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278 THE TOMAHAWK. [November 16, 1867.
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A Good Shot.—What's in an aim ? Tell.
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The Cut Direct.-—" The police are being ...
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THE MAKING OF HAY.
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whether Art has a novel no sex or , a an...
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The My Ministry Lord,— Since The Their M...
patients trueand by if true draug what hts of measures water taken were from taken a to dirty check tank such were a practice But , surely ? there must be some wonderful hidden virtue in a tion secret at enquiry the Poor , to - appreciate law Board which . The requires Revelations a course of of Farnham instruclife for " been Workhouse . a long widel The time report still circulated officiall sicken published y the cognizant it has memory by been the of Lancet confirmed of such those amenities on who in October have all its of not horrible pauper 19 , been has and revolting y details by an ; independent medical officer , and by the admissions of one of the guardians at least in the columns of the
to Times the Times . Perhap which s , my distinguished lord , the Poor the -law lat Board e Mr . shares Cobden that —they aversion certainl that official y would have inquiry a have better takes been reason plac a e strictly — tili so the I private will 12 th onl of y one November note , conducted the fact , and that by then the no person tardy sense most of cul rig pable ht , , requested had not the that guardians the inquiry themselves should , be with full a which mous and public voice had been , of a public concession fostered opinion for which . fourteen No was shame years demanded at under the hideous b the y the inspector abuses unani- - , Board ship of to one originate of their this own simp officers le act of , justice could move To the the guardians Poor-law
to the man who had so infamously parodied . his solemn duty , popular they could indi show gnation consideration into what ; was but , I they repeat had , to a be simp goaded le act by of justice house , and towards the public the medical . One question officer , the more inmates , and I of have the work done - with in the the dismissal subject : of when Sargent the , inquiries the late took master place , did , which no facts resulted come think think out which that that mi all all ght was was induce not not ri rielit the ht at at official Farnham Farnham who . . Workhouse Workhouse held the inquiry ? ? I I will will , to g
not epileptic ask whether patient the who inquest died of previousl falling y into held a on cesspool the obstinate , which fit he Was I will made not to ask clean whether out such when a scarcely hole and recovered cornersuch from an a unofficial , inquiry as that could have urged on the , Poor-law indiffer door Board - ence the of necessity is the more Poor than - for law p any Office hilosop action hical . must . Trul When feel y , you such enter lord sublime that the BjB are way once more within the Porch , you of the Stoics , . my ,
you J ^^ * , B ^ B Bfr B ^ *^ Bft * B » ^*» « b * Bk « BB > ^ t ^ ^ « bV V * b * * # 4 Bb * ^ 4 W * A * b # ^ fc ^^ T * ^ BT A B * Y ^ b" ^ fc » F ^ B > ^^ *^^ W ^^ J » ^^ ^^ V gained This . enquiry Let us will hope now with take your place sanguine in public Secretary —this is , Mr something . Sclater he Booth modestl , " That y and it humorousl may be satisfactory y adds , " he to all can parties ' t see how , " thoug that h can as be . " Pauperism is , as the same excellent gentleman says , " a disgrace termined ; " if to it take is not one , my step Lord towards , it seems such the a Poor result -law by Board making are it de a - crime . It bbb be a disgrace that Bb men Bfc rf who earn r uncertain
wages "B ^ ¦•* «» B » B » ^ v m , who B ^ may b » have b » bb < B ^ w m p in *^ ^ bv many B * bv ^ b" * ib > IbT 1 cases ^^ ^ * j * V ^*» *** to V ABj pay ^ f w » *» hi »* g h rents ^^ ^^ ^ r ™ for ™ ^ i — » b indifferent n « ^ ^ v ^»* b » ^ v ™ -m « B ^ houses shouldwhen which out nourish of work every be reduced sort of to sickness find shelter among in a work them - , house , , to the support of which , ( in some cases ) they have for a long when time they paid are rates there . they This surel should y is be a great treated disgrace with a , revolting but that barbarity ^ which B ^ , if practised ^ _ towards . — . brut _ e beasts ^ m , would BiV ensu A Mre
proud a speedy boast punishment and glory — of this ^ a Christian my Lord , country is no disgrace , where . Mammon It is the all is never men , worshi in whose pped sight , but poor a God and of rich merc are y and alike perfect equal charity . I am to a country savage . , my Lord , or I should feel at home in such a blessed and Looking liberal forward measure of anxiously Poor-law , my Reform Lord which , to I that am sure excellent like a true Conservative , you are preparing for the coming session , , I have the honour to remain your Lordship ' s obedient Tomahawk servant . ,
278 The Tomahawk. [November 16, 1867.
278 THE TOMAHAWK . [ November 16 , 1867 .
A Good Shot.—What's In An Aim ? Tell.
A Good Shot . —What ' s in an aim ? Tell .
The Cut Direct.-—" The Police Are Being ...
The Cut Direct .- — " The police are being instructed in the ] 1 p use loyment of the of cutlass some . " kind Heaven , if alone knows to that withdraw the police their need attention emf from our area belles and well filled larders . Let their future I \ patriotic with the cry cooks be . " " Down The with introduction the Fenians of the , " instead cutlass of drill " Down will 0 hhave of the done police some force good leads if to its their occupation cutting , not of the only leisure the Fenians hours , bbut the lasses of our households .
The Making Of Hay.
THE MAKING OF HAY .
Whether Art Has A Novel No Sex Or , A An...
whether Art has a novel no sex or , a and icture therefore is b , criticism a man or is not a w obli oman ged before to ask passing an opinion . py A great deal of twaddle is printed , an d much more thrown to the ness winds . Once , about they attacking appear in ladies the lists , and of respecting Art they have the sex no ' s weak more - right to expect quarter than had Joan of Arc on the battle-field and extenuating circumstances must not be added to a verdict ,
a against large p Art icture on , the representing score of sex a . procession Mr . \ yallis in is Florence now exhibiting during the tion Carnival of Savanarola of 1 497 . , for This the large burning canvass of vanities is by at a the lady insti Mrs ga- . Benham studiednot Hay onl , and firm there but is manl so much in the that treatment is not onl that y clever we , are but quite sorry , to have y to , point out its y fault . We are all the more that the faults are more through carelessness than i-
sorry gno ranee who shows , and for so many this very proofs reason of her more capacity reprehensible . in an artist Art The more penny elevated critics than who the have class had of little ictures latel alas y in so the broadcast way of rejoicing in such titles as Going- for p the Beer , , or Ma ' s Pet , go , into raptures about the " intense aesthetic study , " and " comlex mani oV pulation " to produce such a work . There
is p V «^* ^^ ^^ F no ^> ^^ ^ B ^ b royal ^^^* ^ B ^> ^^ B *^ ^^^^ road ^^ ^^ ' ^ v ^* ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ to necessary ^^ Art ^^ ^^^ ^^ r ^ HP , ^ 1 . 0 and M «^ ^ fe ^ ' ^ P ^ B * W of ^^ ^«^ P course Bt ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ p ^ Bi ^ b ^^^ Mrs ^^^ F BW ^ n' . ^^ F ^ Benham ^ ^ 4 > ^^^ 'V V * ^ . ^ ^^ ^ B ^^ ^ Hay ^ flB . ^ Bk ^ B has ^^^ ^ Bi ^ h ^ which studied suggests as any other that that artist study , but has there been is nothing intensely in aesthetic her picture , and much to show that it has been anything but devoted to perspective—of that anon . We will point out the beauties ( to copy the P . C . 's ) , by giving a detailed inventory of the objects on the canvas .
The There composition are some is twenty harmonious figures , the of men group , women ing easy , and and children refined . . ( In closing some the of procession the faces , more , and in especially that of a in rich those matron of the looking old men on , there is a great deal of careful drawing and efficient modelling . a There crudeness is nothing of tint glaring s , and in an the objection general colours to broken as a wh colours ole , but is evident on careful inspection .
and There a consequent seems too great restriction a desire and to gfoie paint to the like real someone talent else that , boy breaks in out blue here and and orange there , , in as sp in ite the of head rules of laid the down dark- for haired the artist's own guidance . Mr Of . F course . Lei , hton the picture but without will recall suggesting , on first th si at ght Mrs , the . works Benham of
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ambitious only the beautiful picture , , and for we there hold is that much the intention thought in of this a p reall icture y often But counterbalances Mrs . Benham . Hay mani we pulation must . scold you . You may have hard spent work weeks , but of if p you leasurabl had spent e occupation a week , or or years two more of downrig it would ht have The ^— — W been ^^ truer BFBB VT ^^ better ^ a MB picture VBV B > B ^ for W » # ? *> ^* you B is > VbF to W and » M » Nature ¦ B » your T V # 1 A * ^^ p in " icture » « B «» its »» »«* T beauty P . ^ | ^ «* V Bj ^ B , V F the »* ^ •** greater Jb « 4 ^ **^ W ^^ V •¦» the » - — . » ^ . V
your plsasure fair- g haired iven , and violinist this were is tru made e in all to squint parts of the the fault whole would . If be scouted by all . Yourself the first . Why should your perthe spective canopy squint one ? is It fixed does in . the For ground instance behind , of the your poles grand supporting dame , whose arm and hand nevertheless are at the back of it ; another young is M ^^ T fixed ^ V ^ ^ BB painter W ^ nowhere ^^^ . , we Quite ~ ^^ mean ^— ' in the the ^^ ^^^ pole background ^^^ ^^^^ ^ , ^^ part ^^^ T ^ t ^^ ^^^ ^^ of ^ ^^ whichjis ^^ ^ are ^^^ VT some ^^ ^ tBT ^^ * hidden V ^ ^ BT ^ scoffers ^^ W ^ ^ V V by « Bp ^^ ^^ the on — — ~
a who doorstep is standing who under are the an same archway size not on hal the f canvas their distance as a pedlar from the study procession came into . fashion But since linear pre and -Rap aerial haelitism perspectiv and e testhetical have been thrown you ever over went as worthless out under . We an Italian will now sk ask y without you Madam some slig when ht pas shadow sed un being der \ thrown Are sun by li any ght awning and shadow you vanities may happen to be to burnt have with perspective ? We hope not , and recommend them much
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 16, 1867, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_16111867/page/2/
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