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THE SLUMP IN MONARCHY.
From a publisher's advertisement:--
THE PRICE OF
A THRONE
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1/6 NETT
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"The scratching of the hydroplane Sutnrise for the Atlantic
Flight Stakes must tempt her captain to change his name from
Sunstedt to Sunsttd."--_Provincial Paper_.
We fear the printer did not appreciate the sub-editor's humour.
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"Until they get a barber the Islington Board of Guardians are
employing a gardener to do hair-cutting and shaving work in
his spare time at a remuneration of 1s. 3d. per hour."--_Daily
Express_.
But we understand that he is expected to provide his own scythe.
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THE OLD SHIPS.
They called 'em from the breakers' yards, the shores of Dead Men's Bay,
From coaling wharves the wide world round, red-rusty where they lay,
And chipped and caulked and scoured and tarred and sent 'em on their way.
It didn't matter what they were nor what they once had been,
They cleared the decks of harbour-junk and scraped the stringers clean
And turned 'em out to try their luck with the mine and submarine .
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