The indent sent in for materials was a rather formidable one, but the
article most in demand was a sheep, which was wanted at the same time
by Dick for his Agriculture and Arthur for his Drawing, and also by
Mac, who is O.C. the Butchery class. Mac wrote a polite little note
saying he must have at least one a week, and he'd like "a pig to be
going on with, if you please," promising to hand, the latter over
complete and in good order, when he'd done with it, to Jones for his
bacon-curing class, "upon receipt of signature for same."

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[Illustration: _Politically inclined Nurse_ (_exhibiting new daughter
to M.P._). "LET US 'OPE, SIR, THAT SHE MAY LIVE TO BE CALLED THE
MOTHER OF THE 'OUSE OF COMMONS."]

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COMMERCIAL CANDOUR.

"120 Pairs Unbleached Calico Sheets, 2 x 2¾ yards. Sale price,
12/11 per pair; present value, 1/- per pair."--_Yorkshire
Paper_.

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"Including new enlistments there are about 1,000 men
concentrated in and around Berlin."--_Manchester Guardian_.

Let FOCH be warned.