Thanks to the new sugar regulations we now expect half a pound of
sugar per head per week instead of half a pound of sugar per head
per-haps.
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"HOGS STILL SOARING."
_Headline in Canadian Paper._
The shortage of petrol seems to have driven them from the roads.
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"Sir John Hare declares that there is no truth in the statement
that he is saying '----' to the stage."--_Bournemouth Echo._
Personally, we never believed that he would be guilty of such
language.
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"The only thing which will actually bring peace is an army of
occupation standing on its own flat feet, either in Germany or
on the German frontier."--_Weekly Dispatch._
But why this preference for the flat-footed? Are not the hammer-toed
to have a chance?
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[Illustration: THE DANCE OF DEATH.