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Julyzi, 1869.] THE TOM AH A WK, 45
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DRAMAS OF THE DOOMED; or, HIT$ AT THE SOCIAL STAGE. ¦ ¦¦»—? ¦ ¦ "' '«-.T»l »B»
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I.-AT HOME. Scene 23 Glamorganshire .— T...
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Julyzi, 1869.] The Tom Ah A Wk, 45
Julyzi , 1869 . ] THE TOM AH A WK , 45
Dramas Of The Doomed; Or, Hit$ At The Social Stage. ¦ ¦¦»—? ¦ ¦ "' '«-.T»L »B»
DRAMAS OF THE DOOMED ; or , HIT $ AT THE SOCIAL STAGE . ¦ ¦¦»—? ¦ ¦ " ' ' « -. T » l » B »
I.-At Home. Scene 23 Glamorganshire .— T...
I .-AT HOME . Scene 23 Glamorganshire . — The interior of Gardens Mrs . , Raffington South Kensington Smith , ' S s . XV house , . ar — - p ranged . m . M for rs . one Raffington of her " evenings discovered " , much Time , fati half gued -past , and eleven hot , , rug but standing in the front as if she dra did i wing not -roo mind ? n . it Her , upoti features the large 'wear hearth a - funny perpetual little yet bobs painful of Jier sjnzle head , she 'with greets which her , together guests with ' who struggle in slowly one by one , at the back door , of the and other R ., room a stifling , about and thirty immoveable feet dis crush tant . . Around Jammed her into , L a . window little Indian L ., table and arranged trying to with make a set a of temporary highly-chased seat chess of a - much men , Raffi appare ngton ? it attention Smith . to an scene abstruse opens , disquisition he is listening on with the latent properties of pulverised magnesium , with , which he is being ried away favoured by the by beauty Professor and depth HUNCH of his , who subjec , in t , his is backing turn , ca on ?'~ to the yellow satin skirts , the powdered shoulders , and richlyfinished but utterl wi y g engrossing of the Dowager the attention Lady of MacToffy her suppressed . In mam distance ? na , ' Miss who has Flora ( by chance Macgrego ) been r hustled MacToffy against ( agedfive the Rev . and Burchem thirty ) , ing Potts his , aunt aged seven with the and asthma forty , and eight 'worth hundred , without and even twenty count -five - pounds dirty hands per annum , his well . At -known piano , , U " . Tallopschicheifeilied L . e ., playing , with ? rather 'with refugee variations SHOPOROSKI , to 'which no . one Tightl is y listening packed in , the here celebrated and there Polish L . and r . , , Lord Gimp , Mr . Flogg , M , . P ., Chatterbush , — Khooli who has Washy wtitten a Khan fia ? nphle , of t on the the Per main sian drain Legation age question , and , BiLGER Crowding , the both grea roo t African ? nsthe stairs traveller the , the conservatory lions of the , the evening upper . landing Glamorganshir , the hall e Gardens and , every , S . available IV , . , not abs nook olutel and y locked corner in of their 23 faces ing her , Mrs hosp . itality Raffington , and a temperature Smith ' s friends of o , i , Fahrenheit who are enjoy * ? jus Young t managed FOODLES , by a good ( who is deal new of to ph this ysical sort exertion of thing , to , and get ups B tairs oodles , along , who the has passage broug , and ht him throug ) . I h say the , back old fellow door , , addressing which is Mrs Boodles . Raffington ( having Smith seen ? Gimp , and made up his mind to get at him—vaguely ) . On . the rug there . Salmon colour and butterflies Gimp . , I' and ll tell pushes her it ' Professor s all right . { Hunch Makes a on movement to Raffington towards Smith . ) riously Raffington damaging Smith the Indian . Hulloah chess ! -men look in out an — endeavour there it goes to save { sepulverized himself house MacToffy crammed from magnesium )— a not ser all ious room in fall thi ? but s to fa sideways — generalising shion to ( intending on Suddenl to ) the do to anything Dowager seei say n talk BOODLES with Lady about your then brightly , as if lie had been looking , { for him y all the g evening , , to there and escape had ' s Boodles from something the . Must Professor important say a word , and to to manag co him ? nmunicate { ing making it this to a t time him enth . . ) ) effor Beg An t , your pardon—{ playfull y )—^ -wonderful thing , pulverized magnelife sium , then ! - —wonderful to Boodles ! . One ) Glad oug yotfve ht to get come it . up { . Cheeril { Leaves y , an him d as for if it were a good joke . ) Not much moving room , eh ? { pushes foreverybod ward * tearing in his two immediate ladies' dresses vicinity , and , but seriousl still treating y inconvenienci it all as ? ig a four capi , tal though joke y . ) , perhaps Beg pardon , HunGh , I ' m could sure , do but it five for never you { would does it himself into several better . times over , and manages to reach the rug )~^ zh I that ' s been and Mrs the doing . Pimples R . ? Smith Yo have u know { in been an I can undertone sitting ' t stir on from the to him here bottom )* , What and flight Lad have y for Chipp you the
somebod introduced last three y it quarters / ho Lord has Gimp just of an to been hour nobod squeezed , and y , and ( bobs into not her the spoken room head ) prettil a you word have y to to out him — yourself and— . I have noticed him make several attempts to get R . Smith . I don ' t wonder at it . I told you not to ask six very hundred hot , peop and quite ; but read it ' s y the for old a row storyr . ) —you would do it . ( Feels dea MRS r ? . ( This R . Smith lastwith ' ( calml emph y ) . asis Will , and you a bring smile , being y Chi suddenl pp to y con me - , sciozts dear— that she ' s they so nice are . watched by Mrs . Fitzdragoner )—do , on R to . Smith a tray . of Bring ices , her is h ! ustled I should off the like rug to , know and forced how the graduall —( backs y back Lady into Chipp the neig ( hbourhood on the stairs of , Professor addressing Hunch Miss . ) Leonora Stnith Pimple famil , and y , co to ? icluding which everyo a general ? ie who history has been of forced the Raffington to pass with the evening dear much . She quiet more had satisfaction or a less mere on trifle the . ) And settled firs I t will flig on t her ell , has you and been what if they lis ' tening more have , twelve my It can ' hundred t last , take a-year my between word for them it , my , it ' s dear every — , it penny can ' they last have , and . believe ( feeling a the sing necessity le scrap of of a all telling this new circumstantial furniture has point been ) paid I don for ' t ( se Swell nsation ) i . ( who has heard the close of the Raffington Smith history host . ) , to Swell 2 ) . I say , what is this fellow ? ( means his do Swell with the 2 . City Don — ' t -or know something . Think of , thoug that sort h , he . had Know something him ? to Swell Swell 2 i . . O No no , I \— don seems ' t . D a ' great ? snob ! ( also means his host . ) the I didn case ' t )— come I was here brought myself . , you I heard know that ( then they , as did if things it quite nicely altered — and Lady ( grows Chipp vacant ( still )— historically ) . Family , indeed ! The grandfather other at was Birming an ironmonger -ham , and , or as to iron Mrs - . founder R . S . — , wel or l something , they do say or ( drops her voice and says a great deal to the purpose )—charitable should Miss like Honora and to pi look quaule Pimple at her stra . in ( much ( for Convers fifty interested ation minu continued tes ) . . ) Dear , in me same . I jammed Stout in Somebody between the ( with back several of the piano daug and hters H , who err have ScHOMPFEL all been — Smith marr ) i . Good , and night separated ! ( telling fro 7 a n good his wif one e— while addressing she is MRS about . R it ) . We The have Several passed a deli Daughters ghtful ' evening ( by mutual ! and tacit consent trtimping sure we have the — statement delightful / of the Stout Somebody ) . Oh , I ' m must come Mr ! s agai . R . n Smith ( feeling ( punishing sure they neve the 'falsehood r , never will ) . Ah /)— ! you you real must ly [ Much consternation , and at times , danger , caused by the determi Lord ? ied departure Gimp , wh of o the might Stout have Somebody said a word and for Daughters Young Raf- . evening fington , not Smith to do it . The Chancello other Lions r , , there resolves not having finally , been this f room SHOPOROSKI reshi ? ig to himself ? wtice is happy them with , o all very ver feel his d ^ oubtful fantasias more sherry or , less bu , t his having high happi ly offended been ness re is . - her transitory attack . on Miss the Rev Flora . B . Potts Macgregor , who mig M h acToffy t have said fails so ? ne in - under thing 86 to ° co . 7 All npromise talk here himself and there had j the those glass who been do not anything know each ing it other is ve well ry much saying the reve t is rse very . " All nicey think " those it who insufferable do , hin . tci Khooli vilised can Washy consider Khan a stifling wonders crush how of people 493 people claiming into to two be p small urpose y ove of r- envying heated , and , hating badly , abusing -ventilated , but rooms simpering , for the at each sole E other verybod , an y en also tertainmen wonders t worthy very much of encouragement the same sort and of support thing , . but RaffIngton determines Smiths most sacredly give another to co ? ne , again General to-morrow tableau of if im the - moveable aud dogged despair . ]' CURTAIN .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 31, 1869, page 45, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_31071869/page/3/
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