Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
THE WORLDS WAR
Through Woman's Eyes
War and the Controller
By ELLEN ADAIR

Some one eagerly remarks that y SUN
stituta for leather Will soon be touHu'
lie suggests fg-leaf uppers. or grass
ones There are endless substitutes
he SAYS. "The baby crocodile II trem-
bling IN the Nile. The little hippo J"
shlvering In the swamp. The frogs are
croaklng In the pond. And the hesn
Of al tho controllers Is creeping WIKI
fear. Bless your heart, the Woiid Is
full Of substitute Ill.,.
IJo goes on TO suggest that the skins
of all the dead bureaucratS would hIso
serve 70 garnish the pcTlpatctic ankle
"Thc controllers. anyhow, have thick
enough skins" he observes naively
THUS Il will be seen that the con-
trol'ers though useful. are not par
tcularly popular.
"Dora." the woman policeman, Is
much-disliked young woman
IL am elad that your ankles are belng
censored" writes one young man. TOT
I an bound 70 say. my dear Dora, that
Won are far from adorable. You have
been behaving very badly for long
time, and il | had my way 7 should
rot allow you TO have seven inchcS OF
upper. You are far too uppish. ana you
have had the upper hand far too long
And let me tell you that ] suspect you
are at the bottom Of all this uppering'
You have thick ankles my dfar Dora
and you are Jealous of all the niue
darlings who have pretty anktes.'
AIR RAIDS IN FASHION
Speaking Of air raids, We have been
kent very lively in that particular fash
ion Of late Fritz has been paying us
daylight visits as we'll rs IN the early
and late evening. The whirr of flying
shells answers the scream of aerial tor
pedocs, and the British ARCHES" and
| 75s go at il with right good will.
! should recommend all country folk
10 come TO London these moonlight or
| foggy days If they want to get picture
Of warfare close 70 hand Tho only
drawback is that it takes a good many
visits and Il good deal of hardening be-
| fore one can really get to enjoy these
spectacular battles in the air.
! How does II compare with France?'
! I asked a soldier during n lull In at
tack.
, "Not so bad as France" he answered
q, quickly, though - generously - tit!
4 quite good sport here.
AN artillery duel in France IS great,
lie added. Picture TO yourself a ia
. countryside dotted with tumbledowi
farmhouses and intersected by hedge
hedges reminiscent of those countr,
lanes in England in the good old days
Behind many Of these lurk the fiel
guns, so cunningly hidden that men bill
leted in the actual neighborhOod Of ther
might walk right up to them withou
the slightest knowledge Of their where
abouts..
"A spurt OF flame and the shock q
a report-sometimes two guns fire
haIf-salNo toRether--or porhaps fou
guns Of the battery speak quickly in su,
cession. There's the constant pouf
pour or shellbursts overhead. That's
BRUSH anti-aircraft gun driving off
herman airplane, which has been ser
to discover the hiding-place of the hi
gun battery which, up till a moment ag,
was splitting out death with automati
! regularity.
Ferhaps the German -lirmau. percha
h'gh IN the air, has already located IN
gun we shall know for a certain fat
III llaIr an hour or SO. The anti-aircrat
guns nave put the fear of God into lit
/ rIIt% up above, and lie makes back swi
his own lines ''''e'
IIaIf an hour Clapses-an hour 20,
, by' There is no further sign OF wa
I me arti lerymen b'lleted in n broker
uo"l FARMHOUSE near the battery al
reading, writing or cleaning button
There Is Madame the farmers wifi
pouring out coffee for the men. when
| Whiz Whiz! Bang" 4 shell ba
dropped pretty close. The German air
men have really discovered the battery
| whereabouts.
! The men in the farmhouse duck the
heads inst nctively, as though they WEI
IN the open. Madame looks nervous.
salvo Of Fritz shells are heard overhea,
| Ihc officer in the billet orders his me
/ out as the billet is very much in II
/ danger zone.
n Every one has vanished into curior