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    • SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE BETTER OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY.
    • DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
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      What A Pity It Is That A Well-Organised ...

      p gether erform a company n adaptatio of n En glish the Grande artists , in Duchesses order that but they , just should fancy Assuredl at what theatre y nothing it was could to have be mounted been — more why , ill at -advised Covent , and Garden it is ! difficult to believe that so rare a piece of folly can ever have manager been in the . The serious absurdity contem of plation the idea of lies any in bod the y— fact even that a London Covent Garden is no theatre for comedof ankind and if Opera

      Bouffe is to find a home in Eng y land y a residence ; must be selected It may , if not possibl be profitless e , not larger to trace than the the causes Adel , p which hi Theatre have . led to the the first repeated , and failures most important in this branch place , of must theatrical be ranke enterprise d the unde . In - niable are not fact to the , that taste the of libretti the British of Offenbach public at ' s mo large st . successful It would opera be but s a Cb nonsensical AJkV / AAW ^ ' >* WJ . \> LAlJ . waste t » *^*> hSb ^* V of ^ A . time WHA ^ V to tV go fmV . «* . into * . . 1 . A . L > VaT the l * l .. J . V ^ question V- | «^^ f t ^ WAS ^ AJ . as «_ 4 > h _» to W V ^ whether *« . m-A ^ r &^ W 4 .

      that our public were is an rig Eng ht lish or wrong author ; but to set will to work probabl at y a book concede for d a as comic the , operetta works of , he Offenbach would produce 's collabo a r result ateurs , but twice half as accept witty - born able e to an m Eng ind that lish audienc iece of e . this In sort the second in Paris p is lace written , it must for th e resources of a particular p theatreand , the vocal , infirmities of each nec ixvwvuuu member x then triiVAx of that the troupe our « - «¦ « actors uvwi are , who consulted vr aa \/ have Jiu > . not « iw How hal l & u >& mu f the wxav ch Intel more v-w 4 - essaryj , ^* , ^ j . *» -v * , v ^ . u * , ^ r ^* ... j . .. ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ . .

      li support gence of of the this French last , should mark , rec we eive may similar allude consideration to certain . per In - formances ( in aid of by the amateurs Guards' , Industrial of Mr . Frederic Schools Clay and ' s the Out Cambrid of Sig ht the Hosp " Bennett ital ) , also Fund of Mr " ) . ; Arth in both ur Sullivan cases the ' s Gox musical and work Box ( had in aid been of . result speciall was y desi a gned comp to lete meet and the uniforml means y of excellent the executants performance , and the — such amateur , indeed efforts , as in to general make . one regret the level mediocrity of

      If then , by a little care and attention , a good , representation professionall of light opera y t can rained be obtained to their work from , those it see who ms rather have not hard been to bestir exp Let lain us how ms hope elves it that happens to supp somebody ly that a wa , managers nt with which a head is cannot now on generall , or s shoulders will y felt not . , , may soon be found to take this matter seriously in hand . It is by satisfied no mean , if a fittin difficult g-sized theatre might were be su opened pposed to ; - morrow we feel for the performance of light opera in a worthy manner , that the pa enterprise rt of the would public me . et with ready and lasting support on the

      Atjgust 24, 1867.] The Tomahawk " . 175

      Atjgust 24 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK " . 175

      Society For Promoting The Better Observance Of Sunday.

      SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE BETTER OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY .

      Of We This Have Society Been , And Favou...

      of We this have society been , and favoured are onl with y too a prospectus glad to give embod it publicity ying the : — views tendency " This society of modern has ob men serv to ed act with as pain if they and were regret of the op increasing inion that regard Sunday it was as a made day of for rest them and , and enjoyment not they , instead for Sunday of , a day nd to of stagnation We consider and that mortification we may . it down as a law , that the only proper 1 . emp Going loyments to church for . an English Sunday are , --

      which The 2 . the Going first whole of to these sleep day . two should emp , stri loyments ctly speaking is , of , course be spent , that ; but in p the obfuscating letel indifference y neglected the of intellect as the a means present , and of age thu paral is , such of yzing , producing that it is jud all gment the but proper com and - Sunday The second state . admits of some lificationand be taken to ( provided include such there emp is no loyments conversation as amp standing ) , walkin against g , abou may t a without dead-wall an carried object ( on provided ) , and in no extreme fresh air cases is imbibed ( if it can , and be no done thinking without is servants Instead ) , of getting this , however drunk . , the spectacle which the English people them present son . awoke As on to that the by their day upper is servants most classes afflicting , , or not an onl alarum to y are every , the on ri that great ght- morning minded majority , per but of -

      Of We This Have Society Been , And Favou...

      we are informed that they perform their ablutions , brush their the hair onerous , and gen labours erally beg of the in the toilet day . by They a criminal then indul indul ge gence in break in all - fast—often even a hot one !—and then misspend a half-hour in tobacco devising -smoke reasons . for Then not in going the afternoon to church they , or in pay what inhalation are called of the visits ^* * A ^^ creation ^* 4 k , ^^ which T . l . r W fc ^ p ^ Jb «« or ^^ m T ^ ay propagatio W ^ ^ ^^ be V *^ \ . ^ j- allowable ^ WW W & ^^ n ^ ^ of ^^ ^ scandal W so ^^ ** VT Jtm long Jh | " Tl »¦ »» ^ , as since **^ ^ ^ they ^ ^ mT ^^ L that V ^^ are ^^^ M ^ p is ^ onl ^^ ^ sc ^ y ^ arcel > V u sed ^^ P *^^ 4 y W for to 9 m ^^

      be called an exertion , but which notoriously and continually for degenerate the conflict into political of toilets meetings . The , lower social discussions classes are , eve or an n worse arena . and They even are g to oing be see to n Bri walking ghton and about back the for parks 3 s . 6 d admiring . How often flowers too , we immoral are shocked apple , by or seeing the luxurio them us buy orange the degrading ; while p the ipe-li soothing ght , the public-house , the quiet lamp-post , and the edifying four-poster

      are are We neglected neg have lected made and and ab ab many ando ando efforts ned ned .. to improve this state of things . Mr . Tom Hughes has introduced a bill imposing absolute silence upon the orange and apple vendors , which we trusted moral would and have irreli had gio the us effect old women of absolutel , and perhaps y suppressing of sending these them imregarding home to sleep our princi instead ples of . earning We regret an that honest this livelihood bill has not by met

      diswith Session the to fate make it deserved sleep compulsory , but we inte on nd Sunday bringing , with in another a provisio next n for any compounding church where the four preacher hours of can produce day by a attendance satisfactory at certificate of the somnolent quality of his discourses . Subscriptions subscribe will we be shall thankfull be obli y received ged if you , and will return case this you app lication not with a stamped envelope to defray expenses . "

      Double Acrostic.

      DOUBLE ACROSTIC .

      The So Like One , And Who Yet In So The ...

      The So like one , and who yet in so the unlike other — largel could y they deal ; feel And We m what ight we have ask hope for we that mi Truth ght reall would y get triump . h yet , 1 . Our To blood set these and wretches wealth we free freely spent , We them what we never ; had

      And gave what we ne ' er shall see . , 2 . Some say the Infidels came here , To have us on the hip ; W They e must had confess —but that on the what lip . they sought

      3-This And word yet , we we cannot know , contains spell it— a spell—Nor For can never we write we it— tell guess it . it , then , may This little word is oft 4- addressed

      If they thos could e who be this ulcl always be better not By name alone , but letter . , 5-By B nam ut ca e !— it I dare hat not u w name ill this thing , However ' Twill be fair the the same name yo thing you still choose . , \* Those who were puzzled by the word " Argal , " in our last i in Do Hamlet uble Ac . rostic , had better read the Gravedigger ' s scene

      Correct Answer Solutions To Last .Receiv...

      Correct Answer solutions to Last . received Charade from — Pod Herring gers . , A . D . Read , J . F . H . ( Pim-Hco Hill ) ) , , Gus R . McC S ., Ed ., J . . J C . Drew , J . , M Terminus ., A Bloater , Relampago , Piggy , Penfold T . W . , 11 Cinderella . ( Netting , Cid Croquet and , Megda A . K . , S T . C ., , Howse Spencer , , jun Marian ., Bad and Pen Allan , Bumbleston , Little Woman Whipstick , La , Vita G Rewing . E . C D . , . W Chang , . R H . . R , Tommy S ., . M J . . J . Gitche , Hawke Charles E , . A Orseti A . . C . Fluker , ( Norwich Stepney D . ) , , P . W Annie W . R . ., P D . Yawtrop ., Hie Via et et Ubique , , Tomahawk , ' s Aunt , , Hawk , ' s E , ye . , , ,

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 24, 1867, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_24081867/page/9/