Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31
    Ebook106 pages55 minutes

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31

    By Various Various

    ()

    Read preview
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31

    Read more from Various Various

    Related to Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31

    Related ebooks

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Letter Bocks

      Nov 18, 2021

      letters@viz.co.uk ON A RECENT visit to Denmark I saw this remarkable poster inside a bus. Needless to say, I put my foot through the bus window and was hospitalised for a considerable amount of time. However, I was perfectly fine and I didn’t even ha

      13 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Letters

      Nov 17, 2021

      SIR: I must applaud William Cook (Who was Blackie the donkey?, October issue) in maintaining the tradition of never allowing the facts to mar a good story. Don Mackay arrived at Jarandilla de la Vera first, not in the wake of Hugh Whittow of the Sun.

      5 min read

    • Article

      When The Chips Are Down

      Mar 16, 2023

      When The Chips Are Down
      6 min read

    • Article

      Cowboys And Hoonugans

      Feb 4, 2019

      Cowboys And Hoonugans
      7 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Aug 17, 2023

      Letters
      7 min read

    • Article

      DORRIES ON LORRIES (and QUARRIES)

      Jan 5, 2023

      BRITAIN’S FOURTH FAVOURITE LETTERS PAGE ABOUT LARGE ROAD VEHICLES (AND OPEN-PIT MINES) HOSTED BY THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR MID BEDFORDSHIRE, NADINE DORRIES (by which we mean this is the fourth favourite letters page on these subjects which happens

      4 min read

    • Article

      Return Of The Anglo-Irish

      Jul 27, 2022

      Return Of The Anglo-Irish
      3 min read

    • Article

      Roger’s PROFANISAURUS

      Aug 5, 2021

      profanisaurus@viz.co.uk aroma diffuser 1. n. A scientific device that breaks “essential oils” down into smaller molecules, dispersing them into the air for a pleasant or calming effect on the gullible. 2. n. The arsehole. Barbie’s minge sim. Somethin

      8 min read

    • Article

      The Old Un's Notes

      Mar 6, 2024

      Oldie-readers will have a favourite screen role among the 40 or so played by Marlon Brando (1924-2004). Brando would have been 100 on 3rd April. There was the brutal New Orleans redneck Stanley Kowalski (pictured), bellowing ‘Stella-a-a-a-a-!’ up the

      4 min read

    • Article

      Reasons To Be Miserable

      Feb 11, 2021

      Reasons To Be Miserable
      6 min read

    • Article

      Letter Boks

      Feb 4, 2021

      I READ that Christopher Columbus was 41 years old when he went to America, and as a consequence everyone celebrates him to this day. I was 25 when I first landed on the East Coast of the USA, and yet not one book has been written about me despite the

      18 min read

    • Article

      Bird’s Words

      Mar 18, 2024

      Last week I spoke at the Housing Technology conference, run by the magazine of that name. I was asked to go to the East Midlands Conference Centre at Nottingham University to give a short speech and accept an award, which I did. Seemingly always on a

      3 min read

    • Article

      Havana Splendid Time

      Oct 26, 2023

      ● NOW DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND ME. Smoking tobacco is bad for your health. You should not do it. To smoke is foolish. Just as you should not drink overmuch whisky or go out in a storm without a coat. These are also dangerous to your health. To get soaked

      2 min read

    • Article

      Bird’s Words

      Oct 31, 2022

      Reading: My Early Life by Winston Churchill Listening:Collection of Portuguese fado music Watching: The 39 Steps, the 1935 film with Robert Donat Doing: Building a social safety net alliance in the UK A day in the life of an observer: I was walking t

      3 min read

    • Article

      Happy New Year!

      Dec 20, 2022

      I hope you have been relaxing and enjoying the festive and New Year period, if you have time to write, or email, please do tell us about your event dates for 2023, we would love to publish them that’s for sure. In early November I was in Nottinghamsh

      4 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Letters

      Jun 29, 2022

      Readers’ Letters
      6 min read

    • Article

      Lingering Relic Of A Feudal Age

      Apr 29, 2021

      Lingering Relic Of A Feudal Age
      4 min read

    • Article

      LeTteR Bocks

      Aug 4, 2022

      ◻PLEASE find attached this trademark from a box of eggs, which appears to show a chicken lifting its leg to crack off an eggy one. Susan Butcher, Australia ◻FORMER Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been criticised for meeting an ex-KGB agent without h

      13 min read

    • Article

      The Old Un's Notes

      Jan 11, 2023

      Just before Christmas, historian Lady Antonia Fraser composed a verse on confronting that age-old companion to faith – doubt – at Farm Street Church, Mayfair. Nick Downes is one of the most treasured cartoonists at Oldie Towers (see above right for a

      4 min read

    • Article

      Letters To The Editor

      May 3, 2023

      JONATHAN NOTLEY (Letters, April 12) reminded me of a memorable church service in the 1950s. We were on a family holiday in Scotland, with a few days in Braemar. My father imagined he could get us into Crathie Kirk to attend a service with the Royal H

      4 min read

    • Article

      On The Road To Nowhere With My Mother

      Sep 21, 2022

      With every week that passes, the unanswerables pile up until the heap threatens to dwarf Everest. If a segment of the British (let’s be frank – English) electorate regrets Boris Johnson’s passing, for example, why isn’t Albion Straitjackets Plc the f

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Wine Ambassadors

      Dec 25, 2019

      The first-ever Euro Lambretta had been a fair success and similar events were planned in the future. It was a new rally format, one that took quite a lot of organising especially as those in attendance would have to travel a long distance across Euro

      3 min read

    • Article

      Readers' Letters

      Oct 19, 2022

      Readers' Letters
      6 min read

    • Article

      Power To The People

      Jun 19, 2019

      Power To The People
      7 min read

    Reviews for Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 - Various Various

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158,

      March 31, 1920, by Various

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 31, 1920

      Author: Various

      Release Date: September 22, 2007 [EBook #22725]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH ***

      Produced by Matt Whittaker, Jonathan Ingram and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      VOL. 158.

      March 31, 1920.

      CHARIVARIA.

      We were glad to see that two of our most important Universities were again successful in obtaining first and second places in this year's boat-race. (As this was written before the race we crave the indulgence of our readers if our prophecy should prove incorrect.)

      Bradford Corporation is selling white collars to its citizens at sixpence a-piece. How the Labour Party proposes to combat this subtle form of capitalist propaganda is not known.

      I have been knocked down twice by the same bus, but fortunately have sustained no serious injury, stated a plaintiff at a London police-court the other day. The bus in question, we understand, will be given one more try, and in the event of failure will be debarred from all further contests of the same nature.

      Quite a lot of American bacon is being smoked in London, says a news item. We are glad they have found a use for it, but at the risk of appearing fastidious we must say we much prefer Havannah tobacco.

      The Variety Artists' Federation has passed a resolution against the engagement of Germans in the profession. With yet another avenue of industry closed against him General Ludendorff is said to be contemplating a dignified retirement.

      Should uglier husbands have heavier damages? was a question raised in a recent divorce action. The better opinion is that the fact that the ugly man must have gone out of his way to get married should tell against him.

      Signs of Spring are everywhere. A couple of telephone mechanics have made their nest on the roof of a house in West Kensington.

      At Question-Time in the House there was trouble over the pronunciation of Bryngwran and Gwalchmai. One of the Welsh Members present said he could have played them if he had had his harp with him.

      Saturday afternoon funerals have been stopped at Bexhill. We are very pleased to note this, because if there is one thing which mars the enjoyment of the week-end it is being buried.

      The Hon. John Collier will shortly explain why he painted the famous picture, The Fallen Idol. If only some of our minor artists would be equally frank.

      A weekly paper is offering a prize to anybody who discovers the oldest living fish. It is just as well that no prize is offered for the oldest dead fish.

      Large dumps of valuable material which is slowly rotting are to be met all along the main road in Northern France to-day, complains a morning paper. A responsible Government official now admits that whilst motoring in that district last week he noticed that the road was bumpy in places.

      There is some talk of the Americans having a League of Notions of their own.

      M. Charles Nordmann states that the world will end in ten thousand million years. It will be interesting to see if America will refuse to take part in this as well.

      Our horticultural expert informs us that during the next two or three weeks all wooden houses should be carefully pruned.

      The rumour that Mr. Mallaby-Deeley, M.P., will be asked to design a new uniform for the Royal Air Force is without foundation.

      It is feared that, owing to the sudden appearance of Summer weather last week, the Poet Laureate will once again be obliged to hold over his Spring poem.

      It seems a pity that eight of the nine bricklayers who entered for the recent brick-laying contest should have collapsed, allowing the ninth an easy walk-over with seven bricks to his credit.

      Statistics show a remarkable increase in the Welsh birthrate as compared with previous years. As usual, nothing is being done about it.

      There are several ways, says Sir James Mackenzie, the eminent specialist, of tracing heart weakness. One way is to charge the owner of the heart seven-and-six for a pound of butter. If he faints he has a weak heart; if he pays he is merely weak in the head.

      A Bill has been introduced in the New York Legislature to confine the headlines in murder cases

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1