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    • NAGS AT THE MAGS.
    • PHILANTHROPIC RUFFIANISM.
    • A CHANGE FOR THE WORSE. tt
    • THE JDREAM AND THE REALITY.
    • THE BURLINGTON HOUSE CATECHISM.
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      May.32,1869.3 The Tomahawk. 231

      May . 32 , 1869 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 231

      Nags At The Mags.

      NAGS AT THE MAGS .

      As To To Censure Those Who Thus Criticis...

      as To to censure those who thus criticise Tomahawk fairly it althoug is equally h he a app pleasure lies his to scal praise ping he knife considers unmercifully , it deserved , and without , is always , reference pleased to to kith bestow or kin , praise when now wh calls ere -a for -days praise any , and be special due there . is It notice , is for not . the There often most part that are , so such magazine many a similitude monthlies literature in their the contents fields , that to have to parap read hras one e is what to have Dr read . Johnson allbut said there of mae are - green several azine . Under exceptions , the Croivn . For * has instance exhibited , the in new its Civil letterpress ; Service a

      which must freshnes prove , under s and pleasing vi the gour editorship to which its readers is of as . Mr creditable Then . Anth there ony to its is Trollop Saint writers e Pauls , as lias it , m struck any powerful out a path and of caustic its own article , having s upon from political its debut and contained social topics . The Gentleman ' s Magazine too , in its new form , contains attract novel several by iveness Victor novel . Again Hugo features , , there 01 which , and is Britannia coloure bids this month fair d illustrations , to the commences add most greatl orig y inal a to new ine its of

      ail not powerfull perhap often y commen s sarcastic , by ., r t eason upon tone the of us merits its articles or demerits . Tomahawk of magazine , ana does s , several interest but those of and above his amusement leisure enumerated hours he considers , and have having p it leasurably his hit duty upon to whiled point a fund out away to of his friends where and how , they may go and do likewise .

      Philanthropic Ruffianism.

      PHILANTHROPIC RUFFIANISM .

      " House If The ," We "Permissive Underst...

      " House If the , " we "Permissive understand Compulsory the following Bill measure " had s passed would have the been embodied into Acts of Parliament : — By An Mr Act . Disraeli prohibiting { On the behalf consumption vf the Jews of ) p , ork . By An Mr Act . Whalley prohibitin ( On g behalf the consumption of the Roman of Cath flesh olics meat ) , on Fridays . By Earl Russell { On behalf of the old women of England ) , An Act prohibiting Sunday trains .

      the Boodle By Grid Mr ' s , the ) . , M . Marlboro Guest { , On the behalf Rawley of , the the Thatched members of Jffouse white , and s , An Act discountenancing marriage among club men . lain By ) Colonel N . Stuart { On behalf of the Lord Chamber-An , Act for the abolition of the ballet . By Mr . Walter { On behalf of the Proprietors of the « Times An ' ) Act , increasing the price of the Daily Telegraph , the Standard , and the Daily News from one penny to sixpence .

      A Change For The Worse. Tt

      A CHANGE FOR THE WORSE . tt

      Under It Is A Not Cloudless Often Th Sk ...

      under It is a not cloudless often th sk at y S and atu on rday dry volunteer earth ; indeed gatherings , it seems take place to be conceivable the mission occasions of the volunteers . It is therefore to get drenched the greater to the pity skin that on the all new himself Inspector of the -General finest afternoon of Reserve of the Forces present should season have to availed render ten the volunteer days ago , gathering a failure , and which almost took a disgrace place in . Hyde Park some It was understood that the day should be observed as the

      becond Brigade Field Day of the year j and the London Scottion tish Middlesex , of the being Queen Rifle reviewed 's Corps Westminster . were It so early , happened the on Inns the of ground that Court an in , inspection and the expecta the 19 th of - the and S the outh City Middlesex corps , attracted regiment by was the probability fixed for the of a same considera date - ; into ble gathering Hyde Park , mu at stere about d some six o ' three clock thousand , at the time men the and evolutions marched

      Under It Is A Not Cloudless Often Th Sk ...

      of commence the corps , , for composing which a the space brigade had under been review cleared , were by about the St to . ground George . ' s When Rifles , , however who were , Genera speciall l Lindsay y employed perceived to keep the City the force proceedings approaching , he marched and apparentl the four y anx corps ious under to take his part command in the through the line of men keeping the open space and through the General crowd ' s nbi into ^ . ct a remote this snrM corner ^ n movpment of the park —wh . pther "What was was that the

      he themselves was angry into with the the review City , whether volunteers he for fell himself attempting incapable to force of or handling whether the , out large of bod sheer y of mischief troops which or incompetence were then collecting , he pro- , but ceeded the to result spoil the of the enjoyment proceeding of the was day simp , rem le ains enoug a mystery h . The ; while crowd , something which had was been going good-humoured on within and the easily enclosure held , in lost check its temper when deprived of a sight of what was taking place , and attempted The volunteers to break resisted throug and h the a riot line of ensued the St which . George mi ' s ht Rifles have . been much more serious , in its consequences , than it actually was , for all credit that is due to General Lindsay for its supnrocctAn

      blundering It is difficult . What to write really with might patience have been concernin an imposing g such gross and interesting dividualturned spectacle into was a scene , by of the confusion obtuse caprice violence of a and single u in . - If this , is " Military Reform , " the sooner , we have , Colonel proar M'Murdo or Colonel Erskine back at the War Office the Volunteers better , as under existed the , such old re events gime , when as those an Inspector of a few -General days back of would have been impossible .

      The Jdream And The Reality.

      THE JDREAM AND THE REALITY .

      For Those The Opportunities Who Enjoy Sh...

      for Those the opportunities who enjoy Shakspeare which it affords for his to vulgar poetry would itself - , be and actors not to rant and attitudinise , should go and hear Mrs . Stirling read mo the st Midsummer charming poem Nights . * The Dream music , or rather of Mendelsohn selections is from the most that however perfect realisation artistic , could of that hope fantastic to convey ^ ideality any , of conception which no . reader Mrs . , admirable Stirling brings skill the she different is not characters too dramati before cfor her the audience is with not in and a distinct demonstrative . The ; on sense lv fault , dramatic we have ; she tn find , is earnest with poem "her , vers is atile that , ,

      which she hurries are necessary over the to stage the proper directions understanding , the entrances of the , and play exits , as , with arranged the orig for inal her , b work y those . Her who reading are not very of H intimatel elena was y acquainted the best , portion we thoug we ht , among must confess the serious her characters interpretation j while of Bottom in the comic , the weaver was very , was disadvantageously , for a woman , marvellously placed when good we . saw Mrs her . Stirling , being hidden ductor . from Not one very -half goo of d the taste audience upon the by part the throne of that of gentleman the Con- , we must say .

      The Burlington House Catechism.

      THE BURLINGTON HOUSE CATECHISM .

      Worth Q.— A I Visit Hear . The What New ...

      worth Q . — a I visit hear . the What new have buildings you got of the to say Royal of the Academy pictures are 1 well however A . —The , from Exhibition a certain , as point a whole of view , , is it not disgusts bad . one Regarded exceed- , ingly Q . — . Explain yourself ? tended A . — , I so will the . public The Royal suppose Academy , to develop as an and institution encourage is Na in- - tional \ xiit is at constitutedit 01

      the kind j . . M as erit has not present its due recognition , aoes and the noinmg title of borough R . A . is . simply a passport that gives admission , to a closed that Q . — the You Royal express Academicians yourself vaguely as a bod . y Do turn you the mean Academy to imp into ly

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 22, 1869, page 231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_22051869/page/13/