"Blow to Narkets. Rise of nearly 400 points. Cotton jump.
Germany's note breaks the market."
_Liverpool Echo, Feb. 1._
"Blow to Markets. Fall of nearly 400 points. Cotton slump."
_Same Paper, Later Edition._
In spite of this sensational transformation of a jump into a slump
we are glad to see that typographically at any rate the markets had
recovered a little from their early derangement.
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"Supposing a man has porridge and bacon for breakfast and a cut
from the point or a shop or steak for luncheon he may find that he
has consumed his meat allowance for the day."
_Daily Mail_ (_Manchester Edition_).
Is not the food problem sufficiently difficult already without these
additional complications? The man who wants a whole shop for his
luncheon will get no sympathy from us.
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From a list of Canon MASTERMAN'S lectures on "The War and the Smaller
Nations of Europe":--
"April 2nd (possibly), 'The Reconstruction of Europe.'"--_Western
Morning News._
We commend the lecturer's caution, but hope it will prove to have been
superfluous.
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[Illustration: THIS IS NOT A SCENE FROM A REVUE--IT IS HARDLY DULL
ENOUGH FOR THAT--BUT AN EVERYDAY PERFORMANCE ON THE PLATFORM OF ANY
RAILWAY STATION DURING THE RECENT COLD SPELL.]
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