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[Illustration: OUR SPECIAL ARTIST ON TOUR.
_Effect of Sketching in the Train_. (_The Ladies were drawn at the
Stations._)]
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A GLADSTONIAN MENU.
The following _menu_ of a banquet, said to have been given at Biarritz
not long ago, has been forwarded to us:--
POTAGES.
Faux Col. Maree Coulante. Bonne Femme.
POISSONS.
Harpe Irlandaise, Sauce Verte. Anguilles Glissantes.
ENTREES.
Petits Cultivateurs en Caisses. Tete de Joseph frite, Sauce Jesse.
Conservateurs Foudroyes en brochette.
ROTS.
Vieille Main Parlementaire a la Renard. Parti de Parnell a la
Conscience Nonconformiste.
LEGUMES.
Discours en Branches. Pommes Maitre du Ministere. Choux d'Homere.
ENTREMETS.
Sucrerie d'Office. Conseils de Paroisse a la Cirque d'Ete. Mots de
Labouchere.
DESSERT.
Plans Varies. Elections Assorties.
The waiting was done by Candidates, and during the evening the band
played a selection, containing such well-known pieces as "_Souvenir
de Mitchelstown_," the opening chorus of "_Mose in Egitto_," "_Ou
sont nos Ducs_," "_Partant pour le Sud_," and "_Irland, Irland ueber
alles_.
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