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    • NEW "SENSATION" SCENES.
    • SUITES TO THE SWEET.
    • THE BADGE OF OFFICE.
    • TOO CLEVER BY HALF.
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      May 15,1869.3 The Tomaha Wk. 213

      May 15 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 213

      New "Sensation" Scenes.

      NEW "SENSATION" SCENES .

      Moses The * Poet Advertisers Has Now Are...

      Moses The * Poet advertisers has now are a daily thousand encro rivals aching , and in every tf advertisement direction . are epics as , " common " advertisement as blackb lectures erries in , " the and month " advertisement of October novels . The " over stage to has puffs been and assailed the puffers , and . pantomime We regret to has hear long that Seen it is pro iven - bable that drama—Respectable Drama—will soon fall a victim scen to the e will advertiser be play ' s ed cash at one . of If the report chief lieth metropolitan not , the following theatres next month : — Scene Rats . , — & A * c Dark , crawling Cellar about supposed . Si to r be John under Effingham the Tha ?? ies , . clasping a book to his breast , lies in a co \ Enter rner , a & ° Gaoler c . . Gaoler . —Once more the Lord Chief Justice has sent me . Tell Sir me John , prisoner {/ irmly , will )— ' . t confess No—a thousand ? times no ! Gaoler . —Then meet thy fate , proud man . [ Exit Gaoler . secret Sir . John Ah , . — sweet Not for companion a . thousand of my pounds captivity would , how I reveal I love my thee ! ( He kisses his book . ) And now I am prepared for the worst ! ( Gong Executioners , Grand Procession Advocates of Policemen Jud g esand , Torturers Guards . , the After cell the . ) procession , the Lord , Chief , Justice enters Lord C . J . —Prisoner , thou knowest what is required of thee . the WilFt aid thou of deft answer executioner , or ni'ist and we exquisite tear thy secrets torture from ? thee with Sir John ( firmly ) . —Do thy worst ! ( The turers Lord and Chief Executioners Justice makes seize Sir a si John gn , and . ) the Tor-Sir Lord J ohn C . J . ( shrinking ( sternly ) . — )— . None Have 1 you no mercy % Sir John . —What woulds ' t thou ? Lord C . J . —We would know if the periodical thou holdest

      in ven th do y rs hand ? can be obtained at every respectable news-Lord Sir John C . J . ( — wit -In h town an effort and ) . country —Yes . ? Sir John ( firmly ) . —I will not tell ! with Lo him rd . C . ( J Sir . ( to John the Torturers shrieks . ) ) . — Once Ho ! more Seiz 3 I him ask — thee to the in t rack own and Sir country John ? ( faintfy ) . —Yes ! , Lord C . J . —Is it an excellent medium for advertisers . Lo Sir rd Joh C . n J . . — — Haughty And its name tyrant 1 , it I is repeat —a most , its excellent name—Quick one ! , or the headsman ' s axe awaits thee ! Sir John ( feebly and with gasps ) . — " Britannia , " a Shilling Magazine Matt Mo . Edited ! by Arthur a'Beckett , and illustrated by tannia Lord " is C rgan . wrenched J . —Seize the out work of Sir . John ( The ' s May hands Number . The Lord of " Bri C . J - . pe in riodical his anxiety , pulls to down obtain the sufficient wall of the light cellar to . read The the waters popular of the Thames rush in . ) Tableau . —Curtain .

      Suites To The Sweet.

      SUITES TO THE SWEET .

      Recent We Believe Visit Of That Prince T...

      recent We believe visit of that Prince the Arthur great to success Ireland whic at a h time has when attended murder the ment was rife the in advisability that miserable of despatching country has the suggested following to August the Govern Per - - sonages on the tours hereafter set down . ments H . R . will H . the be made Princess to introduce Beatrice to Her New Royal Zealand Highness . —Arrange to the - hostile on the interesting Maori chiefs occasion , who will . be requested to read an address ness H . will R . H . be Prince lodged Leopol at the d Fever to Sierra Hospital Leone . . And —His lastly Royal , Highlar H desire . R . H ) . Prince to Jericho Christian . of Schleswig-Holstein ( by particu-

      The Badge Of Office.

      THE BADGE OF OFFICE .

      In Since A New The Uniform 1st Of . May ...

      in Since a new the uniform 1 st of . May Instead the postmen of the of old London -fashioned have coat appeared with " semi G . P -military . O . " on the tunic collar , with , the the men initial are now letters clothed of the in district a sensible to which In consequence they are attached of the great prominentl praise y lavi emblazoned shed by the on press its facings upon . this ment to put regulation the whole , it was Civil at Service first the into intention uniform of , but the as Govern a great - in deal the of princi oppositio pal n Government to the scheme offices was , the offered following by the compromise employees ments has been to which arrived the at Civil , which Servants while are clearl severall y defining attached the depart avoids - any sitions unne . cessary outrage to their proverbially y sensitive ,

      dispo-Foreign Office . Morning Dress . — Ne Tr cktie owsers ... Red Light or grey blue . satin in sailor ' s knot . Boots Patent leather . Flowe Gloves r Canary Stephanotis . . Evening Dress . —Coats Waistcoat .. . Blue White , with . brass buttons . Shoes Patent leather . Socks Crimson silk . Flower Gloves Step White hanotis . and carnation . Treasury . Morning Dress . — Neck Trowsers tie ... Dark Indi worn go colour blue twice , . with round whit the e . s neck pots , and tied in a bow . , Boots Button . Flower Bunch of violets . Gloves D ogskin . Evening Dress , —Coat Waistcoat ... Black Black very , . with long tails velvet . collar , and Socks Shoes Pumps Black . silk . Flower Rose . Gloves Grey . not The yet new been regulations decided upon for . the other departments of State have

      Too Clever By Half.

      TOO CLEVER BY HALF .

      Telegraph The Following Y In Suspicious ...

      Telegraph The following y in suspicious advertisem proximity ent appeared to last those we announcements ek in the Daily h Fees eaded , " which " To all almost in debt always , " " Money occupy adva a good nced , " half and -column "No Enquiry of our contemporary ' s space : — THE modus GENII , audit of , BENJAMIN and results HIGGS of the GREAT , and of all CENT concerned RAL in GAS the COMPANY'S ACCOUNTS , are hereby challenged , for one hundred power guineas while presenting of , to self precluding compete - them with embezzlement monthl and the consultable writer y , in , ' s falsifica clear SINGLE balance , tion infallible , ENTR account and , erroneous contin Y'S for uousl guaranteed results y pro- , and gressing cent , all less similar , in time auditing establishme and , cost nts than , by the Mr double . , entry & c , & . c . Proffered , fifty to that per The real object of the advertisement its author in the madness th of Be e his nja Central m waggery in Higg Gas , s , Company as the le announcement ft a littl , and e ob as s cu livel re is , , b to y u t say g in th a the e least rib r s of hit of Mr it at . , le unique st Mr . . Hi We ggs forbear and his to confreres quote the advertiser on a smaller ' s name scale ( who address may , be claims numbered to the proffered by hundreds reward ) , should . overwhelm him with their

      Of Motto The " Breitmann For Mk, Trubner...

      of Motto the " Breitmann for Mk , Trubner Ballads , . the "— " authorised Hotten ' s a cool Publisher un . " rt ^ li l ii ^ r" . . I ¦ ii ' inij' 1 -niiVr it " iir < Tiatntr" innW » j fii .. ii ' n ' unit' i' jj * ., ~^* . ;•'*; . »„ ,.- > ' ¦ -.. ,.. s - ~ . ¦¦ ¦ '* .. * ' * . i .-. i . kAt ^ . ' . ' l . u ' , ' . ,, ¦*" : ^ -, CXUja «** , jc ; y * cw *

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 15, 1869, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_15051869/page/5/