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HISTORY OF THE MONTH IN 



CARICATURE. 



Oh, wad some Power the giftie gie us 

 To see oursels as ithers see us. — Burns. 



[Stuttgart. 



W'alirv Jdfob.] 



ASH WKDNBSD.W. 1913. 



CAPTAIN KOPENICK. AIAAS WOLTER. IN 



STRASSBURO. 

 KONIGSBERG : "Who is that?" 



Strassburg : " The earrison has been turned 

 out as ordered. We await your Majesty on the 

 Polygon with the ?reat«et enthusiasm." 

 " .\il turned <iut ! You must be drunk!" 



KUiddvnidatsch.'] [Berlin. 



THE BALKAN GORDIAN KNOT ANT> EURO- 

 PEAN DIPIX>MAOY. 

 Always new knots! Always new knots! It is no 

 use cutting through one of therm. 



The amusing episode of the hoaxing 

 of the garrison at Strassburg, by means 

 of a telegram purporting to come fron> 

 the Kaiser, sa)'ing he would reach the 

 parade-ground at a certain hour, and 

 desired the whole garrison to be there 

 for inspection, has come as a boon to 

 rartoonists surfeited with the Balkan 

 War and the European situation. They 

 made the most of it. The wild rumour 

 of German airships being seen over 

 England has also afforded Continental 



Lustioe Bldffcr.] [Berlin. 



THE PHANTOM AIRSHIP. 



Hamlet: "Do you see yonder cloud that'i 

 almost in shape orf a ca.mel ?" 



PoLONirs ; "By the mass, and 'tis a camel in- 

 deed." 



Ham. : " Methinks it is like a weasel." 



Pol.: "It is back'd like a weasel." 



Ham. : " Or like a whale? ' 



Pol.: " Very like a whale; but, besides, they all 

 look like German airships." — {Hamlet, Act III., 

 Scene 2) 



