Punch . not be alto-gether dispensed with?whilst the dresses areso very long. Sensibly dimi-nished ! Well,any diminution ofcrinoline is sen-sible. Bat wefondly hoped thatcrinoline had gonequite out of fashion,and that nobodynow wore it butsnobbesses andservants. How-ever, it appearsthat, if we wish tosee the last of it,we must wait alittle longer. Wemust wait, in pointof fact, until longdresses are made shorter. Meanwhile, the pavements will be blocked, and men will be tripped up,and will tumble on their noses, yet the ladies will not bate one inch of their cir-cumference. Until the mandate of
Punch . not be alto-gether dispensed with?whilst the dresses areso very long. Sensibly dimi-nished ! Well,any diminution ofcrinoline is sen-sible. Bat wefondly hoped thatcrinoline had gonequite out of fashion,and that nobodynow wore it butsnobbesses andservants. How-ever, it appearsthat, if we wish tosee the last of it,we must wait alittle longer. Wemust wait, in pointof fact, until longdresses are made shorter. Meanwhile, the pavements will be blocked, and men will be tripped up,and will tumble on their noses, yet the ladies will not bate one inch of their cir-cumference. Until the mandate of the milliners goes forth to shorten sail, theladies, bless them! will not take in a single stitch of canvas. In order to reduce thelength and breadth of their offending, we wish Sir Richard Mayne would plantpolicemen armed with scissors at the corners of the streets, and give them strictinstructions that they sensibly diminish all excrescences of costume, whereby anyone may anywhere be anyhow SIX TO ONE, AND HALF-A-DOZEN TOTHE OTHER. who in glass-houses Do live in state and ease,Dont take to throwing stones At each other, if you you talk of changing parties, And jumping of Jem Crow,Just think how oft the word with you Has been About you go ! If Dizzys cut for partners^ All round about the Joey Humes protection For Lord George Bejstincks wing,Gladstone, ere heaving at him His eloquent harf-brick,Should think how he changed colours, Ere he found one to stick. When John Bright platform missiles Would rake up for his foe,And finds Dirty conspirator The handiest mud to throw—Let him think how in the Lobby He stood with Tory swells,Along of China questions And of Orsini shells. Think how each fellow Member Is both a man and brother;If six to one, tis odds it is Half-dozen to the the fragile fabrics That for use are blown,Stones likely to break windows Had best be let alone. THE GUIDE. The Member for Tynemouth, in his
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