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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 146.

APRIL 8, 1914.

CHARIVARIA.

Daily Chronicle.

The pity is that so many of his followers seem to prefer to slate theclean.

Even The Nation is not quite satisfied with the Government, and hasbeen alluding to "the extreme slackness of Cabinet methods," andcomplains that "situations are not thought out beforehand." TheGovernment, apparently, is now taking the lesson to heart, for H.M.S.Foresight, we read, has now replaced H.M.S. Pathfinder in BelfastLough.

What the newspapers describe as "An unknown Botticelli" has just beensold by a celebrated firm of art dealers to an American gentleman, andit only remains to hope that the painting was not unknown to Botticelli.

"A telegram from Toledo," says a contemporary, "reports the theft ofthree valuable pictures by the celebrated artist, El Greco." There mustbe some mistake here. Anyhow, at the time of his death, a good manyyears ago, this gentleman was not under suspicion.

The Christian Endeavour Union of Washington, alarmed at the spread ofluxury, has launched a society whose members pledge themselves to wearno finery during Easter. Those members who hide baldness by means ofelaborate coiffures might carry the idea further by appearing, for oneweek only, with heads like Easter eggs.

Whether it is due to the Suffrage movement or not it is difficult tosay, but women are undoubtedly coming into their rights by degrees. Bythe provisions of the new Bankruptcy Act it is now possible for anymarried woman, whether trading apart from her husband or not, to be madea bankrupt.

In connection with the "Kensington Camp Week," when an effort is to bemade to raise sufficient funds to establish and equip headquarters forthe Kensington Reservists, a full-sized elephant has been chartered toramble about the principal thoroughfares and collect money for thecause. To ensure success the sagacious quadruped is to be trained tostep accidentally on the toes of those persons who ignore its appeal.

A correspondent writes to The Observer complaining bitterly of thestate of the morass leading to the Aerodrome at Hendon. This gentlemandoes not realise that there is a didactic purpose in the cause of hisannoyance. Learn to fly and you will keep your boots clean.

Nut (in car). "What's that, kid? 'Why don't I keep onthe road?' Well, the sweep must be deaf—the bally hootah don't shifthim, and—well, my dear girl, the car was cleaned this morning!"

A man has been sentenced at Barmen, Prussia, on three separate counts toterms of imprisonment totalling 175 years. It is proposed that all theproprietors of specifics for prolonging life shall be given a free handto enable the prisoner to cope with his sentence.

All German actresses, whether married or single, are, in accordance withthe ruling of the German Theatrical Union of Berlin, to be styledhenceforth "Frau Schauspielerin," i