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23O THE TOMAHA WK. {November 13, 1869.
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DINNERS ANZ> DINNERS.
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scri This ptions is of a week the banque...
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FALSTAFF OUT OF PLACE.
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applied We read to the that city the mag...
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Z>E MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM.
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Theatrical advertisements have of late y...
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a new Dramatist.
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cault New Burnand dramas are B plentiful...
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Chapter I.—In Which Jupiter Resolves To ...
startled Not all his the thunderclap as this s announcement that Jove had did ever . given could have She tried spouse to speak , but fainted in the arms of Mercury . was Jove too chuckled much with ied malignant even to satisfaction think of the , while lovel Mercury burden which he now held occup . y " How lucky , " he reflected , " that I have feathered my nest !" { To be continued . )
23o The Tomaha Wk. {November 13, 1869.
23 O THE TOMAHA WK . { November 13 , 1869 .
Dinners Anz> Dinners.
DINNERS ANZ > DINNERS .
Scri This Ptions Is Of A Week The Banque...
scri This ptions is of a week the banquets of feasting which . The are newspapers part and parcel are of full the of cere de - - mony It is generall attending y the the custom accession , we believe to office , for of the a new leading Lord papers Mayor to . publish November the in bill extenso of fare . We of the see no Guildhall reason that dinner the time of the -honoured 9 th of to custom some should unaccountable , be departed carelessness from , but on the in part our case of the , owing civil authorities authorities : as as we \ ve have have not not received received our our copy codv of of the the menu menu for for
onl to Lord them y gathering Mayor . , Happ ' s Day within ily , , we however the cannot City , gratif the of London feast y our , readers at which Guildhall calls by presenting for is not notice the it ; the shi so , pwri in following the ghts absence at bill the of of East fare the end of more a , who dinner important , having given document no by one occupation of , we the leading appen at pre d - his sent famil , is able y : — to give his whole attention to the entertainment of
Limehouse Lime house , * gth oth JNovember \ ovember , , i 186 860 9 ,. . MENU FOR TEN PERSONS . * Potage . A Veau . . Poisson A . ^ i' *^ t ^ VA «« .
Red Herring . Entries . The Wolf . The Broker . Roti .
Very dry bread ( half a loaf ) . Sweets . Twopentforth of gin . Dessert . Mendions .
Here is another billl of fare , equally interesting , for the same date : — Newgate , 9 I / 1 November , 186 9 . " MENU FOR 239 PERSONS . Potage . Bouillon . Roti A- ^^ - ^ fc- * . #
Mutton . * Legumes Potatoes . . Sweets . Rice pudding . house Of V »( J ^ course feast t but this for fc latter ^^* - our dinner part tv * not is ¦» less being pretentious l icure 4 s t than we the prefer H- * V ** Lime Vn > it
especiall **> >^ ^^> VM y as V , » m ^ we « - ? V think ^^ V ** it W ** our , «« . duty «* w P—» ^**** to ^^ set ep W -r our »*^ w * p 'W fac <^ , « e against V ^ * . gb *> A r - , 9 authority mandism , whenever that such we meals come as the across firs it t described ; and we are hear partaken , on good of don dail . y by As thousands luxurious of extrav the agance inhabitants amongst of the the East lower End of classes Lonshould tion be to discouraged the serious as consideration much as possible of the , new we recommend Lord M the . ques ayor
Falstaff Out Of Place.
FALSTAFF OUT OF PLACE .
Applied We Read To The That City The Mag...
applied We read to the that city the magistrates lessee of the to prohibit Exeter Theatre the appearance , last week of , dra Mr . matic Mark representations Lemon as Fals . taff The in Bench a building stated not , thro licensed ugh th for eir clerk , that they could riot issue an injunction to Mr . Lemon , * Two adults and eight children .
Applied We Read To The That City The Mag...
but advised his entertainment the lessee of would the theatre unquestionabl to ive y him be illegal notice , and that they he would be prosecuted after his first appearance g . We do not to know self avoid in how the theatrical wrong far Mr , . but Lemon associations we quite , legall . sympathize y The speaking fact " with , is may Mr him have . Lemon in put wishing him has - got literary out of position his element with , and the vocation in his desire of a to strolling , assimilate layer a hig is h
drifting into trouble . He has taken to the stage too late p in , life * to to adopt interfere it as with a profession the legitimat , and e as drama an amateur . At the he has same no time business we think that the Exeter manager and the bench pf magistrates , mi Mr g . ht Lemon have had to choose the good his taste own ground to have for stood exhibiting aloof , and himself allowed .
Z>E Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum.
Z > E MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM .
Theatrical Advertisements Have Of Late Y...
Theatrical advertisements have of late years become offensively silly in their construction ; but it is not often that such a production as the following announcement regarding Astley ' s Theatre is allowed to creep its way into print :- — ASTLEY'S THEATRE . —Mr . E . T . Smith has succeeded for the MONDAY MONDAY managemen , in in the the favouri favouri in engag te te Dram Dram Mdlle a a of of . MAZEPPA MAZEPPA LILLIAN , . with -with will new new appear scenery scenerv on .
dresses , and , appointments . There is great curiosity , to see this lady in , favourite the part , ; report ably states sustained that she y the is much late Miss like Menken Menlcen , Astley in person ' s great and acting cend the . fearful This lad pr y eci , unlike pice , will the men it herself that have , and allowed fight her a combats dummy . to The aswhich h press is wild , in she career speaking enacted up preci of the the p part ic lad es , y which and ' s performance the appeared daring , impassable on alludes the in furiated . the grace steed with in to to What boor Adah Adah can be Menken Menken in more ? ? mercilessl It It mav be be y remembered remembered bad taste , than how how the . a a allusion vear or or poor may year
her two apolog back , ists her p death leaded created for respect almost for a her painful memory sensation , it , , is and there how - fore to drag want up only her inconsiderate name only of for the the man purpose agers of of Astley reminding ' s Theatre the public of her Mazeppa performances . -It was never pretended that there was anything in Miss Menken ' s Mazeppa to admire , althoug would willing h it was ly forget something all about " to go her and . Now see ; " however and the Madlle public . — Lillian little seems enough determined , perhaps , but to assume what there the is dead should , woman be lei ' , s mantle alone . ,
A New Dramatist.
a new Dramatist .
Cault New Burnand Dramas Are B Plentiful...
cault New Burnand dramas are B plentiful and Robertson ^ but not new meet dramatists one at . Bouci turn - and one , gets tire , d yron even , of these protean geniuses . every ' Mr . Wy- , managing bert Reeve , the a gentleman theatre at by Scarboro birth and ugh education for some , who time has is been now p Cross laying Theatre in a drama . 1 Vo , of ? i at which Last he is not is the a good author play , at , but the it is , Gharing better than quite many pointed we enough have seen ; it latel savours y . The more dialogue of Yorkshire is fresh bluntness , but not . the Mr . stage Reeve a looks thorough , what gentleman very few actors His voice succeed is naturall in looking on
pleasant ; , but he mars its charm . by tricks of stagy elocution y very , which he should unlearn . He shows that he wishes to be natural A certain , and Mr can . Beckett be so sometimes did all he ; could he should to secure be so the always failure . of had the tress p not who iece even . was Not the on content sense the stage to with tak with e being up him the run imperfect prompt to the , but in prompter his let part the and , ac he - bring back the words . The Press has been rather severe on connected Mr . Wybert % in Reeve , for with wv he + w ++ is that * 4 * a «* l « stranger constellation itfVWUMblV to London / of V / Jl literary 14 VWA , and and not
artistic pothouses % * w ***»^ w *» luminaries *¦*»* dignified *«* any * . w *^ - which way rr with **^ sheds the name its brightness WV of Clubs . over U We thos are e g lad semi V U , lJVi to - judgment see that critics , and are not beg as in their ning worth to criticise y employers according dictat to e to eir them own . no old But cliq off we e u should e to rs extol , and like not hem to see sh , arid arpened their no terrible fellow against -ti weapons pplers those to turned onl anoint y who against them have with immortality ,
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 13, 1869, page 230, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13111869/page/10/
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