... -J]NENGLAND-NOWF1I A WEEKLY LETTER C\ FROM BLANCHE London, June 12, 1916. Dear Cousin Our Allies have often s admired us for the V wonderful way we manage to conceal our feelings. And they never cease to marvel at cur manner of carry ing on with the usual gaieties and things the while the vastest war in history rages only a few miles away. JS& Bur I do think that last week we came near up ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...