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    • THE WEEK.
    • A SIGN OF THE TIMES.
    • AN ILL- CONDITIONED fENKINS.
    • THE MUSICAL FITCH.
    • GENERAL BOOM ON HIS TRA VELS.
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      34 The Tom Ah A Wk. \January 23, 1869.

      34 THE TOM AH A WK . \ January 23 , 1869 .

      Mow Readyy Price 8s., Vol. Iii. Of The "...

      Mow Readyy Price 8 s ., VOL . III . of the " Tomahawk /* Beautifully Bound s Gilt Edges , Bevelled Boards * Order of any Bookseller ,

      Now Ready, Britannia For Jamiary, Price ...

      Now Ready , BRITANNIA for Jamiary , Price is .

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      - - . _ . , _^ *G.* Editor Correspondent...

      - - . _ . , _^ * g . * Editor Correspondents on any consideration are Informed whatever that . Contributions Contributors cannot should make possibly copies be of returned their articles by the If they the Editor attach . any Letter value s , to on them purely . All business letters on matters LITERARY , should matters be addressed should be to the addressed Publisher to ( Mr . Heather ) to ensure attention . Envelopes containing solely Answers to Puzzles must be marked after the " Thursday Puzzle , " or evening no notice following will be the taken publication of their contents of the paper . Answers . cannot be received

      London, January 25, 1869.

      LONDON , JANUARY 25 , 1869 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      There Is No Court News Of Any Importance...

      There is no Court news of any importance this week , except that the Right Honourable John Bright has visited Darlington . The Town Council wanted to serenade him with a beautiful refrain , He is the darling of our hearts , And he lives in Downing alley .

      But the Right Honourable gentleman declined the honour , saying that he wished his visit to be private . Alas ! a man cannot be an officer and private too . 1 tmmmmtmm

      ^M^^Mm Two Important Discoveries Have Yr...

      ^ m ^^ mm Two important discoveries have Yr -n made during the last week : one , that the French will lie . allow of any play being acted in which there is not a perfectly virtuous young lady , on whose reputation there never rests any stain ; the other , that

      the English stage is not the home even of ideal virtue , and that the shorter the dresses the larger the profits . Many people are asking , what we once asked , why well-disposed managers and manageresses will continue to receive money from notorious courtesans , who are utterly innocent of any power of acting , even propriety , to appear on the stage and advertise their attractions .

      A Sign Of The Times.

      A SIGN OF THE TIMES .

      The Greek Members Of Parliament, Having ...

      The Greek members of Parliament , having been convened to vote the Athenian Treasury a forced loan of a hundred milselve lion drachmas s fifteen hundred , or about drachmas four million each sterling out of , have it . voted The resem them - - blance between this admirable stroke of patriotic business and the to say doings nothing of Congressional of the pecuniary legislators scandals in the surrounding United States our , would-be Reformers at home , points to the coming millennium , when steal , or with starve universal who condescends suffrage and to be paid a politician M . P . ' s , . nobody need

      An Ill- Conditioned Fenkins.

      AN ILL- CONDITIONED fENKINS .

      The Greed For Chatter Regarding The Affa...

      The greed for chatter regarding the affairs of poor Lord Hastings is still as rampant as ever . Perhaps there was some sort of excuse for the insertion of paragraphs in the newspapers while collection the sale contained of his Lordshi some scarce p ' s library works was the progressing whereabouts , for the of can which be mi urged ght have in justification been matters of the of public insertion , interest of the . following But what

      under sentences the heading which appear of " Sale in of the the columns late Marquis of a contemporary of Hastings ' s Property " % and Lots fifteen : 373 smaller -86 . Twenty ditto -ei ; g ^ ht 2 70 large ( Garbonetti and very fine and damask others ) . tablecloths 397-408 . , Twenty others ) . -six 409 pairs -12 . of Twenty fine large pairs linen of twill sheets sheets ; ^ 196 ; £ 2 % ( Colonel ( Smith ) Bulke . 413- and 14 . Ten pairs pairs of linen linen sheet and s ; ^ twill 100 sheets ( Smith ; and £ 16 others ( Garbonetti ) . ) . 415-29 . Fifty

      What ! If abominabl towelsand y unintere table-cioths sting rubbish and linen to sheets put into have a news been - paper brought to the hamm , er , of what interest , can it be to anyone 1 All the world knows that the affairs of the late Lord Hastings of were the very crisis much which involved has come ; but no at last one . cares The to insertion hear the of details such twaddle is in execrable taste , and disgraces the columns of the journal in which it appears .

      The Musical Fitch.

      THE MUSICAL FITCH .

      Break O Voice , Break !—Let , Break Me ,...

      Break O voice , break !—let , break me , thlea !—O lower the Pitch , le urge st utter y , p ' Despair be the end of me . ' 'Tis The well bassoon for the to fiddles grunt to in squeak its play , : 'Twere Or that well nothing had I lungs but strings of brass gave , way 1

      Break O voice , break 1 I , break must , thlea For the tender skin urge of my larynx y p , is „ torn And I fail in my upper G ! ,

      General Boom On His Tra Vels.

      GENERAL BOOM ON HIS TRA VELS .

      Mr. Cardwell Has Entered Into The Spirit...

      Mr . Cardwell has entered into the spirit of his office with unwonted energy . Not content to transact his business in a inspection quiet room of in the Fall stations Mall , he within has made easy distance a semi-military of town tour . The of other day he found his way to Woolwich , where he personally inspected everything and everybody in the place ; and last week

      mounted his military on ardour horseback actu , ally and carried attended him by . off as to many Aldershot generals , when and , a staff regular officers review as could of the be troops got together in camp on . a short notice , he held We fear that Mr . Card well's patriotism is taking him a little mand out of of his the line Channel . Mr . Fleet Childers , or Mr might . Lowe as mi well ght take quite up as the reason com - - abl t y the spend Mint his Surel days in the uiw superintending Secretary of \ ji State wbc the coinage for \ jx War rvoi of money find iuiu

      sufficient < a X \ . I lie J , rJLliil emp . . lo uuiw yment ^ y with uwwvwu in the four wa * lls of his " office " without character wasting of an amateur his time Field in - gadding Marshal about to the the irritation country of in real the hat soldiers simp , ly who on feel the stren absurdity gth of his having a civilian , the power aping as Secretary cocked of State to do what he likes . —— . II I —M ill —————IP—»—UIIWW ¦¦¦——^——I—M ^ M

      Is Worth Settled To And A Lady Worthy 'S...

      is Worth settled to and a lady Worthy 's min d ^ - by The the worth ques tion a , dress Is th now e dress -a-day o f Worth ? or of a merely ordinary dressmaker ' s ? In the latter case it is certainly worthless . HI , __ L ¦ 1 . 1 ¦ . ....... y

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Jan. 23, 1869, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_23011869/page/4/