Welfare Applications

• "I am forwarding my marriage certificate and six children. I had seven, but one died which was baptised on a half sheet of paper."
• "Mrs. Jones has not had any clothes for a year and a half and has been visited regularly by the clergy."
• "I am glad to report that my husband who is missing, is dead."
• "I am very annoyed to find that you brand my son illiterate. This is a dirty lie, as I was married a week before he was born."
• "Please find out for certain if my husband is dead? The man I am living with can't eat or do anything until he knows."
• "I am forwarding my marriage certificate and three children, one of which is a mistake as you can see."
• "My husband got his project cut off two weeks ago, and I haven't had any relief since."
• "Unless I get my husband's money pretty soon, I will be forced to live an immortal life."
• "You have changed my little boy to a girl, will this make a difference?"
• "I have no children as yet as my husband is a truck driver and works day and night."
• "I want money quick as I can get it. I have been in bed with the doctor for two weeks, and he doesn't do me any good."