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happiest moods , had no trouble in keeping everybody amused and delighted to the extent of making the said everybody forget all about the flight of time , or not to care about it , which is pretty much the same thing . Story followed story , and it was not until the clock struck one a . m . that
some specimen of the ' early-to-bed ' variety of the ' genus homo' proposed Mr . Toole ' s jolly good health , reminded the rest of the company that an actor ' s life was perhaps not quite as easy as it appeared from the front , that Mr . Toole had , no doubt , had a fatiguing day , & c , & c , —and so the party broke up .
As our paths lay in the same direction I got a lift m the long-suffering Jehu ' s cab , and at the end of the drive , which was by no means a long one , Mr . Toole and myself alighted . Said he , addressing the cabman , and with an expression on his countenance suggestive of cherubims : — ' Well 1 I suppose you want your faTe ?—There ' s a ' bob . '' ' No ' bob ' for me I not much ! ' says cabby . ' Oh , well then , —there ' s two bobs I '
' Nor no two bob neither 1 ' remarked the cabman , with a touch of truculence in his tone— ' D'ye know we charge by th' hour ? ' ' Oh 1 you charge by the hour do you ? And how much an hour do you charge ?' ' We charges two shillings a hour 1 Do you know I ' ve smoked half an ounce o' bacoa while I've been waitin' for you 1 Should ha' lasted me all
Sunday . ' 'Now , Cabby , ' said the apparently annoyed comedian , * this is too bad . I engage you for a certain line of business , and I find you playing a smoking part . And I suppose you expect me to pay for all that tobacco ! ' ( a short pause ) ' Too bad ! really too bad ! ' ( another short pause ) ' What ' s your fare ? * ' My fare ' s six shillin , ' said the cabman .
' No , no , ' replied Mr . Toole . ' Very nice turn out—but I don't want to buy it . Couldn't drive a cab if I had one . I want to know your fare . ' ' Six shillin , ' shouted Cabby— ' six bob I ' ' What a lot of money , ' said the comedian . ' Dear , dear , dear ; what a lot of money I' Uttering these remarks with comical gravity , he placed a number of coins in the driver ' s hand , and I hardly need say they were in excess of the amount demanded .
The tone and manner of the man altered at once . ' An' thanking ye sir 1 This has just set me up . I ' ve only had but a one-shillin' fare all day . '
A story of the same brand is told , in which the comedian thoroughly bothered the Cabby by mixing up penny pieces , florins , and half-crowns in an apparently hopeless endeavour to pay the exact fare . After fifteen or twenty minutes of a seeming agony of anxiety , Mr . Toole solved the sham difficulty in his usual generous fashion . The comedian , who seemed at such times to wish to appear ' incog . ' was a little taken aback as the cabman mounted his box , to hear him remark " Hay , Mester Toole , you have been havin' me on a bit o' toast nicely I Come up Persimmon I
THE " CONTOUJB " ROAD BOOK OF ENGLAND . A series of elevation plans of the Roads , with measurements and descriptive letterpress , by Harry R . G . Inglis . London : Gall and Inglis , 25 Paternoster Square . 1898 . It would be difficult to imagine a more useful road book than that compiled by Mr . Inglis , which we predict will soon become a great favourite with cyclists and other travellers along the great highways of the country .
Reviews.
Something like a thousand different routes arc dealt with in the three books into which England is divided , and most useful information is supplied in regard io each , as to the class of the roads , the gradients , measurements , and details of the principal objects of interest by the way ; but the great feature of the work is a series of maps or plans showing the " contour " of each road , set out in sections of about four miles to the inch , with the different towns and villages marked , and other useful information given . To the cyclist
proposing a " round " tour tne maps will be of the greatest utility , as a little study will enable him to select the easiest roads for his journeyings to and from a given point , and thereby avoid much of the regret that is often experienced when a reversal of a route seems to possess many advantages . The volume dealing with the south-eastern division of the country runs to upwards of 300 pages yet is so prepared as to weigh but seven ounces , is of a size easily oarried in the pocket , and is published at the low price of two shillings—an excellent production in every respect .
A similar book for Scotland contains nearly 500 maps and plans , and covers the whole country in one volume , including nearly every road likely to be used by Tourists .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Her Majesty ' s . —On Thursday ; The Termagant . Haymarket;—On Saturday , The Little Minister . Adelphi . —On Wednesday , The Gipsy Earl . Criterion . — 8 . 15 , Bilberry of Tilbury . Vaudeville . —3 rd Sept . Her Royal Highness . Daly's . —8-15 , A Greek Slave . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Savoy . —8-20 , The Gondoliers . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Prince of Wales ' s . —8-15 , La Poupee . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Gaiety . —8-15 , A Runaway Girl . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Strand . —8-15 , No credit . 9 , What happened to Jones . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Globe . —On Tuesday , Tommy Dodd . Comedy . —8 , Constancy . 8 > 30 , Lord and Lady Algy . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Terry ' s—8 , Meadow Sweet . 8 * 45 , Our Boys . Matinee , Wednesday , 3
Shaftesbury . —8 , The Belle of New York . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Duke of Yorks . —8 , The Dandy Fifth . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Grand . —Next week , The Ambassador . Queen ' s Opera House , Crouch End . —Next Week , The Showman' E Sweetheart . Alexandra . —Next week , A run of luck . Dalston . —Next week , Man to man .
Al ham bra . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Jack Ashore , & c . Empire . —7-50 , Variety Entertainment . " The Press " Ballet , & c . Palace . —7-45 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & c London Pavilion . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Tivoli . —7 ' 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also .
Royal . —7 * 30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne's entertainment . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Thursdays , Fireworks . Alexandra Palace . —Open Daily . Constant Amusements . Baloon Ascen ts . Fireworks , & c , & c Royal Aquarium . —Open 10 a . m ., close 11-30 p . m . Constant Amusement .
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happiest moods , had no trouble in keeping everybody amused and delighted to the extent of making the said everybody forget all about the flight of time , or not to care about it , which is pretty much the same thing . Story followed story , and it was not until the clock struck one a . m . that
some specimen of the ' early-to-bed ' variety of the ' genus homo' proposed Mr . Toole ' s jolly good health , reminded the rest of the company that an actor ' s life was perhaps not quite as easy as it appeared from the front , that Mr . Toole had , no doubt , had a fatiguing day , & c , & c , —and so the party broke up .
As our paths lay in the same direction I got a lift m the long-suffering Jehu ' s cab , and at the end of the drive , which was by no means a long one , Mr . Toole and myself alighted . Said he , addressing the cabman , and with an expression on his countenance suggestive of cherubims : — ' Well 1 I suppose you want your faTe ?—There ' s a ' bob . '' ' No ' bob ' for me I not much ! ' says cabby . ' Oh , well then , —there ' s two bobs I '
' Nor no two bob neither 1 ' remarked the cabman , with a touch of truculence in his tone— ' D'ye know we charge by th' hour ? ' ' Oh 1 you charge by the hour do you ? And how much an hour do you charge ?' ' We charges two shillings a hour 1 Do you know I ' ve smoked half an ounce o' bacoa while I've been waitin' for you 1 Should ha' lasted me all
Sunday . ' 'Now , Cabby , ' said the apparently annoyed comedian , * this is too bad . I engage you for a certain line of business , and I find you playing a smoking part . And I suppose you expect me to pay for all that tobacco ! ' ( a short pause ) ' Too bad ! really too bad ! ' ( another short pause ) ' What ' s your fare ? * ' My fare ' s six shillin , ' said the cabman .
' No , no , ' replied Mr . Toole . ' Very nice turn out—but I don't want to buy it . Couldn't drive a cab if I had one . I want to know your fare . ' ' Six shillin , ' shouted Cabby— ' six bob I ' ' What a lot of money , ' said the comedian . ' Dear , dear , dear ; what a lot of money I' Uttering these remarks with comical gravity , he placed a number of coins in the driver ' s hand , and I hardly need say they were in excess of the amount demanded .
The tone and manner of the man altered at once . ' An' thanking ye sir 1 This has just set me up . I ' ve only had but a one-shillin' fare all day . '
A story of the same brand is told , in which the comedian thoroughly bothered the Cabby by mixing up penny pieces , florins , and half-crowns in an apparently hopeless endeavour to pay the exact fare . After fifteen or twenty minutes of a seeming agony of anxiety , Mr . Toole solved the sham difficulty in his usual generous fashion . The comedian , who seemed at such times to wish to appear ' incog . ' was a little taken aback as the cabman mounted his box , to hear him remark " Hay , Mester Toole , you have been havin' me on a bit o' toast nicely I Come up Persimmon I
THE " CONTOUJB " ROAD BOOK OF ENGLAND . A series of elevation plans of the Roads , with measurements and descriptive letterpress , by Harry R . G . Inglis . London : Gall and Inglis , 25 Paternoster Square . 1898 . It would be difficult to imagine a more useful road book than that compiled by Mr . Inglis , which we predict will soon become a great favourite with cyclists and other travellers along the great highways of the country .
Reviews.
Something like a thousand different routes arc dealt with in the three books into which England is divided , and most useful information is supplied in regard io each , as to the class of the roads , the gradients , measurements , and details of the principal objects of interest by the way ; but the great feature of the work is a series of maps or plans showing the " contour " of each road , set out in sections of about four miles to the inch , with the different towns and villages marked , and other useful information given . To the cyclist
proposing a " round " tour tne maps will be of the greatest utility , as a little study will enable him to select the easiest roads for his journeyings to and from a given point , and thereby avoid much of the regret that is often experienced when a reversal of a route seems to possess many advantages . The volume dealing with the south-eastern division of the country runs to upwards of 300 pages yet is so prepared as to weigh but seven ounces , is of a size easily oarried in the pocket , and is published at the low price of two shillings—an excellent production in every respect .
A similar book for Scotland contains nearly 500 maps and plans , and covers the whole country in one volume , including nearly every road likely to be used by Tourists .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Her Majesty ' s . —On Thursday ; The Termagant . Haymarket;—On Saturday , The Little Minister . Adelphi . —On Wednesday , The Gipsy Earl . Criterion . — 8 . 15 , Bilberry of Tilbury . Vaudeville . —3 rd Sept . Her Royal Highness . Daly's . —8-15 , A Greek Slave . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Savoy . —8-20 , The Gondoliers . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Prince of Wales ' s . —8-15 , La Poupee . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Gaiety . —8-15 , A Runaway Girl . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Strand . —8-15 , No credit . 9 , What happened to Jones . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Globe . —On Tuesday , Tommy Dodd . Comedy . —8 , Constancy . 8 > 30 , Lord and Lady Algy . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Terry ' s—8 , Meadow Sweet . 8 * 45 , Our Boys . Matinee , Wednesday , 3
Shaftesbury . —8 , The Belle of New York . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Duke of Yorks . —8 , The Dandy Fifth . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Grand . —Next week , The Ambassador . Queen ' s Opera House , Crouch End . —Next Week , The Showman' E Sweetheart . Alexandra . —Next week , A run of luck . Dalston . —Next week , Man to man .
Al ham bra . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Jack Ashore , & c . Empire . —7-50 , Variety Entertainment . " The Press " Ballet , & c . Palace . —7-45 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & c London Pavilion . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Tivoli . —7 ' 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also .
Royal . —7 * 30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne's entertainment . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Thursdays , Fireworks . Alexandra Palace . —Open Daily . Constant Amusements . Baloon Ascen ts . Fireworks , & c , & c Royal Aquarium . —Open 10 a . m ., close 11-30 p . m . Constant Amusement .
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Cooperative Cruises ' ana tours , ORGANIZED BY HENRY S . LUNN ,. M . D ., B . Ch ., F . R . G . S ., AND CONNOP F . S . PEROWNE . SlX Guinea . Geneva . Tour , With Extensions to Chamonix and Zermatt . Lectures by Sir Robert Ball , Mr . EdvQard Whymper , ancf Dr . Lunn . Ten Guinea Oberland and Engadine Tours . Ten Guinea Norwegian Cruises . £ 21 Cruise to the Northern Capitals , st . Petersburg , Stockholm , Copenhagen , and Christiania . £ 3 5 s Cycling Tours . £ 3 5 s Scotch Tours . Special Hunting Expeditions , SOMALILAND : Elephant , Rhinoceros , Lion , < ftc . BRITISH COLUMBIA : Bear , Wolf , Moose , <& c . Fishing Expedition , Lapland , Finland , Norrtay , and SWeden . „ — , SPECIAL MASONIC CRUISE TO THE HOLY LAND . A Month ' s Cruise for Twenty-five Guineas , ^ siting Athens , Constantinople , the Holy Land , and Egypt . Chaplains : Ret ? . Canon Child , G . C ., and Rei > . Canon Bullock , P . G . C . Full details , With plan of the Steamer , from the Secretary , 5 Endsleigh Gardens , London , N . W .