The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-11-23
HE DUDE
IN WAR,
4 Cuardsmen as Viewed by
Julian Ralph.
I,,a Realities Removes. Everything Effi.
J, AiI.ct.d From Their Characters.
T,om the Savannah News.)

auee the EuBilSu piOuuOSu AuUSl
lIterature until recently, we al
Euow a great deal about English
Y men and English conditions
% many books and plays We
,udied "Algy's or Reggie" the
aristocrat With q single eyeglass,
waist suggestive OF consets, with
haw tone, a languid air and o
believing he has seen, known
be- everything that's going.
rgie" really exists, ! sawa great
ReQgies in the war--especially
Methuen, the old Guardsman.
se army were battalions of three
Guards regiment-the Cold
scots, Grenadiers. | had seen
il Lincoln and found he lived
J shell, or yeneering, so thick
Eeuid not pay me to drill into
der to get at the real flesh and
ban underneath.
when roughed it with Reggie
var | liked him from the first.
n the end, I loved him better
By other type OF Englishman l
et seen. The fellows who did
Nv him all abused him, because
lhe fashion in London to sneer at
.srds and call them 1.-THE pets"
bme guards, "tin bellies,' and
"a. / have been accused OF low
trything English and Of vilify-
Beers because they were on the
ide, That charge, If 1t were
ould incapacitate me as a writer
of trust-but it is not true. /
Rrote what saw, as | always
pne and always will. | am u
rOfthe Order of Friends, which
dKipling says. is bound TO have
gest membership Of any society
b, because any one can join who
bed to "tell the truth no matter
hurts. There are six mem
ready, and we are only eighteen
Old.
i did champion the Guards, and |
|dit into the English that these
were having the roughest time
be men in the army, That was
PAN q year ago, aud today Reg
'tlll at it. laughing as he throws
on the ground to sleep, in wet
with the thermometer at
gayly inviting friends to dine
Fmwhen he is getting a biscuit
'prhis complete rations: drink
7 healths of sweethoarts and
'Ont Of a water bottle filled with
'ence of dead Beers and dead
being shot at day after day,
|atter month, year after year
'ng UP with colonials and Yam.
Feu have no idea how many
'ans are lighting on the English
'oslap him on the back and call
'aN, old man; running races en-
'st plugs, with Beers shooting
y make each merry contest q
aSdeath; never complaining,
PplplDg, always being what he
FORE Of thetvery best"
these chaps are apt to call
|qlonel Arthur" or Billy
poqr afterward, on duty, they
|lsas "sir.n They call each
|iertie, Babe, n"Sissyr short
Measles" etc, JUST like
PQys here at home. You are
surprised. when a stranger hap ]
|ng. Is invited to dine and dnbs
nple hearty fellows Lord Boul-
Or Sir Reginald, and speaks s
as the Hon. Ldward Suther- '
Earl Deers park.
Eou must hate it," Ionce said q
'lerlord. ito have a man pile d
Eesl my lord, mo, your lord t
Nv, Lord Beacham, in every i
ne speaks. @
said the lord. tits a bit nau- d
|anq ltcosts about so per cent. t
everything you buy when you il
s'le- The only chaps who +
Atltle are these London sur a
eohave been,charging a guinea i
nome. Tuey come here, on b
set knighted, and instantly o
guineas a visit. A title is \
. ior those chaps" &
sH let us HE back to the dude h
\ some Of the Reggies write to
'ae front and / think that the 81
= am going to make from v
''s will prove peculiarly In q
They will iilumi-e the 81
I ot Reggie and they will ii
'ne war in South Africa a ii
:. oy which you can guage I
.klng place there better than bl
Jews dispatches Of the past "
lths. \
= ~lll let Reggie speak for tr
leit him when he was coop
Aagersiontein, and I went .,
pe Town to arrange to press 4 1