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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, December 22, 1920

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

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Language: English

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 159.

DECEMBER 22ND, 1920.

CHARIVARIA. It is pointed out that the display of December meteors is
more than usually lavish. Send a postcard to your M.P. about it.

* * *

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE recently stated that the first prize he ever won
was for singing. It is only fair to say that this happened in the
pre-NORTHCLIFFE era.

* * *

An elderly Londoner recalls a Christmas when the cold was so intense
that in a Soho restaurant the ices froze.

* * *

There has arrived at the Zoo a bird akin to the partridge and
excellent for the table, but unable to fly. The very thing for the
estate of a sporting profiteer.

* * *

"What is the best fire preventative?" asks a weekly journal. The
answer is, the present price of coal.

* * *

The National Rat Campaign this year, we are told, was a great success.
On the other hand we gather that several rats have threatened to issue
a minority report.

* * *

"There is nothing so enjoyable," says a newspaper correspondent, "as
a trip across the water to Ireland." Except, of course, a trip back
again.

* * *

A number of Huns are receiving Iron Crosses through the post inscribed
"Your Fatherland does not forget you