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BLACK VELVET GLORY

A letter in the handwriting of a major who committed suicide . read thus :—- ---"Death, in all its warm black velvet glory, approaching. Not as an enemy, but rather as a mother to her child to comfort and solace. Why should we be. frightened of the old man with a scythe '! It must be that he is a stranger unknown to all who never think of the Host whom we will all be the guests of one day, Our God." The writer had been in the battles of Mons and the Marne, and was one of the last to leave GallipolL A doctor who has had considerable experience of men returned from service, and found that it produced great mental strain, says they become over-wrought and are liable in certain cases to lose control of themselves.

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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 11

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BLACK VELVET GLORY Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 11

BLACK VELVET GLORY Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 11