"
_From a provincial Hippodrome programme._
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From the evidence in a juvenile larceny case:--
"The Father: Devils seem to be getting into everyone nowadays,
not only in boys, but in human beings."
_Devon and Exeter Gazette_.
A delicate distinction.
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[Illustration: _Win-the-War Vice-President of our Supply Depot (doing
grand rounds)._ "HERE AGAIN IS A FIFTH GLARING EXAMPLE. THE HEM OF
THIS BAG IS AN EIGHTEENTH OF AN INCH TOO WIDE. GET THEM ALL REMADE.
WE CANNOT HAVE THE LIVES OF OUR TROOPS ENDANGERED."]
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A MIXED LETTER-BAG.
(_Prompted by "Thrifty Colleen's" letter in "The Times"
of September 12._)
CRUELTY TO VEGETABLES.
SIR,--May I be allowed to protest with all the vigour at my command
against the revolting suggestion that, with the view of making cakes
from potatoes they should be first boiled in their skins. I admit that
this is better than that they should be boiled without them, but that
is all.
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