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    December 19, 1868.3 THE TOM AH A WK. 269

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    : THE AMATBURS/ THE AMATEURS!! ! By an E...

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    First Study - —Macauley Author Fitz- . M...

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    A BARGAIN FOR BEA UCLERKS.

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    1 The Pall Mall Gazette, for the want of...

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    DIVES IJV THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. j

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    There is something about the charity of ...

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    December 19, 1868.3 The Tom Ah A Wk. 269

    December 19 , 1868 . 3 THE TOM AH A WK . 269

    : The Amatburs/ The Amateurs!! ! By An E...

    : THE AMATBURS / THE AMATEURS !! ! By an Ex-Amateur of Two Feet .

    First Study - —Macauley Author Fitz- . M...

    First Study - —Macauley Author Fitz- . Muddle the Amateur ; i Care / leys Rooms , the Guests' , tJie " Dinnaw" Table-talk . \ I went to dinnaw " at Cawley ' s rooms to keep my promise . i | vaguely The rooms grand strong and ly superficiall reminded y me comfortable of their . tenant I found —they that were our i | friend have been had many good tastes if — it on had an onl easel been was a well picture painted , which . O would n the

    ; piano was some very musical MS ., which y would have been -extremely i I clever spoilt , if and onl turned y it hadn into ' t been a polka the . waltz The out glass of Faust over , the completely mantel-| piece , with the picture of Cawley ' s mother , and its crowd of i gentleman title-bearing ended cards and , showed the snob where began , in . its owner ' s character , the notis There . One were ( To four wnshend guests , ) all because more or he less belonged shirt-front to and one step of ha the

    -Government Offices attached , to the Houses of Parliamentwas ( supposed Parker ) havi to be ng a a great brother auth unpaid ority upon attache political to the subjects British . Legation Another , at Crowned Timbuctoo Heads , was of believed Europe . to The be in remaining the secret guests counsel , Bloomri of all the eld weak and Rice sill , were and of vicious the stamp . of th ~ " Young Man of the Period , " These , clever y , young gentlemen stared at me when I entered

    the waistcoat room , ( and being seemed cut six to inches put hi my gher dress than clothes the mode on trial ) at . once My and proved sentenced the case to against be snubbed me , and for the my remainder clothes were of the found evening guilty . , front About and this black time velvet Cawley ; 1 was entered introduced the room to my , got judges up , in shirt we - all went down to " dinnaw . " The dinnaw " was decidedlgood .

    this Cawley occasion had did the his reputation best to- y of maintain an epicure it . We , and did certai not speak y on of very our much conversation during the . meal , and what follows is a fair sample Cawley . —Haw , just take this bottle to Mistaw Rice { servant

    obeys think ) . of I it . say , old fellaw , just taste that , and tell me what you dread Rice ) .- — { pours Fine bouquet out a g ! lass { He of stares wine a and t the devours glass hard a , crumb holds of it ' fiercel under y his to the nose lig and ht and smells stares it , keeping at it hard his again eyes , fiercely he then fixed brings on it vacancy mouth mouth * k k . eeps eefis This his his done mourn mouth , he full full takes for for five a five sip --and and large --twenty twentv enoug seconds seconds h to fill while while his

    eyes he rumi to , wa n rds ates ^ Cawley and then he gravel gulps y the bows iv in ine approval down . . ) Turning his gues Cawley ts ? -efer . — to Yars their cards it is , drinkable and take . a { languid A dish is interest brought in the in , movements of the waiter . ) the Parker Viceroy . —Yars of Egypt , I k . iow without Wale giving s his gone offence to the to the Nile Sultan to see . Sultan Grande ' s Duch awfully esse jealous . You all of you know story about La

    I tion Everybody of some good but . story I ( ) smiling . —Yars , languidly gra'fun . at the faint recollecj fro P m arker St . Petersburg . —Very much . so . I knaw I ' m right , got the tip | i so Townshend at the House . . —Think you ' re wrong . Hear its economy . Say Bloomfield { calling attention to sudden emotion of Cawley , fellaw ivho now looks the like mattaw a fa ? shionable dimon ) . —Way , my dear

    ; , what ' s i ! ; have my Cawley soul told , it he ' ( t r ry ov ing bad iw to and ! control ovaw his again rage , and ) . * --1 yet knew she doss it uld ! On crumbs Rcce ? ( tasting con ' tents of last dish ) . —Mean too much bread j j Guests Cawley . — ( in Confo a heart undedl -broke y pro n voice voking ) . — . Yars Bear ! up , old fellow . j | : at ( thing Said Cawley consolation this to console sort ( smiling ) would . — Cawley Had sorro happen presentiment ) . wfu Rather ! lly at like th this eir bread morning well crucn -meant m that ' self attemp . some ts -

    First Study - —Macauley Author Fitz- . M...

    And so on . I gradually ( Appea and rance unconsciousl of a fresh y dish adopted . ) the manners like of the the other rest guests of them , and . Yes by dessert to time shame was let tasting it so be and written nodding . And But pray now pardon came the me business , I am , tired my of the . Wait evening till . next week .

    A Bargain For Bea Uclerks.

    A BARGAIN FOR BEA UCLERKS .

    1 The Pall Mall Gazette, For The Want Of...

    1 The Pall Mall Gazette , for the want of something better to discuss Times , , and has in been an article moralizing which the over leading the agony journal column reproduced of the in its own columns , has been quoting a batch of curious advertisements mystery , imag which ination are , always and humour to be . found It is a in pity that that reg the ion fol - porary lowing escaped for it certainly the eagle serves glance as of a our text ever for a vi sermon gilant contem at least

    half a , column long : — FOR SALE , the BUST of Admiral I , ord AMELIUS BEAUCLERK , G . C . B ., G . C . IT ., under a glass shade , standing on a pedestal , picked out white and gold , with the trophies . Price ; £ io , worth considerably more . Apply at

    Surely the advertisement must have a hidden meaning . To forced begin with before , who the is his world lordsh as a p , public and why character should ? he Again suddenl ; y wh y shade should % it Then be considered what are his expedient trophies to , and " protect why will him the with advertiser a glass nouncement all tak the e £ 10 money for , if ? There p hilosoph , when is something y the , or , trop better hies more still alone than , Inspector are natural evidentl Clark in the worth e , an - the of the Detective . enigma ^ Police howeve , could rlet but us find hazard it out a . Failing at such its meaning solution .

    into May the it not hands be that , of somebody a bust , of Lord or other Amelius who , guess Beauclerk finding it an has unsale fallen - bring able article forward , has some resorted relative to the of the agony noble column admiral of the who Times would to be willing to pay a ten-pound note to buy up the advertisement little , pushing or is his ? lordship a sort of Lord Nelson , who wants a

    Dives Ijv The Nineteenth Century. J

    DIVES IJV THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . j

    There Is Something About The Charity Of ...

    There is something about the charity of Mr . Peabody , ' in which the , nineteenth seeing we do not well live afford in the matter first age for of more Christianity than a mere but ; vote passing to a comment sort of moral , . may Not essay that on we the have hi the ghest time duty or but taste one to that de- ' j ; us a direct man to ask attention can with discharge great , in a point casual . On and way the force , to contrary . a Are question the , we rich that wish of this it merel seems country y to to ' enormousl doi Possibly ng their and y duty wealth we , hazard or y anything it is the true , suggestion giving like it ? handsomel Here we trust is y Mr to without . the Peabod poor y , .

    men over detraction , fo hav r the , e not or purpose o in ffence the of remotest , the alleviating great degree sums the a sufferings ffe he , cted has the already , of course his handed fellow of his - j | afte dail r y life all , or and the especially amount of n th his ese personal days , whe expenditure n real charity . Still , i j i scarcely n advance understood of all other , it must benefactors be admitted of mankind that Mr . Peabody and that is far wealth may way o safel f his would y say ving onl thus is follow royal much , . thoroug If lead men h and n of something substantial same , like irit , an equal d what we blessings might not y be scattered broadcast on that sp most ,

    degives graded Take , , it for , mo is instance st true miserable , to , a various man herd like in charities the Europe Marquis her , the e of and poor Westminster there of Eng , but lan ; he to are what taken extent into I To consideration one then , that is not when to be his n enormous amed in the revenues same twenty £ breath S > an with shillings d Robinson real . charity Robinson , th . e government He , then is down gives , clerk say proportionatel , , is on also some down f u nd ju for st doubl of that e gi what ves £ the per Marquis cent ., while does , r suppose he has n o , £ 400 will a-year ven , ture and amounts to assert onl that y to ^ 200 e inc , 000 om a -year of . But e M this arq is uis not even Wes the tm proper inster

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 19, 1868, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_19121868/page/9/