Evening star., 1918-05-24
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
-BY-
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

| Some of the women in the British
land army are trained to catch moles.
1t formerly was a popular SUPPOSE
tion that it took seven years to fit any
| man for any of the numerous trades.
| The British government schools in
| stituted for the training of badly
wounded soldiers have upset this be-
| lief. Men are turned out finished in
their trades in an increditably short
space OF time.
The victim of mustard gas, which
| the Germans have employed on the
| battle lines of the western front, usu-
| ally RECEIVERS from it's affects in two
| or three days.
Can a man love two girls at once?"
asked a soldier at the front.
"Of course he can," came the reply
| of his companion, unless the beggar
| has lost one of his arms in the war"
! 'It gives a fellow new life and new
hope to receive word from some one
| in the outside world" commented an
American prisoner in Germany.
Here's a news jingle from England:
| We are sorry for Bruin,
Who was once up and doin',
| But is now facin' ruin
He's a goose.
He's protracted the wars
BY deserting the cause
| And will find eagles claws
Never loose.
| Notwithstanding the fact that Brit
| ish officialdom is doing everything
within its power to cut down the size
| of servant retinues in the homes Of
the more wealthy people Of England,
many of the rich have failed to meet
wartime demands
British people may travel by rail,
but they are forced to pay an addi-
tional SO per cent fare as a wartime
levy.
Telling of the sinking of a large
liner in the Atlantic. a member of
German submarine crew lnterned in
Holland revealed the orders of his
commander. They follow:
You understand no trace whatever
is to be left Of the ship which now is
slipping into our net. No man, wom-
an or child must survive to tell the
story and to warn the accursed Brit
ish of our methods. The deep sea
prize money is raised SO per cent for
clean, effective methods"
Premier Lloyd George is convincing
| in his utterances. He has won fame
by this characteristic Recently large
| number of unionists met to roast the
! premier. The result is revealed by a
member attending the party meeting,
who said:
'It's no good He stampeded u.s.
When you have anything up against
David it's the height of foolishness to
| meet him personally. He's so sunny
and convincing. He rolled US up
nicely"
So high are the prices paid for va
rious commodities in Germany many
European neutrals have grown rich
by running" contraband stores over
| the frontiers. AS a result there is
constant battle of wits between mill
tary authorities and contraband run
ners.
| The Prince of Wales is a courage
| Gus lad. He wishes to bend every
| effort to help his nation emerge from
| the present struggle victorious. And
he wants to fight. fight hard. right
up on the front line. A story is told
| Of the princes experience the first
| time he went to the front in France.
From the first moment of it's out
break he had but one ambition--to
get out to the front. and the weeks
and tradition and a nervous official
| dom on that point were probably the
most exasDerating in his whole life.
| A friend of his was describing an
evening when the prince was dining
with the Guards during the retreat
! from Mons. All through the dinner
the telephone was ringing. first for
| this officer and then for that, and
| each as he received his happy sum-
mons to the front made his excuses
and went jubilantly off. But no one
| rang for the prince. Aching to serve
and prove himself, he seemed almost
| the only officer present whom the
war office did not want With each
fresh goodbye his loneliness. his de-
preston, his apparent uselessness be-
| came more marked. At last he could
contain himself no longer. With tears
! in his eyes and a choking voice. he
burst forth. Il can't stand it. I can't
stand it. They must let me CO. And
at last they did.
] The British must have a little
! amusement along with the trials they
are undergoing and they are prone
| to jest about the food regulations
Here is the way one joker puts it:
Old King Cole was merry old soul,
| But lately he's grown thinner,
| For each day he tries to economize,
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