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Show Happy Hooligan is in China, and it is a great pity he couldn't have taken his brother, Gloomy Gus, with him. But he left Mm on this side and we are still afflicted with him. We meet him on every corner. He is in evidence wherever men foregather, and his pessimistic forebodings are as a wet blanket on the brightest enthusiasm. He just knows we will soon be fighting the Huns : rom our shores. He can see no cause for satisfaction in the mag- ' mficent stand of the Allies in Flanders, but sees the German ; hordes already pouring over fair France. He bemoans the slow- ' ness of this country, but it is noticeable that he has done nothing ' to speed up operations, not even to the purchasing of a thrift I Tta,mpY.He.is a veritable rain crow, and as it is not permissible ! to kill him, he should be caged. I |