e., take one away from
the Nineteenth Century, and the Eighteenth Century remains; but to
continue--"_back to the days of the Edwards and the Henrys_." But why
go back to any other century than the "so-called Nineteenth"? Isn't it
only a very few years ago that _the_ EDWARDS, the singular HENRY with
plural surname of EDWARDS, sat for Weymouth? What other HENRYS or
EDWARDS could ever occur to any well-conditioned Parliamentary scribe?
* * * * *
VOCES POPULI.
A RECITATION UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
SCENE--_An Evening Party; Miss FRESIA BLUDKINSON, a talented
young Professional Reciter, has been engaged to entertain the
company, and is about to deliver the favourite piece entitled,
"The Lover of Lobelia Bangs, a Cowboy Idyl." There is the
usual crush, and the guests outside the drawing-room, who can
neither hear nor see what is going on, console themselves by
conversing in distinctly audible tones. Jammed in a doorway,
between the persons who are trying to get in, and the people
who would be only too glad to get out, is an Unsophisticated
Guest who doesn't know a soul, and is consequently reduced to
listening to the Recitation.
Pages:
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26