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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919 - Various Various

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      June 25, 1919, by Various

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 25, 1919

      Author: Various

      Release Date: March 25, 2004 [EBook #11712]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH JUNE 25, 1919 ***

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 156.

      June 25, 1919.

      CHARIVARIA.

      A man has written to the papers offering to buy five thousand pounds of Joy Loan if the Government will get him a case of whisky. The simple fellow does not seem to realise that if the Government had anything as valuable as a case of whisky it would not have to raise a loan.

      The successful trans-Atlantic flight and the large number of public-houses in Galway threaten to make prohibition in U.S.A. nothing less than a farce.

      Smoking, says a Church paper, is on the increase among boys. Boys will be girls these days.

      Smoking and bad language seem to go together, says Professor GILBERT MURRAY. In the case of some cheap cigars we have often seen them going together.

      A bazaar has been held in Dublin for the purpose of securing a fresh stock of wild animals for the Zoological Gardens. It is not believed, however, that the popularity of Sinn Fein can be seriously challenged.

      Serbia, says an Italian news agency, is purchasing large quantities of war material and aeroplanes. It is feared, however, that these elaborate Peace preparations may yet turn out to be premature.

      Two German machine guns, it is stated, have been placed in a provincial library. Even this, it is thought, will not prevent Mr. H.G. WELLS from doing what he conceives to be his duty.

      Labour unrest is reported from Spitzbergen. There is also a rumour that the Greenlanders are demanding the nationalization of blubber and a 180-day year.

      There is said to be some talk at Washington of the House of Representatives inviting President WILSON to visit America shortly.

      A Chicago Girls' Club has decided that its members shall have nothing to do with young men. It is certainly getting to be an effeminate habit.

      The Daily Mail has presented a golden slipper for the actress with the smallest feet. The slipper, we understand, is quite new and has never been used on anybody.

      An American gentleman is about to offer for sale his corkscrew, or would exchange for something useful.

      A very mean theft is reported from West Ealing. Not content with stealing the loose silver a burglar is reported to have stolen the muzzle from off the watch-dog.

      The New Cross Fire Brigade have been awarded a Challenge Cup for the quickest work. This brigade is now open to book a few orders for fires during August, when they have several open dates.

      We understand that a couple of young cheeses were kidnapped from a Crouch Hill warehouse last week.

      It is a surprising fact, says a contemporary, that when LENIN was born his parents were practically penniless. The greater mystery is that his parents decided to keep him.

      A statistical expert has estimated that if all the questions asked by Mr. SMILLIE at the Coal Commission's sittings were placed one before the other they would lead to nowhere.

      Over one hundred posters illustrating the danger of house-flies have been exhibited in the Enfield district. It is doubtful whether this will have the desired effect, for it is well known that flies cannot read.

      The price of a first-class interment, says a contemporary, has risen from £3 18s 0d. to £5 15s. 0d. The result is that many people have decided to try to do without one this year.

      The arrival in England of a rare mosquito is reported by the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies. It seems that the insect had worked its passage to the British Museum. We think that a sharper look-out should be kept on mosquitoes arriving at our ports.

      A painful episode is reported from Yarmouth. It appears that a visitor, desirous of taking home a souvenir of his holiday, thoughtlessly filled a bottle with sea water at low tide, with the result that just before high tide the bottle burst, inflicting serious injuries on the passengers in the railway carriage in which he was travelling.

      Out of nine applicants for the post of Language Master at a well-known Public school, eight were proficient in at least five languages. However, as the ninth man proved to be an ex-Sergeant-Major, the eight immediately retired in his favour.

      We now hear that the question regarding the possession

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