Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917 by Various
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the official report--that "hardly anything had been said which could
not have been said openly." That none of the Nationalists should have addressed the House was perhaps less due to their constitutional reticence than to the depressing effect of the South Longford election, where their nominee was defeated by the Sinn Fein candidate--one MCGUINNESS, and evidently a stout fellow. But it is odd to find that the debate was conducted without the assistance of Messrs. BILLING, PRINGLE and HOGGE. Their eloquent silence was a protest, no doubt, against the eviction of the reporters. Mr. CHURCHILL was probably suffering equal anguish, but with patriotic self-sacrifice he refused to deprive his fellow-legislators of the privilege of hearing once again his views on the conduct of War. * * * * * [Illustration: _Mrs. Smith_ (_to Mr. Smith, who has just been examined by Army Medical Board_). "WHAT DID THE DOCTOR SAY TO YER?" _Mr. Smith_. "'E SEZ TO ME, 'YOU'VE GOT A STIGMA AN' A CONGENIAL SQUINT.'"] * * * * * JILL-OF-ALL-TRADES AND MISTRESS OF MANY. [_The Daily Chronicle_, writing on women farmers, quotes the tribute of HUTTON, the historian, to a Derbyshire lady who died at Matlock in 1854: "She undertakes any kind of manual |
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