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    • ANOTHER WHITE LIE?
    • QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR POOR-LAW INSPE...
    • CONFERENTIAL EXORDIUMS.
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      these Obnoxious Letters , " being a Dissertation on waste-paper currency . to Maturity The History , by of a Commercial Most Bills of Man Exchange of Undoubted , from their Standing Infancy — in his own opinion . Rogue The Asylum who has for managed Idiots to onl keep y—viz out ., of Whitecross it . " Street , by " A

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      November 23, 1867.3 The Tomahawk. 291

      November 23 , 1867 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 291

      Another White Lie?

      ANOTHER WHITE LIE ?

      Babington We See That White A " New (Who...

      Babington We see that White a " new ( who story is he from 1 ) is announced the learned for pen appearance of " Mr . in the " Belgravia Annual" ( what is it ?) . We believe we are guilty of no discourtesy to the fair ( or unfair , we leave the choice g of iving an ep the ithet following to our interesting reader ' s discretion extract ) from , author the of promised " Circe tale " in . It is scarcely necessary to say— " This is not a translation from

      the French " —for obvious reasons . If any one did make such a startling announcement , of course everybody would believe it ! raking "Alp up honse treas J ure ones in hurried the gutter down , by Regent the liquorice street , -water passed vendor the rag with -picker his until bell-decked he came can to and a policeman his oft repeated . He stopped cry of * There then and it is confronted , there it the is , * official , who was pulling the hood of his cape over the tip of his cocked hat i is — to I Jb * mean A * N » K 4 h * trunche . A helmet AAVAAAAVbJ , and «^ . a * 4 Sir resting a >*•>/« . »«« said C ^ his « 4 tt _ r Al hand UMtlU on V / AA the « . XX \* hilt UU I . \ of S * . his AXI ^ sword O W V ^ l V 4 . — ^~^^ that I lACCL

      is the house say , of the on Marquise . ' , ' Marie of phonse Thompson , " Can ? ' you 'But tell yes me , where Sir , ' said lives the on policeman the first , floor stroking of St his . moustache Montmartre and street imperial , No , . ' 6 the . ' Marquise * I thank you Sir , ' replied Alphonse , and he hurried on . passed " He the commenced gay coffee again shops his with promenade the merry down customers Regent seated street . outside As he jfau topped the rnal shop ro -fronts h und e was tables , drinking obli , and ed to re g a lasses bow ding cop of livery absinthe ies of now Illustration , leaning and again on and smal he the would l Amusing marble re-

      -, g . Crem cognize orn i e n , next the joyous the Baron groups Brompton a friend— . first As it he would approached be the an Conte eating of house —turned he bac reflected k and and entered hurried the on magazin —but e not . for many steps—he stopped at * * e Send raise at once counter , Madam ' some , " said fat-liver he , addr -pie essing and som the e lad cutlets y who of presided mutton with a sauce-made Tartar to Madam the Marquise of Thompson . ' Madam * ' * But the certainl Marquise y , Sir reside , * said ? ' the ' On shopwoman the first floor , ' but of St where . Montmarlre Sir does streetNo 6 ' lied Alphonseand he hurried

      " Five , minutes . , rep more and he had , passed the porter away ' s lod . , had bribed the woman concierge he loved , and . was in the presence of another man ' s wife , — of the as " he Marie entered who . was She kneeling glared on at him uprie and dieu cried before ' Oh a Madonna leave me , , looked I've con up - fessed *<*« mw **^> to w my *** J director ^•**** wvw * , j the % ** v Rev *\ v . V » . Mr ITii . Smith tJ U . ll . Ll ** , and U 1114 he 1 J . S-. lM has . tXa 1 forbidden VF 1 UlViVlClI me lllC to \\ J

      see '" you This . ' for all the abbes in the world J" cried Jones with a little listen shrug to of me his . shoulders First , let , me I ' throw ve a story a block to te of ll wood you Marie on the , and fire you . must And eating now to house begin . — Let But us stay wait , I' for ve it ord ?' ered breakfast-like-a-fork , from the fast " -like She -a sat -fork still , was as a bro statue ught with in and her ' eyes then fixed Jones upon commenced the fire , . the br ' Your eakhusband ~—wU ~» .. v ~ dear v . « , M » one uuw has UttO a M . hundred IIU 1 IU 1 CU thousand lllUUatl . XtU . of Ul rents ICIlln —~ — - what Wllill ! ' He IMC stopped r * * v -mi-L wh J and a aa J knelt % 1 i beside a her « ;

      ^ " At the mention of her husband . ' s name , poor Marie had fainted I " curios There ity , we of our think readers we have . For quoted the enoug sake of h to our have author piqued we the do the trust look that out none for of novelty the French ) , will be feuilletonists tempted to translate ( who are this always pretty on on little their tale for t the wou benefit ld scarce of l the be Parisian honest ! public . Such conduct pary

      The Nected A Turf Ring With Never That T...

      the nected A Turf Ring with never that the come Ring has . sing no le Bell ? A . . — Becaus Q . Wh e y they do are misfortunes always con on -

      Questions And Answers For Poor-Law Inspe...

      QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR POOR-LAW INSPECTORS .

      Answer Question . 1. A Who Thoroug Is Yo...

      Answer Question . 1 . A Who thoroug is your h supporter father ? of the Government , and a friend of ( ) . ( Here insert name of some member of the Cabinet . ) Question 2 . Have you ever been inside a Workhouse ? Answer Question . 3 I Do should know hope anything not . about dietventilationthe

      . treatment you of the sick , or anything , likely to be , of any service to you in your character as Inspector . Answer . I thank Providence I do not . Question 4 . Will you promise never to learn these things \ Answer . I will . A Question nswer . 5 . To What do is nothing required and of to you think by the the Poor same -law . Board ?

      Question 6 . And what is your , duty to the Pauper ? Answer . To ears shut and my to eye freeze s , to close heart my so nose that , to I stuff not up see my smell , , hear , or feel my anything , which may may be un- , pleasant to him or to myself . Question 7 How should you behave towards the public ?

      . Answer . to I should continue hold in my a tongue comfortable , so that state I may of hel i p them whereby their consciences may remain at gnorance ease , and , the rates not be increased by any transitory display of enthusiasm . Question 8 . What do you profess ?

      Answer . and I reverence the Secretaries the President of the of same the . Poor I believe -law Board most , implicitly in the Inspectors—and especially in myself . I have the utmost confidence in Poor-law all Guardian men . s I , and swear in b their all perfect Masters truth of Workhouses and charity so to long as they do not y want to make any improve , -

      ments . I also believe in official enquiries ( when timents held with all closed the day doors s of ) my , and Inspectorshi these shall p be . my sen-Question 9 . Tell me any further principles that you possess . Answer . I abjure truth and all its evils . I hate the Press

      Hancet most heartil and y its , and iniquitous I do most and solemnl cursed y detest Commis the - sioners my strength , and , I until will I war retire agamst from the official same life with with all a well-earned pension .

      Conferential Exordiums.

      CONFERENTIAL EXORDIUMS .

      The Pope Observed That He Had Reason To ...

      The Pope observed that he had reason to complain—The Emperor of Austria said that he felt some hesitation — The King of Italy remarked that he strongly protested—The Emperor of Russia replied that he saw no objection—The Queen of Spain observed that she would only be too

      happy—The British Lion said he hoped No Popery—The Sultan of Turkey confessed he really wondered—Count de Bismarck remarked he had watched most anxiously—And the Emperor ok the French said he had quite determined—

      Liberty A J,A Francaise.—We Hasten To Do...

      Liberty a j , a Francaise . —We hasten to do justice to the Third paternal the Government infinite clemenc of His of Imperial which we Majesty confess Napoleon we have not the hitherto , sufficiently admired y or praised . All the persons who were arrested at the cemetery of Montmartre for making a demonstration of respect at the tombs of Manin and Cavaignac inemt

      the have law been officers liberated having af discovered ter only a wee that k ' s they solitary were co illegall nf y e n - , rested . What fearful punishment is in store for the police who violently and lawlessly arrested these innocent men , we shudder even to ^ uess ! Equally unwilling are we to make any attempt at divining the splendid compensation which the Father of Peace and Liberty and France will doubtless bestow on his wronged children .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Nov. 23, 1867, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_23111867/page/3/