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    Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916
    Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916
    Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916
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    Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916

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      Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916 - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150,

      May 17 1916, by Various

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

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      Title: Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 150, May 17 1916

      Author: Various

      Release Date: May 30, 2012 [EBook #39852]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH OR THE LONDON ***

      Produced by Jane Robins, Jonathan Ingram and the Online

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

      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      VOLUME 150.

      May 17, 1916.

      Customer. Have you my Pass Book?

      Overworked Cashier. Did you leave it with us?

      Customer. "I don't know, but I thought you might as well look for it

      before I do."

      CHARIVARIA.

      We can never talk of the theatre without harking back to the play itself, says The Matinée Girl in The Evening News. Funny how these irrelevant trifles will obtrude themselves into the most facile critic's train of thought.

      * *

      *

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      * *

      *

      It is not generally known that during the week ending May 7th a fourth Zeppelin was sunk by H.M.S. Feuilleton.

      * *

      *

      A tremendous boom in canaries is reported from New York. The colour is believed to be a favourite one with the hyphenated.

      * *

      *

      Breconshire County Council is proposing to abolish Sunday fishing. It is felt, however, that the demands of the Sabbath will be met if the fishermen can be prevented from describing their exploits till Monday morning.

      * *

      *

      An evening contemporary has the following heading:—

      "Hindenburg Seedy.

      Petrograd tale of a gloomy 'Papa' and an angry Below."

      Can the Prussian idol have contracted so vulgar an ailment as a pain in his underneath?

      * *

      *

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