IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19276, 15 June 1926, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1215.—Magna Charts- signed. io4u.--Grei’.t- demonstration by 2.>.,U00 persons at Ennis in favor of reestablishment of Irish Parliament. 1868. Massacre of Christians at Jeddah. 1870. -War declared between Franc* and Prussia. I*B(s.—Vancouver nearly destroyed by fire. 188?.- —Death of GVirman Emperor Frederick. I'fifi.— Earthquake and tidal wave in Japan; 27, 5M1 lives lost and 7,000 hon ses des t roved. 10U4.—Excursion steamer General Slocum caught fire in Xmv York Harbor; 1,0(j0 lives lost. 1?18-—Last great Austrian offensim Standard stipends of Welsh clergy have been increased to £335. Only ] fl,ooo Frenchmen pay income tax on an income of £1,600 or over. Bread must bs like the sun—because tt rises in the yeast and sets in the vest, Trv some Dewar’s Imperial and the joke will bn clear Tho modern honeymoon trip originated in the days or George HI., and Bp““fiily came into general use. Dog licenses in Great Britain this year will, it is estimated, ranch the record number of nearly 3,000,000. Marrying is all right, provided " No-rub-bing Laundry Help ” is always available for the weekly washing ' The plighted word of the British Parliament. is as sacred an act as is known to humanity.--Lord Pending. I have never despaired of Sir William Joynson Hicks. .Patriotism and centenaries are tho two greatest enemies, of truth.—Mi Philip Guedalln.