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    • THE WEEK.
    • CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
    • JPUFF AND SMOKE,
    • lt MORDEN GRANGER
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      2y6 The Tomahawk. [December J8, 1869.

      2 y 6 THE TOMAHAWK . [ December j 8 , 1869 .

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      , READY SHORTLY , TO MA H A WK A L M A N A CK FOR 1870 . PRICE THREEPENCE .

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      London, December 18, 1869.

      LONDON , DECEMBER 18 , 1869 .

      The Week.

      THE WEEK .

      It Is Said That, As A Companion Decorati...

      It is said that , as a companion decoration to the Abyssinian Medal , a cross will be given to those soldiers who have taken part in the late reviews at Aldershott .

      There Is No Truth In The Report That Mr....

      There is no truth in the report that Mr . Ryder , the wellknown tragedian , made the trousers he wore in the character of the Baronet on the first night of Morden Grange .

      Tfie Emperor Napoleon Is Prepared To Do ...

      TfiE Emperor Napoleon is prepared to do anything for Liberty . He established that beneficent goddess in France by a coup d ^ tat % he now wishes to save her by a coup de grace . - \

      Let Those Happy Persons Who Dwell Near M...

      Let those happy persons who dwell near Metropolitan RaiLway extensions on the Thames Embankment take heed from the fate of the dining-hall of King ' s College . It is plain that , dramatically speaking , the Metropolitan Board of Works is a great success •¦ for only give them a strong part to playand they

      * i & ^ b ^^ ^ N ^^ f ^ w ^ v v ™^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ , j ^^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^^^ ^^ j ^ F ^ fc ^ " ^^ ^^ ^ — — — — — — m ^ u - ^ L — — — — ^ L — ^ M , — — — - ^ - ^^ w are pretty sure to " bring down the house . " Still , their proper place seems to be in the Sensation Drama , not in the monotonous respectable entertainment known as " everyday life . "

      A Correspondent Of The Daily Telegraph, ...

      A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph , " with an ear " as well as with an eye to abating- a nuisance , warns people to avoid crowded carriages on the Underground Railway , unless they have a fancy for musical performances executed with more m ^ p irit ¦ than ¦ v taste - ¦ - by minstrels who supply themselves - — any brass i i ——

      sp H ^ <^» ^ V ^^ " ^ " ^ ^ » ™ ™ ^^ - ^* , H w ^ ^ w ^ — — — — — — — — — - ^ m ^ . m - — — — — - — — — — ^ g — — — " ^ in which their instruments may be deficient . On revient touj ' ours a ses premiers amours . Music , who is said to have had her birth in a grotto in Greece , seems in her old age to find a pleasure in haunting Underground Greases .

      If It Be True That Unremitting Efforts T...

      If it be true that unremitting efforts to provide for the poor are one of the greatest marks of sanctity , St . Pancras ought to receive promotion in the celestial hierarchy . We learn from the uninterrupted succession of coroner ! s inquests , that he continues to do for _ - ¦ _ his - — paupers - at the usual rate . _ In his - instance __^__ . _ . the __

      q ^ - ^^ ^ ^^ - ^^ ^ ^ _ —r ^^ ^^ ^^ — --- — - , ^ . _ , odour of sanctity appears to be unusually strong and fatal . Another instance of their piety ! It appears that they are about to undergo a voluntary persecution at the hands of the law . They have allowed a writ to be served on them for £ 154 * being their costs ^^^ - ^^^ ¦ V ^^ ^ p V ^^ at r ~ m ^^ the ^ m ¦ — recent - - ~— — - ^~ - — — — Poor - — — -law enquiry " — - ^ 1 ^ g held — b - y m Mr , . ^ Be ~ ~ —^ " re ^^ " ^ , ^ M Q J ^^ J . C ^^^^ .

      This is most Christian resignation on the part of the Board money but is not must likel be y to paid prove , and a measure i f judgmen of sound t is al economy lowed to as go b he default , the sum will be increased by the usual legal expenses in such cases .

      Carried Unanimously.

      CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY .

      Clergyman It Is Not Of Often The That Ch...

      clergyman It is not of often the that Church a proposal , of England for getting is likel up y to a meet memorial with to the a are support so many of all differences classes . It of thoug generall ht y and happens opinion now , that , when a priest there who enjoys the respect and affection of those who agree with who his views do not , . is The looked late upon Rev . with William susp Harness icion and who dislike se recent by those distressing It is something death we now heartil -a-days y for dep a lore clergyman , is an exception to , have many to the friends rule . and share few of enemies the 11 former iui , and of \ % while the latter Aaitux Mr . he Harness probably xuuct u ^ had j knew x ^ uv > more not than uajlw * his A

      kindl oxicxj , w y and . . J . ^ generous xiiv ^ i , y j . Christian vnv has x * . \* ^ passed away vr , a Christian u one . . ** , nineteenth moreover , who century has . left Such his a mark man should on the have literary a memorial history of , and the we and shall at the be London glad to see and the Westminster subscription Bank lists , amount now lying to at a sufficient Coutts ' s , sum to carry out the scheme Mr . Harness ' s friends and admirers have in view .

      Jpuff And Smoke,

      JPUFF AND SMOKE ,

      Evenings The Child Are Closing Of The Pr...

      evenings The Child are closing of the Prairie in , and smokes as he smokes greatly he now ruminates that the winter not a little . He rests in his wigwam and opens a bundle of magazines . There selects are one Christmas , Tied to a numbers Corpse , and and { puff annuals ) praises by the it . score Why . does He - because mWvAUwv praise he lit it ? knows XV . XJLVS Because W J the L 1 I ^« he editor ^*>\~ LA tV thinks / 1 * and CiXlU it loves JL . beautiful KJ W 3 and « X . i .. H _*> ( s admires A- 7 noke aXXAX Wi ) , and I his 1 X 3 * not the |» ZAW marvellous works , also the Sel ,

      Annual editor ' s , ( smoke ) , and { puff finds ) two . or He three sheets opens of admirable gravia it { puff is that ) d there rawings are , b not y Charles more artists Collette like , him and . thinks He laughs what at a them pity heartily , for he finds them as clever and original as the small east cuts of in Temp a certain le Bar penny , are " stup comic id and " paper conventional , published . -somewhere Then he half opens of a an beautiful article { full puff of ) m virulent agazine abuse published of himself in Oxford { s ? no & e , )> reads and falls tranquilly off to sleep . ( Sleeps till next week . )

      Lt Morden Granger

      lt MORDEN GRANGER

      Tomahawk Very Frequently Likes Pieces Th...

      Tomahawk very frequently likes pieces that other critics declared abuse—abhors in favour plays of that Monte other Christo critics ( pronounced praise . For a instance failure , b he most of the papers ) ; and Monte Christo was an immense suc y - cess ( what . was He could the nam see e nothing of it ?) , great bedaubed in a comed with nauseous y at the Gaiety adulation Gaiety by was the reviewers withdrawn , and almost said at so once ; and . the On comedy these grounds at the Tomahawk is not a little proud of his inion theatrical

      matters . opupon Grange Now , , a a dramatic new piece version by F . of C Mark . Burnand Lemon , entitled ' s capital Morden novel , " It Wait is sh for arp the ly written End , " , has and been is free produced from that at the pest Queen of the ' s Theatre modern . situations stage—sensation , and ( not ; it a has little p ) lenty good of acting good . scenery On the , first some bl good ush , U one 11 O would WVU 1 U hav iiCVVV e J imagined ill ) H > glUV < U that l « "V it » b would nuUlW have UUVV been UVV 11 hailed UA 11 VU . by VJJ

      the the theatre critics with s for the app papers lause . Not generall so , however y write for . Those the stage who ; " do and " abuse The " writer was the of portion the Times " of article Mordeu upon Grange the . piece ( it couldn ' t have been kindly , scholarly , witty John Oxenford : of this showed Tomahaw an k animus is quite toward sure— s he Mr says . Burnand this in all th sober at was seriousness as unfair ) and as it Gru was b undignified Street , of ; impo it smacked tent revenge strong , ly and of disappointment literary small beer the Tide ; it was and s pite , " not of the criticism Tide ran . The upward critics s of one abused hundred Turn and 0 / sixty Grange ni , ghts , from a lit critics erary point abuse of Mor vie w en is Grange a better , and piece Morden than Turn of the Tide .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 18, 1869, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18121869/page/4/