Volume 93 — QUITE CHRISTMASSY.
Reading edition
"Dancing Dolls in Chancery.—The solicitors' table was cleared of papers, and the ballet-girl doll, having been wound up, commenced to dance on the table, to the amusement of a crowded court. Mr. Justice Kay watched the performance with evident interest, and when the dance was concluded the doll was handed up to him and carefully examined. He then handed it to the Registrar of the Court, with an injunction 'not to hurt it.'"
Daily News.
Sing a song of Justice Kay up in his place, Four-and-twenty dancing dolls All in a case; When the case was opened The dolls were made to play, Wasn't that a pretty sight For Mr. Justice Kay? The Judge sat in the Court-house Thinking it so funny, The dolls were on the table Worth a lot of money, His Lordship said, "The ballet- Girly-dolly I'll inspect," Which he did, and then pronounced it "Quite O Kay," or "Orl Kayrect."
Occasionally our Mrs. Ram likes to display her perfect knowledge of the French language. "I've just been reading," she said, "a most interesting work, the life of Monsignor Dupanloup, who was the Bishop—or, as they call it in French—the Equivoque d'Orléans."
SOCIETY'S NEW PET.
Delacruche (the rising young Tragedian at the Parthenon). "Oh, the Fickleness of Woman! Look at that Idiot they're all swarming over now! Ugh! I should like to Kick him, if ever I get an opportunity!"
Brown, F. R. S., &c., &c. (who is fond of Tragedies, but dislikes Popular Tragedians). "Oh, Do, my dear Fellow, Do! And, I say, let Me be there to see the Result."
Delacruche. "Humph! Who is the Beast?"
Brown. "Slogg, the Pugilist from California, Champion of the World!"
[Delacruche thinks better of it!]