The sun., 1916-09-24
DO NOT WANT SYMPATHY
Most of Them From the Colo
MES With Tales Of CALI
poll and the S0mme.

Canada, Australia or New Zealand. The
wounded English Tommy IL more often
found in tho suburbs. in the neighber-
hood Of his old home.
1t would seem decidedly out Of place
to eympathize with these often per-
manently crippled men In hospital toys,
for that Ia apparently the last thing they
desire. As a matter Of fact they deeply
resent It as a rule. In crowded tram
or tube cars women often arise n oner
seats to wounded soldiers, only to have
them politely but very ARMY refused.
Nor will the men ordinarily talk Of
where they got H."
"Oh. somewhere put in Nc Mans
Land" they'll say. One chatterbox Of q
Tommy went so far As to add:
II was 'opping along from ono dugout
to another when ! ups and stumbles
over something ard. 1 guess 1t must
"A been q bomb. Anyway II blew me
bloomin' foot or"
A popular young Canadian officer In
mutt and on c%rutches recently swung
his way with no little difficulty into the
lounge room OF a hotel In the Strand
His left leg was shattered from the
knee down and hung stiff n helpless In
steel braces.
Have something, L!vvy7" asked one
OF his fellows in khaki.
Sorry. but I ant tonight. old man.
replied Livvy: you sec ! have got .
crippled friend to look after"
In came the friend. an even younger
officer with right leg gone ut the knee.
we tossed a CON- explained L'vvy.
ito see which one OF us would look after
u '''e'' A"o 'oN'
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us an"o no.ei' WHICH " u sort OF
re ~. - on.ee.s i.vi, scross
'ne seas. a report was Circulated II
C r,xn, q, the ael had OF a young ny'ng corps
49,. " oI.en oeen IN u'e
.sw y" on,y I.w oays neiore nad
s"anHea quite a OH ABOUT the easy NE
n'nIs. AZ ne nad 70 10 vas 20
80 ma.n,mss a.toss the CpahneI
80, ,.'a or - ~ ss'asoIs d. .he
othar 40, ~ ~ sp.n' aoou. eseIy
,o,cn. 80" 49, VINO ~eIe
- ~ VI .oMh' nut now
fr,c,ds aronS mp.my m ~
,nemorv ~ e" war; "s
Thrae dovs ,o,.r cu oro,
,ion n, 40 c,,n b,, an,aa.s .ons'e'na-
alive and ss h.,a ard ha.r,, .e'
"yyby ,n,, ala cnaa,.."
OF nj, friends "ro bsct vh.ro .'o, Nc
long or nav ne for that 49,, ~ w
round We had Tho o,her niyb, W.,
right have Won GOT 70 he living anvw,v":
GIL admitted Tho oh,io,,inr sr,a,,adh ~,
hi. rat,,rn go, ~. -. (. Nv'
omely and ia s,Ill diving rew, n,rh,mas
cross-channel for the ']w,neers', ~ Tho
front. "'
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corps told OF n io,,e he hod n,a,.d ~ eve
folks at home. He had NOT wr,t,sn ,or
nearly a month. when along como a
cablelram:
NO letter. for w.els =. .rr,,,,.
wrong with the hoy"
Promptly no had eabled back ..co,-
%!ec.':
Very serious matter. Rov ab.o,,,.,,,
brok., Send much money!.
That explained "boy, "o,eh, "a
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Instances OF the l,ghtnes, OF heart
viii which the soldiers go into the war
are many. In embark.ng for active ser.
vice the Canadians are given nav book,
in which their allowances are entered
from t,n.s to time. Til, book Ais, s,r>..
for identification purposes, and the las,
Some Of those that have turned up lately
have proved grlmly humorous. One said.
II give everything ! have to the Home
for Stray Cats, London, provided thew
don't take In any more black cats"
Another read
I'm case I should die-(cheers)-r will
everything to my mother cloud ana pro-
Both were held TO be valid.
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AZ a Reinforcement camp "somewhere
In France" the Australian contingents
have q fne brass band they brought with
them from homo. The band has become
famous In tho vicinity, for whenever the
Australian group is called UP, no matter
how small II Is. the band always IL there
ally this occurs at I A. NJ, O fact which
adds materially to the renown Of the
band.
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Part Of the line Of march lies beside a
general neld hospital and invariably tho
nurses, or Sisters" a. the soldiers call
them. turn out to wave a parting salute
Save me a nice bed, sister =" called out
ono Of tho Tommies a day or two q
"Ill he back In a few minutes"
Oddly enough, no was.
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The London theatres reflect the .p,r,t
Of the times. Serious plays are all hut
forgotten. ~"revues" and musical comedies
holding the boards at all tho better
houses. OF course there are no chorus