PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 153.



July 18, 1917.




CHARIVARIA.

It is reported that the Emperor of CHINA has joined the Boy Scoot
movement.

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Some explanation of the KAISER'S anxiety for peace and the GERMAN
CHANCELLOR'S statement in the Reichstag has just come to hand. It
appears from _The Boston Christian Science Monitor_ that Mr. CHARLIE
CHAPLIN is about to join the Army on the side of the Allies.

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A baker has been fined ten shillings for selling War bread which
was overweight, thereby unnecessarily endangering the lives of his
customers.