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Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., February 7, 1891

Author: Various

Release Date: August 1, 2004 [EBook #13074]

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PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 100.

February 7, 1891.

THE "MODEL HUSBAND" CONTEST.

SCENE THE FIRST--_AT THE GALAHAD-GREENS'_.

_Mrs. G.-G._ GALAHAD!

_Mr. G.-G._ (_meekly_). My love?

[Illustration]

_Mrs. G.-G._ I see that the proprietors of _All Sorts_ are going to
follow the American example, and offer a prize of L20 to the wife
who makes out the best case for her husband as a Model. It's just as
well, perhaps, that you should know that I've made up my mind to enter
_you_!

_Mr. G.-G._ (_gratified_). My dear CORNELIA! really, I'd no idea you
had such a--

_Mrs. G.-G._ Nonsense! The drawing-room carpet is a perfect disgrace,
and, as you can't, or won't, provide the money in any _other_ way,
why--Would you like to hear what I've said about you?

_Mr. G.-G._ Well, if you're sure it wouldn't he troubling you too
much, I _should_, my dear.

_Mrs. G.-G._ Then sit where I can see you, and listen. (_She reads._)
"Irreproachable in all that pertains to morality"--(and it would
be a bad day indeed for you, GALAHAD, if I ever had cause to think
_otherwise_.')--"morality; scrupulously dainty and neat in his
person"--(ah, you may well blush, GALAHAD, but, fortunately, they
won't want me to _produce_ you!)--"he imports into our happy home the
delicate refinement of a _preux chevalier_ of the olden time." (Will
you kindly take your dirty boots off the steel fender!) "We rule
our little kingdom with a joint and equal sway, to which jealousy
and friction are alike unknown; he, considerate and indulgent to
my womanly weakness,"--(You need not stare at me in that perfectly
idiotic fashion!)--"I, looking to him for the wise and tender support
which has never yet been denied. The close and daily scrutiny of