124 LIFE OF TEGETMEIER 



successful that on the occasion of the distress 

 caused by the Cotton Famine, the club went 

 down to Manchester and Liverpool and played 

 for the benefit of the distressed operatives, 

 realising a very large sum of money by their 

 performance. They have on several occasions 

 acted for benevolent and patriotic objects." In 

 the same article he refers to the " miserable 

 manner ' in which journalism and theatrical 

 authorship were then paid, and instances Andrew 

 Halliday's getting only half-a-guinea for an article 

 in " one of the most flourishing of the daily 

 London papers." Further on he writes : "Of 

 the original members two only remain, as is 

 shown by the archives of the club, which still 

 remain intact. These are Mr. Tegetmeier, 

 known as a natural history writer, and Mr. 

 E. A. Flinders." 



It was on March 4th, 1860, that the Savage 

 Club gave its " great performance " of Sheridan's 

 " School for Scandal," followed by an entirely 

 new version of " Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," 

 no fewer than nine members contributing scenes 

 to it ; and the Court Circular of March 8th dulv 

 reported the attendance of Queen Victoria and 

 the other Rovalties thereat. So successful was 

 the performance that though the club paid £75 

 for the use of the theatre, they cleared nearly 

 £400 for the charity. Not long after, Robert 

 Brough having died, leaving his family with 



