PIMLICO HOUSE, BELGRAVIA.]

[Illustration: THE COUNTESS OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE AND HER CHARMING
DAUGHTERS (WHO HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING IN CANTEENS) CANNOT AT ONCE
ACCUSTOM THEMSELVES TO THE ORDINARY AMENITIES OF AFTERNOON "AT
HOMES."]

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[Illustration: _Sergeant-Major_ (_who has the professional mind_).
"HE'S A GOOD MAN IN THE TRENCHES, SIR, AND A GOOD MAN IN A SCRAP, SIR;
BUT YOU'LL NEVER MAKE A SOLDIER OF HIM."]

[Illustration: _Sergeant-Major_ (_to nervous gunner who has got mixed
up with drag-rope_). "WHAT WERE YOU BEFORE YOU JOINED THE ARMY? A
SNAKE-CHARMER?"]

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[Illustration: HOME-MADE MUNITIONS.]

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[Illustration: "HEAVENS, SERGEANT, WHAT'S THIS?"

"THAT JOKE OF MINE, YOU KNOW--WHEN I ASK A RECRUIT WHO'S BEEN THROWN,
'WHO THE DEVIL ASKED YOU TO DISMOUNT, SIR?' WELL, HERE'S ONE OF THE
PAPERS SAYS IT'S THE OLDEST WHEEZE IN THE WORLD!"]

[Illustration: WHY NOT V.A.D. SECTION OF VIVANDIÈRES AT OUR