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- Herausgeber: Booksell-Verlag
- Kategorie: Lebensstil
- Sprache: Englisch
In "Mr. Punch at Home: The Comic Side of Domestic Life," various contributors delve into the humorous nuances of everyday domesticity, showcasing a collection of cartoons, anecdotes, and satirical observations characteristic of Punch magazine's irreverent style. The book encapsulates late 19th-century British society's class dynamics, gender roles, and family life with sharp wit and clever illustration. It serves as both a reflection and critique of the domestic sphere, blending illustrations and prose to portray the paradoxes of home life, revealing the comedic while addressing societal expectations. The editors and contributors of this anthology are deeply rooted in the tradition of Punch, a magazine instrumental in shaping British humor from its inception in 1841. Their backgrounds range from established satirists to illustrators, many influenced by the tumultuous sociopolitical climate of their time. This work is a continuation of Punch's legacy, reflecting on how humor serves as a lens through which to understand and cope with the complexities of domesticity. Recommended for readers who delight in the interplay of humor and societal commentary, "Mr. Punch at Home" invites audiences to reflect on the absurdities of their own domestic lives through the lens of comic artistry. This witty collection is an essential read for those who appreciate the enduring relevance of satire in analyzing familial and societal norms.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
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Mr. Punch at Home: The Comic Side of Domestic Life
Table of Contents
MR. PUNCH AT HOME
A note at the foot of a page
A First Essay in Housekeeping.—Mr. Jones. "What is it, my pet?" Mrs. J. "This rabbit (sob)—I've been plucking it—(sob)—all the afternoon, and it isn't half done yet!"
MR. PUNCH AT HOME
THE COMIC SIDE OF DOMESTIC LIFE
AS PICTURED BY
F. H. TOWNSEND, LEWIS BAUMER, C. SHEPPERSON, FRED PEGRAM, GUNNING KING, L. RAVENHILL, BERNARD PARTRIDGE, A. W. MILLS, G. L. STAMPA, C. E. BROCK, A. S. BOYD, PHIL MAY, CHARLES KEENE, GEORGE DU MAURIER, AND OTHERS
WITH 130 ILLUSTRATIONS
PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PROPRIETORS OF "PUNCH"
THE EDUCATIONAL BOOK CO. LTD.
The Punch Library of Humour
Twenty-five volumes, crown 8vo, 192 pages fully illustrated
IN SLIPPERED EASE
Just because Mr. Punch is eminently representative of all our national characteristics is he something of a good old-fashioned Philistine in his domestic circle. We find him, in his notions of home life, distinctly partial to the cosy comfort that is associated the world over with "The Englishman's Castle." He enjoys the delights of his own fireside, the pleasures of his table, the society of his womenkind, the casual visits of his friends, no less, and perhaps much more, than the formal functions to which the phrase "At Home" is also applied.
"Mr. Punch at Home" is in a sense the complement of "Mr. Punch in Society." It touches on musical evenings, dances, the social life generally, but more particularly the domestic side of it—the servant difficulty, the humours of the kitchen and the butler's pantry. It gives glimpses of home life in the country as well as in town; among the poor as well as among the rich; in flats and lodgings as well as in suburban villas and the mansions of the West End.
John Leech dealt largely with the servant girl trouble, but as many of his jokes were topical and have lost most of their point with the passing of the topic, and as others have an old-fashioned air with them and are not so smart or so pointed as those by later artists, preference has been given to the moderns.
MR. PUNCH AT HOME
Things One would rather have left Unsaid.—"You remember that party at Madam Gelasma's, to hear Joachim, Rubinstein, and the Henschels, and De Soria—quite a small party?"
"No; I wasn't there!" "No? Ah—well—it was very select!"
The Greatest Question of the Day.—"My dear, what will you have for dinner?"
Our Whist Party.—Major MacFlush (at close of rubber, to partner). Didn't ye see me call for trumps?
Partner (a new hand). You may have called, Major, but I never heard you!
Undesirable Bric-a-brac.—Family jars.
Mem. for Young Housewives.—To make both ends meet—burn the candle at 'em.
"Pleasant it is when the woods are green," as paterfamilias observed when all the doors in his new villa took to warping.
The Dear Things.—He. You know Jones's wife, an old schoolfellow of yours; tell me, is she musical?
She (her dearest friend). I should say decidedly not, or she wouldn't be so fond of hearing the sound of her own voice.
The Kitchen-Range-finder.—The policeman!
Motto for the Lady of the House.—Don't worry about trifles; make a blanc-mange.
Visitor. "Do you have any difficulty in getting servants?"
Hostess. "None whatever. We've had ten different ones in the last month!"
Domestic Economy.—Cook. "Wasteful, mum? Well, mum, that's one thing I'm not! Why, everythink in the eatin' an' drinkin' way that comes down from hupstairs, I make a point of finishin' up myself, mum!"
WANTED!
The Lady and Gentleman Help Association can find excellent positions for—
A Lady Help with twenty thousand a year, who can help her husband to enjoy existence.
A Lady Help with deft fingers, who can open oysters, peel walnuts and prawns, and make toast.
A Lady Help who can draft a speech that will suit an ex-Secretary of State at a Social Science Congress.
A Lady Help who can do the same for a mild and moderate Bishop at a Church Congress—extra wages will be given for assistance in the composition of charges.
A Lady Help who can drive Four-in-Hand, for a coach to be started from Hatchett's Hotel to Coventry.
A Lady Help who is absolutely helpless—none need apply unless they can show that they are good for nothing.
Also—
A Gentleman Help who can nurse babies, and comb their hair carefully.
The Compensating Circumstance.—Sympathetic Visitor. "Poor dear Mr. Smith, how he must suffer with all that sneezing and coughing." Mrs. Smith. "He does, indeed; but you can't think how it amuses the baby!"
A Gentleman Help who can choose good cigars, and assist in smoking them.
A Gentleman Help who can work a sewing machine and a private apparatus for the distillation of whiskey.
A Gentleman Help who can assist the Sultan of Turkey to pay the interest on his debts.
A Gentleman Help who can help the clerk of the weather to turn on a little more sunshine.
At the Smithson's Dance.—Young Innocent. "I beg your pardon, did I tread on your foot that time?"
Sweet Girl (very sweetly). "Oh, no, not that time!"
"Mary, there's three months' dust in the drawing-room!"
"That isn't my fault, mum. You know I've only bin here a fortnight!"
"You're dreadfully untidy again, Mary! I don't know what the baker will think of you when he comes." "The baker don't matter, 'm. The milkman's bin!"
Doctor (to Mrs. Perkins, whose husband is ill). "Has he had any lucid intervals?"
Mrs. Perkins (with dignity). "'E's 'ad nothink except what you ordered, Doctor!"
T'other Way Round.—He. "That's Lady Passeh. She's got an action on at the courts, asking for £5,000 damages." She. "Damages! I should have thought she'd have asked for repairs."
The Eye as an Aid to the Ear.—Young Lady (repeating conversation to deaf old gentleman). "Miss Frills says it gave her such a fright." Deaf Old Gent. "Eh? I didn't quite—" Young Lady. "Such—a—fright!" Deaf Old Gent. "Ah, yes—I agree with you—so she is!"
