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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, December 15, 1920, by Various, Edited by Owen Seaman 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. 159, December 15, 1920 Author: Various Editor: Owen Seaman Release Date: September 19, 2006 [eBook #19334] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 159, DECEMBER 15, 1920*** E-text prepared by Lesley Halamek, Jonathan Ingram, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 19334-h.htm or 19334-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/9/3/3/19334/19334-h/19334-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/9/3/3/19334/19334-h.zip) PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 159. DECEMBER 15, 1920. CHARIVARIA. Apparently the official decision not to issue Christmas excursion tickets for journeys of less than one hundred miles will inflict some inconvenience on the public. Several correspondents point out that they will be obliged to travel further than they had intended. * * * A newspaper correspondent describes CHARLIE CHAPLIN as being an amusing companion in private life. We always suspect a popular comedian of having his lighter moments. * * * "For twenty years," says a contemporary, "Superintendent Spencer of Scotland Yard has been watching the King." We hasten to add that during all that time HIS MAJESTY has never done anything to excite suspicion. * * * This year's Oxford and Cambridge Rugby match is said to have been the most exciting in the memory of the oldest undergraduate. * * * According to _The Daily Express_ twenty-five thousand Government officials are on strike in Austria. People are asking why we can't have this sort of thing in England. * * * Official kissing at Presidential functions is now discontinued in France and visitors must shake hands in future. These curtailed amenities are still an impro
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