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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 156.

May 21, 1919.


CHARIVARIA.
"We thought it was to be a _Peace_ Conference," remarks the _Berliner
Tageblatt_ sadly. Instead of which it turned out to be another Diet of
Worms.
***
"Wanted a Dock Examiner," says a technical paper advertisement. Now if
they had only wanted a Duke examiner we have the very man in mind.
***
Several correspondents have written to _The Daily Express_ asking
whether it is not unlucky to be married on a Friday. Our own
experience is that it doesn't make much difference which day it is.
***
We learn on good authority that an airman recently flew from
Newfoundland to the English coast, but immediately returned as he
considered that the weather was unfavourable for landing. As the whole
affair appears to have been hushed up it is thought that he was of
American nationality.
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"A seasonable dish," says _Household Hints_, "is _crab au gratis_.
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