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    March 20 , 1869.] THE TO MA HA IVK. 131

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    CHARITY AND ITS BENEFITS.

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    as In in that very of few comedians prof...

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    SYKES ANJD SEA FOWL.

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    It A is nd a he spo " rt poppeth ing cit...

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    THE PARROT PAPERS.

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    No. I. "Pol, me occidistis, amici." Of m...

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    March 20 , 1869.] The To Ma Ha Ivk. 131

    March 20 , 1869 . ] THE TO MA HA IVK . 131

    Charity And Its Benefits.

    CHARITY AND ITS BENEFITS .

    As In In That Very Of Few Comedians Prof...

    as In in that very of few comedians professions . If is there an actor so much dies in spontaneous poverty leaving charity a widow in seven acts—we mean with seven children—at starvation tragedian point driven ; if a comic off the man stage is by struck a sudden dumb consciousness by paralysis of , or his a incapability and supp there ly of the is ; no if ready any difficulty accident , some in manager getting happens actors at necessitating once and offers actresses an his immediat theatre to do e , their But best as for the the comedian charitable s who purpose in hand to do . their utmost to untie the , public purse-strings come purpose from different companies and have never e should performed be made together of , it scenes is indispensable culledlike that choice the flowers programm for a bouquet , from the up favourite successes , of the day . the But scent , again at once , like , the and bouquet cannot distinguish of choice flowers the particular , one smells odour all of There any pet is blossom nothing among astonishing the whole then . that , after coming out of such a performance as that given on Thursday last at Drury entertainment Lane , one should . feel a little hazy in one ' s recollection of the Let us see if we can remember what it was all about . There was Robert the Devil with a Ticket-of-Leave , meeting King Goldj d * but Scots Claude on the Duzral First was Night stopped on the by Field Dundreary of the Married Cloth of and seeing settling Mr . Sothern CyriVs in Success black . whisk We ers have very some much recollection the worse for of wear much , talking the worse to Mr for . its Gordon wearer in ; we a green cannot velvet forget dressing the youthful -gown , penetrating Rogers in his pathos impassioned ; we have tones a , notion nor the that nimble Miss Braid Henrade with ap his - wh pealed ich , like in reall Sir y Charles telling Coldstream accents to ' s a volcano violet , robe had " de nothing chatnbre in , it out ; " of we Box are certain and Cox that with " Little Mrs Clarke . Stephens " played —and the very chop well scene they played it , especially Bouncer—we rather imagine we saw Miss which Farren no capering other young about actress with an has energy on the and London a diable stage au ; corps and , , was Tussaud not th ' s , at or Mr was . James it Madame who appeared Tussaud as who Francis appeared I . at as Madame Henry Vlll , 'l anyhow , we are perfectly sure that we saw Alfred

    As In In That Very Of Few Comedians Prof...

    b have Wi een gan g thought iven as Achille but our his seven Ta duet lma with shillings Dufa Miss rd , well and Madge spent that Robertson , , if even nothing if , there we else should had had we been have no charity written in our the ideas matter seem whateve to have r . been On looking confused over bwha what t we heard , but that , matters little . The great thing was to attract p the public suffere erformance publi r paid s c , , to and t was he make we bu concluded rn hop it ing pay e the o , f . sufferers the The to Hu forwar ll public have Th d eatre profited t was he a m s amused o so ne by y the to as , pro the the the - ceeds of the entertainment .

    Sykes Anjd Sea Fowl.

    SYKES ANJD SEA FOWL .

    It A Is Nd A He Spo " Rt Poppeth Ing Cit...

    It A is nd a he spo " poppeth ing citizen " b , y the sea : — " M " But y thoug wherefore ht it stri stopp kes you ' st thou 're Mister me ? Sykes , " Have " Then I but care got I not an a easy pin shot : , " I " hit Cal birds l ' st tho best u th wh is sport en near a si their n 1 nest ; li " When is a tre cooked at those without gulls to their eat skin . " Th The e str citizen anger flas stood hed still a glittering : — eye , 11 , for the sake of l Kittiwake / " I'll introduce my Bill ! " You " Go shall home not . sin I'll p wh lay en birds dic are kens tame ; " With ' * ' One any of brute Dame who Nature dares ' s chi to ck shoot ens ! " A " Down broken wrath wing I will cannot surel smother y bring ; " Here " Does you not must deserve learn another that one I good Tern li O wretch , say I , who dares let fly " Kill " At , wound fledgeli , or set young forbidden and w net eak , I " Laug " A fine h , if will you stop will , your at m freak y new ! Bill , " But look out for the ' Beak / '"

    The Parrot Papers.

    THE PARROT PAPERS .

    No. I. "Pol, Me Occidistis, Amici." Of M...

    No . I . "Pol , me occidistis , amici . " Of my reasons for writing . —of parrots , cockatoos , and men . —of the rest of the "world . —of the imitative qualities of men . the importance of forming correct opinions , and the evil of changing one ' s opinions . —on reading books . I have often been asked to write . with " Wh one y do feather you leave from the the worl wing d to on go which on in its your ign mind orance soars when to infinity , you can enlighten it ? Is not this cruel , unnatural , barbarous So they have in you said ? " to me . I have listened and reflected . I a alway man s . reflect The latter on what hears I hear but . never It is understands not with a parrot . The as sound with goes in at his ear , but the sense never reaches his brain , or very rarely Of cours . e it is a very groat trouble to me to have to put on paper be the to mi refuse ghty workings . I cannot of my make brain the . world But , perhap of men s as , I wise should as after I am wrong , all but , it I is may kinder make of them me , to a little do so less , though foolish I . know And they perhaps will , knowledge pay but little to attention myself , though to me , than I alone to keep may all be the able treasures to use of those my treasures Men will ari read ght . what I write ; so I must enter into elementary

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), March 20, 1869, page 131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20031869/page/13/