Part 10

It would have to be this, or nothing

Other Times----Other Manners.]

"Remember this place, Bert?"

"Yes, it's where we used to chuck the fish to you, ain't it, Bill?"]

(In this cartoon Captain Bairnsfather refers to the report that the corpses of German soldiers fallen in battle were utilised in a Corpse-Conversion Factory for the purpose of providing fats for the Fatherland.)]

"'Ere! Where the 'ell are ye comin' with that Turkish bath o' yours?"]

What particularly annoys Lieutenant Jones, R.F.A. (who thought he could get a better view from the belfry), is that irritating prediction which keeps passing through his head, "The curfew shall not ring to-night."]

On the "Leave" Train.

You will never quite realise how closely we are bound to our French Ally until you have had the good fortune to travel on one of those "leave" trains--six a side, windows shut, fifty miles to go, and eighteen hours to do it!]

In that rare and elusive period known as "Leave" it is necessary to reconstruct the "Atmosphere" of the front as far as possible in order to produce the weekly "Fragment."]

At midnight, an indignant, husky voice is heard to say: "B---- these blinkin' sandbags."]

Should Mr. Robey be at any time called upon to go to the Front, he must be careful how he does this: "I'm surprised at you, Ludendorff!"]

"It's a pity Alf ain't 'ere, Bert; 'e can play the piana wonderful."]

"I thought you said your uncle was a sending you an umbrella."]

Dep.: Paddington 2.15. Arr. Home 4.]

You dirty dog

To those who may be contemplating picking up a Government car cheaply after the war. Insist on seeing photograph. Don't be satisfied by just reading the advertisements.]

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Transcriber's notes:

With the three noted exceptions, punctuation anomalies were retained to match the original drawings. The exceptions are in the books printed explanations, not in any cartoon.

Page 5, period added to illustration caption ("Jack Johnson" shell.)

Page 112, single opening quote changed to double. ("You wait till I)

Page 125, period added to title of picture to match rest of format (That Provost-Marshal Feeling.)

Pages 93 and 98 were halves of the same comic. They were reattached to aid readability. The original text can be found in the html version.