We hope that the culprit has responded to the universal appeals in the
newspapers which urged him to put the clock back on Sunday last.

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An Englishwoman living in the East has a servant-girl who, when told
about the War, remarked, "What war?" Another snub for the KAISER.

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"A Vegetarian" writes to accuse Lord RHONDDA of reducing the price of
meat on purpose.

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Tube fares are to be raised. An alternative project of issuing special
tickets, entitling the holder to standing room, was reluctantly
abandoned.

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The Thames, says a contemporary, has come into its own again as
a holiday resort. Many riparian owners, on the other hand, are
complaining that it has come into theirs.

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A trades union of undertakers' mutes has been formed. Their first act,
it is believed, will be to strike for a fifty-year life.