"WANTED.--Lady shortly leaving the Colony is desirous of
recommending her baby and wash Amahs, also Houseboy."--_South
China Morning Post_.
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"Though the King's birthday was officially celebrated
yesterday, there were no official celebrations."--_Daily
Express_.
It seems to have been a case of unconscious celebration.
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"We shall want a name for the American 'Tommies' when they
come; but do not call them 'Yankees.' They none of them like
it."--_Daily News_.
As a term of distinction and endearment Mr. Punch suggests
"Sammies"--after their uncle.
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"Petrograd.
The local Committee of the Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates
announces that it will take into its hands effective power
at Cronstadt. and that it will not recognise the Provisional
Government, and will remove all Government representatives.
This fateful decision was adopted by 21 votes to 40, with
eight abstentions."--_Provincial Paper_.
The trouble in Russia just now is the tyranny of the minority.
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[Illustration: A WORD OF ILL OMEN.
CROWN PRINCE (_to KAISER, drafting his next speech_). "FOR GOTT'S
SAKE, FATHER, BE CAREFUL THIS TIME, AND DON'T CALL THE AMERICAN ARMY
'CONTEMPTIBLE.'"]
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