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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914 - Owen Seaman

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914

      Author: Various

      Editor: Sir Owen Seaman

      Release Date: February 2, 2009 [eBook #27967]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 147, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914***

      E-text prepared by Neville Allen, Malcolm Farmer,

      and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      VOL. 147.

      September 30, 1914.

      CHARIVARIA

      The German troops which started out for a pleasure trip to Paris are now reported, owing, no doubt, to the influence of British environment, to be taking their pleasures sadly.

      Several reasons have been given for the destruction of Rheims Cathedral. The real one is now said to be the following. Owing to the Red Cross Flag being flown from one of the towers the Germans thought the building was only a hospital.

      A Scotsman gifted with much native humour wishes it to be known how glad he is to see that the Frenchmen have been getting their Aisne back.

      It is reported that the Kaiser is proceeding to East Prussia to assume the chief command there. In Petrograd the news is only credited by extreme optimists.

      It does not say much for the enterprise of our English newspapers that we should have had to go all the way to India for a reference to what must have been an exceedingly clever capture of one of the enemy. As the war progresses, says The Times of India of the 20th ult., the stories of German brutality become more and more frequent. One instance is shown in a letter from a German soldier captured in a mail-bag in Lorraine.

      We have always held that the Turkish sense of humour has been underrated. A leading Ottoman statesman has told Der Tag (the newspaper of that name: the real thing has not turned up yet): We only fear for Germany one thing—her magnanimity towards the conquered, a quality which she shares with the great Turkish conquerors of the past.

      There is reported to be an uneasy feeling among the poor in our big towns that, if hard times should come, an attempt will be made to foist on them many of the weirder garments which kind-hearted ladies have been making for the troops.

      The attention of the public is being directed to the value of fish as a food, in contradistinction, we suppose, to its remarkable qualities as a perfume.

      Mr. Lloyd George's statement that The Prussian Junker is the road-hog of modern Europe has, we hear, had a curious and satisfactory sequel. Large numbers of adepts in the art of pig-sticking are joining the Sportsmans' Battalion which is now in process of formation.

      Not the least encouraging result of the War would seem to be that it has put a stopper on decadent ideas as to dress. Mlle. Gaby Deslys, we read, found herself unable to begin her season at the Palace the week before last as her dresses were delayed in Paris.

      A London-born Italian organ-grinder who was plying his trade in Wales has, The Express tells us, enlisted in Lord Kitchener's Army for foreign service, and has left his organ in charge of the recruiting officer at Barmouth. A pity. It should have made a powerful weapon to use against the enemy.

      So much has been written about the brutality of the Germans that it seems only fair to draw attention to an act of humanity on their part. Steps have been taken at Stuttgart, at any rate, to protect prisoners against annoyance. It is, runs a proclamation, rigorously forbidden for any woman to cast amorous glances at British and French prisoners.

      Taking No Risks.

      A HAUNT OF ANCIENT PEACE.

      The young man who had come into this quiet room looked round him with a sigh of relief at finding it empty. It was a large room, and he knew it well. Usually a little sombre and even oppressive of

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