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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 By: Various |
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VOL. 158.
April 28, 1920.
CHARIVARIA. GENERAL DENIKIN is now in London. This is the first visit he has paid to
this country since his last assassination by the Bolshevists. New proposals regarding telephone charges are expected as soon as the
Select Committee has reported. If the system of charging by time in
place of piece work is adopted it will mean ruination to many
business men. The Swiss Government has issued orders that ex monarchs may enter the
country without passports. It is required, however, that they should
take their places in the queue. It is reported that a Londonderry man walked up to a Sinn Feiner the
other day and said, "Shoot me." We understand that the real reason why
the fellow was not accommodated was that he omitted to say "Please." The
best Sinn Feiners are very punctilious. "The drinking of intoxicants," says an American prohibitionist, "causes
early death in ninety five cases out of a hundred." Several Americans,
we are informed, have gallantly offered themselves for experimental
purposes. "It is a scandal," says a contemporary, "that the clerks at Llanelly
should ask for twelve pounds fifteen shillings a week." But surely there
is no harm in asking. According to a weekly paper not only is CONSTANCE BINNEY a famous screen
star, but she is also a first class ukelele player. The latest reports
are that the news has been received quietly. "If slightly cut before cooking, potatoes slip out of their skins
easily," says a home journal. This is better than frightening them out
of their skins by jumping out from behind a door and saying "Boo." Mr. WILLIAM AIRD, the germ proof man, has been giving demonstrations in
London. It is reported that last week a germ snapped at him and broke
off two of its teeth. "In New York the other day," says a contemporary, "the sky kept
streaming silver sheen; mistlike lights pulsated in rapid flashes to the
apex and piled up stars could be seen." The fact that New York can still
see things like this must be a sorry blow to the Prohibitionists. "Working men have been hit very hard by the tyrannical Budget,"
announces a morning paper. We too are in sympathy with those miners who
are now faced with only one bottle of champagne a day. "These cotton boom profits," said the President of the Textile Institute
recently, "are abnormal and unhealthy." The Manchester man, however, who
recently came out with innumerable spots resembling half crowns as the
result of the boom, declares that no inconvenience is suffered once the
dizziness has passed away. From Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water wagtail has built its
nest in a milk can. We resolutely refrain from comment. A youth recently arrested in Dublin was found not to have a revolver on
him. He is being detained for a medical examination. A great many people are committing suicide, says the Vicar of St.
Mathew's, Portsmouth, because they have nothing to live for. We
disagree. The Weekly Dispatch's accounts of the next world are well
worth staying alive for. Airships under construction, declares Air Commodore E. M. MAITLAND, will
make the passage to Australia in nine and a half days. In tax paying
circles it is said that the fashionable thing will be to start now and
let the airship overtake you if it can. More than a million Americans, it is stated, are preparing to visit
Europe this summer. It is thought that there is at least a sporting
chance that some of them will be hoist with their own bacon. "The man who does not know Latin," says the Dean of DURHAM, "is not
really educated." Several uneducated business men are said to have
written to the DEAN asking the Latin for what they think of the new
Budget. At a recent wedding in Tyrone young men who had come to wish the bride
and bridegroom luck lit a fire against the door, blocked the chimney
with straw, broke the windows, threw water and cayenne pepper on the
wedding party and bombarded the house with stones for two hours... Continue reading book >>
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