The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

duction to the commanding officer, but all to no purpose, for the commander, like all the rest, declined to take on the little boy" as he termed Jimmie.
 That determined youngster was almost discouraged when, one morning Barr pere, perusing the London Times with his one good eye, noticed an advertisement to the effect that bugIers were required by the Twenty y-eighth City of London Rifles (popuarly known as the "Artists') and off sped Jimmie forthwith to the headquarters of that regiment near Eus- ton Road, or close to where most of us land when we step off the train that brought us down from Liverpool to this modern Babylon.
 Jimmie had been to the Artists" once before, of course, and the doorkeeper at first would have none of him. but the boy persisted that he had come in an- swer to an advertisement and at last got himself admitted to the big drill hall, where some 20 other candidates for the post of bugler, all of them men grown, were already assembled. As 1t happened, the colope of the regiment was on hand to hear the trials, and greatly tickled he appeared at the presumption of the pucky little chap in short trousers who had come to pit himself against men of twice and three times his age. The good natured disdain of all parties was short lived, however, for when it came to the shown-down, To and behold little Jimmie was the only man-Jack there who could play each and every call, and then and there he was engaged pending the receipt of his fathers written consent on account of his extreme youth.
 This was promptly forthcoming. James Barr, in fact going himself with Jimmie to assure the powers that be in the Artists Rifles that his son had the paternal leave to risk his skin, and so now behold the youthful James, not only an official bugler in uniform, but actually instructing others and getting a whole guinea, or, roughly, $525 week, therefor. in addition to which he has this pull over his elder brothers (privates poth) that he does not have to salute, a formality from which bugler in the British army. who usually goes about in the wake of the commanding officer, is, for some reason, exempt.
 Thus Jimmie, He has now been a soldier for nearly three weeks and mean vhile, though not without encountering ullliculueS Ol lntit OWI, Dotn ms brothers have also enrolled themselves to fight for King and country.s Allan. the artist, after being rejected several times by various regiments on account of his chest meas rrement, finally, as has been said joined the special corps of artists which has been formed in Chelsea, the art center Of the metropolis, whose studios in con sequence hsve been practically denuded of young men. Now being trained. these t. I. in fra tnn haf tlese lines are printed, where they prob ably will be used, at first in guarding the British lines of communication.
 Russell the basso. to his disgust. was the last of the brothers to be accepted for service. corps after corps which hs tried being full up,' but he eventually p,ade up for this. by joining. pcrforce, | regiment hose barracks is located il Snepherdess Walk a dingy and other wise uIIsavory East End thofouehfars Niich leads out of the City Road. wher, Sir Thomas Liptons offices and principa