clearly defined waist-line should be reintroduced into feminine dress."
Others claim that as the neck-line is now worn round the waist the
reintroduction of a waist-line elsewhere can only lead to confusion.

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[Illustration: _Insurance Clerk_ (_taking personal particulars of
prospective policy-holder_). "AND WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION, SIR?"

_Artist._ "PAINTER."

_Clerk._ "WHAT SORT OF PAINTER?"

_Artist._ "SPLENDID."]

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THE COAL STRIKE.

"The part of the public is to keep cool."--_The Times._

A strike should make this fairly easy.

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From the advertisement of a "Unique Battlefields Tour":--

"Passports and Visors obtained and annoyances reduced to a minimum."--
_Daily Paper._