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      Of Course! You Naturally Imagine We Are ...

      officer , who is now a colonel , and demands of him the only reparation he can make to the honour of the Grander family . A Forlorn Hope is to be led , and lots are drawn for the honour of leading it . The lot falls on Morandal , who acquaints Marcellin with his marriage . Marcellin , through remorse , determines to counteract Morandal ' s destiny , and calling his men together charges the enemy—a mine springs , and they are blown into the air . . . . When Therese hears of Marcellin ' s death she avows to her mother and the colonel that the child is hers , and Benjamine innocent . Morandal receives a note from Marhis cellin own , who happ has iness escaped , and , and leads is Therese at the doors into , Marcellin gives up all 's arms thoug , hts while of apparent Raymond shame is accepted . by Benjamine , now freed from ther burden of There is an underolot connected with a lost treasure in ¦ which' are enl

      recruit gaged a such country a part servant as Mr . g Toole irl , an mi old ght miserl perform y intendant were he- , of . and the a tro comic upe , and the piece ends with the wise remark of Morandal that when you marry you should get a year ' s leave to be securely settled in your new possession . Now why should we have bored our readers with this plot ? Of drama course , it and has yet nothing if Mr . to Alfred do with Wigan Mr were Reade to p or lay Mr such . Reade a part 's as ori that ginal of Colonel Morandal how well he would do it . Perhaps Mr . Charles Reade may be tempted some day , with the permission of Monsieur Auguste Alfred Maquet , Wi to gan translate the opportunity Le Chateati , but de at Grantier present , , in we order must to be give satisfied Mr . with the new romantic drama of The Double Marriage , which will run we hope for the manager ' s sake until the day , not far at hand we are told , when the article in the literary convention between England and

      Jf ranee which , relates to dramatic copyright shall have been revised . Messrs . Dion Boucicault , Tom Taylor and Charles Reade , dear creatures , are dying to see this long standing grievance redressed . This looks indeed promising for young English authors . The old poachers are making friends with the gamekeepers , for fear the covers which have proved so fruitful to them might be beaten up by their successors . " The Penitent Poachers ; or , Where's Your License ? " would make a Reade capital ? title for a new and original drama . Would'nt it Mr . Charles

      October 19, 1867.3 The Tomahawk. 245

      October 19 , 1867 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 245

      Soap For The Unwashed.

      SOAP FOR THE UNWASHED .

      A. So The Bishop Of Oxford Has Been Maki...

      A . So the Bishop of Oxford has been making friends with the dissenters ? B . I suppose you got that from the papers ? j A . Of course I did . Why the Times had a whole leading article on i I remarkable the subject . , " and said the speech was " not only admirable , but ! B . Yes ; and wonderfully practical . How did he propose to mingle

      i j I A . How o orthodoxy ug ? ht to Wh be y ana a it better was aissent as understanding clear r as could between be ! the He working said that men there and ! the Established Clergy—B . Well ? A . And then he said , churches were not meant for scented pockethandkerchiefs , but for earnest men—I B . That's new . Go on . I A . Well ; then he said he had a good deal of respect for IVcsLy—he did reall j ' A B . . And Did then he reall he y . y talked ? about Churchmen and Dissenters , and a common communion—and—B . Offered any practical suggestions as to the advisability of anathematising St . Athanasius , curtailing the liturgy , and cutting up the thirhv-nine fl . rHrrl *» s ?

      J A . No nice ; he — didn ' t exactly do that . But it was very nice—really very A B . . Oh What ! he do said you mean a great by deal " very about nice the ? " rich and the poor , and about the difficulties of getting to heaven with . £ 5 000 a year , and showed how much better it was to have nothing , ; and then he made a joke about an egg . It was all done in such a nice way . B . Was it ? Well what is going to come of it ? A . Going tunity to , " come and the of it Time ? Wh s— y I forge the Stan t exactl dar y d what says its the a Time *' grand s says oppor ; but - all the papers are unanimous on the subject . You should read the ii uuiscubuuum

      ajjcc » - ^—r cuuy you . B . I have read it twice . A , Well , and what do you think of it ? B . That that was a capital joke of the Bishop ' s about the egg ! A good in old it joke ! too—to shew your friends a mere shell—with nothing A . But you don ' t mean to infer—that the Bishop ' s speech ? B . Oh dear no : of course not . { Exeunt . )

      The Peep-Show.

      THE PEEP-SHOW .

      Poorplayers! Scen Rious Ts..— Carpet The...

      POORPLAYERS ! Scen rious ts .. — Carpet The , , Private and- particularl Room of y tlie gorgeous : Directress . Chandelier —Pretty . — Pictures Chairs , Luxu Velvet , - Pi Tables ano . — Mahogany Splendid I , £ Cabinets dition < of , Ormolu Byron's : — Poetical Very Handsome Works . —Gifts "Property of Past " Admirers , such as Gilded Bird Cages and JEarthenware Monstrosities . of and the last Great , but Directress not . least , Scores herself of Objects . . de . Vertu , inclusive ( of course , ) ^ Rather a pretty scene , —isn't it ? And . comfortable ? To be sure . But we must not grudge' the ' Great Directress her prosperity , for she

      richly deserves all that she has gained . She has worked well in the ballet cause , of and the now British the Theatre Drama . Royal A few Cup years idon ago is she " under was her dancing entire in man the - remembers agement ! " her * Onl sudden y think rise of . that First !— a rather coryp a hee jump , in — linen eh ? wings All and the short town skirts ,. livingin"Bermondseyi and wearing in private life a cotton gown . Then Wood a , arid page wearing , in spangled in private tights life and , m diamond oire anti , que rings and , livi p ng oint in lace St . . John Then ' s an exponent of the fast young man of - burlesque , in silk stockings , tiny nmT" » 1 " # » n < l J > nrl % TJiltci % 4 'in pinrnrflftoc 1 XI tt 7-ivi « t in 111 + l-i- » ~\ i «»« -ri » i- » f ' o Povir n-r \ A

      ***** *** -. w « . * m ., ****«* , *«> juiMil vi ^ Ul \* kbVOj V * 1 'C ^ . A / X . ^ . £ ^\^ l ~ l » O JL d >~ Xlb , CV 1 A . VI wearing in private life a soupcon of rouge , and more than a soitpcoit of immense hair-dye . popularity And now with ? Well the , public you can , who jud admire ge for yourself her break ; - she downs possesses ; immense credit with her bankers , who admire her income and her brougham ; and immense favour with a very intimate friend , who admires larity , " ( let " credit us say , ) " her and genius "favour . , Poor " I repeat player , poor ! Yes player , in sp ! ite of " popu-Since the last representation in the Peepshow , the establishment ( like

      a rival place of entertainment situated in the Strand , and presided over by Mr . Benjamin Webster ) has undergone a thorough renovation . Some of the old strings have been replaced by new ones , a prop of the establishment which had for years served to support the structure having grown venerable and weak has been removed and left to its own devices , and many of the cobwebs that used of yore to cover the place , have been brushed away from the scenery . , Not only this : by means of wooden wands conducting sounds from the depths below to the stage above , arrangements have been made to < nve several of the puppets the

      benefit of their voices . Thus it will be seen that the management have been at one and the same time scientific as regards the wands , enterprising as regards the cobwebs , and charitable as regards the prop of the establishment , that has lately been removed from supporting the structure , on the score of weakness and old age . This explanation was needed , in my opinion , to account for the sudden acquisition of the faculty of speech by the puppets , whose talented strings its my proud duty to have occasionally the distinguished honour of pulling . But to return to the private room of the Directress . By-the-bye , please to pai'don any indistinctness of utterance you may Tvf- nniiiolnT ** n / viirTVfc ll ¦ f r \ UlObWVl Aior * f \ - % rg * v r \ ii + irAXV l- » t . iVJtAti % < iri- * - * -f * + LUV l- » o # rxunnAfc \ A . \<\ c I \\ i- » ex \ \ , - \\ V » t {* c * t \

      ~^ w *»*»* . fc *^*^ y ^>~* VS . ^~» . UW UU * . I * KJ * ¦ \ J VJ ys * \ . O tA . » -J W V * % *** you and me ) the enormous acoustic arrangements necessary ^ for carrying the gigantic project I have formed into execution have not as yet quite arrived at the point of completion . There are present on the stage , as you can see , two persons—the Directress and her intimate friend . As I pulled up the curtain , you observed that a puppet was leaving the room—a puppet close shaven as regards face , and dirty as regards dress . The intimate friend is talking of this puppet . "My dear , you were quite right to send Joe Baldwin about his business . It would never do to fill the place with professionals . What we want are young fellows who have tried their hands at the Oxbridge A . B . C ., or the Haymarket Turquoise , who will bring with them to the theatre a good wardrobe , a false name , and a large connection . So l /\ nm * * Vi « ma Wt li n ira Kae ^ oia \ r \ lV £± C * VJXltL f * i ?•« \ * r ' r * 11 £ / - £ ipii IU » -a « t-n-l it / Mi /& l * l Ul -v % » \< ia * " 1 l ^ rt \ / - * tIT 1 " 110 l C ? + f \

      back AVTJ . *^ us O , the * i «* house >\ i XJ ^ OSLV will pardon - * V ^ any O number ^ V ; , of CfcX stick & lA . JF V s , and we UV may * V IT def y the world of the critics with the most perfect safety . —Any letters ? " The Directress replies jerkily ( I have explained the " difficulty " about the wooden wands ) , replies , I am forced to admit jerkily . "Three , my dear . The first from Dick Twaddler , of the Morning Thunderbolt , asking me if I have room in the bills for a little comedietta of his , in one act , entitled An Innocent Flirtation . " You hear the intimate Mend interrupt , " Say yes . The Thunderbolt critiques are influential , and I ' ve seen the piece . Its a little strong , perhaps , but it will give De Coltay a good part . In Paris it was called Un Menage a Trois . "

      lhe Directress observes : "If 13 c Coltay has the part , sue must leave her dress to me . I ' m not going to have her taking the lead . The second note is the usual offer of a new and original five act comedy , from ( I suppose ) a modern Sheridan , " The intimate friend says carelessly : " The fire , of course . " The Directress opens the third letter : " Last week ' s expenses . — * Posting the hoardings , ^ 200 ;'—h'm , not so much as visual . What ' s this ? * Salaries of Company , j £ i 6 18 s . 4 cl . '—Really this is too much of a good thing * , I must cut it down directly . I'll get rid of Miss Dalton . and her two guineas a week , —she doesn ' t draw a single stall , and—"

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 19, 1867, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_19101867/page/7/