Evening star., 1918-08-26
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
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OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

In the forests OF British Columbia
armies of men. donkey trains and 9
half dozen railways are feverishl1
working to get out millions of feet
Of silver spruce SO desirable in air
plane construction.
Their work In various Red Cross
activities has led women to invent
hasten their recovery. Some Of these
inventions have been patented and
the women draw royalties. but as
rule the women turn their ideas over
to their respective governments for
complete utilization without pay.
portant factors in the makeup OF e
| fiier. An incident occurring on the
| western front indicates this:
"A pilot whose frieid audacity and
devil-may-care disregard OF risk hao
earned for him a more than local re.
pute. was standing by bus tuned
| up for q reconnaissance trip. The
occasion was ordinary in every sense.
| a phase in that pilots daily routine
And yet all at once his face tWitched
Queerly and he sat down. He re-
mained sitting for few moments;
staring fixedly straight ahead. and
then. with a muttered order to a me-
] chanic. he got up and walked away.
| He met friend Il score OF yaros
! ".My nerves gone. old beau he
jerked out. and cackled into laugh
tcr-and the joke seemed an i'll one.
judging from his face. The friend
nodded and walked on. He under
whose nerve had gone took up his
machine and coquetted with death In
| his usual placidly nonchalant fashion.
Pluck? 1t had nothing in the wide
world to do with pluck: 1t was Just
hand in the game. Some tricky sprite
of mischief had found for the mo-
ment the kink in his armor and
and he sat there staring with that
oddly twitching face. 1t was just
temperament.
Communal kitchens in England now
are patronized by all classes of peo-
pie from the titled man TO the lad
with two pence.
British shippers declare that under
wartime conditions 1t takes two to
three times as long to get consign-
present world conflict began.
Here's the way a pompous German
told his prisoners in camp In Ger
many how they must greet Teutonic
when the oficer in the barracks in
goes all the mans will stand his bed
to attention"
This German wondered why roars
of laughter came from the English
men.
Immediately on completion Of his
breakfast King George OF England
turns to his correspondence. In an
swering letters he uses the same desk
that his father used.
A young artillery onicer saw about
fifty Germans coming toward him ap-
parently quite alone.
This surprised him.. But second
later he saw that they were pris-
oners being taken in by a single
small Scots soldier in kits.
What will you give me one OF those
for?" called the officer to Jock.
lot for a drink"
Aerial Photography has greatly al
tered military methods. for now it Is
sap" erect a few strands Of barbed
wire or to construct a new machine gun
post without the other sides knowing
1t almost at once.
Not only can constructions Of a
tactical Importance near the lines"
terry positions and communication
trenches, be recorded in detail by aer-
ial photography, but strategical con-
structions and works such as new
railway lines and sidings, aerodromes.
camps and rear defense systems can
be photographed and revealed. to the
last sleeper or smallest aeroplane
hangar, by the all-seeing camera
Airplane cameras are inclosed In
armor-plated steel boxes tapering
toward the lens, and usually are spe-
cially fitted to the airplanes in which
they are to be used.
An American soldier was dreadfully
seasick as he went across.
Cant you keep anything on your
stomach, George? asked q friend.
"Only my hands. John, only my
hands," came the reply.
Horns on motor conveyances be-
hind the battle lines are known as
hooters"