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    • THE WEEK.
    • AN ADMIRALTY HOAX.
    • A NOBLE EXAMPLE.
    • THE DANCE Of DEATH.
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      Jo The Tom Aha Wk. [August 14, 1869.

      JO THE TOM AHA WK . [ August 14 , 1869 .

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      London, August 14, 186 9.

      LONDON , AUGUST 14 , 186 9 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      Theatrical Managers, As A Rule, Lead Off...

      Theatrical managers , as a rule , lead off with their trump cards at the commencement of the season . Mr . Vining , however , has played the oddest trick of all . He has kept in every one of his Aces till August !

      The Oberland Is Again Claiming Its Victi...

      The Oberland is again claiming its victims . " Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself ; " so the saying at present has it . " Give him too little and he will dash himself to pieces , " is what it is coming to .

      M. Pic, The Celebrated Editor Of The Ete...

      M . PiC , the celebrated Editor of the Etendard , has , it seems , relieved his employers of 700 , 000 francs . Will our Parisian neighbours mind , therefore , in future borrowing only half of that very ugly English word they have latterly taken from us ? Let us mutually henceforth talk of le Pic-pocket .

      Mr. James Henry Parker, The Great Antiqu...

      Mr . James Henry Parker , the great antiquarian , has come forward , in a characteristic letter , to aid the cause of " Mosaics and Mr . Layard . " We hope that these extremely creditable efforts of Dr . Salviati to restore one of the arts which is capable of producing ornamentation at once cheap , beautiful , and durable , will receive the encouragement which they deserve . We know the English , as a nation , hate colour , but we hope that they may be got to look more favourably on it when they find that it is possible to blend colours harmoniously , and to attain gaiety without vulgarity .

      An Admiralty Hoax.

      AN ADMIRALTY HOAX .

      Duties Mr. Of Childers His Office , Thou...

      duties Mr . of Childers his office , though unremitting to take in few his attention le into his to con the - fidence regarding his , appears personal intentions very . It peop was known some the weeks clerks back and that officials the ' * model at Chatham " First Dock Lord yard intended of their to deprive annual pire absence holiday d that s at by Mr the refusing . Childers public to expense provide himself , but substitutes intends it has to for onl forego them y recentl his during vacation y trans their - . It is a fact , however , that in his self-sacrificing devotion to his country Sydney ' s Dacres service with Mr the . Childers Channel will Fleet accompany , and will Admiral undergo the Sir the terror autumn and hardshi months ps . It of is a understood cruise in the that Mediterranean in case the First during Lord himself should , break he will down be accompanied under the severe by his task son he , has who imposed is himself upon an will officer be in on the the Royal spot in Navy case , and anything other should members happen of his to famil him y , ; who but return holds we trust regarding to that his work the his serious at health the Admiralty apprehension may be ill in -founded a s coup Mr . le Childers , and of month that evidentl he s time may y none should the not wors be e the for case his cruise however with and the Mr flying . Childers squadron on . his If return such to townshould need medical , treatment , he no doubt , wouldin the Haslar same , Naval noble Hospital spirit of , into self-sacrifice the arrangements , have , himself of which co * nveyed institu , to - tion he might make himself thoroughly acquainted ; and should or any some of the such little pestilen Childers t ' port s have that caugh the t fleet the measles may have at N visited aples , their papa would no doubt allow them to accompany him , in ,

      Duties Mr. Of Childers His Office , Thou...

      branches order that mi the ght be capabilities thoroughly of tested the . Naval Hospital in all its he But is reall to be y serious himself . taking It is scarc a very ely wise pleasant of Mr and . Childers inexpensive , when from holiday their , whil wor e k to is depriv retend ing th at hers he is of makin a few weeks a sacrifice ' imm unity the public service . , The p public do not care whether g or not he accomjection known panies that the to h fl i s eet e does k ing the not hi Me s go diterranean alo mil ne y wit , they h him w , but ill - have at whe the n a very public fact decided becomes expense ob- . onl That a th few ings weeks like th back is hav an e ha iron pp - clad d before man-of - he war re took is not Sir a do Edward ubt , for There Lugard y may , the , or Under may not Secretary be , great -of harm -State in , from the Admiralty London to authorities Margate ! utilizing Her Majesty ' s ships for private purposes ; but we do not hesitate Mr . Childers at on has ce , and been bef indul orehand ging , to concerning cry down the the cant pleasa in n which t trip boar which d the he h C a s plan nel ned Fleet for , his and vacati will onl on y . be He in won everyone ' t be want ' s wa e y .

      A Noble Example.

      A NOBLE EXAMPLE .

      The Mr Star . Cowasjee Of India J And Eh...

      the Star . Cowasjee of India J ehangheer a wealth Readymoney Parsee ntleman , Comp resident anion i n f Bombay , has just , contributed a y drinking ge fountain to , the Broad o Walk pened in by Reg the ent P ' rinc s Park ess . M Beyond ary of Cambridge stating that last the week fountain we have was nothi thoug ng h hith to remark erto unknown ; for when in Eng we land hear has that in Mr India . Read contributed , ymoney , more than , £ 100 , 000 to local charities , , to say nothing of his havcould ing built make two out hosp of itals his nam and e would lunatic be in sylum sad , taste any indeed fun th . We we J ther men ehangheer e with fore w si hose m Read ply names ymoney chronicle every to t t h h Eng e at event li lishman st of , nobl and should y add munificent Mr be . p Cowasjee leasantl gentle y - familiar .

      The Dance Of Death.

      THE DANCE Of DEATH .

      Sense Another And Common Dreadful Humani...

      sense Another and common dreadful humanity death on int the erfer Al e ps to 1 pre When vent these will common acts of lose insan their e foll lives y and , simpl wicked y "because temerity they ? Y are ear allowed after ye to ar indul youn ge g what men great is real or ly good a spirit end of , no bravado scientific and or excessive useful purpose vanity is . served No reall by y of these seen Alp perfectl dangerous ine scenery y from ascents , all point the of beauties s where snow mountains there of Alp is ine little . vegetation All or the no , beauties danger can be . A more silly , useless , ignoble mania than this * for cutting holes risk in walls of your of snow life , it and is ice impossible , and climbing to conceive up them . Life , at the is too imminent serious '^ be a trust thoug to ht be of thrown a man whose away on idea such of amusement barren folly was . What running would up church and down steeples the , parapet or running of in Waterloo and out among Bridge , the or c climbing arriages in up a useful crowded and thoroughfare rational as ? climbing Yet these up snow amusements peaks merel are y quite to find as these they are dangerous made of height snow . s shall If researches be explored in geology , let properl require y quali that - fied Switzerland persons for do the so with suppression proper pre of cautions these Al . pine A convention climbers would with be very one exciting of the and best very treaties exhilarating that we could to put conclude nothing . but It a may slip be of in the this foot world between to which you and if human death ; life but there be devoted are plenty it can of accom causes - p the lish hearts great of and men good long deeds , after , which the memory shall live of these on the , Alp li ine ps and heroes in with shall their have duty passed to away encourage . Other these journal annual s may suicides think it ; consistent we shall profitable to never man miss , his destruction an life . opportunity of the of most raising solemn our voice trust against which is the given un-

      Honour The Great Of Restoring Restoratio...

      honour The Great of restoring Restoration to Drury . — Lane To Mr its . Boucicault old character belongs , in one the were sense the at least theme . In of times loose gone song by and , the errotic Phrynes lyrics of . Drury Fortnosa Lane is worthy company in every respect for these demi-goddesses .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 14, 1869, page 70, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_14081869/page/6/