JOGGING HIS MEMORY
Readers of the War news who have some difficulty in remembering where the Falkland Islands are may be helped by the recollection of one of Ian Maclaren’s stories. After a disaster to an emigrant ship many years ago, some of the survivors reached those islands. When the news came home the minister of a Scottish church to which some of the emigrants had belonged prayed thus:—
“Oh, Lord, we pray Thee to be with our brethren, stranded in the Falkland Islands, which, as Thou knowest, are situated in the South Atlantic Ocean.”
WILLING TO COMPROMISE
“Well, Tom, what d’ye think o’ this prohibition business?”
“We ought to do like France and Russia.”
“You’re givin’ it all up, then?”
“No; France is givin’ up absent and Russia’s givin’ up vodka. So I’m not goin’ to touch absent or vodka till peace comes. Give me beer.”
BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR
Seaforth Highlanders’ Quaint Ceremony
The Seaforth Highlanders, now at the front, have one of the most peculiar New Year’s Eve customs of the whole British Army. The ceremony is picturesque and imposing.