PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 153.

OCTOBER 17, 1917.







CHARIVARIA.

The mutiny of the German sailors at Kiel is now explained. They
preferred death to another speech from the KAISER.

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A Constantinople poet has translated the plays of SHAKSPEARE into
Turkish. The rendering is said to be faithful to the text, and it is
assumed that a keen appreciation of Turkey's military necessities
alone accounts for his reference to the "Swan of Avon" as the "Bulbul
of Potsdam."

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The use of flour as an ingredient of sausages is now forbidden. Young
sausages which have hitherto been fed on bread and milk must either be
broken to bones or killed for the table.