Evening journal., 1918-02-18

LONDON. Dec. 6--On the train COM
ing from Southampton today was New
Zcalander. lieutenant IN the Royal Naval
Reserve. lie was in a happy fiarle II
mind. having a two weeks leo-e on his
hands after a year ana a half at a Medi-
ferraneon station Ills plans for spend
ing the two weeks included getting
married and having a weeks honey
moon. The girl was waiting in Lon-
ion. haN'ng come by way Of the United
states.
The lieutenant was nervous, but u
wasn't because he was about to be mar
rled. Having been to war, marriage
didn't appear to friglien him. What
worried him was The fact That he he'd
lost his cap TIE was wearing a civil
JAMS cap. but it seems that a naval Of
fcer Is absolutely nude in anything
less than the regulation uniform head
dress When he got or the train at
Waterloo station he put the civilian
cap in his pocket and started for the
gate and his bride-to-bes arm, bare
headed.
The London papers give great promi-
nence 10 the fact that Christmas an.
pr0aches The stores advertise every
thing that could make youngster happy
and some Of them announce orchestra
music during the pleasona period Of
holiday buying
But the prohibition against sending
printed matter out Of the country stlll
stands Can't even send Christmas cards
Hope this reaches the right eyes,
Food queues are again 10 be seen.
TWO or three hundred women stood i'm
line before a Kings Road butter store
this evenine-,vaitlng for q chance TO-
buy margarine There was also queue
waiting before a liquor store 20 buy
whskey. but % wasn't so long.
Ray HAY Of Sunnyside. Wash-he's
now Corporal Hay. his friends at Pull
man College and elsewhere will be
glad 10 learn-came out for dinner on
The understanding there would be
pumpkin pie II was an erroneous
understanding. The maid has eaten
al the pumpkin, thinking it was jam
Hay Is a "Candian' soldier now
convalescing after an extended stay in
hospital. the result of an adventure with
a German bomb. He brought from
France the latest story about The
Animal" "The Animal' Is one name
friends and admirers give Heavy Ire
yor. a Jim Jefiries sort Of youngster
who helps to keep life In one Cana
dian contingent from becoming q bore.
Heavy. 1t appears, Is fond of fight
ing. As long as he Is I'm the front
trenches he is reasonably content but
90 be taken back 20 the rest Bullets ir-
ritates him. lie has found various
ways Of avoiding this irritation. the
commonest being TO slip out into No
Mans Land Just before the change IS
made at night and 30 stay there until
all danger is over
With companion named McNasiors.
who is of the same exceptional DISPOSE
tlon he accomplished this maneuver on
recent night They slipped over the
top and wriggled out through the en-
tanglemenis, looking FOR a good place
10 sleep Feeling about in The dark
with their hands and feet they found a
tunnel, crawled i'm FOR some distance
and went 10 sleep The break of day
aNoke them 40 make the startling dis
,overy that they had been sleeping in
he open end of the tunnel that faced
.he German lines
LONDON. Dec s-There arose today
The necessity 10 write letter "a O.
member of Parliament. ] asked how 10
was Gone. The man ] asked placed In
my hands "The Correct Guide 10 Letter
Writing by a Member Of the Arlstoc-
rscy."
It's a wonderful book a man with
this book in his hand could never go
wrong. Il tells you how to do most
everything correctly. Listen 10 some
OF the suh-titles