SHE THOUGHT SHE KNEW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 4

SHE THOUGHT SHE KNEW.

It is verv . amusing (writes-"Maimio" in.the "Australasian") to hear liow tied up somo women get on: the vnrious subject's, ot which they know nothing, and about which they are always anxious to show thoir knowledge. At cricket matches, and, indeed, in almost overy; kind:, of/sport, tho remarks that. are overheard are too funny, but military terms and titles seem to bo tlio most puzzling, of all ' The sergeant-major is a 1 person who invariably ranks higher than a major in the minds of the uninitiated, and the differenco hotween officers and non-commissioned, ofucers seems to bo quite imexplainablo to the woman ,who has no relatives among tho ranks of soldier men..'Few girls, however, make such delightful blunders as one -1.-heard ..of did recently. 'The; different'ranks of. army officers were i being j explained' to , her by a good-looking subaltern, who was enjoying the opportunity to the full, and when ho had detailed, them all up to" the general, she suddenly interrupted him by .saying: "Qh, I know what rames next; it is a court-martial. It is a joke that I am afraid she will never, bo allowed to forget.

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