Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11Various
General
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Suitable premises for the College have been secured in the heart of Mayfair
and a competent staff of instructors has already been appointed, who, with
the aid of gramophones, will be able to train the students to perfection in
the requisite command of the most explosive gutturals, labials and
sibilants. Doctor Prtnkeivitchsvtnshchitzky will be the director of the
College; Dr. SETON WATSON and Mr. WICKHAM STEED have kindly undertaken to
supervise the Yugo-Slav section, and the list of patrons and patronesses
includes the names of the Prince of Prinkipo; Madame KARSAVINA, so long a
victim of the mispronunciation of her melodious surname; Dr. DOUGLAS HYDE,
the famous Irish scholar; Prenk-Bib-Doda, the Albanian chieftain; Sir
RABINDRANATH TAGORE; Lord PARMOOR; Sir THOMAS BEECHAM and the Dowager Begum
of BHOPAL.
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[Illustration: MORE ADVENTURES OF A POST-WAR SPORTSMAN.
HE DETERMINES TO MASTER THE ART OF CRACKING A WHIP.]
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PEGASUS AT POLO.
"The following teams have entered for the Lahore Polo Tournament:--4th
Cavalry, 17th Cavalry, 21st Lancers, 33rd Cavalry, 39th Central India
Horse, Lahore, the Fox-hunters from Meerut, and the Royal Air Horse
from Delhi."--_Civil and Military Gazette._
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AN UP-TO-DATE COSTUME.
"For your evening dress I advise you simply to buy a piece of broad
silver ribbon, pass it twice round the waist and knot it at the side,
with a little bunch of berries and leaves caught into the knot."--
_Ladies' Paper._
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REVOLT OF THE SUPER-GEORGIANS.
WILD SCENES AT A MEETING OF PROTEST.
An Indignation Meeting, to protest against the outrageous attacks levelled
against Georgian writers and critics by Professor NOYES in his recent
lecture at the Royal Institution and by Mr. A.D. GODLEY in an article in
the current _Nineteenth Century_, was held last Saturday evening at the
Klaxon Hall. The chair was taken by Mr. EDWARD MARSH, C.M.G., who was
supported on the platform by a compact bevy of Georgian bards; but at an
early stage of the meeting it became apparent that a majority of those
present in the body of the hall were extremists of violent type, and
eventually, as will be seen, the proceedings ended in something
approximating to a free fight.
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