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  There was an old Tsar of Bulgaria
  Who climbed like a climbing wistaria;
      He spread and he spread
      Till he had to be bled
  With a view to reducing his area.

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THE “FORTRESS” OF LONDON.

(AS PICTURED BY TEUTON IMAGINATION.)

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[Illustration:  THE CHURCH MILITANT.]

[Illustration:  LETTING OFF A SAMUEL JOHNSON.]

[Illustration:  A DOG’S-HOME GUN-TEAM.]

[Illustration:  THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL ARTILLERY.]

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THE “FORTRESS” OF LONDON.

(AS PICTURED BY TEUTON IMAGINATION.)

[Illustration:  A CITY TEA SHOP BEFORE THE ALARM.]

[Illustration:  THE SAME AFTER THE ALARM.]

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[Illustration:  THE MUSIC-HALL MANAGER’S DREAM.]

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[Illustration:  “WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME.”

PEACE DAYS IN PICCADILLY.]

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[Illustration:  Excited Tommy (as the gun gets into position).  “’ERE, BACK ’ER DOWN A BIT.  SHE’S ON MY FAG!”]

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[Illustration:  THE FALSE INCOME-TAX RETURN—­]

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[Illustration:  —­AND ITS RECTIFICATION.]

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