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dly Mr. A. A. Milne, tho Istest humourist to 1 happened to he appointed amistant editor "arrive in English Journalism, makes no of Funch in the middle of it. How did that. I'd been sending things in happen Woll I'd prrence of being an authority m anything to Punch for some time. My first con least of all on what precisely constitutes tribution was rejected when I was still lanmur. Yet since the age of 24. when he at school. The brst thing I had in was Don ributing became assistant uditor of Punch, he has in 1904 by 1995, I was

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Nothing could speak more forcibly for picture of Keene's in Punch many year ago of a Scotsman eating gun for the the extension and influence of Western first time at a tenants dinner. His English civilisation than the growing praction of neighbour, seeing that he was in difficulties of the Chinese to adapt Western makers and customs in the place of the traditionary with it, whispered to him excitedly practices claimed sometimes to have been Mac, Mac, you're eating it at the wrong handed down to them from the time of end!! And the Beotaman, who not for learning anything from « despised

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Le ter. One doesn't want one's favourite Nowadays, even in Chinae familios where jokes to be appreciated by everybody. Christianity has not been accepted, the Perennally, I like to feel that the Western lines, with best man, a relative to wedding ceremony is conducted upon juke is private matter between the

author and me; which brings me to my give away the bride, bridesmaids, and with second favourite, form of joke the one in the utmost pomp and publicity,

Beveral weddings of recent years have which a good deal is left to the imagination. For instance, there was the picture of the hoen eslabrated on these lizer, the brides motor-bicycle and the empty sidecar, the wearing Western gowns with long trains, legend of which was simply: *Hold tight, veils, and wreaths of orange blossoTUN, Auntia, there's another nasty commas.com Each was apported by four bridesmaids ing.*. To have had a dismounted Auntie who were also attired in Western style and in the picture would have rained it. The carried bouquets, and the bride was given reader has got to imagine that for himself

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