Evening star., 1918-07-07
.SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
--BY-
OLIVER GWEN KUHN.
BY Webster.

It now Is generally known in hon-
don and Paris that the "Germany-is-
| starving canard" of two years ago
| was Matched in the national '1ie fac
tory" beneath the foreign office in
Berlin. The kaiser and the editor of
the Contetal Times entered into the
conspiracy. The idea emanated from
the editor. He suggested that. If
enemy and neutral countries were
flooded with the statements that Ger
many was on the verge of starvation.
bankrupt for money. short of leather,
oil. fuel, copper and SO forth, that she
was in such extremities as to be
forced to commander domestic uten-
sils of copper. iron and tin. and that
food riots were taking place every
where. Germany's enemies would be
lulled into a sense of false security
Thinking she was beaten the allies
would relax their efforts in rffuni-
ttons take no pains to conserve their
food. and let things slide generally.
Though Premier Clemenceau of
France is known as a fire-eater. he
also is one of the most pacific OF men.
He never fights util he is forced to
for honor's sake. His eyes in repose
are gentle and contemplative. His
mouth is amiable and suggestive of
humor.
ss.o2s.ooo to the British government
last year.
PA, what's a press CENSOR"
Hes a man that knows more than
he thinks other people ought to-" was
the response.
The British are not particularly i'm
pressed by the announcement that the
Germans are shooting a ton of lead.
They declare they are shooting Teu-
tons.
Though German oficialdom contin-
ues to encourage hatred of Great
Britain. 1t is known fact that the
people OF Germany have begun to ap-
preciate the indomitable spirit of the
English fighting man and as a con-
sequence British subjects still in Ger
many are treated better by the civil
Ian population than they were earlier
in the war. This change of feeling
is particularly marked at Ruehben,
where hundreds of British citizens
are confined.
Some people of England have COM
planned owing to the fact that some
public eating places charge more for
potatoes than the price fixed by the
| food controller: In explaining the sit
uation> the director of vegetable sup
plies said:
when you pay a shilling fora DO
tato at the Ritz or the Carlton, you
are not paying for the potato itself,
/ but for the flowers on the table or the
band in the vestibule. You never
could fix a price for a cooked potato.
The difficulties of grading q potato by
the flowers on the table. the num-
ber Of walters OF the size of the
orchestra. would be extraordinary
and amazing"
This business of going to bed he
tween and o'clock every night in
going to ruin me for the white lights"
writes an American soldier at the
front.
The really fashionable clothes of
today are those that have been mend
ed" said British bishop.
'The glorious thing in the flying
service is that one feels that one
master as soon as one is up in the
air.. said an American fiier at the
front.
Children of England are better fed
now than ever before. notwithstand-
modities. Systematic rationing has
given each child IN the nation sum-
cfent supplies, something which did
not exist at one time when thousands
OF little ones got what they could
when they could.
blinded soldiers Of Great Britain are
being taught how to make books by
hand. Each man has a special teach
er, and as the result Of this the men
make exceedingly rapid progress.
1t Is not always necessary thor
oughly to camouhage an object TO fool
the enemy. Oftentimes 10 Is proved
the obvious is as good as the invisible.
The tricking of Germans by the use
of the famous British dummy feet is
an Illustration.