12th August 1914

 

Are You A Panicker?  Food -- For Reflection.

Sardines -- on toast: The sad story of a foolish household in war - time.

Our artist has shown us in lighter vein the  sad fate of a family stricken with the quite unnecessary war panic which was only too prominent during the first week of the war, and which,
had a very serious side too, needlessly sending the price of foodstuffs up to such an extent that the Government were obliged, with the co-operation of leading firms, to intervene
by fixing maximum prices for certain commodities.

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