The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-10
Lady in Ireland Writes In- teresting Letter to Brother
 in Birmingham
TRAGEDIES BEING
 ENACTED DAILY
One of First Officers to Be Killed Had Only Been Married Few Weeks. Women Do Nothing But Make
 Shirts for Soldiers

midst of war and war prepara tions. The brother requested that no names be used sp as to avoid any possible embarrass- ment to his sister
 She writes as follows.
 County Kildare. September % 19l4
 My Dear NJ; l was very glad to get your letter and meant to write you for the 10th. but this war news has put everything else out of one's head. We talk war morning, noon and night and what the Fifth division did and where tho First division went and who com manded what and who is attached to something else till my head buzzes and after reading through the long casualty lists I cannot remember who is killed or who only wounded>and taken prisoner
 "A battery that left here were cut to pieces at Mons and lost all their horses Poor John C. in it was only married a week before they went and he was one of the first to be killed, and Captain B., such nice young fellow had both legs blown off while serving his gun and all he said was, oh, don't bother about me, but take me where my men won't hear me-
 
 has not some one at the front many of them killed by this time. A boy here Cecil B--, died from wounds He had a piece of shrapnel in his lungs and he said when the Red Cross were bringing him in the bearers were shot down and the doctor only just escaped. The na- tiNes here were a bit slack about enlist ing at first thought there would be plenty local an hI wi read of Louvain being sacked and the priests and nuns shot down they became as keen as can be.
 There is no doubt about it that our cavalry was very badly supported by the French and the tare is here that the French general disobeyed orders or I think never even opened them, and Gen. eral Joffre was rather going to pass it over till Kitchener went over to France and insisted on his being shot or he would take every British soldier out of France. Since then things have been somewhat better.
 No one seems to think this war can be over for two years anyway, and 1t Is useless President Wilson talking peace There will be no peace discussed till the French have entered Berlin or have not a man left.
 'They are feeling the pinch of hunger in Berlin already and I hope the crowd
  Of their doing. No one acre is doing a.ything but making shirts for the sol diers and learning to nurse we sold all our horses to the govern- ment and any we could get since and now there are hardly any left. All the hunt horses have gone with the master and his stud groom so there won't be much hunting. I think I'll take a run over to London later on and see how things are there. We have an our corn in but not thrashed yet. There is really no hurry as we have hardly anything to eat it. They came and communicated one of our fields and said they were go- ins to build tents for 800 soldiers How ever they changed their minds and took over the married quarters in the bar ricks instead which I was thankful for kitcheners army Is all very well, but you don't want them at the end of your gar den. The weather here is perfectly love ly. 1t seems a pity the troops are hay ing it so wet in France. Tt is a good thing T. learned to | nurse, but she will have to do it at this side of the channel. Kitchener won't have any society women on the other | side. hfndering the nurses as they did 1 in the Boer war. In fact very few won- | en at all are allowed to go over. "I should think this war would affect H. V pretty badly for nearly all
 
 stock exchange people are in despair I heard J. wanted to go out with Levats | scouts l wrote to ask him. He ought to go back to his old friends, the Ber- wickshire yeomanry.'
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 | bull, three cows. any age or breed No. ?, 1 first; No. 1. second; No. 8, third 1 Beef Cattle, Aberdeen Angus-BulI. 5 years old and over. No. II. first; No. 6, seccnd No. 10, third. Bull, years old and under 3, No. 5. first; No 5, second Bull year old and under 2. No. Il, first | No. ,, second; No. 5, third. Bull. under 1 year, No II. first No. 5, second Cow, | 8 years old or over, No. Il. first; No 10. ] second; No. 5. third. Cow. years old and under 3, No. II, first; No. il, second No. 5, third. Cow. year old and under g. No. II, first; No. Il. second; No H. third. Cow under l year. No. II, first No. H. second; No il, third. Champion | bull, No. II. first. Champion COW, No II first. Graded herd. No. II, first: No B. second. Calf herd, No. 5, first. Get of sire No. 5. first No. 5. second Produce of COW, No. 6. first; No 5, second Winners in Dog Show The winners of the most points in the different classes for each separate breed in the dog show were as follows: Boodhounds-No competitors Russian Wolf Hounds: Dogs-Orloff Civilian F. Tebbetts) winner. Bitches: vanka Civilian r. Tebbets) winner. Foxhounds, Open Dogs and Bitches Tontine (Rockwood Kennells) winner Pointers: Dogs--Rowe's Prince Woolton q. C. Lankford), winner; Chesney's Scott Cornish GA. c. Chesney). reserve. Bitches: Lou Dillon O. B. Hickey, winner; Cruces Queen Ann (S A. Cruce) reserve. First brace, A. c. Chesney. F1rst field trial class, Jack Biddle's Guy B. First dogs and bitches. Joe Stix Q1ugh Seales).
 English Setters, Bitches-Puritan Mary Hugh Seales), winner. Whltestone- Glad stone's Lady Caugh Seales). reserve Scales Fred Toney CHugh Seales), win ner; Dan (J. w. Walden), reserve First Brace class, Hugh Scales. First local dogs and bitches. Hugh Scales Puritan Mary.
 Irish Setters: Dogs-Hargis' Max Signal (A1rs. Hugh Seales). winner: no reserve.
 Beagles Dogs-Y oung Derby (Belle El- len Beagle KenneD, winner: Sparker's Derby (Belle Ellen Beagle KenneD, re- serve. Bitches: Sparker's Ruby (BelIe Ellen Beagle KenneD, winner; Rosy Der by (Belle Ellen Beagle KenneD, reserve.
 Dachshunds: Dogs-Tennor. Von-Der- Haide Prof. Herbert Sanborn), winner; no reserve. Bitches: Idun Won Isartal Prof. Herbert Sanborn, winner; no re- serve.
 Collies (rough); Dogs-Billcsly's Bertie (Sterling Collie Kennels), winner; Bees- ley's Black Prince (Albert Beesley), re- serve. Bitches: Artsto Princess Edwin