Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Is the day of the big dog over? We see few nowadays in the streets and parks. Their disappearance means the loss to the public of a number of heroes whose brave deeds were in- scFibed on their collars. Battersea of all boroughs, is most faithful to her dog heroes. Clapham Common is visit ed by q dog who saved three children from drowning. His collar gives a short history of the rescue. He is a big shaggy dog of mixed breed. His name is Buster.
 Then there is the dog of a Laven- der Hill butcher. He is an ugly beast, but his collar says he has done his bit iu life saving. It was fire that tried his mettle. At 8 drinking trough near Latehmere- -road big dog comes to drink every day. He helped to stop runaway once. The collar tells only q few bare facts, but his master is always ready to supply the details. These are only a few of the big dog heroes we can recall. There are other l collars about town with like records. It pays to read them.
 During his twelve years as heavy weight champion of the world, Sulli- van cleared G 200, 900. Had he been y cinema would have enabled him to 1 quadruple the sum. And a fortune might have been realized by his con- temporarfes Jem Smith and Jake Kill rain when they fought 106 rounds on an island in the Seine Only the heroes of Homer could have outstayed some of these old-tine bulldogs; but l the latter themselves could scarcely have stood Up long to the ancient l cestus, or boxing glove-raw hide l thongs bound round the hands for
 practice, but loaded with lead and iron ] for business.
 l One of the supreme gems of the l Museo Capitolino in Rome is the peer less Dying Gladiator, but Rome pos
 sesses also almost as wonderful 3 tour de force in another figure, inn
 uortalising, in bronze, a pugilist. Ii 1 is a terrible brutal fascinating study with swollen lips, battered nose l mushroom" ear, the breast and arms {; gashed by the fearful arnature oi ! the cestus. The fighter wears ths weapons on his sands and forearms massive, letha.l, appalling. The Dyins Gladiator is all beauty and pathos 1 II Pugillatore is sheer horror, but
 marvellous.
 There are na%s on the roll of St 1 Dunstarl's just over i 09G men blinded in the war--the strength of whole l battalion.
 .~rhey are fighters still" writes Sil l Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Care Committee .n $ letter te "The Daily l Chronicle.H 'aTsne blind battalion i composed of 1segl who since they car serW, ne u.ora as soifisra will never thaiess make sheis. mark in the army
 of industry,
 Its members caunot be left to fent for themselves. They have the cour age to overcome their handicap. the.
 have the resolution to go forward il the battle of iife--but it is eve against odds. and because they ar blind there must always be need o
 the helping band. The organization for their after care has been careful.
 planned on practical and husiness-lik,
 lines.
 | Driver H. Bevan, of Pontypool. o
 the anti aircraft section, who on boar,
 troopshiD which was torpedoed il to his reiatives:-
 we were in sight of harbour whel , We were torpedoed, and our boat san ] in less than five minutes. We ough , to be proud of our women. They wer
 great. Fancy seeing a nurse strip oi
 and jump overheard, saying, Excus
 me, boys, must save the Tommies She saved dozen by swimming out t { them. did not see one girl give way and I think there is only one countr , in the world which can breed wome 1 like them''
 Watches are tricky things in peac a times (writes correspondent), an : war time seems to have made theT
 trickier than ever. The universant
 of the wrist watch has led to som l queer discoveries. I know an office for instance, on whose wrist no watc
 will work properly; the same watches
 transferred to another soldiers wris : regain their composure and keep tim, . Tn another instance the same wate , win consistently gain on one man l. wrist and as persistently lose on an others
 Fl if the. Bishop of Southwark was re
 l's-=aasz GrzzeE:tlx. he has surely estaft