Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 24, 1894 — John Shaqi
Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 24, 1894Various
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Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 24, 1894
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English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Punch, Or the London Charivari
Volume 107, November 24, 1894
_edited by Sir Francis Burnand_
THE HAYMARKET HEROINE.
[Illustration: A THRILLING MOMENT; OR, GO IN AND WYNN.
THE REV. STEPHEN WYNN STARTLED BY A WOMAN WITH A GOOD MANY TAILS ABOUT
HER!]
Says Mrs. PATRICK CAMPBELL, "Wasn't I a quite first ranker, eh?
As A. PINERO'S--_the_ PINERO'S--_Second Mrs. Tanqueray?_
We know that reputations great have often been, and _are_ made,
By such a part, but not by Mister ARTHUR JONES'S barmaid.
Though _then_ there was a chance when both the men began to gamble;
Yet--no--I never cared for it," quoth Mrs. PATRICK CAMPBELL.
"When at the T. R. H. I feared, and so did Mr. TREE,
That HADDON CHAMBERS hadn't an apartment fit for me.
_Kate Cloud_ is rather hazy; but they said 'there will for _you_ be
"_bus_,"'
(Theatrical for 'business')--which seems to me _in nubibus_.
For I'm a shady heroine of squalor not romance,
For passion and emotion I have barely got a chance.
I'm in a yacht both first and last, and what becomes of _me_ }
I am not very certain, and no more is Mr. TREE, }
As at the finish both of us are thoroughly at sea. }
For the villain there's CHARLES CARTWRIGHT, and, speaking for myself,
I Preferred him when, more villainous, he was at the Adelphi.
They talk a deal of Pat-mos (a name that sounds like two),
A mixture of Hibernian that's 'Pat' with 'Moss,' He-_brew_,
This coupled too with _John-a-Dreams_,--of course there's no offence
Intended, yet it _has_ a smack of some irreve_rence_.
The play's successful to a point, the critics say 'no doubt of it,'
But were I Mister TREE I would cut thirty minutes out of it.
I finish with no postscript, I commenced with no preamble,
And sign myself devotedly, your PAULA PATRICK CAMPBELL."
[Illustration: UNDER A CLOUD; OR, AN OXFORD (COMPACT) MIXTURE.
HAROLD and HUBERT were two pretty men,
Puzzled by plot when the clock strikes ten.
Up jumps HAROLD, "A cloud in the sky!"
"Comrade!" cries HUBERT, "how's _that_ for high?"]
* * * * *
NEW AND OLD.
(_By One who prefers the Old._)
Soft hair that ripples like a lake
What time the water-lilies wake,
Fair rosy cheeks and eyes of blue,
Clear windows that the soul sees through,
A moving grace, a brow of snow:
Such were the girls we used to know.
But now we tremble as we spy
Woman's advancing majesty:
The flashing eyes, the brows that knit,
The ready tongue all themes to fit,
The heavy stride--the hose in hue
Unlike her eyes and deeply blue.
Gone are the locks of golden brown
That hung on gleaming shoulders down:
Close-cropped as never Roundhead knave
In sternest times aspired to shave,
Not MILTON'S self, however blind,
To toy with such had felt inclined.
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