Next to being out of change when the contribution box comes around at church, the very worst misfortune that can happen to a young man at the theatre is for his shirt collar to become enthused with a spirit of migration, and to devote its entire attention to the exploration of the back of hie neck. A prominent M.P. was not complimented the other night when he was addressing his loving constituents. He asserted that ho was not an idle member of the House, and that during tho last two years he had put “no leas than one hundred and eighty-two questions to the Speaker and members.” “ What an ignorant old beggar you must be ?”, cried a voice from the crowd.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2250, 14 May 1881, Page 3
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