Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 14, 1920
Transcriber's Note: typo thundebrolt changed to thunderbolt on page 267. Underlining was used to indicate where text appeared upside down in the original.
Hat-pins to match the colour of the eyes are to be very fashionable this year, according to a Trade journal. This should be good news to those Tube-travellers who object to having green hat-pins stuck in their blue eyes.
Enterprise cannot be dead if it is really true that a well-known publisher has at last managed to persuade Mr. Winston Churchill to write a few words concerning the Labour Question.
I have never been knocked down by a motor omnibus, says Mr. Justice Darling. The famous judge should not complain. He must take his turn like the rest of us.
Never pull the doorbell too hard is the advice of a writer on etiquette in a ladies' journal. When calling at a new wooden house the safest plan is not to pull the bell at all.
American bacon opened stronger yesterday, says a market report. If it opened any stronger than the last lot we bought it must have gone some.
Five golf balls were discovered inside a cow which was found dead last week on a Hertfordshire golf course. We understand that a certain member of the Club who lost half-a-dozen balls at Easter-time has demanded a recount.
An Englishman's place is by his own fireside, declares a writer in the Sunday Press. This is the first intimation we have received that Spring-cleaning is over.
A serious quarrel between two prominent Sinn Feiners is reported. It appears that one accused the other of being no murderer.
The Commercial Bribery and Tipping Review , a new American publication, offers a prize of four pounds for the best article on Why I believe barbers should not be tipped. The barbers claim that what they receive is not a tip, but the Price of Silence.
According to an evening paper, crowds can be seen in London every day waiting to go into the pit. Oh, if only they were miners!
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CHARIVARIA.
WISDOM UP TO DATE—12TH EDITION.
The Giant's Robe—Cheap.
OUR SUPER-PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.
A Startling Disclosure.
THE "WITHDRAWAL" FROM MOSCOW.
TENNIS PROSPECTS.
LITTLE BITS OF LONDON.
LABOUR AND THE RUSSIAN BALLET.
LABUNTUR ANNI.
MANNERS AND MODES.
PEACE WITH HONOUR.
The Wool Shortage.
STAGE AMENITIES.
CHIPPO'S SCENARIO.
A LEVY ON PATRIOTISM.
THIS FOR REMEMBRANCE.
Journalistic Candour.
THE WORM TURNS.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
The Housing Stringency.
Commercial Candour.
THE WORD-BUILDERS;
THE WANDERER IN NORFOLK.
THE NEW SPIRIT IN WEDDING GIFTS.
ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
SHAKSPEARE AND THE NEW ART.
OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.
THE VISIT.