... ^BYSTANDER f JLisT 0? ^kmm£ ^rrrrrrrrr' *T^f| I ON THE WORLD WAR. gf J Sand on those who wage it :j f IS WISE EY AND OTHEEWISE,LY W I CcS5 ^===2 Standing: the Test LAST week the country stood the test of endurance of the grave news of the German advance almost as well as the brave troops who were fighting what amounted to a colossal rear-guard action with such splendid and self-sacrificing ...

... KAISER (in his very latest Aposlle-cum-Death's-head-Hussar Costume) I say, you know, you fellows might just let me have a look at the maps or something will you? You see, I've told several people that it's my offensive. After all, Hindy, I've given you the Iron Gross with Rays HlNDENBURG Wie? Ach, ja That'll be all right, Majesty. I'll see that you get all the discredit later on 't) (s> ...

... IN FNGLAND-NOWf A WEEKLY LETTER FROM BLANCHF, London, April i, 1918. Dear Cousin A TENSE and terrible Eastertide. Alas! how the times change, how war colours even spring with bitterness! Easter was our great spring festival-- we cele brated with uplifted hearts the miracle of new life, the re-birth of earth's loveliness, the joy of green things growing. The Easter days were holy days, for ...

... Miss McKie's page of sketches helps us to realise how Birmingham is working in war-time. Birmingham's output is ti e very best stuff stuff that will for ever remove the depreciatory adjective Brummagem from our dictionaries PASSED BY CENSOR ...

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... And when the scissors do their job, And bring him quickly tumbling down, His picture won't be worth a bob, And he-- not even half a crown ...

... When rolling your Bull Durham, the most important thing is to keep the hands steady so that the tobacco lies evenly on the palm PASSED BY CENSOR BAIRNSFATHER WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY j ...

... Perils of War an and of Popularity Old Bill wishes now that he had never gone into ie into that cafe on the Boulevard des Italiennes BY CAPTAIN BRUCE BAIRNS FA THER ...

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... , , THE SUPREME SUNBEAM Great as were Sunbeam records in pre war races and trials the achievements of Sunbeam cars and Y Sunbeam Coatalen Aircraft Engines y Yin the present war offer even more convincing proof of absolute supremacy. For the present the Government needs all our output. Priority of delivery of the post-war Sunbeam ^jr will be secured by the receipt of your enquiry now. ...

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