Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-09

mel.
A peculiar musical instrument was
found in the German trenches by a
Canadian. 1t was supposed to be a
banjo. The frets were made from the
teeth of a steel comb. the bridge from
an ivory toothcomb and the rest of
the instrument was comprised Of wood
from the framework of a dug-out, a
piece of airplane propeller and por-
lions of a toothbrush, the butt end of
a rifle, dirk handle and bone buttons.
Canadian willingly sacrificed his treas
ured souvenir SO that it might go back
to cheer up our boys "over there"
among munitions workers, one En-
glfsh writer says:
Many munition workers start chew
ing cordite in complete ignorance Of
the harm which 1t is likely to do them,
while many who start the habit so
quickly become dependent upon it that
they have not sufficient strength Of
will to give it up.
More than one munitioniere has said
that chewing bit of cordite OCCASION
ally enables them to carry on at hard
work when otherwise they would have
had to give in.
cit is only afterward, when the habit
goes from bad to worse, that they real
ize their foolishness.
There is no denying the fact that
cordite recreates force and energy in a
way eQualed by no other stimulant; but
it is a wholly harmful drug. which eats
away both the Nental and physical
systems drug which should never be
allowed to gain the mastery. In many
cases, too, cordite gives it's victims the
appearance of drunkenness; more than
one person had been thought to be
drunk when really they had been chew
ing cordite."
Hospital blue is not the only color
that Identifies British wounded. Each
wounded soldier must pass through
three other color phases before he
gets back to the lines, green, red and
yellow.
Discussing the methods pursued in
smashing the Hun wire before German
defensive positions. one writer says:
Most Of the devices used at the
barbed-wire entangIementk consist Of
Ia sort Of grapnel attached to whatever
is employed for the tearing-down proc
essay, the armored car. A gun of
large proportions is mounted on the
car, and to this is attached the Crap
flel to make the Hun wire sit up The
car makes toward the wire. succeeds in
throwing the grapnel-hook over one
part of the ENHANCEMENT, and then
races backward. BY and by, after q
few throws and backward movements,
great gaps are to be seen In the wire,
and in many places 1t is torn right
away. BY this means our soldiers are
able to advance and give the benevO-
lent Germ his dose Of poison. These
cars, l may say, pass over the British
trenches on bridges composed Of weod-
en- p1anks."
Button up that coat" yelled q can
tain to new recruit in camp.
Yes. my dear" was the response Of
the private, q humble married man
who had just left wife at home.
Discussing the use Of the steel he'll
met, one soldier said:
the trusted friend and companion Of
the British soldier. Indeed, tt IL put to
many uses alien to that for which ii
was primarily designed. Many d time
/ have seen q man take out the lining
and use his helmet to wash and shave
in, afteYward employing 1t to boil the
water fer his tea. / have seen water
brought to q wounded man in it. Once,
at SEINE horse lines. saw man squat
ting ON his haunehes and washing his
socks in his helmet More than once o
steel helmet ealvAged by my. soldier
servant from the battlefield has served
me rs wash basin in the 'front.' line
trenches.
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