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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 - Owen Seaman

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      March 4th 1914, by Various

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914

      Author: Various

      Editor: Owen Seaman

      Release Date: February 9, 2012 [EBook #38794]

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      Punch, or the London Charivari

      Volume 146, March 4th 1914

      edited by Owen Seaman

      CHARIVARIA.

      According to The Globe Mr. Yeo, in returning thanks after the Poplar election, shouted to a female interrupter; Shut up, you silly cat, shut up! To this, we understand, the cat retorted generously, My-Yeo!

      The Gaby Deslys' tradition? Miss Lottie Venne is appearing at the Criterion in a Pair of Silk Stockings, and Miss Mary Moore is touring the provinces in Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace.

      The Kaiser has forbidden the production at Herr Reinhardt's Deutches Theater of a play called Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, on the ground that one of the characters is a member of the Prussian Royal Family. We ourselves should never have dared to hint that this fact renders the play unfit for the public.

      Cheery notice on the window of an insurance office in New Broad Street, E.C.:—

      "Guarantees,

      Sickness

      combined

      with Accident."

      Dr. Durham lectured last week on Explosives as an aid to Gardening; but many persons think that the quiet man who does not lose his temper gets better results.

      Burglars, last week, broke into a synagogue at Newcastle-on-Tyne and removed practically all the articles of value, including a silver cup and a pointer. Surprise is expressed in some quarters that the pointer should not have given the alarm by barking.

      Living artists sometimes complain that it is only the Old Masters who are appreciated nowadays. Authors would seem to be more fortunate. Take the following paragraph from The Bedford Express:—On Sunday the well-known elocutionist, Mr. Frederick Duxbury, visited Stevenage. He preached morning and evening at the Wesleyan Church, and in the afternoon he gave a sacred recital. His principal item on Sunday afternoon was Coulson Kernahan's 'God and the Ant,' but he included one or two lesser pieces, including a chapter from the book of Job.

      It was stated last week in the Marylebone Police Court that there is a gang of thieves in London who do not hesitate to steal motor-cars whenever they find them unattended in the street. These scoundrels are crafty enough not to pick up the cars and put them under their arm, for they realise that this might attract attention, but they just jump in and drive off.

      We are glad to note a renewed outcry against the unearthly noises made by many motor-car hooters. If they must run over us, the least they can do is to let us die in peace.

      Dad (who has brought his son to the links for the first time).

      "

      Is it a good lie, Harold

      ?"

      Harold (unconsciously ranking himself with the Great). "

      Father, I cannot tell a good lie

      ."

      It seems a pity that so little is done to encourage the growing love of art among the criminal classes. The Italian gentleman who guarded La Gioconda so carefully has not been so much as thanked for his pains, and now it is stated that six persons have been arrested in Paris and Brussels for removing art objects from the admittedly unsafe custody of museums.

      Stout residents of Cornforth, Durham, having protested against the narrowness of some of the gateways on the local paths, the parish council has decided to widen them. It was found that this would be more economical than to send these citizens to Marienbad to have their bulk reduced.

      Publishers are continually making finds, and Messrs. Duckworth and Co. have been peculiarly fortunate. In their current list they announce the publication of Lost Diaries and The Lost Road.

      "Sale of Votes by Women.

      Incidents in a Chicago Election."

      Daily Express.

      By a curious coincidence we have seen ladies selling Votes for Women in the streets of London.

      Yet another example of the industry of the foreigner. A pamphlet issued by the Lincolnshire Chick Farm informs us that On the Cyphers' Co. Poultry Plant, one flock of 400 White Leghorns shows an average of 185.2 eggs per bird in 36.5 days. This, we need scarcely tell our readers, works out at 5.06849315 eggs per bird per day.

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