[Illustration: THE ENTHUSIAST. "GOING FOR A WALK OVER THE HILLS? I'LL COME WITH YOU TO CHEER YOU UP. TELL ME IF I GO TOO FAST FOR YOU. I CAN KEEP THIS PACE UP ALL DAY. I DON'T MIND HOW FAR IT IS--I NEVER GET TIRED WALKING. NICE WARM WEATHER, ISN'T IT? I SAY, IT IS HOT! OH, NO, THANKS. _I'M_ ALL RIGHT--ONLY JUST FEELING MY GROGGY LEG RATHER-- AND MY STIFF BACK. NEVER BEEN QUITE RIGHT SINCE I HAD INFLUENZA SO BADLY THREE YEARS AGO-- THAT'S WHY THE DOCTOR SAID I MUST NEVER WALK MUCH. IT'S REALLY MY OWN FAULT-- I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET YOU-- PERSUADE ME."] [Illustration: "HAVE YOU ANY--ER--HATS?"] [Illustration: "What counts nowadays, my boy, is system-- When I want a certain piece of information, for instance-- I just look up my index, reach down-- a file-- or two-- and-- before you can-- say-- knife-- it's-- in front of you!" SYSTEM!] [Illustration: "PLEASE, MR. GRAFTO, THE GENTLEMAN ON THE NEXT FLOOR PRESENTS HIS COMPLIMENTS AND SAYS, SEEING AS HOW YOU CAN FORETELL THE FUTURE, WOULD YOU BE SO GOOD AS TO LET HIM KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE YOUR BATH STOPS OVERFLOWING THROUGH HIS CEILING?"] [Illustration: THE MAN WHO SNEEZED] [Illustration: SCOTLAND FOR EVER.] [Illustration: "GADGETS"] [Illustration: NATURE'S TACTLESS MIMICRY. CURIOUS ATTITUDE ASSUMED BY TREES IN A DISTRICT OCCUPIED BY THE GERMANS.] [Illustration: "HERE, STICK YOUR HEAD DOWN, CHARLIE." "WHAT--IS THERE AN ORDER COME ROUND ABOUT IT?"] [Illustration: "YOU CAN CLEAR AWAY THOSE NOTICE-BOARDS NOW, SERGEANT. THE VISITORS HAVE GONE." THE VISIT TO THE FRONT.] [Illustration: UNPLEASANT NIGHTMARE OF HANS, THE EX-CINEMA ATTENDANT, AFTER LEARNING OF THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF WAR.] [Illustration: "WE'LL NO GANG IN THERE, JOCK." "FOR WHY, DONAL'?" "MAN, IT'S GOT AN AWFU' GERRMAN-LIKE NAME, YON."] [Illustration: THE BASHFUL V.C.'S WELCOME HOME] [Illustration: _New Hand:_ "FLIES SEEM PRETTY AWFUL OUT HERE, CORPORAL." _Hardened Campaigner:_ "WOT FLIES?"] [Illustration: _Both together:_ "NOW, MY MAN, WHY DON'T YOU SALUTE WHEN YOU PASS AN OFFICER?"] [Illustration: "A SOLDIER WHEN RIDING A BICYCLE WILL TURN HIS HEAD SMARTLY TOWARDS AN OFFICER IN PASSING HIM AND WILL NOT MOVE HIS HANDS FROM THE HANDLE-BAR." CEREMONIAL REFERENCE--INFANTRY TRAINING, 1914, SECT. 18, § viii.] [Illustration: THE BRIBE. "WHO GOES THERE?" "K-KAMERAD--MIT SOUVENIRS."] [Illustration: "HEAR THE LATEST RUMOUR UP FROM THE BACK, GEORGE? WAR'S GOING TO BE OVER NEXT WEEK." "HO. WELL, I HOPE IT DON'T UPSET MY GOING ON LEAVE NEXT TUESDAY."] [Illustration: 1915. THE PURCHASE OF THE SOUVENIR. 1920. "THAT'S A SOUVENIR OF MY JOB AT HAVRE-- 1925. --OF MY SERVICE IN FRANCE-- 1930. --OF MY ACTIVE SERVICE-- 1935. --OF MY FIGHTING DAYS 1940. GOT THAT IN THE BIG PUSH-- 1945. --FIERCE FIGHTING IT WAS-- 1950. --_DESPERATE_ FIGHTING,