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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 19, 1917

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 153.

SEPTEMBER 19, 1917.

CHARIVARIA.

There is no truth in the report that one of the most telling lines in
the _National Anthem_ is to be revised so as to read "Confound their
Scandiknavish tricks."

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Grave fears are expressed in certain quarters that the Stockholm
Conference has been "_spurlos versenkt_."

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Someone has stolen the clock from St. Winefride's Church, Wimbledon.
We hope that the culprit has responded to the universal appeals in the
newspapers which urged him to put the clock back on Sunday last.

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An Englishwoman living in the East has a servant-girl who, when told
about the War, remarked, "What war?" Another snub for the KAISER.

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"A Vegetarian" writes to accuse Lord RHONDDA of reducing the price of
meat on purpose.

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Tube fares are to be raised. An alternative project of issuing special
tickets, entitling the holder to standing room, was reluctantly
abandoned.

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The Thames, says a contemporary, has come into its own again as
a holiday resort. Many riparian owners, on the other hand, are
complaining that it has come into theirs.

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A trades union of undertakers' mutes has been formed. Their first act,
it is believed, will be to strike for a fifty-year life.

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We have been asked to explain that the Second Division in which Mr.
E.D. MOREL is now serving is not the one that fought at the battle
of Mons.

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Two escaped German prisoners have been arrested at Wokingham by a
local grocer. The report that he ch