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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152,

      February 28, 1917, by Various

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, February 28, 1917

      Author: Various

      Release Date: January 9, 2005 [EBook #14639]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH ***

      Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the PG Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team.

      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 152.

      February 28th, 1917.

      CHARIVARIA.

      One of the latest peculiarities of the KAISER is an absolute horror at the thought of being prematurely buried. Several experts however say that this is impossible.

      It appears that HINDENBURG accuses the CROWN PRINCE OF BAVARIA of having misunderstood an order, thus losing Grandcourt for the Germans. RUPPRECHT, we understand, retorted that the real culprits were the British.

      In a character-sketch of VON BISSING, the Cologne Gazette says, He is a fine musician and his execution is good. It would be.

      THE PAPER SHORTAGE.

      News Editor of "Daily Bugle Blast. JUST TYPE A SHORT NOTICE THAT FINDERS OF FIRST SNOWDROP, CROCUS, PRIMROSE OR ANY EARLY SPRING PHENOMENA MUST APPRISE WORLD THROUGH OUR ADVERTISEMENT COLUMNS."

      No German submarine, says ADMIRAL VON CAPELLE, has been lost since the beginning of the submarine war. This assurance has been received with the liveliest satisfaction by several U-boat commanders who have been in the awkward predicament of not knowing whether they were officially missing.

      Captain BOY ED is stated to have returned to the United States disguised. Not on this occasion, we may assume, as an officer and a gentleman.

      According to the ex-Portuguese Consul at Hamburg bone tickets are issued for making soup, but the bone must be returned to the authorities. Possibly the hardship of the procedure would be mitigated if ticket-holders were permitted to growl.

      A metallurgical engineer at the Surbiton Tribunal said he was forty-one years old, and only missed the age-limit by eighteen hours. It is not thought that he did it purposely.

      At the Billericay Tribunal an applicant last week stated that he had nine children, but upon counting them again he discovered that he had ten. There seems to be no excuse for this sort of thing, for Adding machines are now fairly well advertised.

      Discussing the latest dress fashion, a lady writer says, It is a most ridiculous dress. Nothing worse could be conceived. This, of course, is foolish talk, for the lady has not seen next season's style.

      Austrian tobacconists are now prohibited from selling more than one cigar a day to a customer. To conserve the supply still further it is proposed to compel the tobacconist to offer each customer the alternative of nuts.

      When I see a map of the British Empire, said Mr. PONSONBY, M.P., I do not feel any pride whatsoever. People have been known to express similar sentiments upon sighting certain M.P.'s.

      The public must hold up the policeman's hands, said a London magistrate in a recent traffic case. It is astonishing how some policeman are able to hold them up without assistance for several seconds at a time.

      The staff of the new Pensions Minister, it is announced, will be over two thousand. It is still hoped, however, that there may be a small surplus which can be devoted to the needs of disabled soldiers.

      Several men have been arrested in Dresden for passing counterfeit food tickets. The defence will presumably be that it wasn't real food.

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