. Punch . nobody undertwenty stone will be admissible as a member, all candidates, before weigh-ing, must take their money out of their pockets ; and, in fairness, ought tobe weighed before dinner. The respectability of the Club will be guaranteedby its wealth ; and that, again, will be necessitated by the cost of thedinners, which from their quantity and quality, must, even at the mostreasonable rate, be tremendous. With regard to the architecture of thebuilding, it may be sufficient to suggest that the facade should be adornedwith a portico, supported by Caryatides representing huge Aldermen
. Punch . nobody undertwenty stone will be admissible as a member, all candidates, before weigh-ing, must take their money out of their pockets ; and, in fairness, ought tobe weighed before dinner. The respectability of the Club will be guaranteedby its wealth ; and that, again, will be necessitated by the cost of thedinners, which from their quantity and quality, must, even at the mostreasonable rate, be tremendous. With regard to the architecture of thebuilding, it may be sufficient to suggest that the facade should be adornedwith a portico, supported by Caryatides representing huge Aldermen, andsurmounted by a statue of Daniel Lambert, whose execution may beconfided to his partial namesake, Jones. Perhaps Sir Peter Laurie,entering into the views of Punch, will, at the next Court of Aldermen, bringforward this project, whose completion will be such a feather in the Cap ofMaintenance, and will so greatly tend to the renown and glory of London. HISTORY, SYMPTOMS, AND PROGRESS, OF MY POLKA BEFORE SIX LESSONS. That obstinate and tormenting disease, the Polkamania, is said to have origi-nated in Bohemia ; in consequence, we may presume from analogy, of the biteof some rabid insect like the Tarantula Spider, although the Polka Spider hasnot yet been described by entomologists ; but, when discovered, it probably willbe, under the name of Aranea Polkapoietica. The Polkamania, after ragingfiercely for some time in the principal cities of the Continent, at length made itsappearance in London, having been imported by M. Jullien, who inoculatedcertain Countesses and others with its specific virus, which he is said to haveobtained from a Bohemian nobleman. The form of its eruption was at firstcircular, corresponding to the circles of fashion ; but it has now extended tothe whole body of society, including its lowest members. Its chief symptomsare extraordinary convulsions and wild gesticulations of the limbs, with fre-quent stampings on the floor, and rotatory
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