[Illustration: _Officer._ "Have you made an allotment?"
_Recruit._ "Oh, no, Sir! I give up me fowls and cabbages the day afore I
joined the army."]
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"London, April 6.--A Zeppelin airship attacked the north-east
coast of England on Wednesday afternoon, but was driven off by
our anti-Haircraft defences."
_Daily Chronicle (Jamaica)._
This subtle allusion to the former occupation of the Zeppelin crew has,
we believe, caused much anxiety among the ex-barbers in the German
Service, who fear that the A.A.C. will go for them bald-headed.
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"April 23rd was ... the 300th anniversary of the birth of
Shakespeare and of the death of Shakespeare."--_Daily Paper._
And to think of all he accomplished in less than twenty-four hours!
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