Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890.Various
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Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890.
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Un artichaut barigoule 12fr.
Un châteaubriand 16 "
1 sole 10 "
1 noix de veau 10 "
1 homard 25 "
1 salade 3 "
1 caneton aux navets 25 "
6 écrevisses 15 "
Hors d'oeuvre 5 "
Une assiette de fruits 16 "
Whenever it may be the lot of any distinguished Member of the Upper
House to be sent to the Tower of London, or a Member of the Lower to be
shut up in the Clock Tower, the Provisional Government for the time
being will know what to charge for its provisions. The _restaurateur_
addressed his little account, "_À Sa Magesté (sic) Louis
Philippe-Robert_ ('ROBERT' was in it) _Duc d'Orléans_." In styling _Le
Petit Duc_ "His Majesty" the artful _restaurateur_ evidently had in view
a future _restauration_. The _restaurateur_, who expected to provide the
young Duke of ORLEANS with a second dinner, of course quoted SHAKSPEARE,
and exclaimed enthusiastically--
"I must go victual Orleans forthwith!"
_Henry V., Part I., Act I., Sc. 5._
But the youthful Duc or Duckling wasn't to be caught and stuffed a
second time.
* * * * *
A SATURDAY SERIES.--"Hunters' Dams" was the heading of an article in
last week's _Saturday Review_. As the counter-jumper politely says,
"What will be the next article?" We look forward with interest to
"Shooters' Swearings," "Anglers' Affirmations," "Coursers' Curses," and
a few others that may suggest themselves.
* * * * *
ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-ETCHERS.--At the pleasant Gallery, 5A, Pall
Mall East, is a good show of needle-work. One of the most prolific
contributors is a certain clever gentleman whose name may possibly be
familiar to some of our readers, one REMBRANDT VAN RHYN, who sends no
less than a hundred works.
* * * * *
MODERN TYPES.
(_By Mr. Punch's Own Type-Writer._)
No. III.--THE YOUNG M.P.
[Illustration:]
For the proper production of the young M.P. there are many receipts, but
only one is genuine. Take a rickety boy, and provide him with a wealthy
father, slightly flavoured with a good social position and political
tastes. Send him to a public school, having first eliminated as much
youthfulness as is compatible with continued existence. Add some
flattering masters, and a distaste for games. Season with the idea that
he is born for a great career. Let him be, if possible, verbose and
argumentative, and inclined to contradict his elders. Eliminate more
youth and transfer hot to a University. Add more verbosity, and a strong
extract of priggishness. Throw in a degree, and two speeches at the
Union. Set him to simmer for two years in a popular constituency, and
serve him up, a chattering pedant of twenty-four, at Westminster.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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