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Out and Home Kn ape, oi BurniaY.

12th October 1916
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Tire, Bullshit

. — Our Cartoonist. By "The Extractor."

• Our Cartoonist.

My feelings are torn with sympathy for our whilom !,artoonist, G.A.S., who is now fairly launched on active service. They are transforming him into a lriver in the R.F.A. His legs have already lost what daape they had stretching over half-broken-in beasts, and they deny him stirrups; he tells roe. Bed, beautiful bed, always attracted him, that is at breakfast Lime, but now, alas, he quits his tent at six to go and lean out the cook-house. How heartily poor Stevens must chant his morning Hymn of Hate. He really writes in quite a cheerful strain, although there is one wistful reference to rump steak and Gunmen, now but a tender memory. He is miles from a civilized town, and the most exciting feature of his adopted village is the Y.Al.C.A. hut.

Memo. Cards.

The demand for memo. cards, about which I wrote on this page a fortnight ago, has greatly exceeded our expectations, and readers nsust not be disappointed if only small supplies have reached them in response to their application. We are now printing a large number, and it will give us infinite pleasure to send out, say, a six months supply to those who really have good use for the cards after having tried them. Requests have reached us from the leading commercial-vehicle firms. Tire concerns are likeWise interested, railway companies, chambers of commerce, petrol distributors, and numberless others— one request comes to us from near the fighting line in France, a major in the A.S.O. asks for 500. I cannot quite see how they apply, but if they can be made use of in the Army well and good.

Will our friends, after trying the cards in their daily

avocation, not fail to write us p for a six months supply ? I will see that the cars are sent.

A Burnley Service Depot.

John Knape and Son, Ltd., is justifying its claim to a new motto, "ICrtape's for Service." I was to have been present at the formal opening of their fine new Service Depot on the last day of September, but one does not possess the proclivities of Sir Boyle Roche's famous bird and cannot be in two places at 'the same time. Can one? Anyhow, I gather that the new premises were well and truly opened: the party proceeded, I understand, to the Lancastrian Mecca for luncheon, and I do not know a better place

than Blackpool for such a noble purpose.

The new premises will be devoted exclusively to rendering service to .owners of commercial vehicles and private cars—a tire press has been put down for solid band tires, also an acetylene welding plant. The building will accommodate upwards of 40 large vehicles i and a huge quantity of spares is already in stock. Enterprise such as this invariably pays, and Knape's already numerous clients will take advantage of the facilities.

011a Podrida.

It would be a terrible thing for some of the W.D. contractors if they "woke up one morning with the shock of peace "—that is how it is put to me, anyway.

A garland of oak leaves was, I believe, presented to the Crown Prince for some infinitesimal advance towards Verdun. Oak leaves evidently represent the high-water mark, and that is why Mr. Johnny" Adams of. the Belsize found himself thus decorated recently in connection with his Special Constabulary duties and the air raids.

An interesting event was, a very little while ago, imminent in the household of that popular motor agent and great sportsman, George Heath, of 'Birmingham. So confident was Heath that masculinity is in the ascendent these war times that he offered to wager 12 to 10 in favour of a boy—and he was right. (No takers, I believe).

So much has been said about taxi-drivers' manners and methods that it was quite a pleasure the other night to observe a real humane touch. Taxis are at. a premium now at the London railway termini, and waited for an incoming vehicle to drive up. A much worried servant maid with 4s. 6d. run up scraped all the silver out of her purse, obviously leaving herself with only some coppers. "Have you enough to get home with ?" he inquired. A snuffle was the only

audible response. Better take one of these sixpences back," he said, handing it ever.

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Organisations: Army
Locations: Birmingham, Mecca, London

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