PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 101.
August 29, 1891.
STORICULES.
I.—THE SUICIDE-ADVERTISEMENT.
As you stood before the automatic machine on the station platform, making an imbecile choice between a packet of gooseberry nougat and a slab of the gum caramel, you could not help seeing on the level of your eye this notice:—"BLACKING-CREAM. ASK FOR HIGLINSON'S, AND TAKE NO OTHER."