[Illustration: _Grandpapa_ (_to small Teuton struggling with home
lessons_). "COME, FRITZ, IS YOUR TASK SO DIFFICULT?"

_Fritz_. "IT IS INDEED. I HAVE TO LEARN THE NAMES OF _ALL_ THE
COUNTRIES THAT MISUNDERSTAND THE ALL-HIGHEST."]

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"Consequently, if Austria wants to save her twin-broth Hungary
from a crushing defeat she must take her armies from Lemberg in
a round-about way through most inconvenient mountain passes."

Judging by this account the Central Powers seem to be in the soup.

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"To ascertain to what extent the children under their care have
lost weight as a result of the war dietary, the Henley-on-Thames
Guardians have decided to have them weighed periodically. At a
certain boarding school all the boys were found to have lost
weight--in some cases to the extent of 111lb--under the new food
régime."--_Manchester Guardian_.

What did these young giants weigh before the War?

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"Dr. A---- is the gifted author of his old Vicar, the late Dr.
Bickersteth, who afterwards, became Bishop of Exeter. He is