It is hoped however that some improvement may be shown in 1945.

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Puck's Record Eclipsed.

"For five minutes I was in the Mercantile Marine and the Navy.
During these five minutes I made a complete circuit of the
globe."--_Letter in Welsh Paper._

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"The pruning-fork is being applied in order to bring the
staff within the capacity of the accommodation."--_Provincial
Paper._

After which harmony will be restored by means of the tuning-knife.

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"It did one good, on entering the Queen's Hall last night, to
find every seat in the building, even to those at the back
of the rostrum, occupied by the London Symphony
Orchestra."--_Evening Paper._

An audience is often so distracting.

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