In the cast of The Real Thing at Last:--

"Nearly murdered ... Mr. Godfrey Tearle (by permission of the

Adelphi Theatre Co.)."--_Daily Telegraph._

A sorry return for Mr. TEARLE'S excellent work.

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"THE FLOODS IN HOLLAND.

General Goethals states that he cannot predict a date for

reopening the Panama Canal on account of the uncertainty of the

movement of the slides."--_North China Daily News._

It looks like an infringement of the Monroe doctrine.

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[Illustration: _Artistic Lady (who has just had her drawing-room

redecorated)._ "Well, cook, what do you think of it?"

_Cook._ "It's a bit bare-like, isn't it, Mum? I dessay I'm

old-fashioned, but I never reely feel an 'ome's an 'ome without a

Haspidisterer."]

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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 · 第 25 / 47 题