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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 27, 1917 by Various
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"The Huns' diet is low," says a correspondent of _The Daily Mail_. But then
their tastes are low too.

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Writing of the recent Trentino offensive, Mr. HAMILTON FYFE says that
several Austrian forts captured by the Italians were built of solid ice. It
is time that London had some defences of this character.

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The arrival of ex-KING TINO at Lugubrioso, on the Swiss-Italian frontier,
has been duly noted.

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The LORD MAYOR of London has decided in future to warn the City of
impending air raids. Ringing the dinner-bell at the Mansion House, it is
thought, is the best way of making City men take to their covers.

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A new epidemic, of which "bodily swellings" are the first symptom, is
reported by the German papers. And just when the previous epidemic of
head-swellings was beginning to subside.

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