. Punch . rs telegrams, dated Agram, said:— The Diet has been opened to-day. The*Ban was honoured with a popularovation on the occasion. We hope the Ban liked it. The ovation which he received at thehands of the people may for etymological and other reasons have beenpresumed to have been an egging. The Diet was naturally opened onthe occasion, and the contents, diffused over the Bans face, must havegiven it the appearance of a sweet omelet. We dont know who thepresent Ban of Croatia is; but an ovation must have been just thething for a Jellachich. A Delegate Question. Comparatives are sometime
. Punch . rs telegrams, dated Agram, said:— The Diet has been opened to-day. The*Ban was honoured with a popularovation on the occasion. We hope the Ban liked it. The ovation which he received at thehands of the people may for etymological and other reasons have beenpresumed to have been an egging. The Diet was naturally opened onthe occasion, and the contents, diffused over the Bans face, must havegiven it the appearance of a sweet omelet. We dont know who thepresent Ban of Croatia is; but an ovation must have been just thething for a Jellachich. A Delegate Question. Comparatives are sometimes odious, as well as are comparisons. Forinstance, when a clever workman is fool enough to listen to a pothouse-haunting Delegate, and to ruin himself by striking when his childrenare half-starving, instead of saying simply that ,he is going to pot,would it not place his folly in a far more hateful light if it wereobserved that he was going to Potter ? 172 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [April 27, Immense Swell. Haw! Look, heaw! if I—haw—took a Quantity of these things, would they—haw—be Cheapaw?Hosier. Well, Sib, that would depend! Pray ape you in the Trade? [Feelings of Swell may be imagined. OUR DRAMATIC CORRESPONDENT. Dear Punch, You may recollect that in the first of these interestingletters 1 gave my thanks to two new actors who had just made theirdebut, for having each afforded me a pleasant evenings considered their performances to be of no small promise, and thisanticipation I am happy to confirm. Widely different as they are inthe parts which_ they present, Mr. Drew and Mr. Pechter have atleast this much in common, that their acting is unstagy, natural, andnot forced, and free from the conventional absurdities of art. 1 visitedthe Lyceum a night or two ago, and spent a pleasant hour in seeingMr. Drew, whom I shall be glad to re-welcome to our boards. Thepieces that he played in were the trashiest of rubbish, but he hadenough to do to
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