.. will be taken into consideration; and, afterwards,
several motions on a variety of topics will be brought forward.
One of these begs the War Office to provide some means of
protecting, when necessary, ladies of education working in
munition factories 'from the profane language and swearing of
the officials under whom they work.'"--_Church Courier_.
The dictionary certainly needs revising if this sort of language
appears in it.
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"After doing a few rounds of the field a wha he 'naives' call a
errific speed, he calf leaped a high wall inoa nohehr field, and,
followed by a number of men, made sraigh for he cliffs. Fearing
nohing, he animal jumped from the cliff."--_Daily Dispatch_.
It is conjectured that the unfortunate animal was missing its "t."
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"Wanted Plain Dressmaker, who goes out daily, for altering and
re-making."--_Irish Paper_.
After a few days of this process she may hope to be a plain dressmaker
no longer.
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[Illustration: _Mistress_ (_to under-gardener, who has been up to be
examined for the Army_). "I SUPPOSE, JOHN, YOU TOLD THEM YOU WOULD
NOT BE EIGHTEEN UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH?"
_John_. "NO USE, MUM. YOU ONLY GETS CHEEK UP THERE IF YOU SAYS
ANYTHING.
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