Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919Various
General
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
The Bolshevists in Russia, we are told, are busy sowing seeds of
sedition. For some time it has been suspected that the Bolshevists were
up to no good.
***
HERBERT WELSH, aged sixty-seven, has started to walk from New Jersey to
New Hampshire, U.S.A., a distance of five hundred miles. In the absence
of fuller details we assume that HERBERT must have lost his train.
***
"Postage stamps," says a weekly snippets paper, "can be obtained at all
post-offices." This should prove a boon to those who have letters to
write.
***
It is thought if a certain well-known judge does not soon ask, "What is
whisky?" he will have to content himself with the past tense.
***
"What to do with a Wasp" is a headline in a contemporary. We have not
read the article, but our own plan with wasps is to try to dodge them.
***
We hear that complications may arise from an unfortunate mistake made at
a Jazz Competition held in London last week. It appears that the prize
was awarded to a lady suffering from hysteria who was not competing.
***
A taxi-driver in a suburb of London was married last week to a local
telephone operator. Speculation is now rife as to which will be the
first to break down and say "Thank you."
***
The Press reports the case of a young lady who received slight injuries
from a slab of ceiling which fell on her head whilst she was asleep in
bed, but was saved from further damage by the thickness of her hair.
This should act as a warning to those ladies who adopt the silly habit
of removing their tresses on retiring for the night.
* * * * *
[Illustration: _Hospital Orderly (taking particulars of new patient_).
"NAME, SIR?"
_Patient_. "SIR BRUCE BLAZEAWAY."
_Hospital Orderly_. "RANK?"
_Patient_. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL."
_Hospital Orderly_. "BATTALION?"]
* * * * *
TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN?
As Count BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU puts it, quoting from his German translation
of _Hamlet: "Sein oder nicht sein, dass ist hier die Frage_."
* * * * *
"The recommendations of the Jerram Committee came before a
conference between a representative body of lower deck ratings
and members of Parliament who sit for naval constituencies. The
veterinary chief petty officer presided."--_Sunday Paper_.
The rank is new to us; but he must be just the man to look after the
interests of our sea-dogs.
* * * * *
From the "Transactions" of a photographic society:--
"Mr. ---- stated that as Architectural Photography covered a large
and varied field he purposed to confine his remarks to the line of
work most familiar to him, namely, The Interiors of some of the
great English Ministers."
Now at last we shall know if the Government's heart is in the right
place.
* * * * *
TO ROBERT OF THE FORCE.
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