---- THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. ---- (Corset makers all over the United States are forsaking that line of business in order to devote their factories to the turning out of gas masks for the Army.--News item from the States.) ---- Heaven bless the women! They are giving up their corsets So that we, in snowy France, may 'scape the Teuton's ire; Sacrificing form divine so factories may more sets Make of gas protectors and of shields 'gainst liquid fire! Heaven bless the women! They are losing lines each minute So that we may hold the line from Belfort to the sea; Giving up their whalebones so that, after we get in it, We may whale the daylightes outer men from Germanee! Heaven bless the women! They are wearing middy blouses As a sort of camouflage, the while we spite the Hun; Donning Mother Hubbards, too, and keeping to the houses While we Yanks gas-helmeted, put Fritzie on the run! Heaven bless the women and their perfect thirty-sixes! Waists we clasped a-waltzing they some other way now drape. Disregarding fashion so that every Yank may fix his Breathing tube at "Gas--alert!" and thus preserve _his_ shape! Heaven bless the women! They are doing without dancing, Knitting, packing, helping in a hundred thousand ways; But they help the most by this while the foe's advancing-- Giving us the staying power by going without their stays! ---- THE ANZAC DICTIONARY. ---- ARCHIE.--A person who aims high and is not discouraged by daily failures. A.W.L.--An expensive form of amusement entailing loss to the Commonwealth and extra work for one's pals. BARRAGE.--That which shelters or protects, often in an offensive sense, i.e., loud music forms a barrage against the activity of a bore; a barrage of young brothers and sisters interfere with the object of a visit; and an orchard is said to be barraged by a large dog or an active owner. BEER.--A much appreciated form of nectar now replaced by a colored liquor of a light yellow taste. CAMOUFLAGE.--A thin screen disguising or concealing the main thing, i.e., a camouflage of sauce covers the iniquity of stale fish; a suitor camouflages his true love by paying attention to another girl; ladies in evening dress may or may not adequately camouflage their charms; and men resort to a light camouflage of drink to conceal a sorrow or joy. CIVILIAN.--A male person of tender or great age, or else of weak intellect and faint heart. COMMUNIQUE.--An amusing game played by two or more people with paper and pencil in which the other side is always losing and your own side is always winning. DIGGER.--A friend, pal, or comrade, synonymous with cobber; a white man who runs straight.