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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

Release Date: August 23, 2006 [EBook #19105]

Language: English

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 159.

December 1st, 1920.

CHARIVARIA.

ACCORDING to _The Evening News_, lambs have already put in an
appearance in Dorset. People who expect the POET LAUREATE to rush to
the spot will be bitterly disappointed.

* * *

"What was a golden eagle doing in Lincolnshire?" asks "L.G.M." in _The
Daily Mail_. We never answer these personal questions.

* * *

The Public Libraries Committee of West Ham has declined to purchase
_The Autobiography of Margot Asquith_. It would just serve them right
if the publisher sent them a copy.

* * *

Sir R. BADEN-POWELL recently declared that men contemplating matrimony
would do well to notice whether their prospective brides gave an
inside or an outside tread. We still maintain that the safest course
is to remain single and not be trodden on either way.

* * *

The report that a British soldier has recently discovered a genuine
specimen of a small war, in which Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL had no hand
whatever, is now regarded as untrustworthy.

* * *

A Scotsman knocked down by a car in New York was given a glass of
water and quickly regained consciousness. He is now making inquiries
concerning the number of times one has to be knocked down in order to
get a drop of spirit.

* * *

Sea-gulls have been observed near the Willesden public parks. It is
assumed that they didn't know it was Willesden.

* * *

A clothing firm advertises suits to fit any figure. It is not known
what eventually happened to the man who asked them to supply him with
a suit for a figure round about thirty shillings.

* * *

An express train rece