Chapter 4

"I would go even further and express the hope that here may be found a spirit of genial tolerance which, if assimilated by all parties, will infallibly lead to a solution of the Irish Question without the inconvenience of bloodshed. Gentlemen, permit me!" And thereupon he presented to the admiring gaze of his audience _Mr. Punch's_

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIXTH VOLUME.

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ILLUSTRATION: CARTOON.

ILLUSTRATION: INDEX

PARTRIDGE, BERNARD After Ten Years, 311 Amending Bill (The), 411 Asquith to the Rescue (An), 271 Couleur d'Orange, 51 Crescendo, 371 Desperate Remedies, 151 Devotee of "The Doctrine" (A), 171 Diversion (A), 331 Dove of Peace (The), 491 From Fife to Harp, 291 Gift Horse (The), 111 Holiday Task (A), 431 Latest Velasquith (The), 211 Missing Word (The), 131 Neptune's Ally, 231 New Bellerophon (The), 91 New Shylock (The), 391 Price of Admiralty (The), 71 "Sincerest Flattery" (The), 451 "There's Many a Slip...", 251 Triumph of the Voluntary System, 471 Ulster King-at-Arms (The), 351 Wooing (The), 191

RAVEN-HILL, L. After Closing Hours, 243 Black Man's Burden (The), 43 Captains Courageous, 483 Circus of Empire (The), 423 Clean Slate (A), 103 Coalition Touch (The), 403 Concert of South America (The), 383 Easter Egg (An), 263 Exit Tango, 83 Fight for the Banner (The), 283 Giants Refreshed, 443 Gift for Gift, 183 Lightening the Darkness, 223 Nine Old Men of the Sea (The), 163 One of Us--Now, 123 Penny Wisdom, 203 Penultimatum (A), 303 Refreshing the Fruit, 463 Sand Campaign (The), 31 Sitting Tight, 343 "Sort of War" (A), 323 Splendid Paupers (The), 11 Swashbucklers (The), 363 Throne Perilous (The), 143 Trust Clinch (The), 63

TOWNSEND, F. H. Earthly Paradise (The), 3 Sea-Change (A), 23

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ARTICLES.

AUMONIER, STACEY Moon (The), 246

BILSBOROUGH, J. H. Mr. Punch's Pantomime Analysis, 122

BIRD, A. W. Given Away, 46 Manners for Parents, 162

BIRRELL, S. E. To Minki-Poo, 158 Toast (A), 441

BREX, J. TWELLS Key to Cubism (A), 106

CHALMERS, P. R. Adventurers, 478 Annabel Lee, 290 Below the Wire, 390 Big Trout (The), 487 Buddha, 100 Con, 277 Fox (The), 196 Huntsman's Story (The), 16 In March, 216 Johnny Rigg, 354 Old China, 258 Pandean, 336 Song, 221 Tattie-Bogle (The), 425 To Septimius on Trout, 138 Tortoiseshell Cat (The), 178 Trophy (The), 106 Uncle Steve's Fairy, 68 West Highland, 368

CLAUGHTON, HAROLD Lost Leader (A), 180

COCHRANE, ALFRED Rock Gardeness in London (The), 475

COLLINS, G. H. Best Policy (The), 222 Pessimism, 77 Second-hand Serenade (A), 488

DARK, RICHARD Two Eyes of Gray, 455

DAVIS, OSWALD H. How to Get On Off-hand, 262

DUFFIN, Miss RUTH Advance Finale (An), 453

ECKERSLEY, ARTHUR Reversible Rhetoric, 275 Silver Jubilee (A), 366 Three-Card Trick (The), 426 Three Wishes (The), 113 Winter Sports, 27

EDEN, Mrs. Idol of the Market Place (An), 218 "Sir Bat-Ears", 489

EDWARDES, C. Continental Intelligence, 15

ELIAS, F. Food--Not Merely for Thought, 227 Very Much Greater London, 417

EMANUEL, WALTER Charivaria, weekly What Our Readers Think of Us, 13

FARJEON, HERBERT Question of Courtesy (A), 338

FISH, W. W. BLAIR Bargain in Fashions (A), 347 Carpet Sales, 255 Charm (A), 90 Spell (The), 13 Sweet of the Year (The), 407 Villain in Revolt (A), 296

FISHER, MURRAY Hullo, Bedroom Scene, 436

FOWLER, F. G. Bath Unrest (The), 398 "On", 340 Once One, 237

FOWLER, P. A. Laid, 278 Love at the Cinema, 58

FREEMAN, WILLIAM Gwendolen's Hobbies, 309

FRENCH, C. O. Our Literary Advice Department, 168

FRY, C. H. Commercial Side (The), 82

GARVEY, Miss INA At the Gates of the West, 236 Blanche's Letters, 94, 346, 446 Guess Who It Is, 122 Sitter Sat Upon (The), 309

GITTINS, H. N. Love's Labour, 115 Married Man's Advantage (The), 34 Sporting Chance (A), 357 Welcome Flaw (A), 456

GRAVES, C. L. Ballad of the Watchful Eye, 270 Drastic Reform of Schools, 409 Gnomes for Golfers, 170 In the Garden of Allah, 34 Liberals Day by Day, 267 Qualities that Count (The), 97 Tragedy of Middle Age (The), 55

GRAVES, C. L., AND LUCAS, E. V. April for the Epicure, 286 Artistes' Aliases, 249 Author (The), 338 Book-buyer (The), 266 Cautious Conclusions, 302 Colonel Talks (The), 405 Country Life Exhibition, 258 "Dash", 206 Eavesdropper (The), 349 Fares, 177 Gleanings from Grub Street, 367 Grub Street Gossip, 307 How to Improve London, 369 Indomitables (The), 68 In Extremis, 116 Laconics, 48 Letters and Life, 129 Lidbetter, 85 Mr. Balfour: Mixed Double Life, 218 Mr. Roosevelt's Discoveries, 362 Music and Millinery, 65 Musical Notes, 335, 484 National Calamity (A), 394 New Book of Beauty (A), 6 Newspaper War, 422 Nose Has It (The), 114 Novelist and Millionaire, 345 Oblique Method (The), 95 One of Our Greatest, 406 One Way With Them, 196 Our Ready Writers, 109 Popular Misconceptions, 226 Professor Splurgeon on Personality, 336 Record Risks, 17 Romance of a Battleship (A), 5 Secret Out (The), 28 Studies in Discipleship, 185 Sufferer (The), 386 Tempora Mutantur, 478 Too Good to be True, 128 Water is Best, 350 Water on the Brain, 216 When Boss Eats Boss, 127 Young Everything (The), 467

HARTY, FRANK Mouse of Mydra (The), 434

HASLAM, RALPH Critic at the R.A. (The), 312

HASTINGS, B. MACDONALD How the Championship was Won, 482

HERBERT, A. P. Call of the Blood (The), 470

HODGKINSON, T. Cry for Guidance (A), 120 Danger Signal (The), 157 Hospitable Door (The), 98 Last Straw (The), 8 News from the Front, 327 Next of the Dandies (The), 241 Noblest Work of Man (The), 365 Piercing of the Veil (The), 385 Sign of Decay (A), 174 Time Exposure(A), 461

HOPKINS, E. T. Moan of the Old Horses (The), 73 Young Mother's Swan Song, 21

HOSKEN, J. F. An Apology that Made Things Worse, 148 Curling, 48 Interviewing Father, 166 Miranda's Will, 76

HUGHES, C. E. Great Occasion (A), 438

JENKINS, ERNEST Bludyard, 406 Kakekikokuans (The), 47 Little Wonder (The), 16 New Penny Paper (The), 205 Strike of School Teachers (The), 121

JOHNSTON, ALEC Argumentum ad Feminam, 276 Coward (The), 37 Local Colour, 89 "Milestones", 376 Old Master (The), 74 Slit Trouser (The), 206 Stanzas written in Dejection before Matrimony, 230 Subscription (The), 10

KENDALL, Captain Floral Dangers, 374 Hen (The), 130 House of Punch (The), 46 Shop, 256 Wild Swan (The), 210

KIDD, ARTHUR Earthly Hades (The), 458 Myth of Bond Street (A), 298

KIRK, LAURENCE Billiards à la Golf, 69 "For Professional Services", 117

KNOX, E. G. V. Amending a Bill, 466 Chimes and the Chube (The), 227 "Cines" of the Times, 125 Civil War, 329 Forgiveness, 190 Hazard on the Home Green (A), 442 Highway Loot, 388 Inspiration, 410 Ivory, 87 Loop! Loop!, 38 Manes à la Mode, 110 Manly Part (The), 265 Moving, 167 Nocturne, 287 Olympic Talent, 67 Perfection, 370 "Punch" in his Element, 250 Revelation Revised, 490 Revenge, 50 Smile of the Sea Kings (The), 430 Sporting Offer (A), 450

LANGLEY, F. O. Audit (The), 402 Billet Doux, 388 Bygone (A), 58 Character (A), 158 Epidemic (The), 78 Impressing of Perkins (The), 328 Modern Idyll (A), 93 Nonentity (A), 285 Old Friends, 30 Opportunist (The), 198 Root of all Evil (The), 457 Spectrum (The), 235

LAWS, A. GORDON What to tell an Editor, 25

LEHMANN, R. C. Abandoner (The), 458 Bad Dream (A), 38 Beer Fight (The), 77 Exile, 278 Federal Solution (The), 298 Great Resigner (The), 142 Hat (The), 202 Jobson's, 222 Last Straw (The), 57 Lean-to Shed (The), 116 Legal Document (A), 488 May Picnic (A), 418 Mediation, 398 Not a Line, 435 Odd Man (The), 255 Paper-Chase (The), 14 Per Asparagos ad Astra, 325 Peter, a Pekinese Puppy, 347 Post Office Savings Bank (The), 318 Roosevelt Resurgit, 465 Singing Water, 147 Smiles and Laughter, 187 Sultan of Morocco (The), 378 Trying-on, 96 Wedding Present (The), 176

LONGSTAFF, GILBERT Time's Revenge, 238

LUCAS, E. V. Another Information Bureau, 436, 456 In the Brave 3d. Days, 225 Once upon a Time, 55, 314

LUCY, HENRY Essence of Parliament, 133, 153, 173, 193, 213, 233, 253, 273, 293, 313, 333, 353, 373, 393, 413, 433, 473

McCLELLAND, W. E. Yellow Furze (The), 86

MARILLIER, Mrs. Points of View, 238 To my Husband's Banker, 362

MARSHALL, ARCHIBALD Cabinet Crisis (A), 54

MARTIN, N. R. Cabinet Meets (The), 102 End of It All (The), 182 New Journal-Insurance (The), 23 Politics on the Links, 302 Red Head and White Paws, 474 Royalists (The), 146 "Scene" in 1916 (A), 322 Signers of the Times, 217

MATKIN, C. Way Out (The), 438

MELVIN, H. E. Lord of the Leviathans (The), 378

MILNE, A. A. At the Play, 195, 375 Competition Spirit (The), 348 Complete Dramatist (The), 428, 448, 462 "Driven", 486 Farewell Tour (A), 42 "Grumpy", 396 Hanging Garden in Babylon (A), 408 Lesson (The), 108 My Lord's Dinner, 326 Obvious (The), 308 Oranges and Lemons, 188, 208, 228, 248, 208, 268, 288 Play of Features (A), 2 Same Old Story (The), 26 Silver Linings, 66 Strong Man (The), 88 "Wrongly Attributed", 368

MUIR, WARD London's Links with the Past, 237

NAISMITH, J. B. Every Author's Wife, 148 In Search of Peter, 289

PHILLIPS, C. K. Post Office Again (The), 53 Telephone Again (The), 175 To Obey or Not to Obey, 36

POPE, Miss JESSIE Bomb (The), 282 Downward Trend (The), 194 Militant's Song (The), 168 Vagrant (A), 385

RANDELL, WILFRID L. Art of Conversation (The), 296 Can-Can (The), 454 Perfect Conductor (The), 162

REDINGTON, Miss S. Legend of Everymatron (The), 95

RIGBY, REGINALD Language of Colour (The), 390 Security, 98

RISK, R. K. Cowl (The), 294

RITTENBERG, MAX Cinema Habit (The), 215

SALTER, Miss GURNEY "Pereant Qui Ante Nos ...", 302

SALVIDGE, STANLEY Man of the Evening (The), 468

SEAMAN, OWEN At the Play, 18, 56, 74, 135, 156, 178, 276, 316, 356, 376, 416, 476 Bowles without a Bias, 102 Byles for the Bill, 182 Civil War Estimates, 142 Cockaigne of Dreams (A), 62 General Villa breaks into Poetry, 322 "Grand Nights", 482 Holiday Mood (The), 422 In Memoriam (Sir John Tenniel), 162 Prancing Prussian (A), 22 Smithers, B. C., 82 Spirit of Ulster and the Army (The), 242 To Mr. Chamberlain, 40 To the Cabinet, 280 Ulster for Scotland, 442 Unhappy Mean (The), 362 Union of Irish Hearts (The), 282 "Who Fears to Speak of"--Nineteen-six?, 382

SMITH, BERTRAM Bazaar Cushion (The), 126 Corncrake (The), 418 Game Licence (The), 28 Vandalism, 387

SMITH, C. TURLEY Fuser (The), 354 Triumph of Thinness (A), 234

SMITH, E. B. Business friendship, 382

STERNE, ASHLEY Buying a Piano, 414

SYKES, A. A. Deadly Button (The), 155 Intellectual Damage to Animals, 138 Pidgin Trot (The), 70

TOMBS, J. S. M. In the Park, 466 Isabel in Springtime, 327 Proof, 275 Season's Delights (The), 334

WHITE, R. F. Amende Déshonorable, 1 Belles Lettres and Others, 169 Canal (The), 154 Commercial Art, 297 Converted Statistician (The), 78 Epic from the Provinces (An), 358 Ideal Film Plot (The), 149 Ring (The), 197

WILSON, A. J. A. Serenity, 480

WODEHOUSE, P. G. Egbert, Bull-frog, 242 Misunderstood, 6 Sluggard (The), 306

WYNDHAM-BROWN, W. F. Political Correspondence (A), 256

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PICTURES AND SKETCHES.

ARMOUR, G. D., 19, 37, 59, 79, 97, 117, 139, 147, 197, 219, 259, 279, 299, 319, 335, 359, 379, 397, 417, 459, 479

BAUMER, LEWIS, 70, 85, 110, 150, 190, 269, 337, 410, 470

BAYNES, PHILIP, 430, 490

BELCHER, GEORGE, 129, 159, 189, 225, 265, 297, 307, 339, 375, 399, 419, 457, 469

BIRD, W., 21, 41, 100, 137, 180, 206, 241, 295, 306, 467

BRIGHTWELL, L. R., 5, 141, 167, 347, 446, 484

BROOK, RICARDO, 114, 281, 441

CHENEY, LEO, 35

COBB, Miss RUTH, 175

COWES, DUDLEY S., 261

DIXON, G. S., 400

DOWD, J. H., 61, 87, 249, 481

FENNING, WILSON, 461, 466

FRASER, P., 86, 106, 236, 321, 386, 406

GILL, ARTHUR, 218

GRAVE, CHARLES, 7, 29, 201, 226, 370, 387, 401, 429, 477

HARRIS, H. H., 286

HARRISON, CHARLES, 36, 65, 246, 434, 455

HART, FRANK, 57

HASELDEN, W. K., 18, 56, 135, 136, 156, 178, 276, 316, 326, 356, 375, 376, 396, 416, 476, 486

HENRY, THOMAS, 75, 94, 301

HINCKLING, P. B., 366

JENNIS, G., 17, 69, 155, 217

LLOYD, A. W., 14, 118, 133, 134, 153, 154, 173, 174, 193, 194, 213, 214, 233, 234, 253, 273, 274, 293, 294, 313, 314, 333, 334, 353, 354, 373, 374, 393, 394, 413, 414, 433, 454, 473, 474, 493, 494

LUNT, WILMOT, 74, 270

MAYBANK, THOMAS, 209

MILLS, A. WALLIS, 9, 33, 49, 77, 90, 169, 199, 215, 227, 255, 207, 315, 327, 349, 395, 415, 427, 453, 475

MOBBS, HEDLEY A., 287

MORROW, E. A., 460

MORROW, GEORGE, 20, 40, 60, 80, 99, 120, 140, 160, 179, 200, 220, 240, 260, 280, 300, 310, 340, 360, 377, 389, 420, 440, 480, 496

NORRIS, A., 27, 67, 115, 121, 166, 207, 320, 346, 381, 421, 487

PARTRIDGE, BERNARD, 1

PEARS, CHARLES, 55, 89, 119, 237, 380, 437

PEGRAM, FRED, 53

PRANCE, BERTRAM, 266

RAVEN-HILL, L., 50, 289, 330, 390, 498

REYNOLDS, FRANK, 107, 170, 187, 247, 317

ROSE, D. T., 81

ROUNTREE, HARRY, 15, 39, 355

SHEPARD, F. H., 6, 30, 113, 135, 165, 181, 229, 350, 407, 449

SHEPPERSON, C. A., 130, 145, 210, 230, 250, 309, 329, 409

SIMMONDS, GRAHAM, 10, 126, 336, 447

SMITH, A. T., 13, 101, 127, 146, 195, 257, 357, 361, 367, 439

STAMPA, G. L., 25, 47, 95, 105, 157, 235, 275, 290, 341, 369, 435, 450

STRANGE, C. S., 186, 426

TERRY, S., 254

THOMAS, BERT, 495

THORPE, J. H., 177, 489

TOWNSEND, F. H., 45, 73, 93, 109, 125, 149, 161, 185, 205, 239, 245, 262, 277, 285, 305, 325, 345, 365, 385, 405, 425, 445, 465, 485

WOOD, STARR, 54

YOUNG, D. A., 221

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ILLUSTRATION: FINIS.

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