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August 25th, 1920, by Various

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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 25th, 1920

Author: Various

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 159.

August 25th, 1920.

CHARIVARIA.

"What we have got to do," says Lord ROTHERMERE, "is to keep calm and mind
our own business, instead of worrying about the affairs of every other
nation." It seems only fair to point out that _The Daily News_ thought of
this as long ago as August, 1914.

* * *

Gooseberries the size of bantams' eggs, says a news item, won a prize at
the Deeside Horticultural Show. When we remember the giant gooseberries of
a decade ago it rather looks as if the nation were losing its nerve.

* * *

With reference to the messenger seen running in Whitehall the other day a
satisfactory explanation has now been given. He was doing it for the
cinema.

* * *

The average Scot, says an Anti-Prohibition writer, cannot stand many
drinks. Our experience supports this view; but he can be stood a good many.

* * *

A picture-paper gossip states that Mr. CHURCHILL enjoys very good health.
Just a touch of writer's cramp now and then, of course.

* * *

In a recent riot in Londonderry, it is stated, a number of inoffensive
neutrals were set upon and beaten by rowdies of both factions. We have
constantly maintained that Irish unity can always be secured when there is
something really worth uniting over.

* * *

A lighthouse is advertised for sale in _The Times_. It is said to be just
the kind of residence for a tall man with sloping shoulders.

* * *

A correspondent asks in the weekly press for a new name for charabancs. We
wish we could think there was any use in calling them names.

* * *

Seaside bathers are advised not to enter the water after a heavy meal. The
seaside visitor who could pay for such a meal would natur