"Oh, don't say that, Herr Schmidt!"
"Ach! bot I do say dat! I alvays say dat!"
THE NEW CONDUCTOR.
["You have been elected by a majority of the House. You are the representative of the whole House."—Report of the Right Hon. Arthur Balfour's speech on the election of Mr. Gully as Speaker.]
Mr. Punch to Mr. Speaker.
If the Second Fiddle's satisfied, you're all right with the First!
The Harp may heed your bâton, and as for the Big Drum,
When it booms out on the night with a loud sonorous burst,
That makes the whole proscenium shake and hum;