have addressed the
following Whip to the members of the House of Lords: On
February 15 an address will be moved in the House of
Lords in answer to His Majesty's Speech. We venture to
express the hope that Your Majesty will find it possible
to attend in your place on that day."--_Yorkshire
Evening Post._

We have heard of the Sovereign People, but the Sovereign Peers are new
to us.

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"In the course of the match, Brelsford, the United
half-back, and Glennon, the Wednesday forward, were
ordered off the field for fighting. Upwards of 16,000
spectators witnessed the match."--_Birmingham Post._

Mr. Punch will gladly furnish any of the players, or eligibles amongst
the 16,000 spectators, with the address of a field where fighters will
certainly not be "ordered off."

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"ANIMALS AND ZEPPELIN NOISES.

SIR,--The dat is affected by all sounds, according to
its weakness or its strength."

_Morning Paper._

We have often noticed the same thing about the cog.

* * * * *

"TYPIST and Shorthand Clerk.--Required at once for
invoicing a young lady, accustomed to the drapery trade
preferred."

_Daily Chronicle._

Not an easy post. Some young ladies are so unaccountable.

* * * * *

"Washington, Jany. 17.--Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst the
suffragette leader now under parole in New York will be
formally admitted to the United States soon after her
papers reach Washington. President Wilson is opposed to
her execution."--_Bermuda Colonist._

A merciful man, this WILSON.

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[Illustration: _Nervous Young Officer_ (_to 'bus conductor_).
"FIRST SINGLE TO OXFORD CIRCUS."

(The authorities have recommended that officers should
travel first-class.)]

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A CONTROVERSY.

(_From Our Own Correspondent in America._)

I.

YESTERDAY President WILSON addressed a monster gathering of business men
at Ponkapog. He said that it was a cruel misconception to hold that
Americans were without ideals. As a matter of fact they cherished their
ideals far beyond any question of making money and would die rather than
submit to acts which were an outrage on our common humanity. In
declaring that there was such a thing