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Show The widow of a German officer presented herself her-self at the office in Berlin for the purpose of drawing the pension due her. She handed in the necessary certificate from the mayor of the village vil-lage in which she lived to the effect that she was still alive. "This certificate is not coirect," said the officer in charge. "What is the matter with it?" asked the lady. "It bears the date of September Sep-tember 21," was the stern reply, "and your pension pen-sion was due on September 15." "What kind of a certificate do you wish?" asked the disappointed applicant. "We must have a certificate stating that you were alive on September 15," said the officer with great firmness. |