Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, May 18th, 1895 |
RATHER "BOLD ADVERTISEMENT." SOCIAL AGONIES. 'ARRY AND THE NEW WOMAN. FAIR CHILDREN IN GRAFTON STREET. THE PRIVILEGE OF THE PRESS. LAW IN BLANK. THE OLD CRUSADERS! A LITTLE CHANGE. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Volume 108, May 18th, 1895.
edited by Sir Francis Burnand
HOP PROSPECTS. HOP PROSPECTS. Said Pulex the Skipper to Miss Cicada, "Do you expect a good Hopping Season this year?"
ODE TO A (LONDON) "LARK." (Some Way after Quisquis.) Oh, "lark," which all the "Comiques" sing, And every drunken rowdy pup, too; Sure you're a vicious, vulgar thing As ever toper swigged a cup to. Hints of the boozy and the blue Surround you; sodden brains you soften; Yet rhymsters make a song of you, And rowdies sing it—far too often. The aim of every loose-lipped lout Appears to be to "lark" divinely; When from his haunts he gets chucked out, He deems his "spree" has ended finely. He tracks the "lark"—aye, "like a bird," Upon the turf, among its "daisies"; But, by sweet Shelley, 'tis absurd, Foul bird of prey, to pipe your praises!
A Kind Offer.—A lady who is not well up in Parliamentary matters writes to us saying that she has seen mentioned in the papers "Mr. Speaker's Retirement Bill," and would very much like to know what the amount is. Her admiration for the late Speaker is so great that, our fair correspondent goes on to say, she would willingly defray the whole amount herself, or if the total be too much for her pocket, then would she cheerfully head a subscription list. She is perfectly certain that Mr. Peel was a very moderate man, and therefore the entire sum cannot be very startling.
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