Widespread alarm has been caused in London by the report that a certain
famous artist has threatened to paint a Futurist picture of a typical
O.B.E.

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A Dutch paper reminds us that the ex-CROWN-PRINCE has taken a Berlin
University degree. We can only suppose that nobody saw him take it.

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In the case of a will recently admitted to probate it was stated that the
testator had disposed of over seven hundred thousand pounds in less than a
hundred words. It is not expected that the Ministry of Munitions will take
this lying down.

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It is said that unless the new Unemployment Insurance is an improvement on
the present rates quite a number of deserving people will be thrown into
work.

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Much sympathy is felt for the burglars who broke into a house at Herne Hill
last week. Unfortunately for them the grocer's bill had been paid the
previous day.

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