Punch Or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 16, 1914
st great....CHARIVARIA.T. P.'s Weekly, in some sprightly lines, suggests that Punch should appear daily. This would certainly not be a whit more strange than to issue a T. P.'s Weekly Christmas Number as is done by our contemporary.Answer to a Correspondent.—Yes, khaki is the fashionable colour for plum-puddings for the Front.Post hoc propter hoc? Extract from the Eye-Witness's description of the KING'S visit to France:—"Another sight which excited the King's keen interest was the large bathing
...establishment at one of the divisional headquarters.... From here the procession returned to General Headquarters, where his Majesty received General Foch and presented him with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath."Sir JOHN FRENCH'S praise of the Berkshire Regiment will surprise no one, least of all Mr. Punch's Toby.REUTER tells us that when DE WET arrived at Johannesburg he was looking haggard and somewhat depressed. This lends colour to the rumour that he was annoyed at being captured.In a letter published by a German newspaper a Landwehr officer writes:—"On the German front officers and men do not salute in the usual way, but by saying, 'God punish England,' while thereply is, 'May He punish England.'" This admission that the Germans themselves cannot do it is significant.
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