The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-30
GOSSIP IN LONDON

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph The Jewish World announces that Nurse Annie-(the Russian censor is responsible for the suppression of the surname) has
 won the St. George medal for bravery in
 the field. She is the first Jewess thus honored.
 At the annual council meeting of the
 Womens National Health association of
 Ireland in Dublin yesterday, Lady Aber-
 deen presiding, Mrs Anna Raslam ex-
 plained the work done by women patrols
 in Dublin. Twenty patrols, holding cards
 signed by the chief commissioner of po- lice, went out every night from to Il
 in the principal streets. Mrs. Cosgrove said that patrol work to be effective should have clubs as a background. Members of the Bournmouth Women patrols assembled at St. Peters hall and were addressed by the mayor, who said that from what he had gathered he was sure that the patrols had been able to carry on their difficult work without pro- vokng resentment, and had gained the confidence of the girls with whom they
 came in contact. He was glad to hear that the girls clubs which had been started as an outcome of the patrol work had proved a great success. and provided rational and harmless amusement for the girls of an evening.
 The following occurs in the letter of a motorcyclist dispatch rider at the front "One day some time ago some of our that had got one of it's legs broken by a t,l.a an brought it in and fed it. and a little
 hutch was erected for it. Next morning written right across the front of the hutch were the words, Emergency Ra- tion,' and ever since then it has been known as The Emergency Raton,' or simply Ration for short. He has now grown up to quite a size, and although he cannot use one leg he gets about lot. He goes into the cookhouse every day for his tea. We shall take him with us when we move, of course, as he is quite a favorite, and the pet of the section." The lord chief justice spoke at Jewish recruiting meeting at the Shoreditch
 town hall. London. The mayor of Shore
 ditch presided, and others present includ- ed Maj.-Gen. Sir Francis Lloyd. Maj
 Lionel de Rothschild, M. P, Sir Harry
 Samuel, M. P, and the Rev. Michael Ad- Ter. Jewish chaplain to the forces. Lord Reading said Jews had played their part so far in way that would compar re favorably with any other sections of the community. There were at present Il 0OO Jews. officers and men, serving in the British forces Tie war office welcomed Jewish recruits.
 Major General Lloyd read a message from Lord Kitchener, expressing his best
 wishes for the success of the meeting.
 An officer of the Guards writes to the
 London Times: Life has become far more liveabe in the trenches. The sunny days we have been having lately have been glorious and it has been quite nice sitting outside a dug-out and feeling nice and warm. Very different to January, when it seemed to rain every day. It was so disheartening then well, because all the work we put in the trenches one day had disappeared after wet night, and we had to set to work all over again.
 Last night I went out with two men to examine the state of the ground in front of our trenches. It was quite exciting work. To begin with, one of those beastly flares which light up all the ground round
 was sent up by the Germans just as I was going over the parapet. I had got one leg
 each side at the moment, so there was nothing for 1t but to sit tight where l was. These flashes are very comforting on dark night when you are safely in- side your trench, but the disadvantage of them is that they give the other side just the same advantage of seeing if the ground is clear. While we were out last night we came across sniper's lair which we hadn't spotted from our lines. When we first saw it we thought it might be in- habited still, but there turned out to be no Hun present at the moment. He won't have found it so pleasant if he has been | there today, as, of course, we marked
 down the place and have been shooting at it today