... FROM BLANCHE London, June 26, 1916. Dear Cousin Now that the Military- Service Act is at last in fairly going order we really are beginning to feel the draught pretty badly in the way of shortage of men, I mean, though they have been quite unexpectedly generous in the way of exemptions, in cases of the older marrieds. Of course, for a very long time now all the fit men one knows have 4 ...

... Somewhere in EXPLOITS DENTAL AND AERIAL BY JACK JOHNSON My Dear Bystander-- Iife holds out but few enticements at the moment, for a great tribulation has fallen upon me, and even as I write I languish beneath a series' of ruthless assignations with the military field dentist, the thought of which shakes me to the core. It started at 7 p.m., and by 8.30 I had managed to conquer my fear, and ...

... Tlh Bee in the II in iniet AN AUTO-CAUSERIE. By Gersddl Bi. MY DEAR TATLER, Methinks that this putting on of the clocks and the watches of such of us plutocrats as have preserved them so far from pawn is a mighty good thing with much to be said for it under present circumstances. Have breakfast in bed on Sunday that is, last Sunday by now and the slight inconvenience, if any, is turned into a ...

... London, September 18, 1916. Dear Cousin Very amusing, this dis cussion that's going on about the lowness and legginess of things theatrical in London now, and the awful bad effect of it on the minds and morals of our soldiermen. But I'm afraid I agree with Sir Tree, as they call the great Sir 'Erbert in America, that every generation gets the entertainment it deserves. And as for the reformer ...

... JTNFNG LAND-NOW?! A WEEKLY LETTER FROM BLANCHE London, October 2, 1916. JJKAR LOUSIN Fearful colds we've all got in England now. But not because Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods, And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. It's these Zepp. nights that work such havoc on our constitutions. Ot course, at the time excitement keeps one up. But you can't stroll about in and out of ...

... SomeioAere in Zanders POST YULETIDE REFLECTIONS L jBBUj iAR Bystander jt fsir has corns and gone, and labouring as I f h beneath a weight of matutinal misery Mi jgBg h is the inevitable sequence to the degluti- :opious quantities of French wine mixed with jd rum, essential to the proper observance of as festivity, I do most heartily endorse the jut expressed by my servant in his letter to L ...

... ITNT.NGLAND NOWfl A WEEKLY LETTER ?Sv\ FROM BLANCHE London, A/ay Day, 1916. Dear Cousin WELL, anyway, it was a bright Easter, wasn't it? It didn't rain, but it Zepp'd, and there was a small thing in invasions, and Ireland mis behaved itself in parts, and we talked for days about the Secret Session, and London had a great time on Easter Tuesday-- worshipping Anzacs. Fine figgers of men, was ...

... Tine Bee In 4jh,e B mime ft AM AUTOXAUSEME. By Gerald Bisso MY DEAR TATLER, I was premature just a trifle premature. Hardly had the ink dried upon my last scrap of papyrus-ration than old Count Zepp relieved my anxiety and courteously paid us a visit, which alas I cannot return. Yes, the Bing-Bangs are here or not very far away. The first night it was not so bad. You could hear your partner's ...

... FROM BLANCHE London, June 5, 1916. Dear Cousin IN London now, though there isn't any season, it can't be said we're for swearing all social diversion and that sort of thing just because of the war. There are shows and sales and concerts and even opera and little dances every day, any number of them, and last week there were heaps of first nights as well as a spring meeting at New market ...

... HN FNCLAND-NOW! A WEEKLY LETTER FROM BLANCHE f'Tlk London, July 31, 1916 Dear Cousin Our third war August and the third year of war beginning. Behind us two fateful years of crowded history and more crowded heroism. And before us ah, well. Our hope of what is before us lies, like our closest joys and our most secret sorrows, too deep for words, almost too deep for thoughts. Does the road wind ...

... Ub//ie£>A&mwF^/a nders THE SOUVENIR HUNTER My Dear Bystander-- One of the most familiar of the old saws which brightened the days of our childhood gave us to under- I1 and distinctly that in accordance with the mysterious laws which govern the Cosmos, it may be taken as an established fact that BY JACK JOHNSON everything comes to him who waits, and experience of the great world-war has shown ...

... IN £NGL AND-NOWf L -A LETTER FROM BLANCHE TO A COUSIN IN THE COLONIES London, January 10, 1916 Dear Cousin FIVE appreciative R.F.A. readers send me this from the trenches Scene A very muddy trench (even for Flanders). Private A., unladen, meets Private B. carrying a piece of timber of considerable weight and most unwieldy length. Pte. A. Merry Christmas, Bill Pte. B. Go to II 1. One's felt ...