I do, however, regard with something
approaching alarm the new language which will be evolved to put the
lot of us on complete speaking terms.
Yours ever, HENRY.
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[Illustration: "EXCUSE ME, BUT IS THERE AN AIR-RAID ON?"
"YES, I THINK SO."
"I'M MUCH OBLIGED. MY FRIEND'S UP FROM THE COUNTRY AND HE'S NEVER SEEN
ONE."]
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A LIGHT REPAST.
"Under existing conditions, it is the duty of every citizen to
confine his present consumption to an average of six matches
a day, which with careful economy ought to suffice for all
reasonable meals during the present emergency."--_Daily Mail_.
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"At Leeds Assizes yesterday sentences were passed by Mr. Justice
Boche ..."--_Times_.
Does not this almost amount to contempt of court?
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From a speech by the Lord Mayor of DUBLIN:--
"That would he a crying evil, to leave the poor people in the city
without milk. It would be a wise thing if the Corporation would
take the bull by the horns and deal with the matter."--_Dublin
Evening Mail_.
It might be still wiser to tackle the cow at the udder end.
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THE INCORRUPTIBLES.
[Herr SCHAEFF, writing in the _Taegliche Rundschau_ on the spiritual
grandeur of Germany, declares that the degradation of her enemies
will not prevent her doing honour to those dauntless men who in
enemy and neutral countries have stood for truth and actualities.
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