Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11

The kaiser's vocabulary is extreme
~ limited. yet he considers himself
an eloquent speaker and brilliant
writer. .-.-.- ~
Soldiers: "euss..~ a: little. It's. their
safety valve. Whether they. should or
should not h%s been the subject OF
wide discussion. Here are some 1acls
in regard to oaths OF famous men;
The dickens" Of course. mas no
reference to. Charles Dickens: but Is q
Nick" The expression is as Old as
Shakespeare. for one of the Merry
Wives of Windsor remarks, cannot
tell what the dickens his name is
but it seems a little difficult to trace
the diabolisation OF the Latin Deus.
The fact is that Celtic mythology in
cluded hairy wood-denon named
Dus, and in popular speech the Two
passed into one. The Seandinavlan avian
the expression "Old Scratch" COM
monty used within living memory:
And, then, what is dear, dear but
"Dieu, Dfeu?" Yes; my dear lady, you
often swear. Be. careful: you were
just going to say. .Oh; dear, is that
terday heard you say ."drat, Wnich
a few centuries ago was God rot.
History includes some strange oaths.
The favorite of William the Conquer.
or was "by the Splendor of God
which has a fine, noble ring. William
Rufus came in feeble second with
his by this and that" and richard
I made. a poor recovery IN habitualiy
swearing by Gods legs King John $
supposed dealings with the jews lend
by Gods teeth" POUNDS" and odd S
bodikins" are thin disguises for COD
wounds and Gods Body"
Members Of the sanitary corps of
allied armies must see that the drink =
ing water is. good. This is an import
ant task, as the Germans have left
treat =
A group OF British fiiers. just to pass
the time away, obtained a sow from
farmer, and when they returned her
to the owner she was a sight to be-
hold. In describing the incident one
of the men in the party said:
Upon her we painted. black crosses,
a huge black cross on her nose; lit
tie one OH each ear, and large one
on each side. Then on her back we
painted Baron Won Richtofen.' So
that the other pigs would recognize
that she was indeed a leader. we tied
a leaders streamer on her tail. This
trailed for some three feet behind her
as she walked, and is exactly the same
sort, of thing that the leader of pa
troll Of aeroplanes uses so that he can
be identified.
"When the baron. returned to the
farmyard everything else there i'm
mediately concentrated its attention
upon the weird sight. Chickens. ducks,
pigs and geese all followed the big
SOW as she walked around. 1t was
certainly a. successful circus for our
friend Won Richtofen. and every time
she moved around the farmyard she
had a good following of multi-colored
admirers"
Germans have been very apt in the
course of the present war in deviSing
new weapons. peculiarly deadly until
the: allies have adopted measures to
counterfeit their effect These hideous
weapons have only tended to increas Sc
the bitterness of allied soldiers and
AS a result no quarter is shown to
the Huns. After the Inauguration of
gas at Ypres. in 1915. the Canadians,
English and Australian troops slew
every German they could, notwith-
standing the. cries of "kamerad."
Allied f1iers usually have maScots,
but dogs are considered the best.
They need not be blooded ones either
some OF tne uSlleSC animals are pet
ted the most One birdman in telling
of the numerous animals owned by
his squadron, said:
II remember we'll when little Kate,
whom we had raised from a puppy,
was lost. We all felt very badly for
days. She was reported in the squad
ron books as missing as she had
gone out and had not returned. Poor
Kate! Her life had indeed been hard AS
a puppy, her first accident was when
she had Crashed" off the top of a
piano. and had broken one of her fore
legs. This was no sooner mendsd than