(_With a grieved air._) Yet there’s some who’d close such vistars to their poor down-trodden sistars, And persuade ’em, if they’re offered votes, politely to refuse! Say they do not care about ’em, and would rather be without ’em-- Oh, I haven’t common patience with such narrer-minded views! _Spoken_--No!---- _Chorus_--Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings, &c. And it’s females--that’s the puzzle!--who petition for the muzzle, Which I call it poor and paltry, and I think you’ll say so too. They are not in any danger. Let ’em drop the dog-in-manger! If they don’t require the vote themselves, there’s other Ladies do! _Spoken_--And---- _Chorus_--Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings, &c. [_Here the singer will gradually retreat backwards to the rear of the stage, open his crush-hat, and extend it in an attitude of triumph as the curtain descends._ VII.--THE FRANKLY CANAILLE. Any ditty which accurately reflects the habits and amusements of the people is a valuable human document--a fact that probably accounts for the welcome which songs in the following style invariably receive from Music-hall audiences generally. If--_Mr. Punch_ presumes--they conceived such pictures of their manner of spending a holiday to be unjustly or incorrectly drawn in any way, they would protest strongly against being so grossly misrepresented. As they do nothing of the sort, no apology can be needed for the following effusion, which several ladies now adorning the Music-hall stage could be trusted to render with immense effect. The singer should be young and charming, and attired as simply as possible. Simplicity of attire imparts additional piquancy to the words:-- THE POOR OLD ’ORSE. We ’ad a little outing larst Sunday arternoon; And sech a jolly lark it was, I shan’t forget it soon! We borrered an excursion van to take us down to Kew, And--oh, we did enjoy ourselves! I don’t mind telling _you._ [_This to the Chef d’Orchestre, who will assume a polite interest._ [_Here a little spoken interlude is customary._ Mr. P. _does not venture to do more than indicate this by a synopsis, the details can be filled in according to the taste and fancy of_ _the fair artiste:--“Yes, we did ’ave a time, I can assure yer.” The party: “Me and_ Jimmy ’Opkins;” _old_ “Pa Plapper.” _Asked because he lent the van. The meanness of his subsequent conduct._ “Aunt Snapper;” _her imposing appearance in her “cawfy-coloured front.”_ Bill Blazer; _his “girl,” and his accordion._ Mrs. Addick _(of the fried-fish emporium round the corner); her gentility--“Never seen out of her mittens, and always the lady, no matter how much she may have taken.” From this work round by an easy transition to--_