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_74 THB TOMAHA WK. [February 13,1869.
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WHAT NEXT'?
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The selection of a " rank outsider " for...
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THE DRAMA DRAMATIZED;
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Scene.—Green Room of Theatre Royal, Utop...
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EPIGRAM BY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN TO THE M...
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To Discussion cut it short 'bout , you t...
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the Stop hall ! had the time not . ! He His looks watch at it had . stopped . The old clock in John Eleve Th n o omas ' clock ' s ; knee or rather s shook thirty . seconds past ! " " Just What el is even the , you tim r e Ladyship ? " asked he . " r He Lady trembled ship . and felt strangely chilly A doz —like en asterisks aspic jelly S £ . g = ******** **** Or so . the E tim nter Butler Beeswing . To ?" him Lady Rizzio , with meaning , " What is
LXLG " UilllW Give e , it UCCSWUl up , " answere g V d the sleepy myrmidon of Bacchus . " " Where Gone pop ' s yo . " ur The watch Baronet ? " shuddered . " Beeswing Good , go goes and a look nd looks in the . hall . " " Twelve minutes and twenty seconds past eleven , your Ladyshi " p Thank - . " iiatijv 11 y ji ou / Ua > . Now j- ^ vsw , p jjivaou . lease I T" \ go &* - ' 4 and *** - 1 ** look xuun TT " . for ivi the va * v rats xutgi 1 . " ll too ___ said the _ __ et _ looked _ _ _ _
not " a I' cat come or a , terrier , " ; perhaps Baron he was . afraid He of rats pale . . He was They went , the three , solemnly , slowly , not running like the three Why blind did mice J ohn — Thomas though , turn like so them pale , they ? could see nothing . They Nine or could ten see asterisks nothing ; 8 ® — " inside * * the * house ****** . " What ' s the time ? " asked Lady Rizzio , this time quite 1
gaily " Elev . en thirty , " answered Beeswing . He read his Bradshaw—regularly . What " Listen 1 ! John did you Thomas hear trembled that 1 " cries more her than Lad ever yshi . p . being A boom drawn —a . thudding , ringing sound , like a popgun , or a cork " " Search I ? Oh the Jan UiAl cellars e I " J Sir Rupert , you will go with them . "
Their " Yes ~ X X . T _ , eyes V yo ^ J _ u , / meet I ' _ 1 e . a nsw Sir e Rupert rs , st _ * . ol _ * idl follo It y . ws the four men . Four men ! Who were the other two ? Sir Rupert Ruth Rizzio saw double !
_74 Thb Tomaha Wk. [February 13,1869.
_ 74 THB TOMAHA WK . [ February 13 , 1869 .
What Next'?
WHAT NEXT' ?
The Selection Of A " Rank Outsider " For...
The selection of a " rank outsider " for the Chief Commissionership consternation of the amongst Metropolitan the London Police public has naturall , who were y caused beginning great recentl to flatter y indulged themselve against s that the the loud general grumbles inefficiency in which of the they Police have a < Force X really X WClXJ-jr would practical IJiaL . VlV have « U . l man J . had & J . C 4 * J . & the for XUi effect the 1 > AJLV * much UAUUU of making UU coveted VUkUki Mr . p | VXC Bruce lace ^ U'W « . p The A ick XXV ap C out * £ J-
pointment could have of been a soldier made . is Every the very body least is popular disgusted selection and disap that - pointed . What may we not expect if this is the style in which gentlemen entrusted Mr . Gladstone to whose it ' s ? Government After names this are is we attached going may to fa to exercise irly the prop undermentioned the hesy patronage that the offices stances will should have p the lace bes them t chances at the of disposal getting them of the , if pre circum sent - Ministry : —
Archbishopric of Canterbury—¦ Mr Mr . . S Mackonochie purgeon Commandershifi-in-Chief of the Army Lord —' Ranelagh Prince Arthur Governor-Generalship of
India—Mr Lord . Beales Carington , M . A . Knights oj the Garter— Lord Arthur Clinton Sir Robert Carden Such appointments as these would be quite as reasonable as few Mr . people Bruce ' s who latest have exercise ever heard of his of powers Colonel of Henderson patronage . , know The him of Convict to be a prisons conscientious , and imbued martinet with entrusted the most with inveterate the discipline militar Police y proclivities an efficient ? and Scarcel serviceable y the man force to ! make the Metropolitan
The Drama Dramatized;
THE DRAMA DRAMATIZED ;
Scene.—Green Room Of Theatre Royal, Utop...
Scene . —Green Room of Theatre Royal , Utopia , 2 Ghost ist ND Manager Manager of the { ( of Lo oj a a rd certain different Chamberlain tendency tendency ) . . ) . Messenger , Ladies of the Burlesque , & c , & c . ist B Manager y prying . offi —Let cers us of seek night out , and some there tavern undisturbed The licensed flagon empty .
( Enter Messenger , armed Circular with . ) Lord Chamberlain ' s Who comes here ? Messenger Your skirts . —In I the Queen ' s name I charge you all let down ist Manager . Our skirts ? My stars 1 2 ND ' T Man hat ager best b { e aside fits th ) . office . Aye , that ' s the oath xo ist -i . Manager aTXAiiAvj ^ xv . . y . Did x- ^ xvx . you yxjii say iDCLy
To Skirts add — superfluous after all my drap pains ' ries , all to my the expense cost , I ive this an my inch unde and rtaking would ? Get take you an gone ell ! ! O g I am sick at , heart you and where { Looks to draw over the Circular . ) The What Line is th of e quantum Beauty know , sufficit not . Who leg shall measure You By Bv wit wit , ladi , . good erood es , may writing writing asp - ; , ire , iincident ncident to ? In , and and its stead p clot lot . ,
That Unmix so 'd mething with ba which ser matter will , meet must , this I find , ideal Supply Of stage is propriety but the . servant Demand : and is I King do vague : The public bidding . I must choose the fare To The May suit feasts feed a jaded the of starveling Fashion appetite , served . who Plain has up joints neve hot and r known strong . Go—tell your master . this . Exit
2 ND Manager . Hold out a ( cap Messenger . And I ' m sorry there for ' s no you lack , they of heads have scotched to fit it . the Well snake , But 'twill take yet more killing ere it dies . , Here had we now our honor'd Chamberlain , That I'd write he mi an ght Order see and for himself know how and we friend can , draw Without Stalls , Pit Godivas , and Gall ogling 'ry of from Peeping the stage Toms !
( Ghost of Lord Chamberlain rises . ) Thou Thhead canst at not me say ! I did it : never shake y { Exit 2 nd Manager in a burst c / virtuous indignation , ist Manager I I have have a a speculation soeculatio . n Avaunt in in mine mine I and eye eve . quit my sight !
And dare not heed thy Circular , . Wh ( Ghost so disappears . y , Pray Being you gone sit , I still am , sweet the Manager ladies , as again you . — are j And inore I beg not . . . — ( Scene closes . )
Epigram By The Lord Chamberlain To The M...
EPIGRAM BY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN TO THE MANAGERS .
To Discussion Cut It Short 'Bout , You T...
To Discussion cut it short 'bout , you the 'll have ballet to dress cut it is longer getting . stronger , To which we add two lines of Ben Jonson ' s : — Who When shall I dare doubt send , Donne my ep , igram whe'r s I to a thee poet ? be ,
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 13, 1869, page 74, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13021869/page/10/
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