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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 14, 1914 by Various
page 42 of 69 (60%)

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"The grievance of the men is in regard to the rate of pay.
They are paid 5½d. per hair."--_Glasgow News_.

And then when they are old and bald they have to starve.

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"TANGO RAPIDLY DYING.
DANCE UPHELD BY MR. MAX PEMBERTON."
_Daily Chronicle_.

This is the sort of thing that the Revue King has to put up with.
Truly the lot of royalty is not an enviable one.

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From an advertisement of Tango matinées in _The Lyceum_:--

"RESERVED TAUTENILS (4 first rows) 10/--
TAUTENILS (tea included) 7/6
TAUTENILS (tea not included) 6/--"

_Gourmet_ (_planking down his seven-and-six_). "Tea and tautenils,
please."

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