3-052-770 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Parliamentary Sketches: in the Lobby - "Cold Water", 1880. '"Coldwater!" The Lobby would not be a representative place if an apostle of cold water as well as the promoters of hot water were not to be met therein. Free presumably from the organic matter which renders the water of a few metropolitan companies absolutely poisonous, the liquid refreshment furnished by the Lobby filter has certainly no injurious effects on Sir Wilfrid Lawson's spirits if he indulges in that beverage. On the contrary, the genial, merry advocate of "Local Option," in the granting of beer and spirit licenses, offers, in the unflagging buoyancy of his own person, the strongest argument in favour of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors. The hon. member for Carlisle, in opposing the adjournment for the Derby this year, was hardly as humorous as of old; but from the copious notes Sir Wilfrid earnestly made during Mr. Gladstone's Budget speech, the bearded Baronet may contemplate making amends when he comes to expatiate once again on the virtues of "Local Option".' From "Illustrated London News", 1880.