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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 - Various Various

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 156.

      January 29, 1919.

      CHARIVARIA.

      Peace is only a matter of time, says Mr. HUGHES. The ex-Kaiser is said to be of the opinion that Mr. HUGHES might have been more explicit as to who is going to get that time.

      Meanwhile the ex-Kaiser is growing a beard. He evidently has no desire to share the fate of Wilhelmshaven.

      After reading the numerous articles on whether he should be charged with murder or not, we have come to the conclusion that the answer now rests solely between Yes or No.

      Mr. DE VALERA has been appointed a delegate of the Irish Republic to the Peace Conference. The fact that he has not ordered the Peace Conference to come to Brixton prison should satisfy doubters like The Daily News that Sinn Fein can be moderate when it wants to.

      People in search of quiet amusement will be glad to know that there will be an eclipse of the sun on May 29th.

      Owing to the overcrowding of Tube trains we understand there is some talk of men with beards being asked to leave them in the ticket offices.

      It is reported that an All-Tube team has applied for admission to the Rugby Union.

      A large number of forged five-pound notes are stated to be in circulation in London. The proper way to dispose of one is to slip it between a couple of genuine fivers when paying your taxi fare.

      The ancient office of Town Crier of Driffield, which carries with it a retaining fee of one pound per annum, is vacant. Several Army officers anxious to better themselves have applied for the job.

      A large number of sloping desks, made specially for Government Departments, are offered for sale by the Board of Works. The bulk of them, it is understood, slope at 3.30 P.M.

      The mysterious disappearance of sheep from Barnstaple has led to the report that some Government Department has fixed a price for sheep.

      It is not practicable, says the London Electric Railway Company, for passengers to enter Tube cars at one door and leave by the other, because the end cars have only one door. The idea of reserving these cars for persons getting in or out, but not both, appears to have been overlooked.

      There is no truth in the report that the lodging, fuel and light allowance of Officers is to be raised from two shillings and sevenpence to two shillings and sevenpence halfpenny per day, the cost of living having increased since the Peninsular War.

      What is reported to be the largest sapphira in the world, says a contemporary, disappeared when the Bolshevists took Kieff. We suspect that the largest living Ananias had a hand in the affair.

      It is not surprising to learn, following the Police Union meeting, that the burglars have decided to down jemmies unless the eight-hour night is conceded.

      The rumour that there was a vacant house in the Midlands last week has now been officially denied.

      With reference to the Market Bosworth woman who, though perfectly healthy, has remained in bed for three years, until removed last week by the police, it now appears that she told the officers that she had no idea it was so late.

      What can be done to make village life more amusing? asks The Daily Mirror. We are sorry to find our contemporary so ignorant of country life. Have they not yet heard of Rural District Councils?

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      In order to live long, says Dr. EARLE, live simply. Another good piece of advice would be: Simply live.

      A Streatham man who has been missing from his home since November, 1913, has just written from Kentucky. This disposes of the theory that he might have been mislaid in a Tube rush.

      Distrust of lawyers, Mr. Justice ATKIN told the boys of Friars School recently, is largely caused by ignorance of the law. Trust in them, on the other hand, is entirely due to ignorance of the cost.

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