DEAR MR. PUNCH,--Please _do_ tell me. Must I count sausages under
the meat or the bread allowance? I do so want to help my country
_faithfully_.
Yours,
WORRIED HOUSEWIFE.
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"REWARD 2s. 6d. Lost, a small Silver Toothpick, value
sentimental."
_Nottingham Evening Post._
The latest thing in love-tokens.
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"After a debate lasting three days, the Senate rejected the motion
approving Mr. Wilson's Nose."--_The Bulletin (Lahore)._
The Senate has since shown its impartiality by registering its
profound disapproval of the KAISER'S Cheek.
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"A special constable has received the Silver Medal of the Society
for Protection of Life from fire for his gallantry in mounting
a ladder at a local fire last May and rescuing a cook."--_Daily
Paper._
It is understood that members of the regular "force" consider that he
showed some presumption in not leaving this particular task to them.
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[Illustration: BLIGHTED PROSPECTS.
BERNSTORFF (_bitterly_). "PRETTY MESS YOU'VE MADE OF IT WITH YOUR NEW
FRIGHTFULNESS. I'VE LOST MY JOB!"