SOMETHING LIKE A COUNTY-COUNCILLOR.
(Being Evidence taken in the Palace of Truth.)
Question. And so you object to Theatres and Music-Halls?
Answer. Certainly; and know as much about one as the other.
Q. Do you approve of Shakspeare?
A. Certainly not; nor of any other playwright.
Q. Have you ever read a dramatic composition?
A. Never; it is against my principles to peruse such (so-called) literature.