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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917 - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, Volume 153, July 11, 1917, by Various

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      Title: Punch, Volume 153, July 11, 1917

      Or the London Charivari.

      Author: Various

      Release Date: November 20, 2003 [EBook #10143]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, VOLUME 153, JULY 11, 1917 ***

      Produced by Jonathan Ingram and PG Distributed Proofreaders

      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 153.

      July 11th, 1917.

      CHARIVARIA.

      It is more dangerous to be a baby in London than a soldier in France, said Mrs. H. B. IRVING at the National Baby Week Exhibition. The same disability—namely, middle-age—has prevented us from taking up either of these perilous rôles.

      L.C.C. tram-tickets, says a news item, are now thinner. Other means of increasing the space available for passengers are also under consideration.

      Over one thousand penny dreadfuls were found in the possession of a boy of sixteen who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for theft. The commonplace nature of the sentence has disgusted the lad.

      The report that Mr. CHARLES CHAPLIN had signed a contract to serve in the British Army at 1s. 1d. a day is denied.

      As an outcome of Baby Week the Anti-Comforter League has been formed. The suggestion that Mr. HOGGE, M.P., would make an admirable first President has not been followed up.

      Humanitarians who have been urging the Government not to stain its hands with the more painful forms of reprisal, have received a nasty shock. A German spy has been arrested in London!

      The rubber cushions of billiard tables are now being taken by the German military authorities. Meanwhile the enemy Press continues to take its cue from HINDENBURG.

      A notorious Petrograd anarchist is reported to be ill, and has been ordered to take a complete rest by his doctor. He has therefore decided not to throw any bombs for awhile at least.

      Further evidence of the Eastern talent for adopting Western ideas and improving on them comes from China, where the EX-EMPEROR HSUAN TUNG has celebrated Baby Week by issuing a decree announcing his return to the Throne.

      The only plumber, electrician, hot-water-fitter, gas-fitter, bell-hanger, zinc-worker, blacksmith and locksmith we have left—such was an employer's description of a C1 workman. We understand that the War Office will mobilise him as a special corps as soon as they can think of a sufficiently comprehensive title for him.

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