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    • TjETB PETTICOA T PARLIAMENT.
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      The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...

      THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE" INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . "

      No. 75.] London, October 10, 1868. [Pric...

      No . 75 . ] LONDON , OCTOBER 10 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .

      Tjetb Petticoa T Parliament.

      TjETB PETTICOA T PARLIAMENT .

      Miss Leonora Loring , M.P., To Miss Cami...

      MISS LEONORA LORING , M . P ., TO MISS CAMILLA SHARP . 3 Poet 2 ' s Oih Corner June , , W 1870 estminster . , My dearest Camilla , —I promised I would keep you " au fait interest " of you our proceedings take in the doings in Parliament of those , who as I have know at what last deep succeeded in forcing the male creatures to admit them to their

      proper darling , sp are here still —the bravel Senate y pursuing of their your native self Land -elected ! You mission , my poor —to diffuse among the brutal tribes of African savages the knowrig ledge hts of of that woman great amongst divinity the , Fashion besotted , and natives to advocat of the e Land the divine of the House Sun . , We which , your we sisters have had at home such , a lolling trouble on to the enter " fauteuils , do not ' forget of the you Our toiling hearts , leap poor like dear the , in bounding those deserts kangaro of o broiling across barbarism the le .

      foam of ocean , and skip , like the antelope over the torrid purp sands , to Phcebus kiss your . cheek , bronzed with the kisses of the amorous our Alas island 1 my home Camilla ! Those , there horrid have been men troublous have been times at their in this vile tricks again . But I must not anticipate . when You we can found imag that ine the we , the smile nobler of rapture and the that gentler lit up sex our , had faees a

      majority dear Radical Whig Mr and , . and in Mill Tory the to -will House , range of call Liberal . ours us We angels elves and had , Conservative a ) agreed , on united the to band side forget , of of of Aristocrat the our women names suffering ( that and of thraldom sisters . Till of the Woman Beast was all minor completely differences emancipated wereby from mutual the agreement Camilla , when , to be , like buried a , gorgeous in oblivion flock . It of was birds a of solemn , variegated sight , the plumage noisy , , we pushing advanced pack to of take slovenl the oaths y , sombre ! How -clothed different males from all ¦ jabbering and «¦*•(¦» ~ M > chattering l like a disturbed colony of jackdaws , !

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      they ought gabble to be whi over pped the ! oaths I did . propose That clerk a motion , or whatever to that he effect is , , but took Utrecht it our . jdid velvet seats not come and ( the embossed on new for discussion House leather is , . all beautiful However done by ! , at Gillow such length ^ ; vely and we then Lords the I ) . Th Ladies at Priscilla ' Gallery Prim I wh ( y who , it ' s pretends as big as to the be short old House -sighted of tKat --she she wanted may conceal to steal her nasty foot-stool pink . eyes But with Leonora green knows spectacles how ) my lieve to defend that the her horrid rights ; old I gave fright her got such up on a look the . second You'll ni not ght be of - flirting the ^ Session , as if to men propose were of a any bill of use pains at all and except penalties to flirt against with !

      that Not that Emil I y should did , going like on to with make Mr such . Bri an ght exhibition , putting of her myself curls as ( I know Mr . Mill they who are is fal such se ) ri a g darling ht in his ! face I had , and such doing a deli it ghtful all at dear chat had with heard him , in such the a tea good -room maiden the other speech nig as ht mine ; he said was . he I never could have kissed his dear old forehead . You remember the majesty in of that for some brow filace , Camilla or . other But I th believe at Roebuck f only , by who the absolutel very - «^ + grossest y got

      bribery ^^ Jb ^ k ^^ ^ to «^ and ^^ w 0 9 r ^^ intimidation ^^ vr WV mr ^^ ^ ^^ F W A A ^^ ( thoug , m 9 ^ r ^^ h ^^ it ^^ was ^^ Jh ^^ J all *•* " m hush ^ *»^ ^ r v ed mm up ^^ — ) m - ^^ ; . ^^ *« but r ^ . r ** a * ^ there curmud he geon was as , frowning he is . and He actuall growling y proposed away like th an at the old female crusty than members twice , as in he the calls same us evening , should , not and be for allowed no longer to than speak twenty more that minutes that ! ! great But genius Gladstone is quite soon with snubbed us now him ? . thoug Did h he I tell did you opvou pose shoul shoul us for d d so have have long seen seen ; but the the he love love has of of such a a waistcoat waistcoat a noble heart th that at ; dear dear and Miss Miss then you

      poured and Becker Maltese in worked upon crosses him for , him and , , to would all say embroidered have nothing set him of with the up i lfleurs in slippers the Burling de which Us " - ton Arcade for life . But I am wandering a little from the main Of course point . the Address to the Crown was voted unanimously , but during we the adde season , d a clause , and , not entreating to let the so many Queen peop to g le ive come more to balls the because Drawing 90 the « - rooms selfish 4 b . Of creatures course \ + , most hate of the the trouble men opposed of taking the us clause but ,

      we p ^ T ^^ ^^^ had * W * r * m ^ k * our A A ^^ friends V ^ ^^^^^^ A ^^* and fc ^ LW ^ ^ W soon * A ^^ ^^ ^^ WV settled W ^^ ** *¦ * ^^ ** them ^^ ** * " ^ A , ^^ c ^^ arry * v ** ^ ing ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ % it ^^ ^^ by ; ^^ an ^^ whips overwh , and elming they majority dress , . in I such must a tell beautiful you we costume 've got , two like lady that pretty they carry flower little giri who gold belongs whips , which to the French they crack Jockey so Club sweetl , and y when once : — there that wicked is a division old quiz — , so Bern that al Osborn everybod e , y will knows have his them joke at , and JmlMI he calls one of them ¦¦ " Jockey of Norfolk" because she

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      the a confusion dear dar l owing ing bishops to all came the ladies to hear of her the , and House there wanting was quite to shake hands with the Bishop of Oxford , who presented the course gigantic . petition The Speaker in favour was very of the rude motion , and — said in the that other if honourable House of members did not know how to behave themselves they had we better hope adjourn to carry to the the election tea-room of . Miss The Becker old wretch , as Speaker ! However , before ,

      next " it is Session really , too for much the present for him man . " is going to resign , as he says not motions I don ' what t and think bills all I this ever ( not is shall household very get important to the bills serious . thank My part heavens head of is my so ! letter full Papa of ; dull does that all that a little now gossi ) , and p comes then , my to you precious just , as dear delicious , you must as a be glass so of claret cup in that country of blacks and dust .

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 10, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_10101868/page/1/