Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919

The huge waterspout observed off Guernsey last week travelling towards France is believed to have been making for the Peace Conference.
The Captain of a Wilson liner on being torpedoed ate his pocket-book to prevent his sailing instructions from falling into the hands of the Germans. The report that the ex-Kaiser has whiled away the time at Amerongen by chewing up three copies of the German White Book and one of Prince LICHNOWSKY'S Memoirs is probably a variant of this story.
Our chief hope of control of influenza, writes Sir ARTHUR NEWSHOLME of the Local Government Board, lies in further investigation. Persons who insist upon having influenza between now and Easter will do so at their own risk.
Writing to a provincial paper a correspondent asks when Mr. PHILIP SNOWDEN was born. Other people are content to ask Why?
We think it prudent to speak with moderation on all subjects, says The Morning Post . There now!
We mentioned last week the startling rumour that a Civil Servant had been seen running, and a satisfactory explanation has now been issued. It appears that the gentleman in question was going off duty.
According to the Malin , the Bavarian PREMIER told a newspaper man that the Bavarian revolution cost exactly eighteen shillings. This seems to lend colour to the rumour that Dr. EISNER picked this revolution up second-hand in Russia.
Springfield and Napsbury Lunatic Asylums, says a news item, are to be known in future as mental hospitals. Government institutions which have hitherto borne that title will in the future be known simply as Departments.
A German sailor, who is described as twenty-seven, 6 ft. 9½ in., has escaped from Dorchester camp. A reward has been offered for information leading to the recapture of any part of him.
The servant question is admittedly acute, but whether sufficiently so to justify the attitude of a contemporary, which deals with the subject under the sinister title, Maxims for Mistresses, is open to doubt.