Passing a building in Glasgow where some of the Belgian refugees
were housed, two young girls were overheard arguing about the
language of the guests, thus:
"A wish we'd been gettin' French this year; we'd been able tae speak
tae the wee Belgians."
"They widna understan' French, for A heard they speak Flemish."
"Well, A heard the Belgians speak better French than they dae in
France, just the same's we speak better English than they dae in
England."
PRINCE A FINE SOLDIER.
The London _Times_ military correspondent, giving an account of the
life led by the Prince of Wales at the front, says:
"He won golden opinions. Personally of slight physique and almost
fragile looking, the Prince was but little known to the army until
he joined it, and now that he is becoming known it is a revelation.
He is among the keenest and hardest soldiers in the army. He walks
more than six miles before breakfast every morning, drives his
own car and spends every moment of the working day in acquainting
himself with the situation of the troops and the service of the army.
"Although nominally attached to Sir John French's staff, he is
not chained there. He has been attached in turn to army corps,
divisional and brigade headquarters and is undergoing an education
which no books can ever give him. Only last week he occupied a house
rocking and shaking day and night with the bombardment, and he has
visited the trenches, including those of the Indian army. It will be
difficult to keep him out of the firing line of his grenadiers.
"A more zealous and indefatigable young officer does not serve with
the King's troops. He has a quiet, confident dignity which is most
attractive and his character and intelligence arouse the enthusiasm
of all who meet him. It was not exactly the expression of a
courtier, but it was the expression of a truth, when an old soldier
looked wistfully after him and muttered, half to himself: 'That's a
d----d good boy!'"
"FOR YOUR LEETLE AMIE."
But for the honesty of a British "Tommy," says a Paris despatch, a
famous French actress would have lost her satchel containing jewels
valued at $25,000. She had dropped the satchel as she was getting
into a taxi, and the soldier, who was passing along, picked it up
and restored it to her.
So grateful was the actress that she took off a valuable ring from
her finger and presented it to the finder, saying:
"This ees for your leetle English amie."
* * * * *
Bone grafting to save shattered limbs is being accomplished at
Bordeaux by the Russian surgeon Woronoff, who experimented with Dr.
Alexis Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute in this city. Doctor
Woronoff is replacing as much as seven and one-half inches of
missing bone by transplanting monkey's bone to the wounded limb. He
also employs the bones of other men.
* * * * *
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