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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914

Author: Various

Release Date: November 29, 2007 [EBook #23658]

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 147.

July 15th, 1914.

CHARIVARIA.

Two men carrying bombs were arrested last week on the outskirts of
Paris, and are suspected of a plot against the FRENCH PRESIDENT. They
alleged that the bombs were made for the TSAR OF RUSSIA, but the TSAR
denies that he gave the commission.

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The town of Criccieth, it is reported, has decided to give up gas in
favour of electricity. This, of course, is not meant as a slight on
its most illustrious resident.

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Posted at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, on July 14, 1904, a postcard has
just been delivered at the Grapes Hotel in Cowes. The recipient is
said to have expressed the opinion that it would have been quicker,
almost, to have telephoned the message.

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Miss NINA BOYLE, of the Women's Freedom League, has sent to the
papers a list of ladies on whom she considers the KING ought to bestow
honours. Among the writers there is one notable omission, and Miss
MARIE CORELLI is said to be more of an anti-Suffragette than ever.

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"NEW THEATRE FOR LONDON,
ALL SEATS IN THE HOUSE TO BE BOOKED."

So the great difficulty has been solved at last! So may theatres fail
because the seats are not taken.

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A movement is on foot to induce Mr. CHARLES GARVICE to change the name
of his play, _A Heritage of Hate_, as so many patrons of melodrama
have experienced difficulty in pronouncing the title as it stands at
present.

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In a struggle between a British sailor and a German policeman at
Wilhelmshaven the other day honours seem to have been fairly even. The
policeman, who used his sword, lost his head, and the sailor a piece
of his nose.

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