The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-13
MIS- CELLAN EoUs.
at eH M From ths London Punch.
MRS. cAuDLEs CURTAIN LRcTUREs,

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4 From ths London Punch.
MRS. CAUDLES CURTAIN LECTURES,
Mr.. Caude lent an acquaintance ks Jswily sssbvsis
Mrs. Casdle lectures thereon :.
BAH That's the third umbrella gone since Christ
mas. What were you 10 do! why, ies nm 60
home in the rain, to be sure I'm very certain Aere
was nothing about ham that could spoil TAKE coid,
indeed He doesnt look like one ofthe sort 70 take
cold. Besides, he'd better have taken cold than
taken our only umbrella Do you hear The rain, Mr..
Caudlel / say, do you hear the ains And, - Pm
alive, ifitisn't Saint Swithin's day Do you hear
il against the windowsi Nonsense; you don't inn
pose upon me. You can't b asleep with such a
shower as that! Do you hear il, l ssyl Oh! you do
hear il We'll, that's pretty food, Think, 70 last
for six weeks and no stirring all the time ofthe
house. Pooh Don't think me . fool, Mr.. Caudle.
Don't insult me. He return the umbrella! Any
body would think you were born yesterday. AS
ifanybody ever did return an umbrella There
do you hear III Worse and worse Cats and dogs,
and for six weeks-always six weeks. And no
umbrella c tfg, 1tf
81 should like to know how the children are to
get to school tomorrow. They shant 60 through
such weather, Pm determined. No; they shall STOP
at home and never learn anything ths blessed crea
lures !--sooner than go and Get wet And when
they grow up, l wonder who they'll have 70 thank
for knowing nothing--who, indeed, but thcir ia
thsri People who can't fesl for their own children
ought never to BE- fathers. Ali 81
:sButI know WHY YOU lent tho umbrella. Oh,
yes; know very well ] was going out to ten at
dear mothers tomorrow, --you knew that; and
you did il on purpose. Don't tell me; you hate me
10 60 there and take every mean advantage to him
der me. But don't you think Il, Mr. Ceudle. No,
sir If il down in buckets-fu, III 60 all the
more. No: and / won't have cab! Where do
you think the money q to come FROM You've got
nice high notions at that club of yours cab, In
deed Cost me sixteen pence al least---sxteen
pence !-two-and-egbipe for there's back again!
Cabs, indeed should like TO know who's 10 pay
for 'emi Icant pay for 'emi and I'm sure you can't
ifyou 20 on a. you do; throwing away your prop
cry, and beggaring your chiIdren-buying umbrel-
las! s se s9fs tassf1
you heari But don't careful GO to mothers
tomorrow; will; and what's more, iii walk every
step of the way,--and you know that will give me
my death. Don't call me foolish woman--it's
you that's the foolish man. You know can't
wear clogs; and with no umbrella, that's sure 70
give me a cold---it always does. But what do you
care for that Nothing At all may be laid up for
what YOU care, a. dare cay shall--and pretty
doctors bill thsreil be- Ihope there viii II will
teach you to lend your umbrellas again. shouldn't
wonder sg 4. ss1ss x ss' ys ana that's what
..Nice clothes 4 shall get, too, Gapesing through
weather like this. My gown and bonnet will BE-
spot quite. Needn't wear 'em, them Indeed,
Mr.. Caudle, ! shall wear 'em. No, air, I'm not Co
ing out dowdy % please you Or anybody else.
threshold; indeed, might q well b slave At
better, should say. But when ! do 60 out, Mr..
Caude, / choose to 60 a. a lady. Oh that rain
if isn't enough TO break in the windows.
"Ugh do look forward with dread for to-mor-
row. How | am to 70 70 mothers I'm sure can't
tell. But il die, III don No, sir; i WON'T bor-
row an umbrella. No; and you shan't buy one.
( JTuh great emphasis) MIR. Caudle, il you bring
home another umbrella, I'll throw II in tho street.
In have my own umbrella, or none at all. v sst
sFIa and il was only last week ! had anew nozzle
put TO that umbrella. I'm sure ifId have known
a. much as do now, i might have gone without
one for me. Paying for new nozles, for other
people TO laugh sf you'll Oh, its all very well for
you--you can 60 to sleep. You've no thought Of
your poor patient wife, and your own dear children
You think 81 no,hing but lending umbrellas M
sMcn, indeed !-call themselves lords Of the crea-
ton !pretty lords, when they can't take care Of an
ambreiial sEs etsE f s7g
p.1 know that walk tomorrow will be the death
60 TO your club, and do = you like-and then, nice
y my poor children will be used--but then, Dir,
then you1l be happy. Oh, don't tell me! know
700 will Else ycu'd never have lent tho umbrella!
5essYou have 10 On Thursday about that summons;
and x Fl ysS mn g. So ~ e. az ss;
for what carS--it won't BE- % much as spelling
your clothes better lose il: people deserve TO lose
debts who lend umbrellas. sr
"And should like to know how I'm to 20 to
anothsr's without the umbrella Oh, don't ten me
that said scoud gothat's nothing to do with Ii;
nothing 1t all. She'll think Pm neglecting her. and
the ltte moncyAwc were to have, we shan't have al
ALL because we've no umbrella.
1.-THE children, tool Dear things! They'll be
scpping wss, fcf they sham. stop At homs--theyy
leave sem, Inn SURF. But they shall 60 TO school.
Donn tell me said they shouidn't: YOU arc 10 ae-