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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920 Author: Various Release Date: July 12, 2005 [EBook #16271] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 158. January 21st, 1920. CHARIVARIA. We understand that the Frenchman who lost his temper so completely during a duel with pistols that he threatened to shoot his opponent will be suspended from taking part in similar encounters for the next six months. * * * A man who had half a ton of coal delivered to him without warning has been removed to an asylum, where he is being treated for coal-shock. * * * Wrexham Education Committee has decided not to have Welsh taught in the elementary schools. Doubts have recently arisen, it appears, as to whether it will ever be the chosen medium of communication in the League of Nations. * * * "There is a movement on foot," says _The Daily Mail_, "to brighten the dress of boys." Smith Tertius writes to say that, according to the best opinion in his set, the waist should be worn fuller and less attention paid to the "sit" of the shirt. * * * A man recently arrested in Dublin was found to have in his possession a loaded revolver, three sticks of gelignite, four lengths of fuse, a number of detonators and a jemmy. It is thought that he may have been dabbling in politics. * * * "Demobilised men are doing such execution at the London World's Fair Shooting Galleries," says a news item, "that the supply of bottles is running short." Nothing, however, can be done about it till the PRIME MINISTER returns from Paris. * * * "There is a proper time for the last meal of the day," says a medical writer. We have always been of the opinion that supper should not be taken between meals. * * * After addressing a meeting for two hours, says a contemporary, TROTSKY fainted. A more humane man would have
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