Evening star., 1918-08-10
SHRAPNEL
SideGshts on tie War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Great Britain, through the years.
gradually driftsd away from asr1euI-
tural pursuits, but this year there IL
moro ground under cultivation than
early in the seventies.
One hundred snd forty. three years
ago the mayor OF Worcester, Eng
land. called in his aldermen and this
humble address was sent to King
George III:
I'VE think It our Duty to express
principles. which under the Mask Of
patriotism. have been industriously
propagated by artful and evil de-
signing Men through all Ranks OF
your Majesty's Subjects in these
atrocious and unnatural Rebellion in
many OF your American Colonies,
which we implore your Majesty to
suppress by an Exertion of the pow
ers with which you are invested:
wisdom and paternal Care for such
Terms of Concession from the de-
luded Colonists as shall be consistent
with Honour of the Crown, the Sup
Of the British Empire"
This was October 20. 1775. after the
news Of the battle OF Bunker Hill
probably had reached England. A
few days ago the mayor and alder
men Of Worcester again assembled
and another American resolution was
passed and sent to the king, another
George. This time the resolution
read:
This meeting cordially approves
and extend the cordial relations ex-
listing between America and this
country. and particularly between
the city of Worcester tMass.) and
the Faithful City. advantage be taken
and. men Of the American Expe-
dictionary Army who come from
Worcester (Mass) to offer them
hospitality in or near the city"
The men of the British fleet are re-
Joicing. Each sailor may write one
love letter a week which will not be
pried into by the censor. The army
long has had the blue Senvelope"
which is censor proof. These un-
navy must be confined strictly to
family and personal matters.
An American soldier at the front
was writing to his parents.
what kind OF q noise a shell makes
as 1t comes through the air. Many
have tried to describe 1t and couldn't
But il you really want to know. the
either of two things. One is tho noise
OF the shell that came along just
ahead Of IL. and the other is the
noise Of the shell that comes along
just after it"
There is one thing that a soldier
who is sent to "clink" for the second
time always tries to take with him.
1t is q lead pencil stump. which he
usually tries TO conceal some place
about his person. With this lead PEN
ell he is able to vile away the long
lonesome hours behind the bars.
That the kaiser believes that he fs
divinely inspired is indicated by one
of his speeches to a certain German
regiment. He said:
"I bid you do the duty which is de-
Of yer God ,n.a sna voer oeyea sands
I bid you strike hard and God viii
give me victory. Soldiers. night to the
death for your emperor ana your
|fatherland"
A group of soldiers were at WORSHIP
in a small hut in Flanders The priest
was holding service from a pie or
ammunition boxes, q candle furnien-
the range, and soon shells began to
burst about The priest said:
! BOYS, Brother Boche is getting the
range. Let us disperse. And let each
man do his dAmndest IN the next 1eW
hours God bless Us ALI"
The lives Of airplane pilots often
times are protected by the work
| Of mechanics employed at the atrplane
bases. These men see to 1t that every
thing about the airplane is shipshape
before eaoh flight Pilots generally
have the greatest confidence when
they know that their mechanics are
absolutely Trustworthy. When they
take a machine up in flight they know
that they have no need to worry over
the mechanism unless boche bullet
should happen to put things awry.
Here's the way the American Army
censor muses. up things. That is. this
| is the way the soldier said his letter
| looked when the knight OF the blue
pencil got through reading the let
ter:
those -, only, they've got some aw-
fully funny ways Of putting things.
For example. they say - when
they mean -. 49, when they
mean - when they
mean and so forth. But we
get along fine with them, except that
| for the life OF us we simply can't
manage to drink their -"
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