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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, August 27, 1892
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Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, August 27, 1892
Author: Various
Release Date: February 22, 2005 [EBook #15144]
Language: English
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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 103.
August 27, 1892.
TWO-PENN'ORTH OF THEOSOPHY.
(_A SKETCH AT THE ISLINGTON ARCADIA._)
SCENE--_The Agricultural Hall. A large Steam-Circus is revolving with its organ in full blast; near it is a "Razzle-Dazzle" Machine, provided with a powerful mechanical piano. To the combined strains of these instruments, the merrier hearts of Islington are performing a desultory dance, which seems to consist chiefly in the various couples charging each other with desperate gallantry. At the further end of the Hall is a Stage, on which a Variety Performance is in progress, and along the side of the gallery a Switchback, the rolling thunder of which, accompanied by masculine whoops and feminine squeaks, is distinctly audible. Near the entrance is a painted house-front with two doors, which are being pitilessly battered with wooden balls; from time to time a well-directed missile touches a spring, one of the doors ope