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May 16, 1917., by Various

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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.

Author: Various

Release Date: March 16, 2005 [EBook #15377]

Language: English

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PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 152.

May 16, 1917.

CHARIVARIA.

Several factories where counterfeit bread tickets were printed have
been discovered in Berlin. We understand that the defence will be that
the tickets were only intended to be exchanged for counterfeit bread.

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"The enemies' desire," says KING LUDWIG of Bavaria, "will he dashed to
pieces against our troops, who are accustomed to victory." A number
of the victors who are now eating themselves in behind our positions
profess to be absolutely nauseated with it.

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Five million four hundred thousand pigs, says Herr BATOCKI, have
"mysteriously disappeared" in Germany in the last year. The idea of
having the CROWN PRINCE'S baggage searched does not seem to have been
found feasible.

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A festival performance of _Parsifal_ is to be given in Charlottenburg,
to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. The proposal to
substitute the more topical opera, _The Flying Deutschmann_, has been
received without favour.

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"With such troops," says the CROWN PRINCE, "we could fetch the Devil
from Hell." We have always maintained that the German military route
lay on a direct line to Potsdam.

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A Manchester man writes to say that he has not heard the cuckoo this
year. What England hears to-day Manchester may hear next month.

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A Norfolk lady has left an annuity of seventy pounds for the support
of her two favourite cats. Since the announcement of this windfall we
understand that the beneficiaries have been overwhelmed with offers of
marriage.

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"The bascules of the Tower Bridge were lifted 3,354 times last year,"
says a news item. Yet there are those who preten