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"Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920."

I shall go there at once.
The manager of the other is a great artist; alone among the
collaborators he understands simplicity. His contribution occupies
a whole page; but there is practically nothing in it, nothing about
cuisine or sanitation, or elegance or comfort. Only, in the middle, he
writes quite simply THE MOST PERFECT HOTEL IN THE WORLD.
A.P.H.
[Footnote 1: "Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide
for Great Britain and Ireland."]
* * * * *
A ZOOLOGICAL CURIOSITY.
"The complaint made was that men came to the district and
asked inflated prices for shares, far above the market value,
and it was argued that the new exchange would tend to obviate
this system of sharks feathering their nests."--_Lancashire
Paper_.
* * * * *
[Illustration: BEHIND THE SCENES IN CINEMA-LAND.
"THAT'S FINE. BUT, AS I HAVEN'T GOT ANY FILMS LEFT, I SUPPOSE THERE'S
NO USE STAYING HERE."]
* * * * *
AN INTER-SERVICE MATCH.
(_With the British Army in France_.)
Frederick entered the Mess with a decided sea-roll, hitched his slacks
and berthed himself on the starboard settee.
"Cheerio, my hearties," said he breezily. "Everybody on the old lugger
still luffing along all serene?"
"Why so oppressively nautical?" inquired Percival.


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