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    Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 - Owen Seaman

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914

      Author: Various

      Editor: Owen Seaman

      Release Date: January 24, 2008 [EBook #24414]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, CHARIVARI, JUNE 10, 1914 ***

      Produced by Malcolm Farmer, and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net.

      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 146.

      June 10, 1914.

      CHARIVARIA.

      Mr. Redmond is said to have vigorously opposed the suggestion that British troops should be sent to Durazzo on the ground that the present is not a time when our home defences should be weakened.

      The presence of some ladies on the Holyhead links disturbed Mr. Lloyd George to such an extent, one day last week, that he foozled a shot, and it is reported that the Government is at last contemplating serious steps against the Suffragettes.

      Lord Strathcona's Seat for Sale.

      Daily Mail.

      We would respectfully draw Mr. Masterman's attention to the above.

      Europe's G.O.M., the Emperor Francis Joseph, is now so well that his doctor's visits have been discontinued, but the statement that he went for a long ride last week on a motor-bicycle is declared to be an exaggeration.

      According to The Express there was some little unpleasantness in Paris last week owing to the Chairman of the London County Council claiming precedence over the Lord Mayor. It is thought that this could never have happened had the Lord Mayor taken his coachman with him.

      Corsica is now claiming that Columbus was born there, and not in Genoa, and there is much evidence to prove that the claim is well-founded. Still, it seems a little bit greedy of Corsica, which already has some reputation as the birth-place of another distinguished man. It is possible, however, that Genoa may give way if somebody will reimburse her for the very heavy expense of her statue of Columbus.

      Owing to a strike the demand for patent-leather boots for Ascot cannot be met, and many visitors to this race meeting will have to spend the day in comfort.

      The announcement that the Mappin Terraces at the Zoo have now been opened has, we hear, caused considerable discontent among the animals in the old-fashioned dens and cages. They consider that these too ought to be opened.

      By the way these new quarters are proving so popular among the animals that there is some talk of advertising them extensively in Central Africa and other haunts of big game with a view to attracting new tenants to the Regent's Park Garden City.

      Regulations for the killing of flies have been issued to the troops at Aldershot. Curiously enough, artillery is not to be employed. One would have supposed that this sport might have afforded invaluable training for bringing down hostile aeroplanes.

      From a statement just issued we learn that Mr. A. Lock, of Edenbridge, has slaughtered more than 18,000 queen wasps, and that for eighteen successive years he has secured premier honours for wasp-killing at a local horticultural show. Orders, we learn from an exceptionally well-informed insect, have now been issued to the W. (Wasps) S.P.U. to sting Mr. Lock on sight.

      A census, we read, is to be taken of all the birds of the United States by the American Board of Agriculture, but we are not told what particulars will be asked for. Probably merely name and address, not religion.

      Pygmalion for Threepence attracted a large number of the working classes to His Majesty's Theatre in spite of the price being higher than A Twopenny Damn.

      Among the workers' organisations which booked seats was the London Glass Blowers' Society. Hitherto, we understand, the favourite expression of the members of this Society has been the innocuous You be blowed, and it is sincerely to be hoped that Mr. Shaw's play will not have given these gentle souls a taste for anything stronger.

      After holding up an elderly man in broad daylight in an arcade off Ludgate Hill last week two highwaymen ran away and were captured in the Old Bailey. It is thought that the homing instinct took them there.

      A TOAST.

      Hail to the Bard, the simple Bard,

      Who wrote the little song,

      And to his Muse, who laboured hard

      To help the work along.

      Health to the Candid Friend also

      Who had his word to say,

      And to the kindly G.P.O.

      That sped it on its way.

      A blessing on the Editor

      Who let it see the light;

      Likewise the patient Printer, for

      He got the colons right;

      Here's to the sub, whose special line

      Was spacing it to fit,

      And to the cheery

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