Saturday, November 16, 2019
Ashley Sterne Calendar
Here is a little filler by Ashley Sterne from the 31 October 1931 edition of The Passing Show magazine. I noted with amusement that Sterne’s quip concerning Keats was recycled in his 1932 novel The Devil’s Own Luck.
Ashley Sterne’s Calendar
October 24 — First Confectionery Exhibition held in London, 1842
Strain at a gateau and swallow a caramel.
October 25 — Balaclava, 1854
The original charge of the Light Brigade was made when the first gas-bill was presented.
October 26 — Alfonso the Good, of Leon, born, 1155
It’s easier to live up to one’s reputation than to die up to one’s epitaph.
October 27 — Captain Cook born, 1728
Cut your cook according to her broth.
October 28 — Browning Society founded, 1881
England bore the browning, but Scotland got the burns.
October 29 — John Keats born, 1795
“A thing of duty is no joy whatever.”
October 30 — London Coal Exchange opened, 1849
All Fuel’s Day
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DeleteHere is another Sterne piece which you might like, "My Ideal Wireless Set", from The Radio Times, issue 13, 21 December 1923 (Christmas Number), page 464:
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