Potage Beef Tea . Poisson Boiled Soles . Entrees Mutton Chops . Roti Chicken . Entremets ...... Arrowroot , Grtiel . We are glad , but not surprised , to hear that Mr . Disraeli is now quite well . The prescription is certainly worth preserving .

      Honesty V. Policy.

      HONESTY v . POLICY .

      Onl The Y Two Admiralty Years Building B...

      onl The y two Admiralty years building boasts , and that that the when new she ironclad was , launched Sultan , took the case other of day a war she with was France partiall or y America armour-p breaking lated . At out this taking rate , the in number of dockyards we have now available for building , purposes into consideration , we should be about 18 or 20 years putting the Navy on a war footing . If this is what Mr . Childers has been labouring for , we think that right and justice have been sacrificed by the Right Honourable Gentleman to no and end blinds whatever the . British Expediency public is vastl no y doub to the t a wrongs great justification and misfor- , tunes of third persons ; but when Mr . Childers actually makes a boast of the inefficiency of his administration , it is time to call him to account . If anything is to be got out of political pocket-picking , we suppose it must be tolerated ; but if , after all , there is nothing to show for it , let us fall back on our morality and turn honest . .

      Too Harmonic Us B Y Hale.

      TOO HARMONIC US B Y HALE .

      The Rival Opera Houses Should At Least A...

      The rival opera houses should at least agree to differ . Up to a certain point of the season this appears to have been their a mutual Marg policy herite with but last Mario Thursday and Lucca , Covent , while Garden Drury gave Lan l e aust put the up musical Fausty with feast Faure provided , Santley was , a and rich Nilsson onebut . still At this either battle house to the death between the two companies is unfair , to the public , and must be unremunerative to the respective lessees . If London is rich in the possession of two magnificent opera companies , so much cellence the before better them for Londoners j but when , for the they same have opera the is choice performed of exsimultaneously at both houses , half the advantage perishes . Musical people who would divide their patronage between of Covent one or Garden other of and the Drury establishmen Lane , are ts forced or do wha to declare t 50 in cent favour of , per , o them pera probabl at either do of the when house they s , gi are ve condemned it up and stay to away hear the together same . Whether the coincidence of last week was an " unhappy chance , " or a declaration of hostility , we cannot say , but . it is pretty evident that under ordinary circumstances the arrangement cannot but Mr . have Gye proved to Mr . a Wood bad one and to last all , parties and probabl concerned y least , , namel the public y , to generally , . ,

      Music Hath Charms.—We Do Not Know Who Ma...

      Music hath Charms . —We do not know who Marietta is who has composed " My Love , " the prettiest song of the seasonher with our the prettiest homage title on her too— succes but , taking sful ddbUt her in to the be a musical lady , we world offer . Drawing-room music is a branch of art which now-a-days is hall sadly neglected Marietta for has the the pretentious field before humdrum her . She of the has alread concert taken her so position , and she has only to go on as she has begun to ho } 4 it permanently , May Marietta ' s first " Love" not be hoi' last .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 11, 1870, page 228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_11061870/page/6/