Title:  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 25, 1919

Author:  Various

Release Date:  March 25, 2004 [EBook #11712]

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

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PUNCH,

Or the London charivari.

Vol. 156.

June 25, 1919.

CHARIVARIA.

A man has written to the papers offering to buy five thousand pounds of Joy Loan if the Government will get him a case of whisky.  The simple fellow does not seem to realise that if the Government had anything as valuable as a case of whisky it would not have to raise a loan.

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The successful trans-Atlantic flight and the large number of public-houses in Galway threaten to make prohibition in U.S.A. nothing less than a farce.

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Smoking, says a Church paper, is on the increase among boys.  Boys will be girls these days.

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Smoking and bad language seem to go together, says Professor Gilbert Murray.  In the case of some cheap cigars we have often seen them going together.

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A bazaar has been held in Dublin for the purpose of securing a fresh stock of wild animals for the Zoological Gardens.  It is not believed, however, that the popularity of Sinn Fein can be seriously challenged.

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“Serbia,” says an Italian news agency, “is purchasing large quantities of war material and aeroplanes.”  It is feared, however, that these elaborate Peace preparations may yet turn out to be premature.

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Two German machine guns, it is stated, have been placed in a provincial library.  Even this, it is thought, will not prevent Mr. H.G.  Wells from doing what he conceives to be his duty.

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Labour unrest is reported from Spitzbergen.  There is also a rumour that the Greenlanders are demanding the nationalization of blubber and a 180-day year.

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There is said to be some talk at Washington of the House of Representatives inviting President Wilson to visit America shortly.

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A Chicago Girls’ Club has decided that its members shall have nothing to do with young men.  It is certainly getting to be an effeminate habit.

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The Daily Mail has presented a golden slipper for the actress with the smallest feet.  The slipper, we understand, is quite new and has never been used on anybody.

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An American gentleman is about to offer for sale his corkscrew, or would exchange for something useful.