Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the LondonCharivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916, by Various,Edited by Owen SeamanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916Author: VariousEditor: Owen SeamanRelease Date: September 14, 2007 [eBook #22602]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 150, JANUARY5, 1916*** E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, David King,and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) PUNCH,OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.Vol. 150.January 5, 1916.The Whitefriars Press."RESOLUTIONS.I will not breakfast in my bedWith downy cushions at my head;That would be very wrong—and soAway the eggs and bacon go!I will not read in bed at nightAnd burn the dear electric light;Nor buy another costly hat;Oh no! I'm much too good for that.But I will rise before the dawnAnd weed and cut and roll the lawn;My border I will plant with veg,Abundantly from hedge to hedge.And all the day I'll practise thriftAnd no more happily will driftIn deeper debt, as once, alas!—But what an awful year I'll pass.The Art of Sinking."Altogether we sank one gunboat, five steamers ...