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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158,
January 21st, 1920, by Various
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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920
Author: Various
Release Date: July 12, 2005 [EBook #16271]
Language: English
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 158.
January 21st, 1920.
CHARIVARIA.
We understand that the Frenchman who lost his temper so completely during a
duel with pistols that he threatened to shoot his opponent will be
suspended from taking part in similar encounters for the next six months.
* * *
A man who had half a ton of coal delivered to him without warning has been
removed to an asylum, where he is being treated for coal-shock.
* * *
Wrexham Education Committee has decided not to have Welsh taught in the
elementary schools. Doubts have recently arisen, it appears, as to whether
it will ever be the chosen medium of communication in the League of
Nations.
* * *
"There is a movement on foot," says _The Daily Mail_, "to brighten the
dress of boys." Smith Tertius writes to say that, according to the best
opinion in his set, the waist should be worn fuller and less attention paid
to the "sit" of the shirt.
* * *
A man recently arrested in Dublin was found to have in his possession a
loaded revolver, three sticks of gelignite, four lengths of fuse, a number
of detonators and a jemmy. It is thought that he may have been dabbling in
politics.
* * *
"Demobilised men are doing such execution at the London World's Fair
Shooting Galleries," says a news item, "that the supply of bottles is
running short." Nothing, however, can be done about it till the PRIME
MINISTER returns from Paris.
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