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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917 - Various Various

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Nov. 28, 1917

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 153, NOV. 28, 1917***

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 153.

      November 28, 1917.

      CHARIVARIA.

      How the Germans never got wind of it, writes a correspondent of the British attack on the HINDENBURG line, is a mystery. The failure of certain M.P.'s to ask questions about it in Parliament beforehand may have had something to do with it.

      An order has been promulgated fixing the composition of horse chaff. The approach of the pantomime season is thought to be responsible for it.

      We are particularly anxious, writes the Ministry of Food, that Christmas plum-puddings should not be kept for any length of time. A Young Patriots' League has been formed, we understand, whose members are bent on carrying out Lord RHONDDA'S wishes at any cost to their parents.

      Another birthplace of ST. GEORGE has been captured in Palestine. It is now definitely established that the sainted warrior's habit of trying to carry-on in two places at the same time was the subject of much adverse criticism by the military experts of the period.

      A Camberley man charged with deserting the Navy and joining the Army explained that he was tired of waiting for TIRPITZ to come out. We are informed that Commander CARLYON BELLAIRS, M.P., and Admiral W.H. HENDERSON have been asked to enlighten the poor fellow as to the true state of affairs.

      A skull of the Bronze Age has been found on Salisbury Plain. Several hats of the brass age have also been seen in the vicinity.

      Imports of ostrich feathers have fallen from £33,000 in 1915 to £182 in 1917. Ostrich farmers, it appears, are on the verge of ruin as the result of their inability to obtain scissors and other suitable foodstuffs for the birds.

      Measures are being taken to check pacifists, says Sir GEORGE CAVE. Prison-yard measures, we hope.

      A Stoke Newington constable has discovered a happy method of taking people's minds off their food troubles. During the last month he has served fifty of them with dog-summonses.

      Five hundred pounds have been sent to the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER by an anonymous donor. It is thought that the man is concealing his identity to avoid being made a baronet.

      What is the use of corporations if they can do nothing useful? asks Councillor STOCK, of Margate. It is an alluring topic, but a patriotic Press has decided that it must be postponed in favour of the War.

      During trench-digging on Salisbury Plain the skeleton of a young man, apparently buried about the year 600 B.C., was unearthed. The skull was partially fractured, evidently by a battle-axe. Foul play is suspected.

      Sugar was sold for half-a-guinea a pound at a charity sale in the South of England, and local grocers are complaining bitterly of unfair competition.

      A contemporary points out that there is a soldier in the North Staffordshire Regiment whose name is DOUGLAS HAIG. Riots are reported in Germany.

      Can Fish Smell? asks a weekly paper headline. We can only say that in our experience they sometimes do, especially on a Monday.

      An employer pleading for an applicant before the Egham Tribunal stated that he had an oil-engine which nobody else would go near. We cannot help thinking that much might be done with a little tact, such as going up to the engine quietly and stroking its face, or even making a noise like a piece of oily waste.

      Germany's new Hymn of Hate has been published. To give greater effect to the thing and make it more fearful, Germans who contemplate singing it are requested to grow side-whiskers.

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