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    • PATRONAGE IN PALL MALL.
    • THE INDISCRIMINATING BRITISH AUDIENCE.
    • A SONG FOR SNOBS.
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      I88 The Tom Ah A Wk. [April 24, I86 9v

      i 88 THE TOM AH A WK . [ April 24 , i 86 9 v

      Patronage In Pall Mall.

      PATRONAGE IN PALL MALL .

      War People Office Who Know Have It Never...

      War People Office who know have it never onlas entered a comfortable the sacre -lookin d precincts and well the - proportioned brick building y , situated in the best part g of Pall ha Mall ve , entered with presumedl the sacred y a precincts back view know on the that Park the . comfortable People who - looking in point and of fact well , the -proportioned mere centre brick -bit of building a range of is houses a sham formerl , and is y , mansions and Oxford what and , milliner Cambridge , extending ' s shop Club fro s , m agencies , but the Carlton which , banks are Club , tea now nearl warehouses con y nected to the , together and arranged by unnatural with som passages ething of forced the ingenuity through walls of the of Hampton partition , Court Maze .

      War The Office unfortunat also know es who that have with ever out hadjpusiness lucid directions to transac it is t impos at the - sible to find one ' s way to any given branch of the department , by and the that difficulty the difficulty of finding of finding the way the out way again . It would y dis be tanced supposed is to direct therefore and that assist the the War public Office under messengers these try , whose ing circum duty it - gen stances eral , intelligence would be chos , but en unhapp for their ily this civility is not , good the case conduct ; for , and the unfortunates Pall Mall , are before only to mentioned well aware , whose that for business disobli take gingness s them , care to - lessness stand unequalled , and general , even impassability in comparison the War with Office the messengers messengers at Whitehall . have It will become naturally so con be asked icuous , whence in their come inefficiency these as officials to warrant who butlers an article valets being and devoted footmen to them of successive 1 Shortly Secretaries , then , they of are State the who to provide have , availed handsome , themselves annuities of the for patro their nage servants entrusted at the to public them , these expense public . The servants point , were however and , are we , but wish what to they raise should , is not be what . proving We have the heard prospects a good of deal worth latel y y non of - the commissioned desirability of of ficers im . - are Those opposed officers to ( the with practice whom , b of y promoting the way , we men do not to the . agree commis ) who - sioned system , ranks that , the generall soldiers y u themselves rge , as a great do primary not care objecti about on it j to that the t they feel uncomfortable Dotn too and out too of place to in the messroom ; that in

      common ney are with the other pia ensi ana or poor cornets nave as the any case reeling be for of their some reg respectable iments ; but emp these loyment gns officers tell civil us , that life , in the which men may they look , may ment pass for instance their days as in that freedom of a and competency in the —such War emp Office loy . - , , messenger with For a no salary heavy ranging expenses from made ^ 90 incumbent to . £ 150 , upon or even them , old 2 . 00 non a -com year - , missioned preferring freedom officers would from care gladly , solvency exchange , and their congenial commissions associa- , tions , to the undefined uncomfortables and pecuniary anxieties attenda There nt is on a good living deal on an of ensig sound n ' s pay sense in in a marching this , and regiment the argu- . ment of of the old mi good soldi ght ers intention well of be good met of character by the the State authorities to towards these p the by laces th rank , e appointment a nd n ea file rnest of the of the army possibility . Facts now of one prove day that becoming few men commissioned enlist with any thought officers , the but service many of if the they most but respectable knew for certain classes that would there be wer tempted e a num into - ber of good appointments—such as messengerships and officeke when eperships their term —set of aside service as rewards should have for well- ired conducted . soldiers , mansions fifty more Acc persons than ording . half Of emp to the of the loy these remainder War ed as are Office messengers recruits who list from a there re in exp the , the that are pantries most now department efficient up of wards London , mes and of - sengers , about ten or a doze , n may be said to represent the " old military soldiers element have , " received for there nominations are some " special such cases a case " in for which instance Lord Strathnairn as that of , an who appointment had his life on sav the ; ed recommendation twice over by the of perso lordship nal gave bravery the of character a non-commissioned of having the " officer courage , to of a lion m and his

      War People Office Who Know Have It Never...

      in the Pall heart Mall of a woman but such , " instances who thereon as this received are few and an appointment far between and However , as a it rule is ; reall , the y time " civil now ele that ment a " stop has should it all its be own put way to a , . villanous wholesome , monopol reform . y , and we look to Mr . Card well to effect the

      The Indiscriminating British Audience.

      THE INDISCRIMINATING BRITISH AUDIENCE .

      Lane Pantomimes . " Puss In Do Bo Not Ot...

      Lane Pantomimes . " Puss in do Bo not ots " answer was withdrawn in hot weather a month — - before even at Easter Drury , ment i for n the the promised full productio tide of , however n an of almost the , that leg unprecedented itimate the pantomime drama success ; should but , the to be m manage ake revived way - promise on Easter was Monday more than , " with kept new , but dresses the fickle and appointments public changed . " their The the minds having holiday , a been nd the folks played Christmas flocked to indifferent p by iece thousands has houses now to for been see a fortni withdra in January ght wn . , What after and sp February irited experiment , they altogether has failed ignored . in April , and Mr . Chatterton ' s The wojrst part of the story is , however , that a capital play b ( which y Bay , had Bernard it been , founded produced on Victor as the H sole ugo ' s Easter "Les Mise attraction rable * " , share would , by success its magnificent , and probabl scenery y a three alone months , have commanded ' run ) has suffered a fair from its association with the unfortunate " Puss in Boots" has likewise been shelved . "What can be more provokingly is illog In withdr this ical instance than awn the and , the proceedings comparativel house is crammed of y the empty " public the on ni in the g affairs ht ni the ght pantomime theatrical on which ? been it is reproduced , to a certain , ; whi extent le a p at lay least which , successful , if given , alone is consequentl , must have y damned . theat disgust It would re . altogether As serve it is , us , he a ri nd g has ht give if fallen Mr up . back cat Chatterton ering on for Shakespeare were our a to musement shut for up the his in present would be , and a theatrical the capricious man public 1 is quite satisfied ; but who ager

      A Song For Snobs.

      A SONG FOR SNOBS .

      What Has The Young Duke Of Edinburgh Don...

      What has the young Duke of Edinburgh done that the musithey cians were and rhymesters down on should him with be ' so a hard string upon of l him yric ? balderdash Last year cry about after a " him Sailor with Prince an appeal . " This to season God to they " bless are in the full Gala hue tea and . " poet This Jeel is profane the subject . We . admit They that have most not probabl possibl y , composer ny idea th and at published their unite at d supp two lication shillings to , savo heave urs n to got less up on enthu good siastic paper ears , and of to irrever be sought ence . from Such abo , however ve upon , is one the of case the . If commissioned a blessing is really ships musical board in Her of Majesty devotion her , why ' s ? Navy should The , beca Prince there use of a be Wales any p of li has th mit e been royal to this in famil all sty y sorts l is e of Why of places not , then and has invoke travelled benedictions by all ki , p nds ublished of conveyances at two shillings lately . , upon which the have various been hotels honoured , asses by , railway recent association saloons , and with stat his e coaches Royal ferenc Highn e es s ? oth W er h e qu ally select worthy obj e Duk ects e of of British Edinbu enthusiasm rgh in pre- ? A hymn to the great Prince Christian ' cab , or to the little way Prince , and ss B full eatrice of the ' s d most oll would orthodox be both profanity excellent . But things to come in their to the attenti point ve , to the his young duties Duke and is a no od doubt a very seaman excellent . It becomes youth , therefore , profanity apart , , a piece go of average cruel vulgarity to hunt him , up priate every music now . and His then papa as a has subject been for rendered silly rhym too e and illustrious approalr tleman eady— too for much it is . possible With such to exalt a lesson even before a great him and he good must gen feel - to esp serve ecially him grat up eful continuall to those y as a standing are doing comic their dish cr , ingi I ng best

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 24, 1869, page 188, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_24041869/page/12/