"Hide-bound red tape rules the day." Sir F. Milner's Letter to "The Times."
It is much more effective than ordinary unreinforced variety.
A Happy Family.
"A milk deliverer 31 years of ago, who applied for exemption, said his father was an Atheist, his mother was 'all the other way about,' and his brother was a Socialist, and if he went away there would be war at home. He considered that he should stay at home to keep the peace."—Western Evening Herald.
But a merciful tribunal, thinking that he was more likely to find it in the trenches, only exempted him for a month.
THE NATIONAL SCAPE-GOAT ASSOCIATION.
My companion had come into the compartment hurriedly just as the train started. He was a small, middle-aged, sandy-haired man with a straggling tufted beard, the sort of beard that looks as if it owed its origin rather to forgetfulness than to any settled design. The expression on his face and, indeed, over his whole body was a deprecating one. He reminded me of a dog who has transgressed and begs humbly for forgiveness. He had no newspaper, and accepted the offer of one of mine with a deference of gratitude that struck me as excessive. Soon after that we slid into a conversation about the War and made most of the usual remarks.