PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 109.
July 13, 1895.
Monday.—Quite new Opera, Faust. Some people say they've heard it before. Others add, "Yes, and more than once this season." Unwritten law in Codex Druriolanum is "You can't have too much of a good thing." There are a hundred different ways of dressing chicken; so with Faust. This time Faust comes and is Faust served with Sauce Marguerite à l'Emma Eames. Uncommonly good. Faust lui-même à l'Alvarez goes down uncommonly well. Mefisto-Plançon Sauce au bon diable, a little overdone, perhaps, but decidedly a popular dish. Baton of Bevignani keeps all the ingredients well stirred up. House full.
Tuesday.—Carmen. Madame Bellincioni and Signor Ancona going strong. Capital house, spite of shadow of dissolution being over us all.