PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 100.



June 27, 1891.




A WAIL FROM THE TUB.

A REMINISCENCE OF SUNDAY, THE 14TH OF JUNE.

SCENE.--_Hyde Park. Demonstration in progress, with the not
unreasonable object of inducing Parliament to extend the
Factory Acts to small and insanitary laundries. A lengthy
procession, composed of sympathetic Railway Workers, Cabmen,
Journeymen Tailors, Gas Stokers, House-Decorators, Carpenters,
&c., &c., alt with resplendent banners and hired bands, has
marched into the Park, together with some lorries and drags
containing deputations of ladies from the laundry in the
highest possible spirits. Once arrived, each platform chiefly
concerns itself with the grievances of its own particular
supporters, while a crowd of sightseers circulates, enjoying
the oratory with a desultory impartiality. The usual
silhouettes of gesticulating speakers appear like jerky