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Public Amusements.

Monday evening another proof of the readiness with which these well-known partners in the long-established farce-manufacting firm can supply to order the latest novelties , cut after the newest pattern , and made out of the scantiest materials . Although fashioned out of a slender fabric , to which a garment of gossamer would

appear to possess by comparison a most substantial texture , the durability of wear is astonishing , and can only be explained by the circumstance that fanciful productions of this kind are never subjected to very rough handling . In the present instance the system which Mr . Banting recommends those to adopt who arc desirous

of avoiding the undue development of adipose tissue , is touched upon with respectful reverence to the gentleman whose name is associated with it , whilst the subject is treated with the utmost levity . An itinerant lecturer , who passes himself off as Professor Pankey , announces to the inhabitants of a provincial town that he is a disciple

-of Mr . Bantiiig , and about to give a lecture at the Town Hall , on the mode of reducing corpulence . Alderman Podge , a retired tallow chandler of obese proportions , being desirous of becoming slim and genteel , invites tho " professor" to try a course of experiments on himself

and household . Struck by the assorted alteration the lecturer has undergone , in figure , which now approximates to the living skeleton rather than to the type of a Daniel Lambert , the alderman reposes implicit faith in the directions of his guest , and offers his daughter Patty as tho reward of success . The supposed professor

¦ absorbs the supper of the whole family as his first lesson in dietetics , and leaves tho -unsatisfied alderman and his sister to roam about the house at midnight in search of fragments of comestibles deposited in drawing-room cupboards . His detection as a charlatan soon follows , and the young lady becomes , instead the bride of Dr . Lavender ,

a youthful surgeon , whose remembrance of tho impostor as a druggist ' s errand-boy in Clerkonwell confirms the suspicions that have previously been aroused . Mr . J . Clarke amusingly embodies the hungry and attenuated Panlcey , and introduces a song illustrative of the credulity ¦ of society . Mrs . H . Lewis , Mr . Stephensonand Mr . E .

, Homer are tho representatives of the other personages presented ; and the trifle went off with sufficient briskness to bring Mr . J . Clarke and the joint authors before tho footlights , in response to tho applause bestowed by the audience .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

Mermet receives 20 , 000 f ., with a per centage on tho ¦ copies sold , for his successful opera "Eoland a Honcevaux" from the publisher Choudens . This work will very shortly appear arranged for the pianoforte . —Orchestra . On Thursday next "Macbeth" will be produced at Drury-lane Theatre . Mr . Phelps will sustain the part

-of Macbeth , Mr . Crcswick Macduff , and Miss Helen Faucit Lady Macbeth . The receipts of the theatres , concert rooms , and other places of public amusement in Paris during September amounted to 1 , 4-09 , 789 francs , being 469 , 399 francs more than the preceding month .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

At Eome the other day , in the Teatro Argentina , at the representation of the ballet " Odalisca , " a perfect storm of hisses assailed one of the ballet-dancers—a storm so general and so vehement as to be only intelligible on the ground of some very strong personal and political feeling respecting its object . To his theatrical

avocations of the evening the mime was known to unite those . of a regular recruiting agent of the brigand bands , and to harbour under his roof the saguinary accomplices of the La Galas . Donato , the one-legged Spanish dancer , who has obtained so extraordinary a success at Berlin , is engaged ,

and will shortly appear at Brussels . On AVednesday next , the Theatre Eoyal Olympic , will be opened under the management of Mr . Horace Wigan . The opera at Hanover has a subsidy of 110 , 000 thalers ( £ 16 , 500 ) from the King ' s privy purse . '

"Mr . and Mrs . Clarence Holt have left Melbourne for England by the Great Britain , and expect to reach Liverpool the first week in November . W . H . C . Nation , Esq ., has most generously presented his first donation of £ 50 to the Eoyal General Theatrical Fund .

Poetry.

Poetry .

THE EASIEST THING IST LIFE . BV WlLMAII BlUDJTEIjI .. * Every present want supplied ; Not a single wish denied , — Aching head , nor throbbing heart—Ease , in quiet , plays its part ;

In a room that ' s passing fair , Seated in an easy chair ; Satisfied the inward man With a feast that others plan ; Soaring up a spiral wreath With-an oriental breath ; Handy , the accustomed cup , With its contents foaming up ;

Here a shade , and there a glow;—"Shut tlie door please , gently—sol ; . ' " Should it then aspire to teach What is wrong and right for each , Oh ! how easy 'tis to preach !

Affluence beyond to-day , Smooth the tenor of the way , ^ - Not a cloud to intervene The present and to come , between : Balance iu the banker ' s hands ; Tenements a few , and lands ; Shares in that and shares in this

( Each a fair investment is ) ; Int'rest of undoubted worth ; Holding , too , a splendid berth—Not a sinecure , 'tis true , But without too much to do ; Expectations here and there ; Well off—every way and where ; All to get and not beseech : What is wrong and right for each Yes , 'tis easy then to preach .

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1864-10-29, Page 16” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 11 July 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_29101864/page/16/.
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THE CHARITIES. Article 1
MASONIC ARISTOCRACY. Article 2
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LIVES OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, MASTER MASONS, &c. Article 3
THE MASONIC SCHOOLS. Article 4
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 4
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 6
MASONIC CHARITIES. Article 8
SOUTH WALES. Article 8
WEST YORKSHIRE. Article 9
Untitled Article 9
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 9
METROPOLITAN. Article 9
PROVINCIAL. Article 10
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 12
ROYAL ARCH. Article 13
MARK MASONRY. Article 14
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 15
NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Article 16
Poetry. Article 16
MASONIC SONG. Article 17
HOPE. Article 17
THE WEEK. Article 17
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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Public Amusements.

Monday evening another proof of the readiness with which these well-known partners in the long-established farce-manufacting firm can supply to order the latest novelties , cut after the newest pattern , and made out of the scantiest materials . Although fashioned out of a slender fabric , to which a garment of gossamer would

appear to possess by comparison a most substantial texture , the durability of wear is astonishing , and can only be explained by the circumstance that fanciful productions of this kind are never subjected to very rough handling . In the present instance the system which Mr . Banting recommends those to adopt who arc desirous

of avoiding the undue development of adipose tissue , is touched upon with respectful reverence to the gentleman whose name is associated with it , whilst the subject is treated with the utmost levity . An itinerant lecturer , who passes himself off as Professor Pankey , announces to the inhabitants of a provincial town that he is a disciple

-of Mr . Bantiiig , and about to give a lecture at the Town Hall , on the mode of reducing corpulence . Alderman Podge , a retired tallow chandler of obese proportions , being desirous of becoming slim and genteel , invites tho " professor" to try a course of experiments on himself

and household . Struck by the assorted alteration the lecturer has undergone , in figure , which now approximates to the living skeleton rather than to the type of a Daniel Lambert , the alderman reposes implicit faith in the directions of his guest , and offers his daughter Patty as tho reward of success . The supposed professor

¦ absorbs the supper of the whole family as his first lesson in dietetics , and leaves tho -unsatisfied alderman and his sister to roam about the house at midnight in search of fragments of comestibles deposited in drawing-room cupboards . His detection as a charlatan soon follows , and the young lady becomes , instead the bride of Dr . Lavender ,

a youthful surgeon , whose remembrance of tho impostor as a druggist ' s errand-boy in Clerkonwell confirms the suspicions that have previously been aroused . Mr . J . Clarke amusingly embodies the hungry and attenuated Panlcey , and introduces a song illustrative of the credulity ¦ of society . Mrs . H . Lewis , Mr . Stephensonand Mr . E .

, Homer are tho representatives of the other personages presented ; and the trifle went off with sufficient briskness to bring Mr . J . Clarke and the joint authors before tho footlights , in response to tho applause bestowed by the audience .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

Mermet receives 20 , 000 f ., with a per centage on tho ¦ copies sold , for his successful opera "Eoland a Honcevaux" from the publisher Choudens . This work will very shortly appear arranged for the pianoforte . —Orchestra . On Thursday next "Macbeth" will be produced at Drury-lane Theatre . Mr . Phelps will sustain the part

-of Macbeth , Mr . Crcswick Macduff , and Miss Helen Faucit Lady Macbeth . The receipts of the theatres , concert rooms , and other places of public amusement in Paris during September amounted to 1 , 4-09 , 789 francs , being 469 , 399 francs more than the preceding month .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

At Eome the other day , in the Teatro Argentina , at the representation of the ballet " Odalisca , " a perfect storm of hisses assailed one of the ballet-dancers—a storm so general and so vehement as to be only intelligible on the ground of some very strong personal and political feeling respecting its object . To his theatrical

avocations of the evening the mime was known to unite those . of a regular recruiting agent of the brigand bands , and to harbour under his roof the saguinary accomplices of the La Galas . Donato , the one-legged Spanish dancer , who has obtained so extraordinary a success at Berlin , is engaged ,

and will shortly appear at Brussels . On AVednesday next , the Theatre Eoyal Olympic , will be opened under the management of Mr . Horace Wigan . The opera at Hanover has a subsidy of 110 , 000 thalers ( £ 16 , 500 ) from the King ' s privy purse . '

"Mr . and Mrs . Clarence Holt have left Melbourne for England by the Great Britain , and expect to reach Liverpool the first week in November . W . H . C . Nation , Esq ., has most generously presented his first donation of £ 50 to the Eoyal General Theatrical Fund .

Poetry.

Poetry .

THE EASIEST THING IST LIFE . BV WlLMAII BlUDJTEIjI .. * Every present want supplied ; Not a single wish denied , — Aching head , nor throbbing heart—Ease , in quiet , plays its part ;

In a room that ' s passing fair , Seated in an easy chair ; Satisfied the inward man With a feast that others plan ; Soaring up a spiral wreath With-an oriental breath ; Handy , the accustomed cup , With its contents foaming up ;

Here a shade , and there a glow;—"Shut tlie door please , gently—sol ; . ' " Should it then aspire to teach What is wrong and right for each , Oh ! how easy 'tis to preach !

Affluence beyond to-day , Smooth the tenor of the way , ^ - Not a cloud to intervene The present and to come , between : Balance iu the banker ' s hands ; Tenements a few , and lands ; Shares in that and shares in this

( Each a fair investment is ) ; Int'rest of undoubted worth ; Holding , too , a splendid berth—Not a sinecure , 'tis true , But without too much to do ; Expectations here and there ; Well off—every way and where ; All to get and not beseech : What is wrong and right for each Yes , 'tis easy then to preach .

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