Mohave County miner., 1917-08-04

 time and listened to their noisy nut terings with keen appreciation of al [ that was going on about him. He wa particularly delighted to hear above the reverberating echoes the songs O larks-always to be remembered by the soldiers on this front as their ever cheerful companions of trench and battlefelds.
 Trudging over some of the older battlefelds of the Somme, walking through the trenches, and standing in the higher places where the panorama of battle spread below him, Sir Arthur drank in the atmosphere of the war the meaning of it all. He "saw' the tanks" in repose and heard them at drill, he stood outside a prison cage and visualized the round-capped Ger mans within the barbed wire barriers. He asked guard if any of the pris- oners ever attempted to escape.
 Escape, sir?" replied the old ser geant; ''why, sir, you couldn't drive 'em away; they like being prisoners, sir, they does"
 The ruined cities of the Somme, Ba- paume and Peronne, affected Sir Ar thur deeply.
 q wish the whole world-all but the Germans who already know what they have done-could come and stand in the grand squares of these cities as l did today" he exclaimed, land see and feel the dissolution and the wanton destruction. They are ghost-like, these cities of the dead. 1 knew them on motor trips in other days, when they were alive and I could see, and l could picture the scene today as if l were looking at a painting. The Ger mans will find, however, the day of reckoning is near at hand. l shall take back words of great cheer to the men at St. Dunstan's.
 Entertained by officers of all ranks, Sir Arthur declared his days and nights at the front had been filled to overflowing. No visitor ever followed the workings of the vast British army machine with quicker, keener appre- citation and understanding than he. He was gratified to find in the army a similar interest and appreciation in the work at St. Dunstan's for the blinded soldiers and sailors.
 Sir Arthur told of the resentment he felt when minimizing to be segre- gated there for the rest of their days.
 "It is not home for the blind" he protested, "and I do not believe in homes' for the blind. St. Dunstan's is an institution where those who can not see are helped to equip themselves to retake their places in the ordinary walks and affairs of life. Often des- pondent at first, they are set some simple task and when they find how easily it is done, a spirit of regenera- tion seems to come over them. They catch the spirit of accomplishment and thereafter nothing is too great for them to attempt.
 "One of the most Respondent men with whom we have had to deal was a blinded Tommy who had been a sort of steamftter, or house heating expert. None of the ordinary trades appealed to him and he felt as if he were altogether done for. Suddenly l asked him how he would like to go back to his old job. He shook his head sadly. It couldn't be done. l told him we would see about that. l wrote to his old firm, and one of the part ners came to see me. I asked if they would take Tommy back. l was as- sured the firm would like to do so, but they could not see how blind man could fill any post in their business. l obtained promise, however, that If l could assist the soldier to such an ex- tent that I felt he was entitled to a trial they would do so.
 q immediately sent for all the avail able textbooks on house heating l could find. I even got two volumes from America. The end of the story is very simple. I had letter from the firm few days ago saying Tom my was receiving nearly double his old salary, was of more value to them than he had ever been, or, they be- lieved, ever would have been."