"Should I get returned as your representative you will have no
cause for regret when my term of office expires."--_Provincial
Paper_.
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"The strike of the mechanical staff of the 'Karachi Daily Gazette'
has ended."
_Evening Paper_.
We wondered why everybody looked so pleased in London that day.
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"Since her treatment with the monkey gland Miss Ediss has received
enough complimentary nuts to stock a market garden. An ornate
basket of monkey nuts fills a prominent place in her room, and
two cocoanuts tied up with coloured ribbon strike the eye of the
visitor."--_Sunday Paper._
In that case we shall postpone our intended visit until Miss EDISS is
herself again.
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[Illustration: =MANNERS AND MODES.=
NOW THAT MEN'S ATTIRE IS SO COSTLY WHY NOT TAKE A LEAF FROM THE
LADIES' BOOK OF FASHION AND LET THE TAILORS HAVE DRESS PARADES OF THE
LATEST DESIGNS?]
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[Illustration: THE CULT OF FACE-READING.
'_Erb_ (_a cinema habitué_). "SEE WOT 'E'S SAYING, EM'LY? '_E'S STILL
AT THE OFFICE AND WON'T BE ABLE TO GET 'OME TO DINNER_."]
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=THE CONSPIRATORS.=