ke a mad thing with a basket, to find himself once more too
late. Never mind," I said, "I can have two boiled eggs to-night with my
chop,--I mean cutlet."
"No," she said.
"Yes," I said, "and you can have all the rissoles."
R.C.L.
* * * * *
ON PROMOTION TO FIELD RANK.
I remember a day when I felt quite tall
Because of a gift of five whole shillings;
I was Johnson major then, I recall,
And didn't I swank and put on frillings!
Well, we know that children are parents of men;
And, now that I'm getting an ancient stager,
Here am I pleased with a crown again,
And signing myself as Johnson, Major.
* * * * *
"Experienced General disengaged 1st March, one lady; no washing; would
take England."--_Irish Times_.
The advertiser should wire to KAISER, Potsdam.
* * * * *
"During the night an enemy raiding party in the neighbourhood of
Gueudecourt was driven off by our baggage before reaching our
line."--_Continental Daily Mail_.
There is no end to our warlike inventions. First the Tanks, and now the
Trunks.
* * * * *
"The Tigris, immediately above Kut, runs South-East for about four
miles. Then there is a sharp bend, and its course is almost due South
for about the same distance. Then against the stream it goes due North
for about the same distance."--_Glasgow Citizen_.
With the river behaving in this unnatural fashion General MAUDE deserves
all the greater credit for his success.
* * * * *
[Illustration: _She_ (_referring to host_). "YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING
RATHER NICE ABOUT MR. THOMKINS-SMITH."
_He._ "YES--I THINK IT MUST BE HIS WIFE."]
* * * * *
OUR BOOKING-OFFICE.
(_By Mr. Punch's Staff of Learned Clerks._)
_War and the Future_ (CASSELL), by Mr. H.G. WELLS, is not a sustained
thesis but just je
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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain.
John Middleton Murry (August 6, 1889 March 12, 1957) was an English writer. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married, as her second husband, in 1918. Following her death, he edited her work. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, along with the writer Joyce Cary, a lifelong friend.
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