01 Make savings? the great economist tells me....

02 ...Of course, I don't know what decisions Mr. Clémentel is preparing in the silence of his office...

03 ...But it seemed absurd and inhuman to me (in the middle of the 20th century) to eliminate half of the civil servants.

04 And then, there's the army, scrongnieugnieu! Let General Nollet reduce its numbers and replace 20-year-old soldiers with 10-year-old soldiers.

05 On the other hand, I am considering a certain number of more effective measures. What would you say about the compulsory and exclusive use of half-blood? And, for cars, half-horsepower, or steam mule?

06 And above all, since it's a question of saving, let's only take half-measures, concludes the eminent economist, leaving me with the bill.

(Drawings by Jehan Ginnys.)