The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-15

succeed N cutting his head half of.
which could not fail TO be taken as an
earnest OF his desire 10 comply with tbs
Imperial will. but even then he would
be looked upon a a bunglcr. unfit tC
hold the Office Of Public Executioner
This post, II appears. is TO be bestowed
on the first man who succeeds in neatly
and expeditiously moving his owr
head of. One ho-Ko, a tailor. having
flirted with hdtisha IAN elderly lady
whose sole physical attraction is a fas.
%cinating right elbow, which is on view Il
the public Oh Tuesdays and Fridays. OF
presentation ola visiting card), now lies
IN durance awaiting his doom. The
council have decreed that be is
To sit in solemn silence in a dull, darB
dock,
In a pestilential prison, with d lifelong
Jock.
Awaiting the sensation Of short, sharp
shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a
big black block.
For reasons too intricate to mention
ho-ho Is not only pardoDed. but is
made Lord High Executioner and GOV
ernor Of Titipu. He desires TO marry
his young and beautiful ward. Yum Yum.
who, OF course, is beloved by the fasci-
mating tenor, Ndnki-PoO. This person
in the beginning is a neglected unknown
but he proves ultimately to be the Nika-
dos missing heir, and Is gloritied accord
ingly. He has been doomed to death,
true, but Ko-Ko, the executioner, is a
remarkably tender-heartnd person, quite
I IInahIp tn inSnra q +iv. horaa LIo fS+naCo
for the office of executioner. according
to the rule prevailing in governmental
departments the world over. Conse-
quently he hides Nanki- Poo, and is able
to produce him safe and sound when
his WI life is in danger from the sup
posed indiscretion Of having beheaded,
even by command, a missing heir.
Throughout the whole piece Gilbert's
grim sense of burles3ue prevails. A
bridal party sing a merry madrigal, the
refrain breaking into tears. Ndnki-Po0,
the missing heir, the more efficiently to
escape observation, assumes the dis
gulse OF a second trombone" A naughty
nobleman of japanese pre-Adamite de-
scent takes small brides in the most OBJ
sequious and caddish fashion. The
hlkddo has various strange methods of
intlicting ~condign punishment on often
ders. He condemns one culprit to death
not death by any customary method,
but something lingering, with boiling
OIL IN 1t" japanese bores are sent to.
hear sermons by mystical Germans,
who preach from ten till four" the
drawing room tenor is condemned to
sing to Madame Tussaud's wax works
and that other offender, probably not
unknown in American billiard rooms,
the billiard sharp finds punishment met
ed out to him, as follows:
The bllliard-sharp whom any one
catches,
Ills doom's extremely bard
He's made to dwell
In a dungeon cell,
On a spot that's always barred,
And then he plays extravagant
matches.
In titless finger stalls,
On a cloth untrue,
With a twisted cue
And eIliptical billiard balls.
La the anxiety of the Mkado to secure
a suitable person for early decapitation, a !
lyrical suggestion is made by Ko-Ke:
AS 1t seems to be essential that a victim
snOulQ lie fOuDd,
I've got a little list-Tve got a little
list
Of social offenders who might well be
underground,
And who never would be missed who
never would be missed.
There's the pestilential nuisances, who
write for autographs
All people WHO have habby hands and
irritating laughs
All children who are up in dates and floor
you with EN- flat
All persons who 10 shaking hands shake
hands with y)u like that
all third persons, who GA spelling
tete-d tetes insist,
They'd none of EN- be missed-they'd
none OF EN- be missed.
10 spite Of this amusing upsetting of
things sacred to convention, there is
lcre and there a musical gem full of sep
lrnent OF the sweetest sort and which
all the more touching because of
Is burlesque surroundings. The orcbes
ration is brilliant and dotted throughout
With those musical Jokes which are so
Characteristic of the talent of Sir Arthur !
The trio by Japanese school !
iris. Three Little Maids from School :
IRE We" is SO fresh, so piquant and SO !
raceful that every night it wins a double 7
Moore ana probably will do SO for MANY !
lonths to come.
1t is stated that by request of the !,
of The Mikado" some of the K
retty Mattresses from the Japanese vii L
zee have been instructlng the Savoy ac- Il
esses in the truly Japanese art of turn p
lg their toes in when they walk and .
'ouchlng down tailor fashion when thew q
t: both manGuvres must be very diff !"
OF achievement to those not to the "
amor born, nevertheless the pretty
ngstresses at the Savoy Theatre manage
accomplish the tasks 10 the most re
nusing manner. The scenery is beauti- k
!, tn first act giving a view of a Japa b,
'se palace surrounded by luxuriant gar tr
ms IN the quaint Eastern style, the yer lie
,al rays Of a brilliant sun illuming the W
hole lardscape. The architecture is 9
'ndeTiully solid for a stage erection. and tr
ting, standing or walking about it. in pc
g stiff attitudes made familiar to our
es by lacquered tea-tray or figured fan.
2 persons who l~yrically announce them--
=,
you want to know who we are. \
are gentlemen of Japan: =
many a vase and jar. tn
IN many a screen and fan, &C
e figure in lively paint; ha
II attitudes queer and quaint at
u re wrong If you think it amt. NJ
lie opera has obtained an immensa DIR,
cess, and on the first night GiIbert of
lllvan and after them Mr.. D'Ovley hil
tie, were called before the curta;n 70 CHI
GIVE the enthusiastic plaudirs II Or,
liant audience, which included thoss ba
: musical Royal Highnesses, the Dnls wi
Duchess of Edinburgh. Sir Artbnr nv
Ivan conducted. but the rumor was an
I Mr.. Gilbert, far too nervous r. =, ali,
3ugh "a first night o fone of his own zar
ks, had coolly smoked an atter-d;nnar hol
lr. ami than nhiIuSonL:aan- ~ -