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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 7, 1919., 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. 156, May 7, 1919. Author: Various Release Date: April 19, 2004 [EBook #12079] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH *** Produced by Malcolm Farmer, Sandra Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 156. May 7, 1919. CHARIVARIA. No enthusiasm attended the recent revival of the curious May Day custom of dancing round the snow man. *** Since the Muzzling Order, says a weekly paper, fewer postmen in the West End have been bitten by dogs. We are asked by the Dogs' Trade Union to point out that this is not due to the Muzzling Order, but to the fact that just at present there is a fine supply of dairy-fed milkmen in that district. *** A negress has just died in South America, aged 136. It is supposed that the exodus of so many of her descendants to London on account of the great demand for Jazz-band players was largely responsible for hastening her end. *** According to a local paper an American officer refused to stay at a seaside hotel during Easter-time because a flea hopped on to the visitors' book whilst he was in the act of signing it. We agree that it is certainly rather alarming when these unwelcome intruders adopt such methods of espionage in order to discover which room one is about to occupy. *** The Society of Public Analysts declares that it is impossible to tell what animal or what part of it is contained in a sausage. We gather that it all depends on whether the beast is backed into the machine or enticed into it with a sardine. *** The British people still feel themselves the victors, so Mr. RAMSAY MACDONALD told the _Vossische Zeitung_. Not Mr. MACDONALD'S fault, of course. *** London butchers have protested against being compelled to sell Chilian, Brazilian, Manchurian _and other_ beef. A simple way to distinguish "other beef" from Manchurian beef is to offer it to the cat. If it eats
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