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[Illustration: _The Profiteer's Wife._ "HEAVENS! MARGARET HAS ELOPED
WITH THE CHAUFFEUR IN THE CAR."
_The Profiteer._ "_WHAT!_ NOT THE NEW ROLLS-ROYCE?"]
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[Illustration: THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION.
1914.
"Don't 'e look lovely in 'is uniform?"
"I do like a play wiv a bit of fightin' in it."
"O, ain't 'e sweet!"
"Makes you feel all shiverylike when 'e waves 'is sword an' all, don't
it?"
"Oo, I 'ope they're not going to fire no guns."
1920.
"E's got civvy boots on!"
"Take 'is blinkin' name, Sergeant, an' get 'is blinkin' 'air cut."
"What are yer, Sick Parade?"
"Fall in, defaulters."
"'Oo stole the rum?"]
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=FOR THE CHILDREN.=
Mr. Punch comes once more, hat in hand, to beg for help in a good
cause. This time he asks the generous aid of his readers on behalf
of the Victoria Home at Margate, of which Her Majesty the QUEEN is
Patroness. This Home cares for invalid children, from very little
ones of only a few months old, to boys of twelve years and girls of
fifteen. There is room for between fifty and sixty of them and they
stay, on an average, for the best part of a year, during which they
receive careful medical attention, and have all their needs tended,
body and mind. Many of them have lost a leg or an arm and nearly all
have some bandaged limb, yet, with these disabilities, they contrive
to learn the duties of a loyal Scout and are very proud of their
uniform.
The cost of drugs, of surgical dressings and all house-keeping
necessaries has risen enormously and the Home is compelled to plead
for further help. Mr. Punch invites his readers to send for a report
and see for themselves the very touching pictures which it gives,
in an admirable set of photographs, of the life of these children in
their happy surroundings.
All communications and gifts should be addressed to the Secretary of
the Victoria Home for Invalid Children, at 75, Denison House, Vauxhall
Bridge Road, S.W.
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[Illustration: _Minister's Wife._ "ARE YOU ALWAYS AS FEEBLE AS THIS,
MR. MACPHERSON? DO YOU NEVER FEEL STRONGER?"
_Macpherson._ "AH WEEL, ME'M, AS THE MEENISTER WAD TELL YE HIMSEL',
ANY SMA' MEASURE O' HEALTH THAT AH HAE IS JUST ABOOT MEALTIMES."]
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"The Unknown Warrior."