The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-22
BRING WARM NOTES
Muffiers Start Romances Be-
tween Soldiers and Maids.
Quaint Replies Received to Missives
Enclosed in Articles Sent by
College Girls to Wounded
in Hospitals.

New ork-International romances
have been interviewer with the Leg
warmers and muffiers knit by the
maids in the dining room of Whittier
hall, Teachers college of Columbia
university, and every mail that comes
from the other side brings warm mis-
sives from the soldiers convalescing
in the hospitals of England and Scot
land.
No sooner had the needs Of the SOL
diers in the field become known in
this country last autumn than Mrs.
Marie Seger, who is in charge of the
dining services at Whittier hall, de-
vised scheme to improve the few
leisure minutes the mattresses had
and also to assist the warriors. With
generous contributions Of money made
by the young woman students, Mrs.
Seger bought large quantity Of gray
wool and knitting needles. She gave
a quantity to each OF the mattresses,
limiting that when they had nothing
to do-which frequently occurs when
some Of the girls miss their meals
or come late to them-they might knit
leg-Warmers or muflers. The wait
resses heartily fell in with the idea
and the quantity turned out was an
excellent tribute to their nimble handi-
work and the fine spirit with which
they accepted the suggestion.
When the goods were being packed
for shipment, someone loosely re-
marked that they might send along
Mrs. Seger saw no objection to this
and half a dozen OF the mattresses
Penned brief notes ito whom our
presents are given,' enclosing their
names. 1t was around Christmas that
the first shipment was made. Now
the thanks Of the wounded are COM
ing in with both serious and f1ippant
replies to the notes Of the girls. Some
Of the letters from the soldiers are
written in Glasgow, some in Edinburg,
but most of them are from st. An
drews hospital, Dundee. Most of the
knit goods containing the letters were
distributed there, hence the interest
ing notes. One of them read:
Dear Fannie Your note
came just in time to make me change
my mind When I got shot on the
Aisne I was reported dead My old
girl, hearing Of this, up and married
lad that was not man enough to go
to war. First I wanted to eat a big
enough bullet to make me croak. Then
[ got mad because I thought if she
didn't care for any more of a man
than she married she must have
thought I was a fine smoker, too.
So now, want to write to you a
lot. Send me your picture when you
write again JOHN -"
Another read:
Dear Maggie -: From your
name 1 think you are Irish. From
your wit l know you are. From your
tone know you are nice girl. l am
Irish and I am married, but I am
going to hunt up a nice Irish lad for
you and make him write And I will
make him tell the truth, too.
''PATRICK -"
Still another, brief but explicit, ran:
Dear Jennie -: I would like to
marry you, but have two Scotch las
sizes and three ladies in their kits
awaiting me home. What's more,
there's a wee wife, and then some
times I drink too much Scotch, and
nice girls like you can't beat me like
my wife can, SANDY -"
No engagement rings have been re-
ceived as yet, but then all sorts Of
rOmances are woven around Whittier
hall, and the maids now are talking
of trips abroad to hunt up their sol
dier boys when the war is over.