Peel,' and then to the 'Maple Leaf For Ever.'"

_Times._

And what did the Dublins play? "Erin on the Rhine"?

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[Illustration: THE 1919 MODEL.

MR. PUNCH. "THEY'VE GIVEN YOU A FINE NEW MACHINE, MR. PREMIER, AND
YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPIRIT; BUT LOOK OUT FOR BUMPS."]

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[Illustration: _Enthusiastic Civilian_.--"WELL, HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING
YOURSELF, MATE?" _Mons Veteran_.--"MIDDLIN'." _Enthusiastic
Civilian_.--"OH, YOU'VE GOT TO GET USED TO IT. OF COURSE AT FIRST IT
SEEMS A BIT BRUTAL."]

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THE WATCH DOGS.

LXXIX.

My dear Charles,--Old Bowdler has been brooding again on that
idea of a brief for the defence in the forthcoming trial of the
ex-Kaiser. He rather fancies himself cross-examining with courtesy
but firmness some Generalissimo or other, or reducing to tears by an