PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 107.
August 18, 1894.
MORE ORNAMENTAL THAN USEFUL.
(A Legend of the Results of the School Board.)
The Committee sat waiting patiently for candidates. Although the papers had been full of advertisements describing the appointments the réclames had had no effect. There were certainly a number of persons in the waiting-room, but the usher had declared that they did not possess the elementary qualifications for the post that the Committee were seeking to fill with a suitable official.
"Usher," cried the Chairman at length with some impatience; "I am sure you must be wrong. Let us see some of the occupants of the adjoining office."