Title:  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 4, 1917

Author:  Various

Release Date:  February 8, 2005 [EBook #14974]

Language:  English

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

Vol. 152.

April 4th, 1917.

CHARIVARIA.

The Kaiser has conferred upon the Turkish Grand vizier the Order of the
Black Eagle.  The Grand vizier has had persistent bad luck.

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“A few weeks ago,” says Mr. Robert Blatchford, I asked, “What manner of man is the Tsar?  And now he has abdicated.”  We understand that the ex-tsar absolves Mr. Blatchford from all blame.

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The Amsterdam rumour to the effect that eighty thousand German soldiers had surrendered was followed the next day by the report that it was really ninety thousand.  It appears that a recount was demanded.

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The Evening News, ever ready to assist with economical hints, now throws out suggestions for renovating last year’s suit.  No mention is made, however, of the fact that people with fur coats can now obtain quite cheap butterfly-nets for the moth-chasing season.

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In the Reichstag a member of the Socialist Minority Party has denounced the Kaiser as the originator of the War.  The denunciation made little impression on the House, as it was generally felt that he must have been listening to some idle street-corner gossip.

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A cat’s-meat-man informed the Southwark Tribunal at a recent sitting that he served over four hundred families a day.  The unwisdom of permitting cats to have families in war-time has been made the subject of adverse comment.

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“I swear by Almighty God that I will speak the truth, no nonsense, and won’t be foolish,” was the form of oath taken by a witness at a recent case in the Bloomsbury County Court.  It was explained to him that this was only suitable for persons taking office under the Crown.

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It was urged on behalf of a man at the Harrow Tribunal that there would be no boots in the Army to fit him.  If a small enough pair can be found for him it is understood that he will join the police.

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We fear an injustice has been done to the large number of Mexicans who have lately entered the United States.  It was at first suggested that they were of pro-German sympathies, but it now appears that they were only fugitives who had fled from the elections in Mexico.