Although the cost of everything is on the rise there are still a few good
things that quite a little money can buy. One pound, for example--or, if
you prefer it, twenty shillings--can work wonders by taking (under the
auspices of the Children's Country Holiday Fund) a London child away from
our smoke and grime for a fortnight of country air and surprises,
excitements and joys. The Fund (the Hon. Treasurer of which is the Earl of
ARRAN, 18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London) must not now be restricted
because lodgings and railway fares are dearer. Last year the sum asked for
each child was just half what is now required; but the increase is
necessary. Yet even with the increase it is not great, considering the good
that it can do! In spite of all the other claims of the moment upon his
readers' generosity, Mr. Punch trusts that this modest and most excellent
ameliorative organisation will not be neglected.
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"The police are divided in their opinions as to whether Mamie is still
alive or whether she has gone to Canada."--_Provincial Paper._
Why this "down" on the Dominion?
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[Illustration: OUR PARISH CHURCH.
JOHN BULL. "LET ME SEE, WE MUST BE ESPECIALLY GENEROUS TO-DAY. THE
COLLECTION IS FOR THE RESTORATION FUND."]
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