The Slump in Monarchy.
From a publisher's advertisement:—
THE PRICE OF
A THRONE
——
1/6 NETT
"The scratching of the hydroplane Sutnrise for the Atlantic Flight Stakes must tempt her captain to change his name from Sunstedt to Sunsttd."—Provincial Paper.
We fear the printer did not appreciate the sub-editor's humour.
"Until they get a barber the Islington Board of Guardians are employing a gardener to do hair-cutting and shaving work in his spare time at a remuneration of 1s. 3d. per hour."—Daily Express.
But we understand that he is expected to provide his own scythe.