Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917
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English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Nothing for it but to clear out (through a portrait of the All-Highest),
leaving _Kit_ in the safe to suffocate. Enter police (comic). Where is
_Kit?_ Brain-wave. In the safe, behind secret panel. Problem: how to open
it. The service was evidently so secret that it had never told one of its
brightest young men about combination letter-locks. But the dancer
remembers that the chief spy had carefully explained to her the letters of
the combination. Release of _Kit_ and a curtain which suggested that the
initiative remained with the _Kiraly_.
The authors are to be congratulated. They provided a good unpretentious
evening's entertainment. No dull and pedantic realism for them. The
dialogue was bright, occasionally to the sparkling point. The players were
competent and zealous. Mr. KENNETH DOUGLAS gave the right variety to his
three parts, _Goring_ as he was, _Goring_ as he was assumed to be for
purpose of bluffing the enemy, and _Kit Brent_; and he played his great
bathroom scene with humour and complete discretion. Miss IRIS HOEY was a
charming innocent adventuress with heart of gold and eye of gladness; Mr.
HIGNETT, as _Kit's_ self-possessed man _Cosens_, quite admirable, with just
the right mixture of friendliness without impertinence and restraint
without servility. Mr. WENMAN as a superabundant gum-chewing impresario,
and Mr. EILLE NORWOOD as head villain, were quite plausible in the
interesting and unlikely situation. I must say I like this kind of nonsense
immensely. T.
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[Illustration: HOMEWARDS: AN ALLOTMENT IDYLL.]
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A Cautious Prophecy.
"... One of the reasons of the satisfaction is that the huge yield of
the Loan effectively postpones any further borrowings on a similar
scale until the end of the War. By that time victory should either have
been attained or be in sight."--_Irish Paper._
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"A well educated young lady, the daugter of a French interned prisoner
of war, desires to make the acquaintance with an English or American
family to mutually improve the languages."--_Daily Paper, Lausanne._
The result will be awaited with interest in editorial circles.
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SEED POTATOES FOR PATRIOTS.
(_Garnered from the catalogue of the George Washington Seed Company._)
"_Adonis_."--Strikingly handsome oval tuber of the fashionable nigger-brown
shade. Never had a day's illness. Every "Adonis" potato is inoculated for
wireworm before leaving our grounds.
"_Automatic._"--Remarkable novelty; digs itself in, and jumps out of the
ground when ready. Self-peeling; skin comes off in the saucepan. Immense
boon to busy housewives.
"_Little Gem."_--For window-boxes. Flowers closely resemble Odontoglossum.
Much in demand for Mayfair mansions. Dainty electro-plated trowel given
away with every order for a hundred-weight.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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