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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 20, 1917

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

Release Date: January 29, 2006 [EBook #17629]

Language: English

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 152.

June 20th, 1917.

=CHARIVARIA.=

A man who purchased sandwiches at a railway restaurant and afterwards
threw them into the road was fined five shillings at Grimsby Police
Court last week. His explanation--that he did not know they might
injure the road--was not accepted by the Court.

* * *

We cannot help thinking that too much fuss has been made about trying
to stop Messrs. RAMSAY MACDONALD and JOWETT from leaving England. So
far as we can gather they did not threaten to return to this country
afterwards.

* * *

A North of England man, obviously wishing to appear unusual, still
persists in the stupid story that he did not hear the Messines
explosion.

* * *

We can think of no finer example of the humility of true greatness
than KING CONSTANTINE'S decision to abdicate.

* * *

There were forty thousand fewer paupers in 1916 than in 1915,
according to figures recently published. The difference is accounted
for by the number of revue-writers who have resumed their agricultural
occupations.

* * *

In a small town in Australia, says a news item, over two tons of mice
were killed in two days. For some unknown reason, which perhaps the
Censor can explain, the name of the cat is withheld.

* * *

"Eliminate the middleman," demands a contemporary. It might prove a
simpler affair, after all, than the present system of suppressing the
inner man.

* * *

Mr. GINNELL, M.P., is responsible for the statement that "bringing
an action against the police in Ireland is like bringing one against
Satan in hell." The chief obstacle in the latter case is of cour