So it
will be all right soon if we dont eat too many sweets and things. Russia,
Italy, Serbia, Portugal, Rumania, America and Montynegro, which I forgot
before, are all splendid countries but space forbids more.
KATHLEEN CHALFONT (age 12).
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The German soldiers' opinion of "retirement according to plan": "Each for
himself; and the Devil take the Hindenburg."
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"To fill up the gaps in the ranks trains of German reserves are being
hushed to the front incessantly."--_Star._
We don't believe this. The Bosch has long given up the habit of singing as
he goes into battle.
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"J.J. (New Brighton) sends us a case of a novel method to keep out
would-be marauders from the garden. A friend of his who has some
expensive ferns planted in a rockery put up the notice, 'Beware of the
Scolopendriums and Polypodiums'--which, of course, are the Latin names
of garden insects."--_Pearson's Weekly._
Clearly a case of nature mimicry.
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[Illustration: SELF-PROTECTION.
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