PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI

VOL. 152

JANUARY 31, 1917







CHARIVARIA.

The birth-rate in Berlin, it appears, is considerably lower this year than
last. We can quite understand this reluctance to being born a German just
now.

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The official German films of the Battle of the Somme prove beyond doubt
that if it had not been for the Allies the Germans would have won this
battle.

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The German military authorities have declined to introduce bathless days.
Ablution, it appears, is one of the personal habits that the Teuton does
not pursue to a vicious excess.