Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917 by Various
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(a) Special Shelters are erected at cross-roads for visitors to
witness the getting-up of guns, ammunition, etc., after the attack. Please don't feed the men as they go by or ask the Gunners questions. (b) Breakfast in Boschland. Lunch in a Listening Post. Supper in a Saphead. (c) A Special Narrow-gauge Railway will take Visitors to the newly-acquired forward area (not obligatory). This part of the programme is liable to variation. Terms, fifty guineas. An Insurance Agent is always in attendance. Casualties up to the present, one Conscientious Objector missing, believed joined up. * * * * * Bombardments arranged at the shortest notice. For five pounds you can fire a 15-inch. Write for Free Booklet and apply for all particulars to Pratt's Agency, London, Paris, etc., etc. * * * * * VISITORS. When I was very ill in bed The fairies came to visit me; They danced and played around my head, Though other people couldn't see. |
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