"THEY ALSO SERVE."

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 13411, 1 May 1909, Page 9

"THEY ALSO SERVE."

Whoa tlie spirit of war filters down to tho nursery the whole nation must be saturated with it. i">iich (says ".St. James's Budget") i.s the case in Servia. A story from Belgrade, worthy of Guy de Maupassant's genius, tells how two little girls, Radoika and Bossa, read in a newspaper, "The Au.strians mean to surprise u,s." This aroused all their budding courage and patriotism. They T\ould prevent a surprise—they, without anyone to help them. Even little girls might do something for their dear country. But it must be done secretly, or father and mother might stop them. S:> Radoika, with tho movements of a coiL-j/irator, abstracted her father's sheepskin coat and a pillow, while Bossa, got a little sackful of bread and apples. And they hid themselves under a great railway bridge, and took it in turns to watch and sleep. For two days they endured the bitter weather and the long watch;!.g for the disappointing Anstrians who were such a long time coming. Then tho watcher closed her eyes. Fortunately, the Anstrians didn't come then, but their father did. A true? story with the moral that greater pains than ever must be taken by Servia's natural protectors to prevent the simmering pot from boiling over.