THE MASHERS' SONG.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 142, 2 June 1883, Page 169

THE MASHERS' SONG.

The Mashers' Song, from F..C.Burnandfe;%#s« lesque drama, founded .on the familiar " Blue Beard," will assuredly It-is most amusingly, rendered, by Mr, Terr^ip^.^^i Of "Mashers "there are plenty, mostly ,p»&fc-th>'β-i----age of twenty.; .. |f Their, shirt front is immaculately got up;. ~ '■; Though their • look is somewhat ; vapid, they'.jsrel'V 'h[ living rather, rapid, .. ' And there isn't much in town to whiph. .tneyfref;;; not up. • ~ - _■; *.''. ;,..'i{;''-..Vv In the afternoon at five, they begin ,t9.,,b.e.dj.ye, f \v: And they pall each other " chappies,", al^p^. :> ■ sonnies;" > ■. '."^.'.'vv And they, wear a curly hat—but there isn't much,; '■:■>■'. in that— '■ j< ■, And the set that they belong to are the Johrinie'tfi 1 ', 1 ■■ : " '••■'•' '•■ .n. ~v, ~ ■;■■' \,:-f : " Oh, at night they're not piano, when they're.;'' ■/ supping chez " Bomano," , . ~ % >« ';..;. Where they are on friendly terms with the, tead ~<h waiter; • i . . , , i. ,!,.'''.•<■ \ M Or they take the sex that's gentle to the *' -?j or " Continental," . . ... ;• f !j -..-v Or any much-frequented Blestaμrateur. , '■'.;' ~■.,)■: /-/ They call champagne " the Boy 5 " which they /. ) thoroughly enjoy, ' ."'.' ,'»•■' And of races talk from Houghton'_ rounii : ,6'; ;.- Lincoln; , , ' ' .' '. ; .'' ■'! r \\'"':'-.'. And they always try to look as if they had a heayy >: book, . '.■''","<■■ '■" ', And their favourite periodical's the "Pink'un."* ■'■ in. ■.".•■. "■■■;■■•"]..: '(■ While the bottles they're uncorking of "the Boyj" ', they're freely talking , 'T •' Of " celebrities " whom each one " mashed " upon ■. is? • ' : ■ ■ '- -■ ■' ••■ •■■'■"■-_ -" Though the girls they speak of so, the fodla.don?t ■'.'■ even know, • • !, . . Ov.J . But call them.all collectively the "Johnnies." And when they're out at night, with a vest and ■['-' tie so white, . ...'.,:, And collars trebly stiffened by the washers,, '._■■.' - Note their little shoes and clocks on their varie* c gated socks, . . '/•/,..,■ And you know that they are undefeatejd "mashers." . i*The Sporting Times. , , I ..' ' /