Picture of a Rehearsal, by One who wasn't there.
AFTER THE REVIEW.
Col. Punch loquitur:—
The usual Compliments! Of course, of course!
If we could only thrive on casual flattery!
But praise won't raise a troop of foot or horse,
Equip a squadron, Sir, or mount a battery.
Soft words won't butter parsnips—that's plain speech.
Circumlocution is so hard to teach!