To-day, however, the high cost of
living has set up a very serious obstacle, and debt and failure seem
inevitable unless five hundred pounds can be collected quickly. Any reader
of _Punch_ moved to bestow alms on as sincere and deserving a a work of
altruism as could be found is urged to send a donation to Miss CHARLES,
Santa Claus Home, Cholmeley Park, Highgate, N.6.
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"Although its run in the evening bill must necessarily be limited to
two weeks, steps will be taken to remove it to other quarters should it
prove to the taste of the public. _That failing, it will continue to be
given at the ---- Theatre for a series of matinees._"--_Daily Paper._
The italics are ours, though it is not really our funeral, as we never go
to matinees.
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[Illustration: SALVAGE.
OLD KING COAL (_to his champion_). "HAVE YOU SAVED THE SITUATION?"
MR. SMILLIE. "WELL, BETWEEN OURSELVES, I WOULDN'T QUITE SAY THAT; BUT I'M
HOPING TO SAVE MY FACE."]
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[Illustration: THE RETURN FROM THE HOLIDAY.
"SED REVOCARE GRADUM ... HOC OPUS, HIC LABOR, EST."]
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THE SHRIMP TEST.
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