GERMAN OFFICER:  “Egypt.”

TURKISH CAMEL:  “Guess again.”]

[German Cartoon]

The Theatre in the Field

[Illustration:  THE ENGLISH THEATRE IN THE FIELD—­“With the permission of French and Kitchener, Hicks’s Operetta Company went from London to the front and played before the British soldiers.”]

[Illustration:  THE GERMAN THEATRE IN THE FIELD—­“Major Walter Kirchoff (of the Royal Opera House).  Lieutenant Hall Wegener (of the German Theatre).  Dispatch Rider, Carl Clewing (of the Royal Playhouse).”

_—­From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin._]

[English Cartoon]

Trench Amenities

[Illustration:  _—­From Punch, London._

BRITISH TOMMY (returning to trench in which he has lately been fighting, now temporarily occupied by the enemy):  “Excuse me—­any of you blighters seen my pipe?”]

[Italian Cartoon]

Quo Vadis?

[Illustration:  _—­From L’Asino, Rome._]

[German Cartoon]

The Gutter Snipes

[Illustration:  _—­From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin._]

[German Cartoon]

A London Family Scene

[Illustration:  _—­From Meggendorfer-Blaetter, Munich._

(A favorite theme of German cartoonists is England’s supposed mortal terror of Zeppelins.)]

[English Cartoon]

The Dissemblers

[Illustration:  —­From Punch, London.

EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA:  “Now what do we really want to say?”

SULTAN OF TURKEY:  “Well, of course we couldn’t say that; not on his birthday.”]

[German Cartoon]

Lord Kitchener Wants You!

[Illustration:  _—­From Simplicissimus, Munich._

“Lord Kitchener needs recruits!”]

[English Cartoon]

Willy-Nilly

[Illustration:  _—­From The Sketch, London._

GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT:  “Our progress is maintained.”]

[German Cartoon]

A Shaky Affair

[Illustration:  _—­From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin._

THE TRIPLE VICTORY:  “Confound it, there goes another pillar.”]

[English Cartoon]

The Return of the Raider

[Illustration:  _—­From Punch, London._

KAISER:  “Well, I AM surprised!”

TIRPITZ:  “So were we.”]

[Italian Cartoon]

What Is There Inside?

[Illustration:  _—­From L’Asino, Rome._

(The words that the observer has uncovered are as follows:  Militarism,
Religious Mania, Megalomania, Loquacity, Homicidal Mania, Imperialism,
Neronism.)]

[English Cartoon]

“Sound and Fury”

[Illustration:  _—­From Punch, London._

KAISER:  “Is all my high seas fleet safely locked up?”

ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ:  “Practically all, Sire.”

KAISER:  “Then let the starvation of England begin!”]