Wipers Times - Miscellania

Miscellania

The paper is sprinkled with small paragraphs and half-column articles such as "People We Take Our Hats Off To" (frequently the French), "Things We Want to Know", "Answers to Correspondents" and small ads. Some were obviously spoofs:

LONELY PRESIDENT wishes correspond with anyone. Can write charming note. Has corresponded with most of the crowned heads of Europe.- Write "Dignitas,"Washington, U.S.A. To Subaltern: Yes, every junior officer may carry a F.M.'s baton in his knapsack, but we think you'll discard that to make room for an extra pair of socks before very long. TO LET-;Fine freehold estate in salubrious neighbourhood. Terms moderate. Owner going east shortly.-;Apply Bosch and Co., Messines.

While others were not for outsiders:

Things We Want To Know The name of the celebrated infantry officer who appears daily in the trenches disguised as a Xmas tree. How much money changed hands when it was known that he didn't get married on leave. Whether a certain officer is shortly publishing a little song entitled "Why was I so careless with the boots." To Troubled.-;Certainly think you have just complaint against people in the next dugout, and if you care to take the matter further there is no doubt you will get damages. It certainly was scandal if, as you affirm, the picture was one of Kirschner's. We regret a further rise in property today.