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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, December 15, 1920

Author: Various

Editor: Owen Seaman

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 159.

DECEMBER 15, 1920.

CHARIVARIA.

Apparently the official decision not to issue Christmas excursion
tickets for journeys of less than one hundred miles will inflict some
inconvenience on the public. Several correspondents point out that
they will be obliged to travel further than they had intended.

* * *

A newspaper correspondent describes CHARLIE CHAPLIN as being an
amusing companion in private life. We always suspect a popular
comedian of having his lighter moments.

* * *

"For twenty years," says a contemporary, "Superintendent Spencer of
Scotland Yard has been watching the King." We hasten to add that
during all that time HIS MAJESTY has never done anything to excite
suspicion.

* * *

This year's Oxford and Cambridge Rugby match is said to have been the
most exciting in the memory of the oldest undergraduate.

* * *

According to _The Daily Express_ twenty-five thousand Government
officials are on strike in Austria. People are asking why we can't
have this sort of thing in England.

* * *

Official kissing at Presidential functions is now discontinued in
France and visitors must shake hands in future. These curtailed
amenities are still an impro