(For German looters.)
[_In tempi barbari e più feroci
S' appiccavan' i ladri in sulle croci;
In tempi men barbari e più leggiadri
S' appiccano le croci in petto ai ladri._--GIUST.]
In former ferocious and barbarous times,
The thief was hung up on the cross for his crimes,
But Culture to savages offers relief--
The cross is now hung on the breast of the thief.
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"Amended and more stringent regulations concerning the lights of
London have been issued by Sir E. R. Henry, the Commissioner of
Police. A number of them are in the same terms as those which were
published in _The Globe_ nearly a month ago, but others make
important changes. For example, the third order, as originally
drafted, ran: 'The intensity of the inside lighting of shop fronts
must be reduced from 6 p.m. or earlier if the Commissioner of Police
on any occasion so directs', but it is now as follows:--
The intensity of the inside lighting of shop fronts must be reduced
_from 6 p.m. or earlier if the Commissioner of Police on any occasion so
directs_."--_Globe._
The italics ought to make it a lot darker.
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Gifts of money for the purchase of blankets are being made in Germany
not less than here, and we understand that a large sum has been sent out
to South Africa addressed: "De Wet Blanket Fund."
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Illustration: HIS MASTER'S VOICE.
THE KAISER (_to Turkey, reassuringly_). "LEAVE EVERYTHING TO ME. ALL
YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS TO EXPLODE."
TURKEY. "YES, I QUITE SEE THAT. BUT WHERE SHALL _I_ BE WHEN IT'S ALL
OVER?"
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Illustration: _Talkative Passenger._ "I SEE THAT THE YOUNG EARL OF
HARBORO' HAS JUST DONE A VERY PLUCKY ACT AT THE FRONT."
_Rabid Socialist_ (_indignantly_). "WELL, SO HE OUGHT."
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