Word: punches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...diversified activities which have caused him to be regarded with international suspicion: 1) Entered an English Presbyterian theological college, after announcing his conversion from Judaism to Christianity; 2) Became a Presbyterian clergyman; 3) Secretary to B. Seebohm Rowntree, the millionaire Quaker cocoa manufacturer; 4) Liberal M. P. cartooned by Punch for speaking broken English mixed with Hungarian in Parliament; 5) Wartime mail censor in the British Postoffice Department; 6) Employed by Herr Steinhauer of the German Secret Service while still receiving British pay; 7) Imprisoned at Brooklyn, N. Y., pending extradition to England, where he was sentenced to three years...
...these caricatures are on political subjects and were first published somewhat over a century ago. The oldest of those being exhibited is one of St. George and the Dragon published in 1782. Among the most interesting of the others is one of seven original drawings which were made for Punch by John Leech from 1845-1859. These drawings represent the reactions of the common people to a financial panic which occurred in London at that time. Another of particular current interest is the graphic representation of a man trying to figure out his income tax statement...
Books. Viscount Leverhulme was not much of a reader. He liked to look at books with pictures in them, the kind of pictures he saw in Punch or on theatrical handbills. He collected old mezzotints and caricatures, and would sit for hours with one of his scrapbooks in his lap, staring at the twisted faces and bright colors as if he were reading some racy tale. The people who bought his books were on the lookout for collections such as these; they, like Leverhulme, cared little for literature, and so it came about that first editions of Thackeray were knocked...
Strange prodigies foretold that he was destined to no ordinary way of life. The gargoyles on Memorial Hall were heard to laugh and shriek at midnight, and the ghost of Punch was seen in broad daylight astride an ibis in Mt. Auburn Street. And sure enough, as years went by, the fact was oft remarked that young Lampoon was not a common child. For hours he'd ponder over some inanity, and then would roar with laughter at his own conceit. And this, together with his marked plebeian tendencies and over-strong aversion to the Irish nation, got it whispered...
Incredible orgies ensued amid mountains of cakes and bonbons. Later a Punch and July show created a diversion while further supplies of food were hurriedly requisitioned. As night fell, M. le President tottered to his rest. The children, questioned by correspondents, opined that he had given them a royal holiday...