THE THREE V'S.
(Voice, Vote, and Veto.)
[What the brewers want is a Reform Bill by which "every adult resident with a throat should have a vote."
—Westminster Gazette.]
"When wine is in the wit is out"
Was once held wisdom past all doubt;
But now 'twould seem that every throttle
That hath capacity for the bottle,
Must have it also for the suffrage.
No more need rowdy Rad or rough rage.
Throat-suffrage should please everybody
Who lets out noise or takes in toddy,
By way of a capacious throat
Can drink and shout—One Throat, one Vote!
From Mr. Cormorant, St. James's Park.—"Thank you, Sir. Mother and child, Master Cormorant and Mrs. Cormorant, are doing uncommonly well. Hope for the best. But permit me, accidents will happen, and I should like to make provision—you understand. How? In my newspaper I see advertised 'Eagle Insurance Co.,' 'Pelican Life Insurance Co.' Why are the Eagle and the Pelican to be benefited, and not the Cormorant—and others? But never mind the others. I speak for myself, and am yours Devouringly, Captain Cormorant."
Something in a Name.—Most appropriate official to make a "Budget Statement"—Sir George "Dibbs."
A Strike Motto.—"'Tis true, 'tis pitty; and pitty 'tis, 'tis true."
