Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-10

There are one hundred thousand more people living in London than in New York. But they are only just living.
The Home Rule Bill, says The Irish Unionist Alliance , would, if put into operation, cause friction in Ireland. We are sorry to hear this, for friction is the last thing we want to see in Ireland.
M. Grabski, who has just asked for the loan of three thousand million francs, is the Polish Minister of Finance. Yet people say there is nothing in a name.
A Welsh Prohibition Bill is suggested. We think it should be pointed out that the Welsh language is natural and not due to over-indulgence.
Dempsey, the American Boxer, is to be charged with draft-dodging. The other charge of Cochran-dodging will not be proceeded with.
Gold in the mouth, says the American Academy of Dental Science, is out of date. Much the same applies to gold in the pocket.
We understand that an American syndicate has been formed for the purpose of acquiring the sole rights in a suit of clothes by a London tailor.
American whisky is said to create in consumers a desire to climb trees. British whisky, on the other hand, seems to create in the Americans a desire to cross the Atlantic.
With reference to the road-mender who fell down last week and injured himself an explanation has now been given. It appears that the colleague next to him must have moved.
No fewer than twenty-seven poems on Spring have been received by one weekly paper editor. Yet there are people who still maintain that the crime wave is on the wane.
The Irish swear by two staple beverages, says The Daily Mail . We feel, however, that an Irishman who was really trying could swear by more than this.