EBOOK PUNCH, JAN. 31, 1891 ***
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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 100.
January 31, 1891.
VOCES POPULI.
A ROW IN THE PIT; OR, THE OBSTRUCTIVE HAT.
SCENE--_The Pit during Pantomime Time._
_The Overture is beginning._
[Illustration]
_An Over-heated Matron_ (_to her Husband_). Well, they don't give
you much _room_ in 'ere, I _must_ say. Still, we done better than
I expected, after all that crushing. I thought my ribs was gone
once--but it was on'y the umbrella's. You pretty comfortable where you
are, eh. Father?
_Father_. Oh, I'm right enough, I am.
_Jimmy_ (_their Son; a small boy, with a piping voice_). If _Father_
is, it's more nor what _I_ am. I can't see, Mother, I can't!
_His Mother_. Lor' bless the boy! there ain't nothen to _see_ yet;
you'll see well enough when the Curting goes up. (_Curtain rises on
opening scene_). Look, JIMMY, ain't _that_ nice, now? All them himps
dancin' round, and real fire comin' out of the pot--which I 'ope it's
quite safe--and there's a beautiful fairy just come on, dressed so
grand, too!
_Jimmy_.
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