THE HARDSHIPS OF HOME.
Young Officer (back from the trenches, on ninety-six hours' leave). "Ugh! This is horrible—having to take all your clothes off and get between cold sheets!"
CHARIVARIA.
Germany, it is stated, has promised to pay Turkey a fifth of the war indemnity, when she gets it. This looks as if she didn't expect to win.
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At last, we hear, the enemy has found a song which is becoming as popular as "It's a long way to Tipperary." We refer to "Stop your nibbling, Joffre."
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The Sultan of Turkey is reported to be suffering from a severe heart attack, and the Kaiser, it is said, has written to him telling him not to be nervous, and pointing out how soon he himself recovered after his heart had bled for Louvain.
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