COMMERCIAL CANDOUR.

"The ---- Mosquito Destroyer Coil. 1s. Perfectly Safe for
mosquitoes."--_Advt. in Burmese Paper_.

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"MORE LATE TRAINS. IMPROVED SERVICE ON G.E.R."--_Times_.

An aggrieved East Anglian writes to know how the trains can be made
later than they are.

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"WELCOME TO PRESIDENT WILSON,
HONOURED CHIEF OF THE GREAT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY,

"To which we are attached by traditional lies."--_Headline in
Italian Paper_.

Once more _tradditore_ has turned _traditore._

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"At the doorway stood a Red Cross doctor, hypodermic needle in
hand, ready to administer an injunction to relieve sufferers of
their pain."--_Daily Paper_.

We thought it was only lawyers who believed in the tranquillizing