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    • " MA UVAIS SOLD A TI"
    • ¦— - 1 — !¦ - - 11 MARTYRED SINNERS.
    • AN INE VITAB LE INFERENCE.
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      3o The Tomahawk. [^^25,1868.

      3 O THE TOMAHAWK . [^^ 25 , 1868 .

      " Ma Uvais Sold A Ti"

      " MA UVAIS SOLD A TI "

      Chatham Has Gone Mad. The Local Brain Ha...

      Chatham has gone mad . The local brain has been comp Sappers letely turned and Miners by the , has honour done Lieutenant the place b Prince y deigning Arthur to , permit of the himself It is not to be often quartered that a Prince there . takes his residence in Chatham been Dockyard made , and the most the happy of . Not and ausp a field icious up -day event nor has a dinner consequentl , not y court-martial nor an 11 amateur UbVf theatrical 4 performance ¦*¦> - » - has taken

      p * - » lace ^ y \* pped + M . W without AAAbb by . A . W 1 LVX the His M . V whole ^ i . U Roy . ( A 4 staff JL al Hi of ghness V gallant . X V ** -4 * V . being . LX ^« A officers . & m ** ^ brought ** M . V * who i ^ AAbWAA out compose , and wor — the — — - garrison Now , . so long as this enthusiastic devotion to the Royal subaltern disapprove was , but confined could onl to non y tolerate -official it occasions ; but it the is time public for mig the ht disci whole pline nation are to comp cry out letel when y ignored all the and rules set of aside order at Chatham b and y the military

      tufthunting every commandant His Royal official nobodies Hi duty of ghness the who in which garrison ta are kes now it precedence and pleases congregated his own Prince of commanding everyone Arthur to els assist officer e . , the In , playing Royal subaltern quite a secondary even while part mastering in the the proceedings difficulties , and of the the goose majors step . Not , is supported long , ago by a company a bevy of of grey Sappers headed colonel and Miners s and by returned their comrades to head-quarters at a banquet from Abyssinia in honour , of and the were occasion entertained . The Prince could not even leave these worthy soldiers to enjoy

      themby selves a visit for a of sing inspect le afternoon ion in , but the interrupted middle of the their entertainment meal . The Chatham Gazette thus describes this unseemly proceeding : — them " Whilst , Prince the Arthur men , . accompanied were discussing by Major the good -General things Simmons placed , before C . B ., and the most sergeants of the were officers interrogated of the corps by H , went Royal round Hig hness tables , who , and shook all hands with them in a most kind and hearty manner , and it needed no

      bronzed observant warriors eye to , note and how how hig deep hly ly this they gracious felt that act this was , and prized the few by these kind words enough addressed for all the to toil them and by hardshi their ps noble they officer had und , was ergone reward . " ample and taken What of is such to be sickening said to this toady ? ism Wh 1 y is The not Commander some official -in-Chief notice , to if a condemn few of these the mischievous facts came to flunkey his knowledge ism , not , would only for be the the sake first

      the who of of the the appointment must service service , after , , but but all of in in , Prince be the the the interests interests Arthur greatest to of of sufferer the the the unfashionable little little . The Prince Prince fact corp himself himself is that s of ,. of Royal Major Eng -General ineers , - though Simmons well , C meant . B ., and , has , his thanks subordinates to the exertions , been rendered a lamentable failure . It would have been better to have iment gazetted of Foot His Guards Royal where Highness he would to have a commissio had a chance n in of a ¦ ¦ ¦ associating reg ¦ ¦ not with flunkeys , but with gentlemen h amongst whom itfv

      he are w ^^ F would ^^ r certainl ^ v ^ r ^ m ^ m ^ ¦ speedil ^ M ^ k y ^^ " ^ not ^ ^ ™ y ^™ altogether ^ v ^ have ^ " ^ " w m ^ m wm fallen ^* ^ v ^^ v w ^ m * , V an w into vrv ^ r unobjectionable * * his ^^ ^ ^ m ^ m ^ p proper ^^ p ^^ vf ^ w * place ^^ im » ^ , H V race ^ PMi . < v « v ^ Guardsmen ^ «^ , 4 V Slh but ^^ " * , ^ as ^^^ A *** a rule hunting , they is possess bad for common m . Perhap sense s it enough is not to too understand late even that now tuft for - the transfer to be carried out . ¦

      ¦— - 1 — !¦ - - 11 Martyred Sinners.

      ¦— - 1 — !¦ - - 11 MARTYRED SINNERS .

      Our We Many Have Acc Often Omplished Tho...

      our many have acc often omplished thought friends of requ to e write sting , some in pious one imitation or other of of the volumes learned entitled Alban " Lives Butler of ' s the " Lives Sinners of . the " The Saints materials , " a dozen , we moral are quite miht sure be , m would ade full prove as i to nstructive be equally . Neither abundant could , and there the be ¦ any doub g t as to the popularity y of the workimaginarsinners

      the bei ™ ^^ v ng ^^^^ day ^ ^^ ^ M alre ^ . v ^* ^^^ ^ ady vw Th w ^^ ^* e ^^ ' ^ r the w idea ^ v ^^^ leading ^ r has w ^ v ^^^ v ^^ been ^^ v v ^ r characters ^ n ^ b ^*^^^ recalled b ^^ ^ r ^ j ^^^ ^* ^^ ^^ in ^* v to ^^ ir the w our * ^^^ v ^ ^ b favourite h mind , ^ . " ^ v *¦ . ^^ ^^^^ H ^^ k by ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ fictions ^^^ the ^ y ^ ^^^ reflec ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ of - ^^ tion that a goodly list of martyrs might figure in the projected tediu book m , just which as they invariab do l in y accompanies Dr . Butler ' s , thereby contemp relieving lation the of other of the pe Ladies ople ' s ' unmixed Treasury bliss has . suggested A paragraph this impro in the ve hist ment n , umber as we

      Our We Many Have Acc Often Omplished Tho...

      lowing decided effect ly consider : — it , on our original notion . It is to the folmedical " High men -heeled have boots been and writing shoes very are severel universal y against , notwithstanding them . They that say the that size the of fashion the cal causes f , and corns thus , make cramps s the , lameness leg lose at its an symmetry early age . " , lessens recluses Who are shall more say , ready after to this undergo , that saints the pains , cenobites of martyrdom , hermits , than and the Zoo sinners can boast of the their fashionable Cecilias and world A ? Hy prepared de Park to and surfer the

      viate any amount from the of practice torture rather of the than faith deny that gneses is the in , princi them . ples As and for the denot size yet of the universally calf dwindling the fashion and the to expose leg losing them its to symmetry public view , it is ; and and until shoes it will shall consol become e themselves so the wearers with remembering of high-heele d boots , on the thoug unknown omne h they i is gnoium invariably be pro hidden magnifico exaggerated must princi . perforce But ple the , the be cramp excellence felt s and and corns it is ,

      flesh here . that Alban the heroic Butler sp indeed irit , of martyrdom assures , us steps , that in there to ; def is good the ture reason s , the to sublime believe consciousness the early martyrs that they scarcel were y felt bearing their testi tor- - than mony compensating to the truth of for the the doctrines natural for infirmity which they and suffered sensitiveness more of their nerves . No doubt it is a like sense of stern fidelity to

      their delicate _ lofty ^ a virg mission ins _ _ disregard here - _ ' below - _ the ^ torments that ^ makes ^ m to tender which ^ k Fashion maidens A ^ con and - demns them . Should anybody feel inclined to put their fortitude denied on a lower that and they less are superhuman animated ground by that , at self any -same rate spirit it cannot which be made " the Spartan smile in dying . "

      An Ine Vitab Le Inference.

      AN INE VITAB LE INFERENCE .

      Is We Doomed Are . In Its A Position Ear...

      is We doomed are . in Its a position early and to announce final extinction that the can crinoline be demonstrated , at length , by a study of the contents of the following official paragraph : — they " Fashion are quite is discarded not xmanimous ; by ladies in regard beyond to twenty crinolines -five . they By young are worn girls . " ment At as first exceeding we were ly inclined simple ; to but regar a little d the reflection foregoing has announce satisfied - us that it is profoundly subtleand that for a due appreciation b

      well of ^ W ^^ it Vp ^ h ^ enoug B we ^^ V ^^ ^ B ^ must v mm h informed w *^ ¦ ** v ^ read ^> ^^ ^^ v ^ b ^ b « 0 between w ^* to ^ v ^^ r know w ^ —^ v ^ ^* ^^^ , V the that " ^^^ p-av ^^^ lines forty ^ F ^ v ^ v v v ^ . th ^^ r Can w ou ^^ r ^> s an v ^ anybod v * ^ d ladies W ^ ^^^ y <^ ^^ who ^^ ^ falsi ^ ^ p ^ h ^ w is v ^ - fied sudden their grow ages so at remarkably the last census ingenuous , believe as that to notif they y will to the all whole of a w Horace orld that ' s Jewish they friend have att would ained not the be age quite of so twenty credulous -five ? as Even that .

      ticklish Twenty-five time , . and Wise the men year know s that that thereabouts irls are better adjacent unmarried lie , is a that till two if they or three rem and ain twenty in that ; but condition wise g women much are beyond equall it y , aware their Twenty co affairs mplete , ^ five d make m years osthenic their constitute language possessor a quarter , must feel that be of considere a she ce ntury has d made , desperate and whe a bi n g .

      hole itious into to half female a one frankness . It is . , therefore Far more , ladies scarcely would an be age found proto p confess that Uiey were fifty than that they were twenty-five . eno It b ugh ecome to s co obvious mmence , therefore earing a , that noli n ne obody at the will latter be p si e m riod ple , wh go e without n it is o it nc . disti In fac nctl t , were y understood we to star that t with girls the under supposition that age ^ ^ laid b I lfl ^^^ down ^^ w ^^ F * V A 4 . in mi ^ mm ¦ the ^ ^ ^ ^ r ¦ paragrap wir . ^ « v «^ b ^ W ^ h ^*« v we - * ^^ have ^¦ —n -v ¦ v ^^ quoted ^^ 1 ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ , and ™ «>^ ^* W to ^ ^ i ^ argue w ^ w ^^ % ^^^ ^^ ¦ ¦ upon ^ m m ^ ^ iv «¦

      surdum it literally . , we rhaps should our infallibl readers y b may e landed think in a that reductio many ad ladies abin above discarding twenty-fiv cri e nolines have been , in order reduced to app to ear that to condition be below alread it . Be y to th , at middle as it may -aged , we matrons feel co will nvinced be more that , classical under the in regime their drapery alluded do even ubt for n the their same daug reason hters , — just they as have for some been little going time about —and rather no

      to more be nake mater d , pulchrd if anything ft lid , tha ptelchrior n the real juveniles as seized . The upon ambition a good many dames quite innocent of Latinity ; and we are quite sure that thin they out will of deference allow th to emselve a mere s to be cut edict out . It is clear ung therefore gs , that crinoline is round its last paper legs . , ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 25, 1868, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_25071868/page/2/