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    Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916
    Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916
    Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916
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    Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916

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      Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150,

      May 31, 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, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916

      Author: Various

      Release Date: August 7, 2011 [EBook #36995]

      Language: English

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

      Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Garcia and the Online

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

      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      VOL. 150.

      MAY 31, 1916.

      CONTENTS: CHARIVARIA. — THE BRITISH DRAGON. — UNWRITTEN LETTERS TO THE KAISER. — A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT. — THOUGHTS ON NEWSPAPERS. — ABDUL: AN APPRECIATION. — THE DYSPEPTIC'S DILEMMA. — BALLADE OF BOOKS FOR THE WOUNDED. — ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT. — A CONVENIENT CONSCIENCE. — SCREEN INFLUENCES. — NURSERY RHYMES OF LONDON TOWN. — THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT. — OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.

      Retired Major (to mendicant who has claimed to have seen service in the South African War). 'Wretched impostor! That is an Indian Mutiny ribbon.'

      Mendicant. Lumme! Is it?

      CHARIVARIA.

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      According to Reuter (whom we have no reason to doubt) a campaign is now being waged in German East Africa against giraffes, which have been inconveniencing our telegraphic system by scratching the wires with their necks. It will be remembered that the policy of using giraffes instead of telegraph poles was adopted by the War Office in the face of a strong body of adverse opinion.

      It is reported that, as the result of the prohibition by Sweden of the exportation of haddock, salmon, cleverly disguised to resemble the former, are being sold by unscrupulous fishmongers in the Mile End Road.

      An arsenal worker has pleaded for exemption on the ground that he had seven little pigs to look after. The Tribunal however promised him that in the German trenches he would find as many full-grown pigs to look after as the heart of man could desire.

      In showing how to use as little meat as possible, says a contemporary in the course of a review of the Thrift Exhibition of the National School of Cookery, a cook mixed the steak for her pudding in with the pastry. This is a striking improvement upon the old-fashioned method of serving the pastry by itself and mixing the steak with the banana-fritters.

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