"--"_Daily Mail" on Lord Hardinge_.
It sounds like a _succes d'estime_.
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[Illustration: THE PUBLIC BENEFACTOR.
MR. SMILLIE. "I CAN'T BEAR TO THINK OF YOUR PAYING SO MUCH FOR YOUR COAL.
I MUST PUT THAT RIGHT; I MUST SEE THAT YOU DON'T GET ANY."]
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[Illustration: _First Tramp_. "IN THIS BIT O' NOOSPAPER IT SAYS:
'THE 'OLE CAUSE OF THE WORLD'S PRESENT DISORDER IS THE UNIVERSAL
SPIRIT OF UNREST. I WONDER IF THAT'S TRUE?"
_Second Tramp_. "I AIN'T NOTICED IT."]
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THE COAL CUP.
It seems to me that we all take a great deal of interest in the miners
when they strike, but not nearly enough when they hew. And yet
this business of hacking large lumps of fuel out of a hole, since
civilisation really depends on it, ought to be represented to us from
day to day as the beautiful and thrilling thing that it really is. Yet
if we put aside for a moment Mr. SMILLIE'S present demands, we find
the main topics of discussion in the daily Press as I write are
roughly these:--
(1) The prospects of League Football and the Cup Ties.
(2) Ireland.
(3) The prevalence of deafness amongst blue-eyed cats.
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