Subsequent news shows that “less irresponsible” was not a misprint but a prophecy.

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[Illustration:  Sympathetic Newsboy (to proprietor of Coffee Stall.) “WOT YER TRYIN’ TO DO WIV THE OLD ‘OTEL, GUVNER?  TAKIN’ IT ’OME FOR FEAR OF ‘AVIN’ IT COMMANDEERED?”]

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    “It is claimed that about thirty Merman firms construct the Diesel
    motors originally used for submarines.”—­Daily Telegraph.

We wish these motors a speedy return to the fishy scenes of their origin.

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    “Several eligible sires for workmen’s dwellings, of which some 300 are
    needed, have been selected by the Southport Town Planning
    Committee.”—­Daily Paper.

They must not be confused with “the rude forefathers of the hamlet” mentioned by GRAY.