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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

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Language: English

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI

VOL. 150

FEBRUARY 23, 1916.

CHARIVARIA.

The threatened shortage of paper has led a few unkind persons to enquire
upon what our diplomatic victories are hereafter to be achieved.

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An interned German was recently given a week's freedom in which to get
married, and the interesting question has now been raised as to whether
his children, when they reach the age of twenty-one, will be liable to
the Conscription Act or will have to be interned as alien enemies.

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According to Miss ELLEN TERRY but little attention has been given by the
critics to the letters in SHAKSPEARE'S plays. We rather thought that one
of Germany's intelligent young professors had recently subjected the
letters to a searching analysis, the result being to establish beyond a
reasonable doubt that England started the War.

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From _The Observer_:--

"The King has sent a congratulatory letter to Mrs. Mann of
Nottingham, who has nine sons serving in the Army and Navy. This
is believed to be a record for one working-class family."

Though a mere bagatelle, of course, for the idle rich.

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We regret to read of the death from tuberculosis of one of the most
popular and playful of the Zoological Society's c