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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 17, 1917

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 153.

OCTOBER 17, 1917.

CHARIVARIA.

The mutiny of the German sailors at Kiel is now explained. They
preferred death to another speech from the KAISER.

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A Constantinople poet has translated the plays of SHAKSPEARE into
Turkish. The rendering is said to be faithful to the text, and it is
assumed that a keen appreciation of Turkey's military necessities
alone accounts for his reference to the "Swan of Avon" as the "Bulbul
of Potsdam."

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The use of flour as an ingredient of sausages is now forbidden. Young
sausages which have hitherto been fed on bread and milk must either be
broken to bones or killed for the table.

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An optimist writes to express the hope that by this elimination of
flour the dreadful secret of the sausage may be at last revealed.

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The German Government has created a Pulp Commission. We have always
said they would be reduced to it in time.

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The King of SIAM'S royal yacht has been turned into a cargo boat.
Reports that the Sacred White Elephant has been commandeered for use
as a floating dock are still unconfirmed.

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For giving corn to pheasants a fine of ten pounds has been inflicted
on a merchant of New York (Lincs.) The removal _en bloc_ of th