Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-06
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..bich is Just as praiseworthy
fopIass ~ ,be flghter's-the pluck OF the
e ina. ,ho waits" Such Spartan ex-
fNoihsn, II goes even farther. Today
paa'y" ,bs wards of London hospital,
I sps W Ia,, ~ love look upon lifelong deform-
gna e,ro a. II and smile. An every day
~ ,ao nuite commonplace, and yet.
+ a%'. s ~ Number 46-a bad bayonet case.
!. y ursttv girlwife hurried up to the bed.
w ~. PES ..,os arlow, carrying one baby and
saars srs,id I look n fright" said 46--he
-, dashed and twisted face.
IN e John. you're lovely" she breathed.
,.,ns The babies hastily you're my
ssry own .,-, o, .,
4, s.trnant memories in Number A. "a
.sa,,i Scotsman who had suffered badly
* ~. and whose features had also been
s.ssreted out of all recognition.
1trl Won write to my old missus up in
a,.,.a.g, he said. Say anything you
~. M, don't lay It on too thick, else
IA ~ h.ys her down here to see what I'm
'tp to- ,,
a,,, dsarest wife?" l suggested, for a
~, an YOUR life" said the cautious
aT never puts anything to begin
s-sh you don't know my missus, | can
M Shes n good un, mark you, one OF
n. hsst, hut she don't like no nonsense
~, ,el her that I hope this will find her
-stss veil. MS It leaves me in the pink, and
M this ina 5-shlling order-and say
|sss,s n get herself something for her
kI4bday. and amt killed yet and don't
IAN 10 he. and tell hnr to kiss the kids
|for tne-and like that, you know"
'Anythlng else?'
qIst's see-oh, tell her she can pray
Rseular for me, but she needn't get house
ssaId's knee or dislocated ankle doing 1t.
Sss ana put Your affectionate husband
.-no. not Your lovin' husband'-she'd
arcw that wasn't me-and put p. S. to
b, her you wrote it and to excuse mis-
1Akssh
Tommy certainly has an odd way of
Expressing himself sometimes.
lSee that long-nosed chap in the bed
kser there?" said one warrior cheerfully.
II fought shoulder to shoulder with him
Il Loos at the big charge. He was that
SkcIted that his eyes stuck out far enough
al a fowl to roost on them. AS for me.
|af teeth were playing Home, Sweet
Home with variations and my nerves
kert jumping like a bloomin' Morse code
h4paratus"
THOSE TIN LIZZIES,"
The Ford automobile must now divide
be honor Of one of its titles with a certain
pairing shell. now known as the Tin
Slzzle"
with dawn said one soldier. describ-
- the commencement of a fight, I'VE
= aVNI httfN EaNs
Hsps rolled into one. 1t was only Lizzie
=nanding low b."
Another soldier had come through a
=aiss OF narrow escapes. Being badly
sounded while the Germans advanced. he
rs left behind was taken prisoner and
+ as about to be shot when German OIL
Esf saved him. His wounds were attended
z and he was put in a demolished cottage
lh sentry guarding him.
Soon, however, the English recaptured
sns position, On his way to the base the
2moulance he was in was 'strafed," he
z'lng the sole survivor A transport
Hiser picked him up as he lay. half
P'aselous and put him on a fresh
! agch This again was shelled. and the
.aaler shout out into the road. There
!, lay for three hours until help came.
Aeaehing hospital at last, he was get
US along famously. when the hospital
s.el was shelled. So they packed him
! 70 London, as possible safe spot
~ ms many vicissitudes. But even
'nsne the bombs followed bfithely Yep
|.Ans hit the roof of the house in which
4 vas and smashed all the windows.
OPTIMISM OF SOLDIERS.
g he decided TO move into a hospitall
'lAe zepps will sure get me here" he OBJ
..'sa with much complacency. But
.kef all. what's life without a little ex-
*.s!nent and gaiety to it?"
tns optimism of the British Tommy Is
affAAple although nothing could be
- appalling than trench life in winter.
~ winter trench is a little Iliad of
SAID one man. major and minor
-. - rom trench-foot to rat-swarms, |
|as. ~ snAttering salvos and rafales, mu-
''.,. 'assn OF sudden death, to downright |
- ana dread monotony of days, |
~ ~ horlzon but rotting sandbags, no |
Aees out flooded plain broken with |
- ). ueea and jungly festoons of wire. |
ootaln even such peep as this, |
z.-ps lons-dead comrades have TO be |
zssssa trom loopholes with the bay
a regular epic of mud, this under
zIzssA,v warfare Mud, deep mud in un-
sa.s's seas; moral depressant Of
sternal, all-pervasive cling and /,
oesy stun that clogs the trench
~, ~ III the veteran no longer digs, |
~ s'l tne clay into glutinous blocks r. |
s 10y ny picture be worse? We know |
-1sO, y q which rivers OF mud had on the |
49, Nspoleon's wars. when scores OF |
s lsr,'.ia iLthsers blew. their brains out in |
he "a
- = maze OF bitches running from the |
- the North Sea. peopled with |
|zI.l 4, uSon millions of men up to the |
SHINY. half-freezing mud
|a annsxed too much of France"
.|ae nknt-hearted soldier They're |
|.4 ses, put land tax on our men, for |
|z4ltp esus up ana down our |
~ shey are optimistic through 1t |