THE V.A.D.'S REWARD.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16404, 26 December 1918, Page 7

THE V.A.D.'S REWARD.

What! Another decoration Just {or doing what one should, Handed out wilt ostentation 1 - See what cornea of being goodl "When we faced disease, disaster, ', Y<m came forward—here's your name, So you gat this—'porous plaster.' You can wear, or. if not, frame." We remember strong men dying, Panting, battling for their breath, Mbtheis, broken-hearted," lying In the bitterness* of death, Leaving children ill and lonely, All their future maimed and marred; One, her baby kis&sd, said only "Don't you think—we work—too hard?" Were too great the pain and grieving? .Was the tragedy too much? needs the fool's relieving, So we get this comic touch. If our wise administrators Think a card can bear a charm, Lot them deck our legislators Very busy, safe from harm, When they at St'. Peter's wicket Naturally hesitate, It may prove a third-class ticket That just lets them through the gate. But the fighters, doctors, nurses, Will they offer them a gaud? Will they tempt her tender mercies And attach ono to Nurse Maude? Those who timely help afforded, Comforting the desolate, Leave alone —not unrewarded, Though they only serve and wait. —L.H.