HISTORY NO.17 Churchill again.

SEPTEMBER 1914.

Mr. Churchill’s Snuff.

The snuff-taking habit is growing on Mr. Churchill.    In the middle of the question hour yesterday I noticed he made a hurried exit from the House of Commons to beg a pinch from the doorkeeper, who keeps a supply for MPs.    On his return to the Treasury Bench he was in imminent risk of startling the House with a succession of explosive sneezes, but he managed to suppress the report by burying his face in the folds of his handkerchief.


My comment.

That is the full article.

A World War has just started and the English press managed to find a story about snuff and sneezing .

This is the kind of reporting that made The Press Of Great Britain ,   Great.

It reads like a line of script from the British TV comedy series     Black Adder.

Cracking article @lunecat  .  I read that three times and was very impressed with it.