OCTOBER 5, 1861.] IFU if T. 2)


EXAMPLE OF FEMALE HEROISM.-No. 3;


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ELLEN BUYS A FEW TOYS AT TiTHE PANTHEON, ANT) CARIES TIIHE- HOME
 TO TilE DEAR C('ILDIIREN.


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 PAN AT THE PLAY,

 Ox no account should those who are fond of genuine acting miss
taking the first opportunity and an Islington omnibus, and seeking
the classical portals of Sadlers Wells, where they may see MR. PHELPS
in two parts, IHenry IV. and Shallow; he separates himself entirely,
nd the theatre is consequently crowded; indeed it is a peculiar instance
of a house being formed by a division. If Mi3. PHELPS, Junior, could
also be divided into two, it would be a considerable relief to the
audience. Louis XT. has also been very successfully produced here,
and left nothing to be desired but actors to play the important parts.
With the exception of the actor-manager, who was strikingly impres-
sive, the characters were anything but well represented. MR. T. C.
HAnRIS'S voice is too deep-even for the Wells.
 At the Lyceum a change has taken place in the cast of Woman,
MRls. CHARLES YOUNG having been transplanted to the Haymarket.
The piece, however, proves still very attractive, and fills the house
nightly, suggesting Filch's remark that
 "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind."
 At the Adelphi the Octoroon is in rehearsal, and if I credit green-
room gossip (which I never do), will be a second Colleen B avoi to
the lucky management.
 The Princess's opened on Saturday with the remarkable novelty, The
Rendezvoiis,a new comedyby Mr. B Ro:c UnIAM, entitled Playing with Fire,
and the revived sketch of uGribalci Exccursionists. I shall describe the


comedy in doggrel rhymes next week, and shall touch upon some
other dramatic events which are at present too numerous to
mention,-the Olympic bill of fare and the Strand burlesque to wit.
Drury Lane is shortly to open, not with a display of real water, buti
with the exhibition of a genuine BiEooK, which we trust nily
succeed in producing many overflows for the manager, and literally
flood his banks.

 SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS.
 AN insolent acquaintance has just dropped in, and highly insulted
us by familiarly seizing our button, and asking why anybody buying
twelve dozen copies of FUN is likely to have very coarse tastes ? If
course, our reply was an indignant one ; we should imagine the happy
purchaser to be a person of very excellent tastes. But our incorrigibi
friend declared that could scarcely be, when he WPs sure to be highly
delighted with the gross.


 THE VERY PLACE FOR THEM.
 WE hear that a party of amateur actors have been hunting :,oiut,
London for a building in which to display their dramatic capabilities.
Might we suggest the theatre in Guy's Hospital ?


 Low REMAIRK.-" Deceit, sir," said the cynic, .JONES; "deceit is
like coral, and is ever to be found in the deep."


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 OUR LADY CONTRIBUTOR.
 To the Editor of FUN.
 DEAR SIR,-What a funny man you must be! It's
no use your attempting to deny it, for I klnow you are !
I want to see if you'll put in a little joke I made last
Tuesday week.
 I was walking down the Strand with Toni,-of course,
you don't know who Tor is; well, ToISrtis himt-yo
kToto,-and we peeped into the Field office, to look lt,
the Gorillas, and we found them gone ; but thero was
a great big animal in the shop-something like an
elephant covered with ladies' muffs,-and Tonr said it,
was a bison; so I took him up quickly, and I told him
to come along and mind his own bison-ess !
 It was'nt a bad joke, was it, when you consider that
I made it all myself-and in a minute, too, while mt
omnibus was passing ? ToM never helped me with it a
bit, I assure you. So if you like to put it in the nixt
number you can; and Ilknowt somebody who will buy hal'-
a-dozen of that number for sonelbodly's sa ke!
 Yours over,
 GtEss ItI You CAN.


 MOST ECONOMICAL.
 AN advertisement, which is now going t to round of
the newspapers, commences with the following astoundl-
ing announcement:-
 "By merey erl pouring hollilng wAntel into the in\ericl lidi ofi
LOYSEL'S patent IIydroslAtie PerColtitor, l'rmii ot' piiit to ono
Iuninred gallons of ia. right, strong, :Id1 uroniatic in lllsion ofI te i,
or coffee mny be prolluced in t moment."
 This is an invention. You see it makes no mentiion
of tea or coffee being placed within the percolator in the
first instance. That is evidently a piece ol' stuperfhlooi
extravagance which the Percolator is specially designed
to avoid. The lid does it all. Bravo! Louy's.: but what
will the grocers say?


 THE CASE OF EMMA ALLEN.
 CHRES the IIemel TTempstoad .Iclnhi,
 Oh these very very trench-
 ant press writers make us blench,
 And our hands in rage to clench,
 And with tears of anger drench
 Pocket handkerchiefs of French
 Cambric. Oh! like trout or tench,
 We've been hooked about this wencht,"
 Cries the Hlemel lclmpstead Bench.