Judge — November 3, 1917 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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Terms as low as $1 a month Full Bodied, Wholesome, Mellow and Delicious. NON-INTOXICATING NO GOVERNMENT LICENSE REQUIRED Areal bread and butter beveragein a class byitself ‘date Grocers and Dealers C,H. EVANS & SONS, Hudson, N.Y. Ideal XMAS Gift to Give AVOID THIS AD! unless you have talent for drawing. Send four cents in stamps for fall in- formation. ZIM’SCorre- spondence School of Cartooning,Conic Art, and Caricature, Box R, Horseheads, N.Y. Last Wills of the Tommies RECENT letter to the Associated Press from London gave amusing de- tails of the testamentary eccentricities of the “Tommies.” Any note of disposition of his property written in the little “pay book” each private carries is legal without wit- ne! as the soldier’s signature is the only requirement by the court that passes upon these novel instruments. Even where the signature is lacking, the handwriting or intention of the soldier has been held to be sufficient when established, as the War Office makes every effort to carry out the soldier’s wishes. Many of these trench wills have Tommy Atkins’s characteristic touch of humor. Some are in dialect, some in phonetic spelling. Several have been in ciphers which have taxed the War Office experts to solve. jonally they leave purely imaginary ssions to institutions or fictitious persons. Here is a will in rhyme written at a “listening post” in No Man’s Land: [haven't a sweetheart, I haven't a mother. ly one sister, not even a brother: So of aught that’s mine she can have the lot This went through the courts without question, Another in rhyme lett the money to the “first comer Whoever first sets eyes on this Gets everything I leave, For my kith and kin are dead and gone, And I've not a friend to grieve There's a tidy bit in the bank, you'll find, And my army pay, though small, So, stranger, breathe one sigh for me: You're welcome to it all This was forwarded to England by the sergeant who found it, and he received notification that the “tidy bit,” which turned out to be a substantial sum of money, had been deposited to his account. Still another will in rhyme was written private who had been cut off from his for three da: ithout food or water, and probably without sleep, for the greater part of that time, until the greatest desire in life med to him to be to get a big drink. It was as follows: If I'm knocked out by bullet or bomb When over the top we A gallon of beer I leave to Tom, Another to squint-cyed Joe. We've borne the worst of a soldier's thirst ja and nights of woe; Give my dad the rest—but if I go West There's a drink for Tom and Joe There was some difficulty in carrying out this bequest, owing to the half the men in the company cla have been called “Tom” and “Joe” the testator, and the whole estate s finally turned over to the father, it being left to him to carry out the “two gallons clause” as he should sce fit Christmas will find a multitude of our soldiers in France. y who think of them have sub- scribed to Juvce’s Trench Christmas Fund. Have you thought about it? You can’t afford to miss JUD G NEXT WEEK! A striking cover by JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG, entitled “CAMOUFLAGE.” Orther illustrations by ORSON ove MBLE J. CONACHER MACHEFERT DAN LYNCH ER J. K. BRYANS CALVERT BARKSDALE ROGERS LAURA E. FOSTER R. B. FULLER FLOHRI TOUSEY C. W. KAHLES F. L. FITHIAN and othes Where is there another list like this? The textisby Humorists who make JUDGE the leader in its clas, among them being WALT MASON DOUGLAS MALLOCH LEE SHIPPEY H. S. KENNETH ROBERTS TOD CHENEVIX BENJAMIN De CASSERES CHESTERTON TODD HARVEY PEAKE And others known the country over. The whele number is sparkling and up to date. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC. REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGHESS OF xe 24th, 1912 or gS published at f KN for State of NEW YORK) County of NEW YORK j™* WEEKLY OCT. 1,917 npany. 225 s bin are. ‘<i ew 20 Maren sith, 131 nui Br comicbooks, cM