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    • DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
    • WINDSOR SOAP.
    • • ¦ ¦¦ " ,-• •A PITEOUS CASE.
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      Promenade Concerts May Now Be Looked Upo...

      mass love for of the well peop executed le of our orchestral country music . , which is now possessed by the Garden The Entrepreneur is Mr . John Russell of this year h ' s Promenade mafairlbe Concerts comlimented , at Covent having , got together a first- , rate Band , y under y the direction p of upon two excellent conductorsSignor Bottesiniand Herr Johann Strauss .

      Pur-, , the suant wo to c s us o f great , a c masters ertain n ; um whilst ber of , in evenin other gs cases have , the en programmes devoted to not have other represented wise than what significant is supposed , tha to t be the the be popular st attend taste ance . It hav is e a b fact een , obtained on those nights when the first-half of the programme contained

      classical music only . Thursday le assembled last was to a hear * 'Spohr a concert night , " i and ch wa an s o immense ened b concourse an excellent of peop py work performance isin all of respects the symp hony production known as of the a ma " Power sterand of Sound t was . p " leasin This g

      to mark , the earnest X attention , -L with which every movement , was heard A b y the vast audience . The band left but little to desire in their execution of the three first movements , but , with the Largketto and Allegretto other ( which thin conclude the s intonation the work ) of the w drums ere not in F . w and ell C . lease was d not ; amongst what it gs ,

      should have been , especially in the case of the C . drum , which was diswork tinctly s whic and h unp S le o asantl hr has y left flat . The the w symp orld hon and y its el f is amon nev gst er th written e finest anything else it p would be hard to say how , high he should rank amongst the the masters weaknesses of his of ar his t . As personal it is , h character owever ¦ h , he are comp ¦¦ apparen i osed ¦» i a t wj ^ bu in ndantl his music y , and .

      S p ohr wa — — — s an — - — — ex -- c ee ~— d in - gl y va — — i n man —— — —r— , and ™ *^^ m ^ *»* dis m ^ m ^ m ^ mtf d ained ****** mm w ~ ¦ y , acco mm * ~^™ r ^™ ^» rding ^» ^~ ^~ ^™ l y ™ *>** , to *^ ^™ ^~ ™ pro » mt ^ ^» -m ^ - fit who by went that before rich store him of . experience His views in which regard had to been music acquired were , for b so y those great a well com -ni poser gh im , remarkab possible that ly li they mited should , and his be enlarged self-comp . lacenc Thus y it happened dered it

      that Spohr became the greatest of mannerists , and , it is scarcely too th mu at ch he could say that do . , in It heai is a -ing lovel the work " Power of wever Sound " y thos ou ha e who he do ard not all know it should take an early y opportunity , of , making themselves acquainted mt - with — - the — numerous — — - — ~— — - ^ beauties mm- — ' — - — — **^ which r W ^^^ « k ^^^^ the ^^ — W score mm * ^ tmT ^^ ^^ " ^^ will V 9 m ^****^ disclose " ^^ W m ^ m \ J ^^ mW ** m- ^ mW m *^ "i to ^ - * m ^

      them . to The Spohr other , were pieces the slow in that movement portion of from the programme the Violin which Concerto was ( devoted No . 9 ) , which Weist Hill p the layed overture with p to ure Jessonda tone and and delica the s t e g enti tim tled ent " by Love Mr . and H .

      , , , Courage o than . " The bod last will was care sung to b y eck Madame onused Jetty to m Treffz ake s , who & , furore more years with agyy , Kiicken to has ' tun robbed eful and the pal lad pabl of e her song voice , " Trab whilst , Trab it has . " not Time , we lied regre her t with say an , equivalent X --- _ , j in the _ y sh - ap ^ - e of artistic -- , - _ - training ^ y . She _ supp understands

      her amongst publi the c , however audience , , and she , al was though much there applauded was a , diversity and , in her of op second inion song , received the honour of a double encore . The remainder of the concert would scarce call for notice were it not for Herr Johann Strausswho conducts his own dance music in such

      fashion that it may fairly , be said that valses and polkas were never properl can y exceed heard the in England and until we Herr Strauss addthe crossed humour the channel which . he Nothing infuses into his pretty grace music , and , the may peojxle , seemed as though they would never weary of listening . About this period of the evening the audience

      began to encore everything , and the result was that the concert , which in the it u s ori u g ly inal late condition hour of half was -past of reasonable eleven . No length matter , became whether protracted the piece to or of — — music a — simp — ^ - was le — — ballad ¦— — an - - athletic sung - ^ j b performance ^ y Mr . Wilford on the Morgan p iano , b a y certain Mr . J . M portion j _ . Wehli of ,

      those the peop who le kept were up desirous such a that persistent the programme clamour for should its repetition be proceeded that with , , were fain to give way in the cause of peace and quietness . The result lost their is easil temper y imag , and ined the — other the band half was left tired the theatre to death from , half having the audience had a admirabl surfeit of music was , broug so the ht consequence to an inglorious was that conclusion the concert by a , slovenl which began

      -^ formance «^ 4 * m % » * m \ WV 9 ** T mm y T of , T the V M- ^ ¦ - * ¦ - overture * * ^^ T ^ to ^ Auber mt ^ t ^ ' s " ^^ Philtre ^ " ^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^ , " minus ^^ ^ " ^ mj the ^^^ introductory ^^ ^^ y J per J . ^^ movement . almost The too system intolerable of encoring to be everything borne , and is the reall sooner y becoming that artists a nuisance protest against examp ^* mr V ^^ Wm ^ « W le ^^^ it ; mW , nothing en *** ^ masse J ^ % wil , the ^ l ^ induce better ^^ ^^ him . Mr to . sing Sims f ^ % twice —m- Reeves m-r over - has , in - set fact - — a it — — cap some .. ital __ - ^ . -

      times happens that he cannot be got to sing at all ! If others , however demands , would which be as are firm so frequentl as he is in y made declining by certain to accede portions to the of extravagant the pxiblic , x experienced real benefit b would y the be artists wrought themselves , and , one as by which those would who be go as sensibl to hear y hem .

      220 The Tomahawk. [September 28, 1867.

      220 THE TOMAHAWK . [ September 28 , 1867 .

      Capture Ok Another. Bull.—One Of The Que...

      Capture ok Another . Bull . —One of the questions to be consilered nth the by the Irish Social railways Science ? " Lord Congress Dufferin will rep be lies , " , What " To be is to of be any done use , > edad I they must be taken up by the Government . "

      Double Acrostic.

      DOUBLE ACROSTIC .

      Methinks Or The One It Numbered Strange ...

      Methinks Or the one it numbered strange these be two should t the go other together , Yet ' tis so , and it makes m amongs e wonder whethe ; It was not Tubal Cain that killed his brother . ( 1 . )

      I hear thy deep reproachful voice Peal out the fatal hour ; To Learning ' s grim and frowning porch I fly from Love ' s soft bower . ( 2 . )

      I thoug Who ht he was cardinal a mig virtue hty clever did man , every possess ; I saw him lately , and behold , I saw J A young fool strutting in an old fool ' s dress . ( 3 , )

      Struck by the foul assassin ' s hand , He fell a corse within the gate . Long That time vengeance his blood came for comp vengeance lete , thoug cried , h late . (\ 41 . )*

      Full He oft preached upon the , his pul preaching pit ' s board was s the rage ; But the best sermon of his life He preached upon another stage . ( 5 . )

      The * - » - «^ sword and wit which 4 * 4 wanteth .. 4 this . 4 )* , Will hack but never cut . Such is the wit of hacks whose heads Were only meant to butt . ( \ 6 — . )

      We all profess that we ' are this Whene ' er we speak the truth ; If we do nothing but profess , How can we look for ruth ?

      Answer To The Last Double Acrostic. S S....

      ANSWER TO THE LAST DOUBLE ACROSTIC . S S . P . Q . ( R ) Q P Pichegru U A Adage E I Inkle E

      N Nankeen N Incorrect answex-s have been received from twenty-five correspondents .

      Windsor Soap.

      WINDSOR SOAP .

      Man Mr. Labouchere Somehow Or , Other Wh...

      man Mr . Labouchere somehow or , other whose to add aplomb his modicum is almost to proverbial a Continental , and who ages many burg if scandal not fracas a , Baron seems , with , to and one have from Farina come a p , leasant with who , fl it ying habit seems colours of , is creating a out chevalier of debts the aHndustrie last which Horn he - , has Cologne no . intention One of Mr to . Labouchere pay , is looked ' s friends upon recommended as the original him to Owe accep de t the noble # Farina fc mf ' s challenge 4 . But as the ¦ advice ¦ was V coupled V mmaT V~— - *« >~ with the

      ^ mrm % A ^^ ¦& J ^^ mmW ~ ~ ^^ t ? ^^ V ^ V ^ 4 ^ * * *^ # ^ mV ^ m ^ ~**** H mmm- ^ H * ^ « ^^ ^ V V ^^~^* ** V V «^ V"M ^^ ^ ^ mW W ^^ V W *^ ^ mV 4 ^ * T " ^^ ^— " - — reminded recommendation of a late to contest "Go in out and of Windsor which , he " the had honourable come with M anything . P . was but clean hands , and very wisely consented not to soil his gloves by touching Labouchere his has adversary behaved , the uncommonl Canaglia y . well Joking throug apart hout , the we affair believe . Mr .

      • ¦ ¦¦ " ,-• •A Piteous Case.

      • ¦ ¦¦ " ,- • A PITEOUS CASE .

      Praise The Them Great When Unpaid We Can...

      praise The them Great when Unpaid we can are . often At Whitehaven abused , justl the y and bench unjustl of y mag . Let istrates us lessnes have committed s in a coal to pit gaol , whereb with y hard they endangered labour three the pitmen lives of for five gross hundred careworkmen . This is a step in the right direction . No fine can be of any lessness avail in such is ve cases often , as criminal the pitmen is a doctrine club together which should to pay be it . more That widel carerecognised . ry If all institutions at Whitehaven are as sensible as the y bench of magistrates , the town will have to be re-christened Withaven .

      Lains News That From The Number The Seat...

      lains News that from the number the Seat of visitors of War to the . —The Exposition Imperial has Commission fallen off within comthe p last few weeks . Parbleti ! If they go and take the chairs from under them !

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 28, 1867, page 220, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_28091867/page/8/