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246 THE TOMAHAWK. [June 20, 1868.
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WOMAN'S WORD-BOOK.
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FOR THE USE OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS. {Conti...
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SA UCB FOR GEESE.
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With the excellent example of Mr. T. W. ...
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My Very Dear Angels, Much The Before Que...
are bareness adopted of the at . the , exposure dictation , and of when women I know who that are these rapidl fashions y losing even never the , at any affectation point of of her virtue history , I , cannot was my hel nativ p exclaiming e country sub that - jected I would to rather such disgraceful see the soldiers slavery of by France a forei p gn lundering nation ; this and cap that imilliners tal in the full of France flush of stri victory pping , than our I would sisters , see our , as wives I do , now and , our the upon mothers their of cheek their s to womanl show y the modesty sense , of and their no own flush degradation of shame .
to I show propose how this at a slavery future time to Fashion to pursue —this this all subject -absorbing further love , and of dress permeates the whole of Society ; and what a fruitful source classes , it which is of the terrible fashionable and g among igantic you evils dep among lore , while the lower you are doing all in your power to encourage it . I remain your dutiful , because unflattering , servant , Tomahawk .
246 The Tomahawk. [June 20, 1868.
246 THE TOMAHAWK . [ June 20 , 1868 .
Woman's Word-Book.
WOMAN'S WORD-BOOK .
For The Use Of Our Young Friends. {Conti...
FOR THE USE OF OUR YOUNG FRIENDS . { Continued . } Romance the frame . —A p ( icture of mind which ) you onl see y it looks in . like reality according to Romps , —M iss-behaviour . Scent . —The fox ' s lead off for the pack to follow suit
. Scorn . —The shot from a bursting gun . Season ket . — . The time of the year for opening the marriage mar-Sense . —The four-leaved shamrock . Ser ? non . —Clerical chloroform . Shoulders . —That part of the body beginning at the nape of the
Siren neck . —A and singer ending who — would well I drown above the the voices knees . of her rivals . Sofa Slang . — — . A Language piece of ' s furniture brass currency for which . woman has a decided inclination . Song . —An offering or an insult to Apollo . Sorrow which . —A the cloud future which soon forgets makes the past look brighter , but
. Squint . —A dischord in the organ of vision . Stupid Stage . — . — " Any All the one world professing " and to his translate wife especiall woman y . ' s words . Style— . A bad style is not easily got over in the field of fashion .
Sa Ucb For Geese.
SA UCB FOR GEESE .
With The Excellent Example Of Mr. T. W. ...
With the excellent example of Mr . T . W . Robertson before us Paris , and staring the recent us in the --transp face lantation , we might of well " No hope Thoroug that the hfare British " to genius drama had of Mr chanced . T . W upon . Robertson better days has . Not reached that the its constructive zenith in Things " Play , " much or that better the late can Adel be and phi doubtless hit is in every will way be done admirable . Still . it ^ is ^^ a w source ¦»* ^^ v * - 4 k - % r ^ f of ^^ ~ ^ real ^^ ^ -W A t satisfaction ^ ^ W W A t ^ A . ^ V ^^ ^ , 4 * ^^ 4 ^ to ^ * ij us ^ 4 , fj , to ^ V ^ be t -r Vi * able % _ y \> J Ij % _ i * to W *^ r * boast 9 ^ ^ . * l ^ v 1 ^ fcf of \ J A
protest original against work of home the wretched manufacture system , and to of witness hacking some , diluting sort of , as straining " adapting , glozing from , stifling the French , and unbackboning . " The theme popularly is old and known the to axiom take is the unquestioned hint . Even , yet now authors there are , or rum rather ours adapters to the e , ffect are slow that to several be presumed novelties that of this the class next theatrical are in active season preparation will usher , and in it the is usual quantum , of French husbands suffering from too much
moral moral French ieeling feeling young , , French F men rench of threc wives wives -and slightly slightly -twenty the the equal worse worse to for for the too too sop little little histries , , and and , course of the situation these moral , and cut eloquent -throats on of society the subject will neither of "passion say nor . " do Of anything audience . absolutel They will y shocking develop to into the pure maudlin sensibilities bores , of or a else British get on to the verge of , or half over , the precipice at the close of
With The Excellent Example Of Mr. T. W. ...
Act think II of , taking being good naughty care any to more pull up in , exp the lain twenty , and -five never minutes even allotted to them in Act III . positive This is harm but is namb as little y-pamby likely work to give at best a healthy , and if tone it does to the no British French drama plays are as it French is to encourage plays , and the no efforts amount of of British management genius , . save in rare and notable instances , will render them anything
abominable else . The morale to English that standards pervades , and them , as has is almost been said invariabl above y , where the abomination has been softened down there goes the whole word , all pith that of g the ives thing the , play the any force claim , the dash to translation , the vigour . — That in a this authors deplorable and managers condition will of things ever be by deterred any argument from sustaining whatever , the no reasonable French " will man continue can possibl to flourish y expect to the . " end Adaptations » of -w the »^ chapter from .
Analogy V J . J- *¦* Jt J . V , JL 1 \ sometimes * LA » T J . JLA , \^\~ fJ . will JbJLXi . U 4 . V galvanise ^ . % r \* r A 1 V MX j . w ^ the » *• - *^ - dullest w .-..- ¦ . »*¦ ^ r*— — intellects — . ^ - - ^ — . — into —— j ~ - — - » . — a to momentary produce the twitch twit , be ch . it only Would muscular they kindl ; yet y it , is therefore something , give even a moment ' s attention to the following list of " adaptations from the success English before " now Parisian in course audiences of preparation . Little , with liberties a view have to their , of the the course morale mo - , r been ale to to taken the the with dimensions dimensions the orig nrODer inals with to to the the a view modern modern to' enlarg French French ing proper
sp stage icing , but , than the of process the inevitable has been three one - rather parts-watering of amplification in favour and on this " adapting side of " mean the s Channel : perhaps . It the is few something subjoined to instances realise what may throw a little light upon the matter : — Jack Sheppard . No alteration of any moment beyond an apotheosis
representing the Final Judgment . Romeo and Juliet . to Romeo be all the to have time secretl been formerly married attached to Friar to Lawrence the Nurse . . Julie y Box and Cox .
Both to be carrying on an intrigue with Mrs . Bouncer . Macbeth . having Macbeth discovered to be jealous him hang of ing Ban about quo ' s a attention blasted to heath his in wife the , nei mariage ghbourhood d trois , of and the alter castle his . famous Macduff speech to to be suit the the hero circum of a - nobl stances blow of the out his case own . The brains fight having . to be previousl left out - * -- — - —— , y and given Macbeth Lady
j Macbeth . i . vs kSJL y y f ~** . \ s to »» \ s Duncan \ . l v Jkj , x * j \ s ir and ij > F- * acknowledged * fc ^* AA *« - , r * ** mi » * * o X with " ^ much j o regret — that the wounded soldier , is his son . . Hamlet . last A act good , and deal a cancan of colouring introduced to be to thrown enliven into the terrace the " play scene " and . The Rivals .
Palais The part Royal of point Mrs . of Malaprop view . Two to husb be entirely ands and re ajetme -written amant from to a be thrown in to heighten the interest in the part of Lydia Captain Languish Absolut , and a e representation , Sir Antony , and of the all the Bal other d'Opdra male discovering characters assisting at the orgie . Black-eyed Susan .
Susan to be successively married to and divorced from Captain be Crosstree attached and to the the four four admirals other wives ( Mr . of Burnand the four ' s ) latter . William and his to passion Neptune , to and be so returned on . . It Susan will be eventuall evident y from to run the away above , with that can tastes works be of do done neighbours gain in — a or contrary lose . — However something direction , with , in no " such adaptation dram examp atic author " les to of suit what need the of despair lovers . Let the wife him , the as a hero rule , and but the cut out moral the — husband and his " , orig a coup inal le ' add comed another y will , prop pass muster to , the support at , the Lord of that Chamberlain magnificent ' s Office institution , and the British National Drama 1
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 20, 1868, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_20061868/page/2/
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