PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Vol. 146.
February 18, 1914.
CHARIVARIA.
"I come," said Mr. Lloyd Georgelast week, "from a farming stock rightdown from the Flood. The first thinga farmer wants is to be secure." Itwas of course during the Flood thatthe insecurity of land tenure was mostnoticeable.
Lord Carrick, who a few monthsago was appearing in a sketch at theColiseum, seconded the Address in theHouse of Lords. We are glad to notethe growth of ties between Parliamentand the Stage, and we are not withouthope that before long a further linkwill be added in the person of SirGeorge Alexander.
A new form of flyingboat is being built inAmerica, in which it ishoped that somebodymay fly from Newfoundlandto Ireland in fifteenhours. In the event ofHome Rule, we trust, forthe sake of the intrepidaviator, that a still fleeterflying boat will be designedfor the returnjourney.
A resident of WalthamAbbey has just receiveda letter with a WalthamCross post-mark on theback of the envelopedated February, 31, 1914.We understand that therecipient proposes toreturn the letter to thePost Office marked"Date unknown."
With reference to the Old TimeSupper which is to be a feature of theChelsea Arts Club Ball we are requestedto state that it must not be taken thatall the food offered for consumption onthat occasion will bear the stamp ofantiquity.
An enterprising publisher has, it isrumoured, persuaded no less a personagethan Mr. Lloyd George to write somebooks for him, and we are promisedat an early date, "Essays on Lamb(shorn)," "The Fortunes of Montrose,"and other works of creative fancy.
"I was shaved yesterday by a highlyintelligent young Pole," says a writerin The Express. The Barber's Pole isof course a very old institution.
"Old Masters—Velasquez and soon—what are they?" said Mr. JusticeEve last week during a case dealingwith pictures. "I should turn theminto cash if they were mine." Seeinghow often the old fellows paintedEve's portrait, this dictum of hisLordship strikes one as ungracious.
Messrs. Bryant and May have issueda brochure describing how little housesmay be made out of matches. A companionvolume, entitled "How to lightthem," by a Suffragette, may be expectedshortly.
It is sometimes asked, Why do so fewindividuals when sentenced to death formurder take advantage of their rightto appeal? The answer is, Because theCourt of Criminal Appeal has the powerof increasing a sentence.
"Samuel, in the spirit of a notoriousmember of his race, one Pontius Pilate,disavows all responsibility in the matter ofthe shooting of Englishmen in the Transvaal."
New Witness.
Mr. Punch (to Mr. Samuel) Ave!Civis Romane!
Butler (to new servant from the country). "When you've quite finishedcleaning next door's steps perhaps you wo BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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