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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146,
by Various
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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914
Author: Various
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI
VOL. 146
APRIL 8, 1914.
CHARIVARIA.
"MR. ASQUITH CLEANS THE SLATE."
Daily Chronicle.
The pity is that so many of his followers seem to prefer to slate the clean.
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Even The Nation is not quite satisfied with the Government, and has been alluding to "the extreme slackness of Cabinet methods," and complains that "situations are not thought out beforehand." The Government, apparently, is now taking the lesson to heart, for H.M.S. Foresight, we read, has now replaced H.M.S. Pathfinder in Belfast Lough.
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What the newspapers describe as "An unknown Botticelli" has just been sold by a celebrated firm of art dealers to an American gentleman, and it only remains to hope that the painting was not unknown to BOTTICELLI.
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