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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 - Various Various

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

      Author: Various

      Editor: Owen Seaman

      Release Date: January 12, 2008 [eBook #24265]

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 146, FEBRUARY 4, 1914***

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      VOL. 146.

      FEBRUARY 4, 1914.

      CHARIVARIA.

      The statement, made at the inquiry into the Dublin strike riots, that 245 policemen were injured during the disturbances has, we hear, done much to allay the prevailing discontent among the belabouring classes.

      Coaling the Stores is a headline which caught our eye in a newspaper last week. To be followed, after the strike, we imagine, by Storing the Coals.

      A Russian officer, last week, shot the leader of a gipsy choir in a St. Petersburg restaurant, not because he sang out of tune but merely because he expressed resentment at the officer's conduct towards his daughter. It is thought that the incident may lead to an Entente between Germany and Russia.

      Our Navy standard of 16 Dreadnoughts to 10 of the next most powerful Navy is, says Mr. C. P. Trevelyan, rough and ready. Well, in this matter our standards may or may not be rough, but let's hope they're ready, anyhow.

      An organisation called The Parents' League has been formed in New York for the purpose of simplifying the lives of children. This has caused a considerable amount of uneasiness in juvenile circles, and it is said that a Hands-off-our-jam party has already been formed.

      In a letter of Mrs. Carlyle's just published, the wife of the Chelsea sage describes a cat as a selfish, immoral, improper beast. This has given no little satisfaction in canine circles, where the deceased lady is being hailed as a human being with the insight of a dog.

      The Cambridge Review is talking of dropping the publication of the University sermon. It is possible, however, that the mere threat may have the effect of making the sermons more entertaining.

      A volume entitled The Great Scourge and How to End it has made its appearance. We had imagined this to be a treatise on the anarchist activities of a certain section of the Suffragists until we discovered the name of Miss Christabel Pankhurst as its authoress.

      Messrs. Hutchinson's interesting History of the Nations, the first part of which has just appeared, is something more than a mere compilation of facts already known to us. We had thought that both photography and limited companies were comparatively recent inventions. An illustration, however, in this new work, entitled Charles I. going to execution, bears the description, Photo by Henry J. Mullen, Ltd.

      Councillor Sherlock has been elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the third time in succession, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be interested to hear that there is some talk now of calling the local Mansion House Sherlock's Home.

      Belief in the innocence of the dove dies hard. At Driffield, last week, a Mr. Dove, who was charged with conducting a lottery, was acquitted in spite of his pleading guilty.

      A music-hall performer gave a turn in a King's Bench court the other day. There was a time when a judge would have objected to his court being turned into a theatre, but since the advent of comic judges the line of demarcation has become blurred.

      According to Dr. Frank E. Lakey, of the English High School, Boston, U.S.A., boys are at their naughtiest between 3 and 4 p.m.; and at their best at 10 a.m. But surely most boys are awake and out of bed at 10 a.m.?

      "POPULAR MICROBES

      Audience of 2,000 at a Blackpool Lecture."

      Daily News.

      One is so accustomed to think of the little chaps in millions that this seems rather a poor attendance.

      THE HELPMATE.

      Newly-wedded Husband (fresh from the altar). Excuse me taking the liberty, Sir, but do you happen to know of any place where my wife could get a little charring to do?

      HONORIFICS.

      A cowardly hoax was recently perpetrated in Paris, where a number of politicians consented to assist in raising a statue to Hégésippe Simon, the educator of the Democracy and author of the famous epigram, The darkness vanishes when the sun rises, only to discover later that Hégésippe Simon had never existed.

      Needless to say, this has produced a profound impression upon public men in this country, who are regarding invitations of a

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