orry," said the man, "but I've only just got out
and didn't know about it." It transpired (as they say) that he was an
Englishman who had been interned in the village for four years.

L.

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[Illustration: ["All horses selected from the Expeditionary Forces for
shipment to the United Kingdom must have the letter Y clipped on the
off saddle."---_Remount Regulation_.]

_Elated War-Horse (on completion of operation)_. "HOME, JOHN!"]

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"Mr. ---- will play the flue obbligato for Miss ----, and none
better could be found."--_Provincial Paper_.

Very kind of him, no doubt, but most of us would prefer to do without
this accompaniment.

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PUNCH'S APPEAL FOR "OUR DAY."

The following letter, dated March 12th, has been received from Sir
ARTHUR STANLEY:--

"The completion of the Fund which Mr. Punch has raised in
connection with the 'Our Day' appeal gives me the opportunity
of again expressing my grateful appreciation of this splendid
effort.

"The total remittances we have received from you amount to
L11,040 5s. 5d., and the long list of subscribers shows
how loyally and generously the readers of _Punch_ have rallied
to your appeal.

"On behalf of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross
Society and the Order of St. John, I should like to thank you
and your readers most cordially for the welcome assistance you
have provided for the relief of the sick and wounded."

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"To-day in the garden:--

"Refine the onion-bed thoroughly."--_Daily Mail_.

Have you tried eau-de-Cologne?

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_NOUVELLES DE PARIS_.

_Paris, March 1919._

DEAREST POPPY,--I have a piece of news to send you from here that will
give you a veritable _frisson d'angoisse_. No, it doesn't concern the
Peace Conference; it's something far worse than that. _Figurez-vous_,
the new style of _coiffure_ is severe to the point of being absolutely
terrifying--that is to the woman who has been shivering on the brink
of thirty for any length of time.

Foreheads are coming in again--_que c'est embetant_! I thought they'd
been abolished long ago. I wish I could get hold of the _mechant_ (for
I know it's a man) who is introducing them now. I had my hair dressed
_chez_ Manet to-day in the new s