Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Mot by a Member.
(_During the Debate on the Second Reading of the Parish Councils
Bill._)
FOWLER was longish, LONG was even longer,
MORE was much less so, STANHOPE little stronger;
But HENEAGE even when brief's sublime
He's not for Hene-age, but for all (our) time!
What a relief after such thrice-skimmed milk
To get truth's cream from ROLLIT and from DILKE!
* * * * *
THE LATEST "GLASS OF FASHION."--The dress fashioned of spun-glass, as
a royal robe for the Princess EULALIA of Spain, and exhibited at the
Chicago World's Fair.
* * * * *
[Illustration: "RESH'PROSH'TY."
M. CARNOT. "WELL, OLE F'LER, WE'VE ALL HAD JOLLY GOOD TIME--AN' I'M
GOING T' AMNESTY EV'RYB'Y!! YOU--DO--SAME!!"
TZAR. "LEAVE THAT T' ME. BY TH' WAY--COULD YOU 'BLIGE ME--TRIFLIN'
LOAN?"]
* * * * *
"BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY."
(_Rudyard Kipling passim._)
TOM'S uncle by his will
Left TOM in greatest glory.
There _was_ a codicil--
"But that's another story."
PHIL wooed a fair one, KATE;
She met him _con amore_.
The damages were great--
"But that's another story."
HUGH'S rent (for an address!)
Was far and wide _in ore_.
His suite now costs him less--
"But that's another _story_."
Of readers not a few
Deem RIDER HAGGARD gory.
We have MACBETH, it's true--
"But that's another story."
One JOSEPH was enrolled--
Though now a sort of Tory--
A Williamite of old--
"But that's another story."
Some maids would make it known
They'll wait till locks are hoary,
But wed for love alone--
"B u t t h a t 's another 'story.'"
* * * * *
IN BLACK AND WHITE.
(_A Modern Glove Romance._)
THAT pair of gloves you wore when first we met
Were what you called, I think, a "pair of loves."
You won them from your cousin on a bet--
That pair of gloves.
Now as to colour, this or that shade proves
A shade expensive, runs you into debt.
Tan's universal, while a tint of dove's
Particularly nice for evening. Yet
Black with white stitching most my fancy moves,
And such were yours. I never can forget
That pair of gloves.
* * * * *
[Illustration: TOO COSTLY.
_The Vicar._ "DEAR, DEAR, MRS. PRICKLES, I REGRET TO HEAR THAT MRS.
BROWN HAS TREATED YOU SO SHAMEFULLY. I SHOULD COUNSEL YOU TO HEAP
COALS OF FIRE ON HER HEAD----"
_Mrs. P._ "AH, SIR--THAT'S WOT I _WOULD_ DO, AS SOON AS LOOK AT 'ER:
BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT AT ONE-AN'-NINEPENCE A 'UNDERDWEIGHT!"]
* * * * *
RHODES TO ----?
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