f hunger are endured nobly, hard-hearted folk are softened, lonely
women fight and win the battle against depression. If these pictures of
life behind the windows of our village streets are too _couleur de
BUCKROSE_ to be quite true, there is nevertheless a real quality in them.
They are not for the cynic, but for readers who can appreciate simple tales
of simple people, told without affectation.

* * * * *

[Illustration: _The Airman._ "I SAY, HAVE YOU SEEN A CIGARETTE-HOLDER
ANYWHERE ABOUT? I DROPPED MINE YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS FLYING OVER THIS
PLACE."]

* * * * *

"To shoot well at fixed targets, after the range has been exactly
registered, as in trench warfare, is one thing, but front and pick up
distances smarly, is quite to trot into action, unlimber and form
action another, and this is where many phophets anticipated our new
Army would be found wanting, but prophecy is becoming a profitless
business in this war."--_Bath Herald._

Well, why not try proof-reading as a change?

* * * * *

"The Rector nominated Mr. C. Yells as his warden. Captain Noyes was
appointed sidesman."--_Provincial Paper._

Otherwise the proceedings seem to have gone off quietly.

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