Puck — December 18, 1878 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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PUCK. Wuen a St. Louis man bids his Chicago sweetheart good-bye, he says: “ Bye, bye, sole long."— New Haven Register. Ir is now thought that the thirteen-inch foot- rints in the Connecticut sandstone were made by a Chicago girl-baby.— Graphic. Stton Cameron is said to be terribly alarmed. He is afraid the Widow Oliver will attempt the Lady Gooch baby dodge on him. —Pitla, Kronikle-Herald, Many a timid, shrinking maiden, who last summer swung upon the gate with her lover, is now engaged in half-soling thesame individual’s pants.—Puila, Kronikle-Herald, No fiddler without an eye in his head and a J at the end of his name has any chance with a Boston audience. Violinj is now the correct spelling.—Syracuse Standard, ‘Tue young men of the academy who go out between acts probably go out for an opera glass. —Herald P, 1, Wrong, Mr. P.1., they prob- ably go out for their rye glass, —Whilehalt Times. Tue Saturday Review says few orators know when to sit down. But the young lady who sits down on the slush in the street generally knows about the right time to get up.—Acokuk Constitution, A FAVoRITE actress appeared in an entirely new role a few evenings ago. Sie rolled off the stage and created a sensation in the orches- tra, She refused to respond to loud calls for an encore.— Norristown Herald. ‘Tue Knights of the Garter used to wear the decoration around the neck. Now they have it go down by the left shoulder, and by the time England conquers Russia they'll get it down where it belongs.— Boston Post. Tue Norristown Herald innocently asks: “What under the sun is Piper-Heidseick any- how?” Why, bless your ignorant soul, it’s Harry Piper, a Toronto Alderman, but nigger minstrels don’t make everybody's head sick with jokes about him out in your part of the country. THe enormous pressure on our advertising columns this week compels us to hold the greater part of “Pu xchanges” over to next week, much to our regre CERAMIC ART AT BASSFORD'S Bassrorp, in the Cooper Institute, has just published a neat little semi-annuai of forty- eight pages, specially designed for circulation during the holidays. It is a very entertaining and instructive account of the beginning and progress of the ceramic art, the art of pottery and porcelain or china ware, compiled from the latest and most authentic sources. It com- mences with the very first traces of the art in the valley of the Euphrates, and carries the reader down to the Paris Exposition of 1878. An edition of forty thousand has been issued for gratuitous circulation, A copy is given to all callers, or mailed to any address on applica- tion to Mr. E. D. 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Sold by all Dealers and Manufactured by B. POLLAK.N. Y. ta Having succeeded in securing a quantity of copies of “Puck” containing “Talmage Cartoons”, we hereby notify our Readers that they can obtain the following Issues at our Office: No. 82, October 2. “ 84, 16, “« 85, 23. “© §7, November'7. Martin’s Celebrated And other FIRST-CLASS MAKES of UMBRELLAS In a varlety of NEW and BEAUTIFUL MOUNTINGS FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS. Arnold, Constable & Co., BROADWAY, COR, 19th STREET. RICH FURS, For Christmas Presents. Arnold, Constable & Co. Are offering a MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT of Fashionable First-Class Furs, in SEAL CLOAKS AND SACQUES, TS AND SINGLY, SABLE TAIL, SABL SILVER FOX, BLACK AND WHITE Fox, SILVER LYNX, MINK, CHINCHILLA, And other FANCY aod SMALL Furs & Fur Trimmings Fur-Lined and Fur Trimmed GARMENTS IN VARIETY AT LOW PRICES. Broadway, Corner 19th Street. UPHOLSTERY. 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