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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919 - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 156,

      April 9, 1919, by Various

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      Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 9, 1919

      Author: Various

      Release Date: June 14, 2004 [EBook #12614]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, APRIL 9, 1919 ***

      Produced by Malcolm Farmer, William Flis, and the Online Distributed

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 156.

      April 9, 1919.

      CHARIVARIA.

      A Brass-hat employed at the Air Ministry recently requested that his salary might be reduced on the ground that there was now very little work for him to do. As no other symptoms developed, the close observation kept upon him has now been relaxed.

      To what extent the habit of war economy is embedded in the minds of the British public was illustrated at Woodford Green on March 29th, when a lady entered the local Post Office and endeavoured to purchase some Daylight Saving Certificates.

      The War Office Staff, it was stated in the House of Commons, has been reduced from 21,807 to 19,510 since the Armistice. It is only fair to point out that the vast bulk of them were not asked whether they wanted an Armistice.

      The War Office talks of re-issuing to the Volunteers the rifles and equipment which were long ago called in. This threat is likely to discourage many of them from volunteering for the next Peace.

      Experiments are being conducted with the view of discovering the best use to which obsolete army tanks can be put. Attached to a piece of cheese they are said to make excellent mouse-traps.

      The police, says The Irish Times, à propos of the escape of twenty Sinn Feiners from Mountjoy prison, are pursuing active inquiries. This is much simpler than pursuing active Sinn Feiners.

      Ever since the snowdrop gave the first hint of Spring, burbles a contemporary, we have watched the miracle of the young year unfolding. It certainly was a miracle in the weather we had last week.

      The suggestion is being put forward in certain quarters that, in order to save time, the Commission to fix the responsibility for the Peace should begin to sit at once.

      It is not known definitely how many ex-munition workers in this country are at present in Government unemployment.

      In connection with the recent report that the Sittinghurst Vermin Club had killed 1,175 mice in one day, we are asked to say that the number should be 1,176. It appears that one mouse made its way in a state of collapse to the Club headquarters and gave itself up.

      From the newspapers we gather that a sample of water analysed by the Essex County Analyst contained seven per cent. of milk.

      A man charged with burglary in Hoxton Street was captured in a meat-storage ice-house. It is said that, remembering a well-known precedent, he tried to evade capture by making a noise like a frozen Canterbury lamb.

      Sir SAMUEL SCOTT says that the odds are that a quack will kill you quicker than a qualified doctor. All the same we prefer the slow-and-sure method.

      According to the Bishop of MANCHESTER there is a shortage of curates. A spinster writes to say that she is not surprised, considering how quickly they get snapped up.

      With reference to the burglar who made off with the jewels of ex-Queen AMELIE, it is said that the fellow contemplates in future styling himself on his visiting-cards as Housebreaker to the ex-Queen of Portugal.

      A weekly paper states that if every soldier who served in France during the War would place all the letters he had received in a line they would reach a little more than once round the world. We hear, however, that, as the present addresses of several demobilised men are unknown, the feat will not be attempted.

      Between ten and fifteen thousand years ago, says Professor KEITH, Scotland became fit for habitation. We ourselves should not have assigned so remote a date to the introduction of whisky into that country.

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      A Pretty Way to Pat Butter is the heading of one of a contemporary's Household Hints. They will

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