The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-25
England Accustomed to War as
Daily Routine; Youth in Khaki

LONDON. Feb. - Six months
have passed, and England has settled
down to the war aS a matter Of every
day routine We are grown accus
toned" says j. Buce GlaNtcr 10 all
its unaccustomcdness; to the fluring
headlines In newspapers announcing
Russian victories and Austrian de.
feats to descriptive accounts and pic
lures Of Belgium's heroic sacrifice
and woe, Of German atrocities. Of
British bravery. uf life aud death In
the trenches. Of bnttlcships going
down, and Of aircraft raids We ARE
growing accustomed to seeing half
our young men going about m khaki
and to being crowded by soldiers I'M
our trains To bidding good bye to
friends going off 10 the front to
hearing stories from the wounded I'm
The hospitals of their dreadful expert
cnces in the retreat from Mons 10 the
NhA INV va If.lhl lN'.N tl' 'I''t'N
and ucighbor~ who have jus. md %
father. sou or brother KILLED Iu Int
tie"
In some parts of the country the
change the war has made d. much
more conspicuous chan u others.
Life In London is obviously different
especially when the streets are dark
encd at night The other large cities
also are ,i>ibIy affected. especially
military and naval rurrr- like Ply
mouth there are NOW technically
"fortrcssrs and ports like South
amptou that are used for the cm
burkatlou ~ troops
Along the Fast Coast
Residents uf the exposed region oi
the East Coa~t find themselves living
under new and strange regime
based upon the Defense N the Realm
net 4 curious feature has been the
sudden transformation of severn
small towns and villages where a
scunty and somewhat sleepy cyiI
population has uwukrd one morning
to find itself overwhelmed by several
thousand men In khaki the plncc
having been selected ns % suitable
camp and training ground rur one Of
the contngruts of the new army
But In some localities the pressure
NJ the war has scarcely begun tu bu
felt On paying Nsl one week eld
in january 10 q typical market town
IN an agricultural district borough
with population with about 1000
was surprised to find how remote
the war seemed to have become all
At once. There was lacking the HD
rumulated effect Of the number uf no
ilc changes that meet the eve iu Lon
don There were no cabs aud huse'
with recruiting appeals prominently
displayed On the hillbOards only al
occasional recruiting poster broke Nh,
line Of announcements Of auctions uuO
church anniversaries There were u,
newsboys crying extras al all hour
" the day. for after the arriyul u
the morning papers the residents hHy,
70 wait their next news until th'
trains bring single edition " IN,
one evening paper published In III,
county town The only khakia uni
forms were those of three or four mel
ON leave from their camp After dark
the main street Of the little tow
eclipscd Regent street and OXforC
street In hrlIliancy. for the stores huc
their windows lighted as usual unC
the street lamps had neither been eN
hngulshed nor turned low.
Business Little Brisker.
Business, was told, was rather
better than usual II had been the
most prosperous Christmas season tn,
town had known for many years
articles had been doing exceptionally
well In the whole Of that district
the wives " men at the front -agri
cultural lahOrers and others norman
ally employed nj small wage had
more money 10 spend than ever In
their lives before And they were
spending H. The farmers were max
Ing money hand over fist They had
obtained good prices for the horses
they had sold lo the government at
The beginning ~ the war Farm
products of every kind had gone uI
rapidly In value Many articles OF