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‘THE DAILY SKETCH.’ 
Another telling cartoon which occupies a full page appears 
in The Daily Sketch :— 

ECONOMY AND OUR MUSEUMS—YEAR 1990. 
‘ Official notice of closing of museums has been issued.” 
Museum Attendant of the Future: ‘‘ That document, Madam ?—a Relic of our 
Great War when our Museums were closed in keeping with the Spartan 
economy of the period.” 
Fair Thing of the Future: ‘‘ But the dear little doggy ?”’ 
M.A.O.F.: “ That, lady, is a lap-dog sold in the same year for 500 guineas !"’ 
Reproduced, by permission, from a full-page cartoon in The Daily Sketch. 
“THE EVENING NEWS.’ 
In a leading article The Evening News deals with ‘ Charlie 
Chaplin and the British Museum.’ It deplores that while 
our public houses, picture palaces, and other “ places of enter- 
tainment’ are open and in full swing, the museums and art 
galleries, which are free, should be closed. ‘One is almost 
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