Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, March 12, 1919 , by Various, Edited by Owen Seamen


The spread of influenza is said to be greatly assisted by germ-carriers. We can't think why germs should be carried. Let 'em walk.
According to The Sunday Express a young American named Frisco states that he invented the Jazz. There was also a murder confession in the Press last week.
Whitehall, says a Society organ, has succumbed to the Jazz, the Fox-trot and the Bunny-hug. It still shows a decided preference, however, for the Barnacle-cling.
A man charged at the Guildhall with being drunk said he was suffering from an attack of influenza and had taken some whisky. Yes, but where from?
We understand that the heading, Whisky for Influenza, which appeared in a daily paper the other day, misled a great number of sufferers, who at once wrote to say that they were prepared to make the exchange.
It is good to know that a perfectly noiseless motor car has been produced. Even that nasty grating sound experienced by pedestrians when being run over by a car is said to have been eliminated.
Shrove Tuesday passed almost unheeded. Even the pancake thrown to the boys at Westminster School in the presence of the KING and QUEEN appeared to fall flat.
We are glad to learn that the little Kensington boy who was tossed by a huge pancake on Shrove Tuesday is stated to be going on nicely.
Five hundred and twenty-seven pounds of American bacon have been declared unfit for food by the Marylebone magistrate. Why this invidious distinction?