The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-10
it. They hold their heads up and look


you straight in the eye. ..,<
Besides, the food situation isn't
nearly as bad as expected to find it.
You don't get all the bread you want,
and you can't get any more sugar
than your allowance, but you get
enough. ~.
'The biggest element in holding
down the cost Of living in Great Bri-
tain is the great system of coopera-
tive stores, the biggest and most
wonderful business institution in the
world. We need the same thing over
here. >Et 80 h t<-.
1.-THE strangest thing in London are
the nights. After sunset not a light
is permitted to show. The whole city
is pitch dark and yet the streets arc
full of people. Up and down they CO.,
on the sidewalks and in the middle Of
the road Here goes soldier and his
girl; their arms around each other.
Nobody notices. d There comes a
group Of four sailors with their girls,
mildly hilarious as they take the
whole middle of the road. Everybody
clears the path and lets them go on
their way rejoicing, for they feel that
the men home from the trenches or
fro mthe sea are entitled to get the
most out of life while they may.
And yet with all the darkness and
all the freedom, the streets are safe:
for a girl alone than they ever were
in peace times. 1t isn't the police that
make them safe-it's the people. If a
man accosts a girl on London street
and she gives his sharp answer, ii
won't be half minute before a dOz
en- people are along side Don't you
want to go with the bloke?' they'll say
NO! Well, then, get along with you
there, and leave the girl alone. Can
you see she wants none o. the like
o. you?'
British fair play rules everywhere
You can say what you like and d.
what you like as long as you don't in
terfere with anyone else. Hyde ,Parl
is as full of soap-boX orators and nuts
as ever. Here's a chap giving Kline
George what for there's a soap-hox
err ripping the hide5off Lloyd George
There are hecklers everywhere, but
nobody ;interferes; unless it reaches
the point of.actual interference with
the conduct of the war" ~
"How about the air raids an Lon
don, jim? Are they as bad as the pc
pers say?" l asked.
Worse You can't imagine it. And
you can't exaggerate the ficEdistp,ss
of the Hun airmen. They are after
the hospitals and the big tenements
because they figure the wounded and
the congested tenement lweler:; have
the poorest chance to escape. Take
MarlborOug hospital nea.' the Strand
for example. Raid after raid has
centered on it until the buildings all
around have been blown ~ bits. Noth
ing but luck has saved the hundreds
of sick and wounded who lie HELPLESS
on its cots. ST.. q at3
"It's a bright moonlit nigh. and the
London streets are full of people
Suddenly you hear the great sirens
and the boom Of the barrage fire. You
know the Huns are coming Get L1.
der cover is the cry and YOU rush
for the nearest place Underground
Every basement in London is open,
but you get in the subways il you
can, for that is safest. You see, there
is danger not only from the Lombs,
but even more from the barrage fire
of the anti-aircraft guns. Shraprcl is
likely to fall anywhere. s
tIn the subwaysr you find the sta
tons and platforms damned. During
all.night raids you will see men, wom-
en- and children sleeping as they stand
waiting for the signal that danger is
past. But except for the occ asional
breakdowns of nervous people, some
OF whom fall into uncomfortable weep
ing, some into commissions, when they