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[Illustration: _Rector's Daughter._ "HOW SPLENDID OF JOE JARVIS'S SON TO
VOLUNTEER FOR THAT VERY DANGEROUS JOB! I'M SO GLAD HE GOT THE MILITARY
MEDAL."
_Mrs. Mullins_ (_not to be outdone_). "YES, MISS. AND _MY_ BOY COULD HAVE
GOT IT TOO IF HE'D CARED TO HAVE TAKEN THE RISK."]
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A SLUMP IN MARIONETTES.
"For the first time for centuries the Old Bailey Sessions were opened
on Tuesday without the customary ceremonies connected with the
summoning of a Grand Judy."--_Lincolnshire Echo._
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"Too proud to fight" has now become "Proud to fight too."
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"'It was between half-past seven and eight,' said a fireman, 'and as I
was off duty I came out on deck for a blow. The force of the explosion
threw me along the deck for some yards.'"--_Daily Paper._
"This is indeed a blow," said the gallant stoker--we _don't_ think.
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[Illustration: "HENRY, I WISH YOU WOULD WRITE TO THE URBAN COUNCIL AND TELL
THEM TO SEND A DUSTMAN WHO TURNS HIS TOES _IN_.
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