A NOVEL SHOW.
["A popular place of entertainment is arranging a Burglars' Exhibition."—Daily Telegraph.]
Oh, gladly will the public pay
Its shillings for admission,
To study in a careful way
This most original display,
The Burglars' Exhibition.
Professor Sikes will here explain,
With practical instruction,
How best to break a window-pane,
Through which his classic form may gain
Judicious introduction.
The jemmies, and revolvers, too,
Will doubtless prove enthralling,
And all the implements we'll view
With which these scientists pursue
Their fascinating calling;
The most efficient type of gag
To silence all intrusion,
The latest kind of carpet-bag
Wherein to bear the bulky "swag"
To some remote seclusion.
Then, by this exhibition's aid,
The art will spread to others,
And those who ply this busy trade
Will, in a year or two, be made
A noble band of brothers.
The thief of olden time we'll see
As seldom as the dodo;
The burglar's future aim will be
To join the fortiter in re
And suaviter in modo!
The Most Unpardonable "Misuse of Words."—Making after-dinner speeches.