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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 12. 1918. 11 - J- ' ' t. - "rryrry 1 - Owt1llie Id Ha a. br Lieutenant Pat CHntn. Slo. illustrates, siaxpwr Brothers, New Tork cliy. Think of the lock mod personal bravery of this alx fet two inches Irish-American. Shot down 1009'feet In the air. taken prisoner as an aviator In the Brltls army br Germans, escaping from them Ingle handed, and. after two months and a half of torture on the road, walking all night and sleeping mostly in ditches all day, reaching Holland and safety. Surely. O'Brien's Irish blood saved him. Ills story Is so romantle and told so naturally that It reads like on of the best stories of "Arabian Nights.' On the morning of the night on which ho was captured. O'Brien says (page II): "I may have spent (passed) more ventful days In my life, but I can I recall any lust now. "That morning. In crossing the lln on early morning patrol. I noticed two Uertnan balloons. I decided that soon as my patrol was over I would go off on my own hook and see what German balloon looked like at close Quarters. "These observation balloons are used by both sides In conjunction with th artillery. A man sits np In the balloon with a wireless apparatus and directs the firing of the guns. From his poln of vantage he can follow the work of his own artillery with a remarkable degree of accuracy and at the same time be can observe the enemy a move merits and report them. "The Germans are very good at this work and they use a great number of these balloons. It was considered very Important part of our work to keep them out of the sky. "There are two ways of going after a balloon In neachine. One of them Is to croea the lines at low altitude, flying so near the ground that the man with the anti-aircraft gun can't bother you. Ton fly along until you get to the level of the ball loon, and If, the meantime, they have not drawn the balloon down, you open Are en It and the bullets you use will set it oo lire If they laad. "The other way Is to fly over where you know the balloons to be. put your machine In a spin so that they can't hit you. yet above them, spin over the balloon, and then open Ore. In going back over the line you cross at a fe hundred feet. "This Is one of the hardest Jobs in the service. There Is less danger la attacking an enemy a aircraft. "Nevertheless. I bad made up my mind either to get those) balloons or make them descend, and I only hoped that they would stay on the Job until I had a chance at them. - "When our two hours duty was up. therefore. I dropped out of the forma tlon as we crossed the Unas and turned back again. "I was at a height of lS.sOe feet, considerably higher than the balloons. Fhuttlng my motor off I dropped down through the clouds, thinking to And the balloons at about Ave or six miles behind the German lines." , That trip, O Brien managed to de- wend In his battered machine and wait in a shell hole until an automobile rescuing party came. That night be again ascended, when he was again shot down when he was "up about oa tr-t. A bullet went through his tipper lip. came out of the roof of his mouth and lodged In his throat. The nest thing he knew was that he was In a German hospital, a prisoner of war. At first, the iluns were fairly polite to O'Brien as an aviator officer: but when an order rams that he was to The moved from the officers prison at Courtral, Belgium, to Strasaburg. Ger many. O'Brien began to think of escap ing. On a train movlnr at the speed of 39 miles per hour. O'Brien leaped head first from a window at 4 A. M. lie was stunned at first, but hobbled on. swam over a canal and hid. The brave struggle he made to reach Holland, and succeeded In November, HIT. la recorded from page St to page 29. He was often hard pressed for food, and on one occasion he caught a cat and stole meat which It was about to eat. He ate the meat. Instead. O'Brien was marts much of socially in London, and had a Sl-mlnate Inter view with King George. O'Brien was rejected for further military service, and Is now. or wss recently, engaged In lecturing about his remarkable eg' periences In this country. "Boafe ct Sleep crfre Oar Be&i Frendsr. TAev f&Ae faorgei, We Dai, jute"-?- yv- m C7 . -Out"""? Cesmilul . Illustrated br H. B. Vartla. SL Dade. Mead a Col. New Tork City. A humorously. Informing story of life In a big American National Army cantonment, written by a drafted man who did not want to go. but soon be came fascinated with Army Ufa. Ho dedicates the book to every father and mother who spend hours wondering about the welfare of their sons. lie assures them that Army lite contains a measure of real happiness and develops a sense of humor in the worst pessimist. One thing that Mr. Martin wants to remember more thaa anything else Is the thrilling effect of singing patriotic songs. lie says: -Fancy. If you can. Tower MUL with Its big headquarters building saut-gled In among the scat tered and gaunt pines, the tall, un gainly water tanks propped up on all too spindly looking stilts. "On top of this a sing's figure thrown in bold relief by the golden yellow light of a big watchfine. beat ing time with his batoa and below him, clothing the slopes of the bill, ! men. his chorus, thundering forth across the starlit night "Columbia, ths Gem of the Ocean. That -home was wonderful: that crowd was wonderful: everything about It was wonderful. 'America' and TMxIe and Maryland followed, and every one produced Its thrill sad Its own heartache. Never was there anything more stir ring. Never wss there snythlng finer. Wo sang till our voices were husky and the great chorus surged loud and clear across the night, until It must tilt echoed against the crags of the Kbtae and caused the Hun to shudder." fb Child's re4 Cardeu, tv Tea KTTte Kit- Btn,k I lustra i .a. nana Bees t-e., H asera-ee-HedsM. N. T. Our author Is principal of the Car lisle School. New Tork City, assigned to supervision of school and home gar dens, and president of the School Gar den Association of America. This little book Is on that has been desired for a long time, and it Is well worth waiting for. It Is designed specially for the boy or girl who has a garden at home, or who Is given a plot In a school garden. There are lots of Instruction- and advice given, all told about ia language that la easily understood. This book la Intended to be used In the third grade or in any grade above the third, even as high as the high choot. where students are beginning to make home or school gardens for the first time. The book Is Intended for people who have never made gardena before, it explains ine very nrst steps n gardsnlng. It contains definite di rections for work. Every child who would use this book will be likely to hsve success with the Brat trial la making a garden which will mean, of course, a great deal to the child. Freea like WecM War. br Lln- Bl-4-nrmi P.rott FY. .las-Le rm s - so.. a. tl.. ti. r. Putnam's coa. New tera CUt ft la significant that this complacent. pruud ncjaage is wrlttea by the Utauty chief of the German imperial staff. Although he was horn In Russia, he. In early life, crossed to Prussia and Joined a Prussian guard regiment. Before the war he was a valued member of the General Staff In Berlin, and today la accepted as the roost distinguished soldier-writer In' Prussia. The book Is complacent because our uthor asaumes that Germany has al ready won the present war. He, there fore, views the world ruled In the in compatible German way. He laughs at what he calls business pacifism and emocracy and Insists: "In the future. ss In the past, the German people will have to seek firm cohesion In Its lorlous army and la its belaureled young fleet." It Is amusing that these 312 pages re filled with a vainglorious spirit of egotism, and that the author Is swelled Bp" with whst be called the achievement of German arms. It Is noteworthy that "Deductions From the World War was written for German consumption, and that its ex port was prohibited. A ,few copies found their way over the frontier, how ever, and this Is the result. Our author insists that "now, as Iways. it la the sword which decides In war." German ambition. The authon pictures the splendid fighting of Tommy Atkins, our brother-in-arma, under terrible conditions. Ho also tells of Ms expe rlences In hospitals and camps, and In the city of Bagdad as a representa tive of the Y. M. C. A. Arthur Clarke La a member of Princeton University of the class of 191S. He gave up his college work to enlist as a member of the Y. M. C. A. at the beginning; of the wan. He is now a member of the United States Aviation Corps. The Asaasiag leXerlade, by Mary Roberts lraa Col. Mv Terk City. Sara Lee Kennedy grew up In placid, well-fed sort of way la wealthy city of Pennsylvania. She had a good home with her aunt, and her un romantic, well-meaning lover was de votlon itself. But the early part of Itll found Sara Lee suddenly dissatisfied. She wanted to get Into the big war. and very soon found herself installed as a nurse In a hospital la Calais. Then she meets the great love of her life, and It cornea so suddsaly aa to frighten her. Out of these materials and othe Mrs. Klnehart has written a splendid novel that will bo eateemed for Its many entertaining qualities. The break ing of home ties the book portrays no doubt will be typical of many changed bomea In America as long aa the pros snt war lasts. Car-tared, by Llntaant J. Ranrer Deuf'aa. ti jiiastracea. ueorge u. uoraa .New Terk dir. Lieutenant Douglas statea that he never wrote a book In hla life, that this one wss dictated, but that if he succeeds la these Its pages to arouse the minds of many people to under stand that It la owing to tha "Prus sian spirit of militarism that out pris oners of wsr have suffered hardships the like of which ao human being should ever be subjected, hla efforts will not have been fruitless. Lieutenant Douglas wss a prisoner of war in Germany for It months. He gives a true account of what our missing soldiers experience. He tells how a prleones la starved. Ill-treated and biased at; what things prisoners need, and how to send them. The book Is finely Illustrated with photographs by the author. Feed ta War flaws, by Graham Leak. to esata w. B. aaaders Ce Fhlladcl Phi. Verity, this message la one eminently for theee Stirling times. We must be fed. and the cost of food ia increasing astonishingly. "Food in War Time tells us from a scientific basis what we ought to eat. to secure the best results, and one par ticular truth told is: "Meat does not Increase the muscular power. Eat corn bread, syrup on cereals, fresh fish, fruit and vegetables. The three chapters are: A balanced diet: calories in common life; and rules of saving and safety. Our author Is professor of physiology. Cornell University Medical College, New York City. The Taeapo ef a Filai rat. by George fsersa. 1 1 so, Usargo li. Doran Co.. New lerk City. Sensational to a degree, this well written, manly story of 127 pages la the graphle account of the captura and IS months" Imprisonment ef Corporal. bow Sergeant. Edward Edwards, Prin cess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and hla final escape from a German Prison camp Into Holland. Edwards tells of Inoffensive prison ers being murdered In cold blood. The living and sick prisoners are bullied, beaten, starved and abused. It is a joy to lesrn of Edwards' es cape. Ha writes this episode with sparkling; o4 humor. Te Baa: dad WHh the British, by Arthur Til- lots jb Clark. 11.40. 1. Appletoa 4k Co.. New Terk City. A thrilling, first-hand record of the eeiiure or Bagdad by the British, showing how thia success placed an iMuxiiiouAtabla, barrier; Jo, ihe way ( The Adventures ef Arnold Adair, by Law rence la Touretie Drugs. illus trated. Little, Brown A Co.. Boston. When tbo war broke out Arnold Adair was motoring with his family in Austria. After a series of sdven tures they reach Paris, where Arnold enters the French flying- corps. The Adair family hailed from New York and Arnold bad formerly at tended a boys' school in Switzerland. Hare be met boys from France, Eng land and Germany. When he enters the French flying corps he takes part In many air fights on the western front. Arnold and his fniend Phillipe are successful in an attack against a Zeppelin, and in one dramatic fight In the air he meets his old school friend, who In a pilot In the German air service. Tho book Is Il lustrated by drawings and photographs. The A. K. by Hsrweod Brown. SI. 50. li. Appletoa A Co.. New York City. Here Is a book that ought to have a tremendous sale. It deserves 1L It is a story of General Pershing's Army in France, and Its text generally la what the American troopa are doing there. Tho author went "over there" with Pershing and his soldiers, was with them in the training camp near the Sorame. saw them enter the trenches, and was present when they returned, proud of the knowledge that they had been under flra and had faced the enemy bravely. One of the best chap ters Is that describing the march of the American troops through Psrls. Mr. Brown writes in graphic breecy newspaper style. girls and parents, and it teaches how we can win the war for democracy by conserving- food, planting home gar dens, saving fuel, thrift, war saving stamps, etc.; helping the Red Cross; what democracy means. Our author Is assistant superintend ent of schools, Des Moines, Ia. His spe cial recipes for the victory menus are of significant Interest Just now. A "Tempormry Gentleman" In France, with Introductory chapters, by Captain A. J. Dawson. SI. 50. O. P. Putnam's Sons. New York City. Twenty-six frank, cordial. Interesting home letters written from tho front by a British army officer, who prior to the war was a prosaic clerk in a sub urban office in England. The message should appeal strongly to all men in army training camps who will say after they make the author's acquaint ance that he is "hall fellow, well met' Tell Me Another Wory, by Carolyn Sherwla Bailey. 11.50. Milton Bradley Co, Spring field. Masa. Have you ever told a child a otory and told the story so successfully that the child says: "Tell me another one?" If so, you were well paid. Here is an admirable collection of 72 selected short stories of Just the kind children love; and the authors are representative. The task of selection is well done and the material good. ARTS OF PEACE VIE WITH ARTS OF WAR IN WINNING ATTENTION OF U. S. PUBLIC Colonel R. C. Boiling Highest Ranking Officer to Appear on American Casualty List Lieutenant-Colonel Hatch to Clean Up Philadelphia Boy Violinist Creates Furore. Tarran and the Jewels of Opar. by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I1.3J. Illustrated. A. c iloClurg A Co., Chicago. Another wonderful story of tha man who at will becomes an ape called Tarxan. who in civilised life Is John Clayton. Lord Greystoke. The story pictures Jungle life In the wilds of Africa, and a hunt for lost treasure. There are plenty of fights with wild beasts, and the excitement Is often at galloping point. Tolstor. by Georre Rapall Noyes. 1.60. Dufrield A Co.. New York City. Part of the "Master Spirits of Liter ature" series. We are furnished with an admirable, connected view of Tol stoy's many-sided literary work, ac companied by the recital of facts re lating to bis life which shed light on that work and on tha personality of Tolstoy as a worker. r .eSxjSSZSg-f Jr ,, -I :1 J ir it f l Lvir iffl it ii .iii.ii.ileaa-iSvajMtoi . af '.- & . .. V . Lx.V - uT j ff i j , .im,. 9 OAror-xtvooD r cDritvooo.fy. G. P. Creatheart. by Ethel M. Dell, tl.50. Putnam'a boos. New York City. A story of absorbing Interest in which the characters are painted in charming style. Two elements hold the readers delighted attention; the giddy flirtation of a young girl and descrip Ions of the wonder country of Switz erland. 11. Evening Hour, by Emlle Verhaeren. John Lane Co., xtew l ork City. Twenty-six of the finely sentimental, plrltual poems that one would expect from this gifted Belgian poet. In them he is in much quieter mood than n verses he lately sent out, and reflects the manifold beauties of nature- Branded, by Francis Lynde. XI SS. Charles Hcrloner s Sons, New York City. Mr. Lynde has written a sterling American story that does him credit. It s a story of a, young man who be came a Jailbird to shield others. When he got out, he was a "branded man." Some Honeymoon, by Charles Sverett Hall. SI. 25. George Sully A Co., New York City. In a racy, rapid, amusing style, this tory relates astonishing and unusual matrimonial experiences. John Ryder, he husband in the case, continually gets hla eyes opened. GasliRht Sonatas, by Fannie Hurst. $1.40. Harper A Brothers, New York City. Seven smart, amusing short stories. mostly reflecting gay. grave and "ex pensive" life in New York City. The Store Home, by Gilbert Csnnan. $1.50. George H Do ran Co., New York City. An English novel of many admirable dramatic qualities. Xelsea's niejtery of the War, by John Bu chanan. Thomas Itelsoa as Sons, New York City. Just the slsa of a book that can be carried conveniently In one's coat- pocket and consulted from tlma to time as opportunity occurs, when one wanta serloue reeding. The present book is volume XVII of the Nelson series and the particular subject discussed Is the big war from the uerman overtures for peace to the American declaration of war. Wo read about tha Roumanian retreat, the clearing of Servla. tho fall of Bagdad. tha Ruaalan revolution, the breaking of American patience, etc Tha style of writing is crisp and attractive. The Dsatlslaa ef the Stars, by grants A nemua, n. u.. president et the Nobel In stitute. Stockholm. Sweden, tl.fto. Illu treted. Translated by J. E. Fries. Q. P. Futsam s Boas, New York City. Tt. Arrhenlua received in ItOS the Nobel prlxe in chemistry. This book Is tha result of wide research, and Its chapters include: Origin of Star Wor ship; Tha Mystery of tha Milky Way Tha Cllmatio Importance of Water Vapor; Atmosphere and Physics of the Stellar Bodies; Tho Chemistry of the Atmosphere; Tha Planet Mars; and Mercury, tne Moon and Venus. Bew to Sell Mere Goods, by H. J. Barrett. (Lev. Harper Brothers. New York City. A collection of stories told by sales men relating their experiences In sell- ng roods. Many valuable "polntera" are thua acquired by reading of the other man's selling method, and It Is tha writer's hope that the dally prob- ems or the salesman win be aolved In these alx chapters: Told In a Pullman gmoklng-Room; Selling tha Consumer Direct; Selling the Retail Trade: Sales Management; Selling Behind the Counter; Just Selling. Tbo Irea Hall, by George Abel Schrelner. t Harper as Brothers. New Tork City. Attractively Illustrated, this book. showing tha hunger that gnaws at Germany' a and Austria's homes and stomachs, makes really senaatlonal reading. Tha revelations Mr. Schrlner makes as to Teutonic pnivaUon and hunger ara highly significant. Mr. Schrelner ia a newspaper man. be knows Germany well and be was a ighter in the Brltlsh-Boer war. and fought oa tha Boer side. Oar reentry's Call te Service, by J. w. tadebaker. 13 cents. Scott. Foresmaa A Co.. Chicago. III. Here we have an appeal to eave. to give, to aerve for the Nation, through publlo and private schools. Children are addreaeed specially. The little book Is a summons and a plan of action lor. Ajaeric&a boys. A Sound Body for Sound Business. What are the requirements in making oneself fit for business life? First: A sound bodily condition such as will not permit of the breaking down of any part, because loss of time through sickness means loss of money. demoralization of business and lessened production, not to mention the possible loss of life. Second: Strength and endurance in the form of working capacity. Energy Is essential in concentration. It is the factor back of a man's character that makes him capable of persistence. En ergy and endurance are- ths vital quali ties back of Initiative, ambition and "push." Third: The ability to endure the strain and tension of civilized life. This Is not in the form of exposure to cold and wet. It Is of a diffirent kind. It Involves nervous strain, mental strain, often emotional strain. The execite ment of business life may be Just as wearing as the strain of battle. One never knows when he will meet some crisis which will tax his system, his heart, his nerves, his powers of resis tance generally, to the breaking point. The first requirement in hardening and conditioning the body ia exercise. Remember that It Is not a case of strengthening the large external mus cles merely. Exercise is chiefly valua ble because it builds constitutional strength, because it means exercise for the internal organs as well aa for tha muscles. And because - the constitu tional strength so built up and the Im proved quality of the blood so acquired are the basis of that nervous strength which is necessary to endure tha strain of any kind. No one who Is soft la fit for peace, any more than for war. And there ia or.lv one way by which one can build bodily vigor. An Ideal mental attitude will not do It, Important aa that may bo. Good food, sleep, cleanliness, fresh air and other health factors. Important as they are. will not make one strong unless he tskes a certain amount of exercise. From "Harden Tour Body for War or Blsiness." by Bernarr Mac fadden in Physical Culture. The Healed Ones. Should I win to Paradise (since even sin ners enter there). I shall not aeek the high saints with crown and aureole. But I shall find the healed ones, bumble ones, that center there. Who followed through all gratitude the love that made them whole. He who once waa blind shall tell me of bis slriht seals. Tell me of the glory that flooded land and sea. When across his opened eyes surged In gold en llKht atain The yellow sands, the blue waves, the sun of Galilee. I shall not seek the Martyrs, the staunch soula victorious. Those who won to ecstacy from faggot and from rod. But I aball aeek the simple folk In no fash- Ion a lorlous. The broken straws of mankind that proved the winda of God. He who once was dumb shall tell me his first word again; Be who long waa helpless shall tell his . joy id iu . When first his bonds ware broken, and his bound ltmoa stirred ssain. He shall tell me of the word and touch that made him free. i Never Saint or Martyr, when heaven opened wlue to him. Knew a greater joy than these whom I shall aeek therefore. And a little lad shall tell me what' first his mother cried to him Whan he who limped out slshlng, ran ahouting through the door. Theodoaia Garrison, In Good Housekeep ing COLONEL RATNAX) C BOLLTNG, In a late casualty list sent by Gen eral Pershing, is reported either captured or missing. He was an ex pert flyer, and is believed to have fallen Inside the German lines while taking part in the great battle of Plcardy. He was last seen at Amiens on the night of March 24. He left there the next day and has not been heard from since. Colonel Boiling before tha war was assistant general counsel for the United States Steel Corporation, resigning that position to accept a commission In the aviation service. He is a member of the Aero Club of America, and was sent last year to study aviation and aircraft production In England, France and Italy. Long before the war Colonel Boiling manifested an Interest In mili tary aeronautics. In the Summer of 1915 he organized the aviation detach ment of the First Battalion Signal Corps of the New York National Guard. He is the highest ranking officer to ap pear on a casualty list since we entered the war. see Lieutenant-Clonel Charles B. Hatch, of the United States Marine Corps, has been sent to Philadelphia by Secretary Daniels to see that the city is cleaned of all vice in accordance with the wish es of the Navy Department. The first step In the clean-up has been the appointment of Police Cap tain Mills as acting superintendent of the Philadelphia Police. He will work in harmony with Colonel Hatch, but as the Navy Department has not taken over the police department will still be responsible to the Philadelphia Director of Public Safety. Revelations made by Bolo Pasha on the eve of his death concern Senator Charles Humbert and ex-Premier of France Calllaux. A final Investigation was conducted by Captain Bouchardon, in behalf of the military authorities. Bolo. through Abbas Hilmi, ex Khedive of Egypt, and the German Foreign Minister Gottlieb Jagow, ar ranged to influence the French press with $2,500,000. During the Summer of 1916, Bolo bought the Paris Journal from Sen ator Humbert, paying 11,000.000 for the property. He also influenced other Journals. Senator Humbert claims that when Bolo's activities were made known, he immediately returned the money and had the contract made void. e a e Mayo Wadler, who promises to rival the most divine interpreters of the vi olin, is one of the few child-wonders to grow into wonder-man, whether his talent be musical, artistic or Thespian. Mayo Wadler is an exception. He tfexz&0jr fJt&T'es Jfusnjbej-i JlseuZsCpf. C. S. has played in public since he was three years old. and at the age of eight he was a soloist at Carnegie HalL and the promise he gave at that time is now being- fulfilled. He made his debut In Boston on March 15 and is appearing for two weeks in that city. When he appeared in San Francisco, he was christened the "Boy-Wonder," and he made a tremendous hit. L. Harris, of New Tork, a trained mus ician, said of Mayo Wadler, "I believe that he is ' ndoubtedly the greatest American violinist of the day. He is a devotee of art for art's sake. He is fulfilling the ambition of his father and following in the footsteps of his mother's people, who are all musical." Mayor Wadler is a pupil of Max Ben dig, formerly a conductor of the Met ropolitan Opera House, and with Pro fessor Willie 'Haas, head of the Im perial Conservatory of Music at Berlin. Young Mayo has appeared before roy alty on the continent. At his debut in New York, when he played at Aeolian Hall, his Vitali's Chaeonne, was received with great ap plause. This is an extremely difficult piece and it is a tribute to Mr. Wadler's art. His technique, intonation and in trepretation of "Fantasy" (Faust), Ser entana, Nipoletana, Chaeonne and other difficult pieces are astonishing for one only 19. His bow and finger technique are unusual even in this day of master technicians. What is more noteworthy is the fact that he has true musical feeling; and plays inter estingly and effectively. For the past six years he has been a student at the Royal Academies on the continent and in England. He ia an artist who is painstaking- and in telligent, and this, added to his natural talent, make him the wonder ho is. e A new picture of His Grace, tho Most Reverend Cosmo Gordon Lang, Lord Archbishop of York, who is in this country to strengthn the spirit ual union between the two great Anglo-Saxon nations, was taken at the Fish mansion where he is staying. The Lord Archbishop is the highest primate of the Church of England ever to visit this country. In the ancient rule of precedence in the British House . of Lords, he ranks fourth below the King and next only to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord High Chan cellor. This Is his first visit to the United States and he Is the guest of the War Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America.. The Archbishop, when asked for tho subject of his visit stated: "The first is to be allowed to do something to cement the ties of friend ship between the two great govern ments of the English speaking people. "The second desire is to tell the coun try the will of the people is Bet as strongly aa ever on seeing the struggle through." ENGLISH NURSES IN FRANCE ON FEET 72 HOURS WITHOUT PAUSE DURING HUN DRIVE Miss Edith Lanyon Tells of Letter Written Hurriedly by British Soldier as Hospital Train Is Being Loaded for Retreat Before Oncoming Germans. BY EDITH E. LANYON. SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, April 10. A woman I know has Just had a letter from her husband, who Is a private In one of the crack regiments In the regular Army. He is wounded, having lost an eye but was able to toelp In a hospital clear ing station at one of the most advanced parts of our lines. This letter was written at the be ginning of the big German attack. He writes hurriedly: "The Germans are upon us twelve to one. There seems not to be thousands, but millions of them. Our nurses have been on their feet 72 hours without a pause, getting tha wounded ready to be moved. "Rather than have these ladles fall into the hands of the Huns I would shoot them myself. - Later he adds In a pencil scrawl: The British hospital train is in the station and we are loading the nurses and the wounded on as fast as we can. There Is no more time. If you get this letter you may know that we got the train off safely. For the rest of us It Is each man for himself, and I commit myself into God's keeping." There was no time for his signature. The Germans were upon them. Wife Confident of Escape. His wife has heard no more of him. but Is confident that he escaped, as he did at Mons. When he was In a hospital in France, after being wounded, I sent him one of the comfort bags from Portland and some cigarettes and he was very much pleased. No doubt his Portland friends had a letter from him then. So I feel sure this letter of his will be of interest and shall hope to have good news of him to write next time. The Sergeant gunner s eldest brother, another of the men Portland has been a fairy godmother to, has been severely wounded and Is back in England now in a hospital. He wrote to his mother: "Don't you worry; I'm all right. It's wonde'rf ul how quickly they got us away after we were hurt. The doctor says to me: Tm sorry, old chap, but we've no more room on this train for stretcher cases. Do you think you can hobble a bitr "I wnanaged to hobble all right, to get to Blighty, so here I am. I've lost all my kit and have'nt even got a fag." I profbptly sent some "fags." His leg Is severely Injured. Only two days ago I mounted his brother's military medal for their mother. The King sent It to her, as she did not feel equal to going to Lon don to receive it. It hangs upon a plaque of black vel vet in an ebony miniature frame. She is very proud of it. I had a gaudy postcard from one of toy grateful sailors yesterday to tell me he was on leave and that it was a nice change after the North Sea. It began: "Dear Nurse: I am in the Pink "! 1 Sailors are entertaining. I do miss them. Was quite delighted to dis cover a tattooed man in one of our wards the other-day. Of course he had been a sailor, although ha has been a soldier since. La At week we had a very strenuous soldier in for an operation. He told me that one doctor told him he was suffering from shell shock, but he quite. laughed at the Idea. However, as soon as the anesthetic began to take effect he shouted: "What's all this bombing about? Listen! Listen! ! Listen! ! ! Then he began to fight, and be cer tainly was some fighter. It took four of us to hold him. I expect he thought we were Germans. He was not quite as bad as a boy the other day who actually kicked my eye glasses off, and they sailed right over the surgeons head and into a dirty dressing bucket. And never broke. But had to be sterilized before I could put them on again. Some Jobs Uavpleasaat. That happened the same day that the doctor torpedoed a bottle of Iodine and ruined our spotless table top, and I spoiled my scissors by taking off a "pot leg" with them. In other words. I used them to remove the plaster of Paris splint from a sprained ankle. A nice dusty Job, carefully shunned by all wise nurses. Filling a water bed is another unde sirable occupation, though not at all a dusty one. The greedy thing swal lows such an unbelievable amount of water before it shows any signs of containing a. single drop. That is the companion act to dipping out the ocean with a cockle shell. One unfortunate woman swallowed her false teeth on Saturday night and rushed to the Infirmary for help. She was to have been X-rayed the next day, but at tha appointed time she sent up word that she had found them. Never, never, could I have believed that people could have such extraor dinary accidents If I had not been in the hospital and seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears. On Monday mornings tne "snow babies" come. These are not children out of Grimm's fairy tales, but the little ones whohave birthmarks re moved with carbolic snow. One is such little dear and so beautifully dressed that I call her the snow queen. They do not protest much, so I suppose it does not hurt them. Our new house surgeon has come, and he is not a lady after all. The departing one gave me a splendid let ter of recommendation. I am making a collection of them and shall paste them in an album, I think, for refer ence in future years. In these letters I am both ' diiigenV' and intelligent," besides , lots of other things, such as "tactful." I have been having the hay fever serum injected hypodermically. Have had two helpings and am to have one more. The last dose gave me a vio lent attack of hay fever, so I hopo it will do some good. Only time will tell. Someone told me some wonderful old fashioned cures (?) for various ail ments which are still used, so she said. In rural districts of England, but may be new to Portland. For Instance, a roasted mouse is an excellent remedy for the measles. If a child has whoop ing cough, it should be pulled back wards through a thorn hedge. A tar rope knotted 'round one's neck is a sure cure for rheumatism. If I had to choose from those three. give me the rheumatism and the tar rope, if it was not tied too tight. My patients sometimes tell ma of home remedies quite as queer. But what they really have perfect faith in is a good big bottle of strong medicine with a nasty taste. I reproved one woman for bringing; dirty bottle for some mouth wash to take home with her. 'Oh, nurse," she said, "that bottle Is not- dirty; It's had good doctor's medi cine in and there's a little of it left in the bottom." She evidently preferred mixed drinks. I remorselessly emptied it out and rinsed the bottle. No doubt she "considered that A wieked waste in war time. We are smartening ourselves up in good time for the victory peace re joicings. I could not quite rise to the extrava gance of a new nurse's coat, but I ac tually sent to Bond street for a new uniform hat, hoping it might have some elusive touch of style unknown to others of its kind. Alas, it looks Just as smug and char- ity-schoolish as if it hailed from the Old Kent road. I do not believe that Venus herself could look chic in a V. . A. D. hat. I have celebrated the com ing and going of Easter by taking to white cotton' gloves instead of white woolen ones. We must surely all do . our bit to make the world look brighter now that Spring is here again. I wish one did not seem to lose one s personality by wearing a uniform so constantly always looking exactly like everyone else seems to make one's ideas uniform, too. I find it quite a treat to put on mulftl ("worldlles," aa some of the nurses call their other clothes) and think my own thoughts. I do so every Saturday. I know a most entertaining story of one of the doctors who met one of the nurses out in her worldlles and didn't know her and what he said to her be fore he recognized her and after. How ever this is no place for that story, so I must not tell it. It was a Joy to ta other nurses, though.