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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914, 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.org Title: Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914 Author: Various Release Date: August 9, 2009 [EBook #29652] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH *** Produced by Neville Allen, Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOLUME 147 DECEMBER 16, 1914 * * * * * CHARIVARIA. _T. P.'s Weekly_, in some sprightly lines, suggests that _Punch_ should appear daily. This would certainly not be a whit more strange than to issue a _T. P.'s Weekly Christmas Number_ as is done by our contemporary. * * * Answer to a Correspondent.--Yes, khaki is the fashionable colour for plum-puddings for the Front. * * * _Post hoc propter hoc?_ Extract from the Eye-Witness's description of the KING'S visit to France:--"Another sight which excited the King's keen interest was the large bathing establishment at one of the divisional headquarters.... From here the procession returned to General Headquarters, where his Majesty received General Foch and presented him with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath." * * * Sir JOHN FRENCH'S praise of the Berkshire Regiment will surprise no one, least of all _Mr. Punch's_ Toby. * * * REUTER tells us that when DE WET arrived at Johannesburg he was looking haggard and somewhat depressed. This lends colour to the rumour that he was annoyed at being captured. * * * In a letter published by a German newspaper a Landwehr officer writes:--"On the German front officers and men do not salute in the usual way, but by saying, 'God punish England,' while the reply is, 'May He punish England.'" This admission that the Germans themselves cannot do it is significant. * * * _Die Post_, in a reference to our million recruits, says, "Mere figures will not frighten us." Frankly, some of the figures of the stout Landwehr men frighten _us_. * * * At last in Consta
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