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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 146.

January 21, 1914.


[Illustration: "NOT VERY SPORTING LINKS, ARE THEY?"
EVEN EARTHQUAKES HAVE THEIR USE.
"AH, THAT'LL MAKE BETTER GOLF."]
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CHARIVARIA.
MAJOR-GENERAL LEONARD WOOD, chief of the U.S.A. General Staff, has
reported that the American Army is, practically speaking, unarmed,
and advises the immediate expenditure of L1,200,000 for artillery and
ammunition. We fancy, however, that the present state of affairs is
the result of a compromise with the American Peace party, who will not
object to their country having an army so long as it is unarmed.
***
"VICTORY FOR THE ORANGE WOMEN.
DRURY LANE INSTITUTION TO CONTINUE."
This should put heart into the Orange Men of Ulster.
***
We hear that, to celebrate the recent glorious victory in Alsace, the
little town of Zabern is to be re-named Saebeln.
***
The Rev. N. FITZPATRICK, describing a visit to the Balkan States in
a lecture at the Camera Club, spoke of the difficulties he had with
his laundry. The same bundle of clothes was soaked in Roumania,
rough-dried in Bulgaria, and ironed in Servia. We are astonished
that the lecturer should have made no mention of mangling, which we
understand is done well in the Balkan States.
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