Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-30

confess
used to love the London nfternoo,.tes.ir.
town, But now the restrictions" arc So
complicated
10 oegin with, you get your little sugar
allowance II you're lucky and the
waters nice, you may get two small knobs
men come the sandwich "ratons. Sorry.
,lduani' you're only allowed two :" saws the
sarcon' sympathetically And this in the
'''oS' exclusive London tea-place
rag days are always with us. Al every
turn one is buttonholed by some sweet
young thing-tray dangling in front Of her.
the smile Of the proverbial siren on her
nps-and patriotically endures the pinning-
on or the said flag and the banding over Of
good English money.
nag hend Of my acquaintance is de-
lghted at the entry Of so many new allies
into the war. We shall only be able 70
allow them half flag day soon" she saws,
or there won't be enough days in the
year to go round :"
Know briiny young man who has in
vented shte Of cork that fits over the
lapel Of his coat and so prevents the
ancient pincushion" appearance it has
worn since the flag craze came in
Americas CHEEKY estimate Of another
three years Of war has made no small a.sr
among the London optimists Il was a
debutantc Of three years ago--or should
have been sighed n little Mayfair belle.
and il seems I've got to wait another
three years till my first ball"
! visited St Dunstan's yesterday-that
lovely place In London where blinded SOL
diers are taught various trades-and found
Gaby Deslys teaching the blind to dance
The little actress was footing it energetic,
ally with big Canadian, and | couldn't
help thinking what a pity il was that none
Of the men could see her wonderful toi-
lette.
The first question I was asked when I
came here said 4 smiling boy, was Got
your dancing shoes?' And. believe me- a
good partner makes life twice as worth
while :"
Extraordinarily cheerful and brave these
blinded soldiers!
Farewell, Fido!
People must realize that they keep dogs
at their peril II they cannot feed them
without using human food, the dogs must
be disposed Of"
Thus spoke Captain Bathurst. OF the
Food Controllers office
BY the way, we are all expecting to he
put on bread tickets" Immediately. All
the big -four mills have been Communicated
by the Government, and stern food economy
measures are in full swing.
a young arman crashed to earth while
flying near his home in London. His father
who did not ot course, know that the
victim of the accident was his own SON
rushed to his aid and helped to extnguish
the flaming machine
shall ! ever fly agan?" the nineteen
year-old flight lieutenant asked the doctor.
81 hope so :" was the answer, though
the doctor knew there was no hope.
The airman died soon after.
The report has just reached London from
Paris that butterfly nurses" and "deco-
lete lady helpers" are to depart and to be
replaced by professional paid nurses
Doctors frankly prefer the professional
nurses, who can be ordered about in a way
her volunteer sister would resent The lady
nurse, too, is so apt to err in matters OF
taste. | watched one the other day step
out of luxurious limousine, and the woman
who was with me said: 40 look al those
stilts One cannot call them heels How
can she run backward and forward all day
in the wards in these?'
/ know that in Paris at some Of the big
hospitals doctors have been obliged to
suggest that volunteers should go home.
discard their diamonds and dress more dis
creetly!
The miseries of prisoners at the prisoners