Puck — April 1877 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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A WOMAN writes to find out Sait evil genius it is that always leads a man into the parlor to black his boots on the best ottoman, rather than on the more convenient wood-box in the kit- chen? And why a man always starts to walk SYNAL#PHA is the cutting ore onal at sake end of a word before another at the beginning of a word; as, “Ishaway we have in th’ army.” Ecthlipsis is the cutting off the letter ‘‘m” be- fore another word; as, ‘‘we won't 80 ho’ till away from the wash-stand when he begins to wipe his face, and drops the towel half-way down the stairs, or out in the front yard, or wherever he may be when his face is dried? Good land, woman, do we'know the unfathom- able? We suppose it’s the same impulse that al- ways makes a woman stand before the glass to comb her back hair or button the back of her polonaise.— Burlington Hawkeye. into one; —Exchange. FATHERS of marriageable daughters will now do well to look after the reliability of the front gate. No young man, however honorable his intentions, likes to have 150 pounds of gate orp on his corns, just when he wants to devote all his courage and presence of mind to the mo- mentous question.— Exchange. ment Tue Popular Science Monthly contains an article on “Primitive Marriages” in which occur the words, “endogomy,” “exogamy,” “ poly- gamy,” ‘‘monogamy,” “polyandry,” ‘ poly- gyny,” and “agnation.” And yet some folks affect to wonder why our young men hesitate to commit themselves to matrimony that is far from primitive.— Worcester Press. Waen a man is laid up with a broken leg and | CUcehSusce there is no flour in the house, nothing pleases him so much as to have the members of the society to which he belongs present him with a | series of resolutions expressing their high ap- preciation of his fine moral character.—Nor- | wich Bulletin. Crasis is the contr: “PARISER’S CRYSTAL PALACE, 252 BOWERY, Between Prince & Houston Sts., RESTAVRANT “ALACARTE AT ALL HOURS. 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Sremway & Sows have boon decreed she wpreme recompense, vit: TWO MEDALS OF HONOR snd TWO DIPLOMAS OF MERIT, being incontestably the highest hoo bestowed upon sny piano 1¢ Centennial Exhitation. ‘To Messra. StainwAy oly teen accorded, by the Judges, “THE MICHEST DECREE OF EX: pian "as ahown by the following official report on the STEINWAY ‘exhibit of Geawp, Squane, ao Urricn® Prasus, vie? “For greatest concert czpacity in Grand pianos, as also highest degree of excellence in all their styles of planos, viz: Largest volume, purity and duration of tone, and extraordinary carrying capacity, with precision and durability of mech- anism; also novel disposition of the strings, and construction and bracing of the metal frame.” After this the report minutely describes and indoeses the six principal and moxt valuable of Sraixwav's patented inventions, which have made “Tum Stasnwav” THE STANDARD PIANOS OF THE WORLD. ‘Srenway & Soxs, being the only piano-makers who manufacture “ the instrument, incloding all the metal parts, were honored with'an additional of Marks tar" serpuncng eclonagh ot ae Machinery Hall cxasbey spon te 1 ing UNANIMOUS official report of the same judges: “These articles of composite metal show the highest perfection of finish and workmanship and the greatest firmness and uniformity of metal structure, a steel-like and sounding quality, with a tensile strength exceeding 5,000 Ibs. per ‘square centimeter, as demonstrated by actual tests. The full metal frames of cupola shape, possess an unequaled degree of resistance, permitting a vastly in- creased tension of strings without the slighest danger of break or crack in said metal frames, thereby considerably increasing the vibratory power, and augment- ing the tasting qualities of their instruments.” FIRST GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR, PARIS, 1867. FIRST PRIZE MEDAL. LONDON EXHIBITION, 1262, EVERY-PIANO WARRANTED FOR FIVE YEARS. ‘Sar Ulustrated Catalogues mailed ‘ree on application. STEINWAY & SONS’ WAREROOMS, STEINWAY HALL Nos. 10g and 111 East Fourteenth Street, NEW YORK. ion" of mm at cocinriervnre wr S =. E J HUNNINGHAUS- Upoisteners I TADWARE AND can Femancs. _ PATENT COVERS ‘FoR FILING “Puck.” PRICE. $1.00 EACH. FOR SALE AT “PUCK” OFFICE, 13 North William Street, New York. Back NUMBERS or “PUCK” Can be supplied on demand. Anpréss, | Willmer & Rogers NewsCo., or, 31 Beekman Street, New York. i (fat Publishers ‘*Puck” 13 North William Street, New York.