"I GUESS I'M LUCKY"

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 83, 5 October 1944, Page 10

"I GUESS I'M LUCKY"

CAME DOWN WITH THE HOUSE

Typical of the spirit of Londoners who have suffered from the devastation wreaked by flying bombs are the comments made by a woman in a letter to New Zealand friends. It was written from a hospital in Kent. "Well, one of the buzz-bombs' has caught us at last," she wrote. "It was a direct hit on my sister's house. I live next door to. her, but thank goodness she had left early to take her baby to a nursery. It was about 8.45 in the morning and I was just leaving for the office when the thing glided in. I knew there was a warning on and happened to glance, out of a window. I saw a lady in the garden opposite running for the shelter. She did not get there. She had her head cut and a finger blown off.

"I came down with the house. It was a large house, but it collapsed like matchwood. They all did. I haven't got a thing left. Ted and I have less now than when we were married—years of work and buying and making' things for the home gone in a matter of seconds. I was the only one in the house and was buried in the debris. The wardens were ever so good and worked so hard. I was in the hospital by 9.30," ;•'■ "DOODLE-BUG" SERENADE. After giving detail* of her injuries, which were severe, .including fractured ribs, the writer of the letter stated that two pilotless planes had just been shot, down near tfte hospital. "We were rocked to sleep last night by the 'doodle-bug' serenade," she 'said, adding in the next sentence: "The sun is shining by way of a change." "I shall feel a. bit nervous when I get b^ck to London," she continued. "Still,' back I must go as there is work to be done. I could have been worse, so I guess I'm lucky." : Women lepers' babies Some time ago two women lepers who arrived at the island, of Makogai gave birth xo babies shortly after their arrival at the station. The two babies were born free from disease; they were taken from their mothers and brought up by the nursing sisters in the disease-free quarters of the island: Their, mothers'saw them at the gate of their quarters for a short time once a month. Recently it was reported from Makogai that the two women were cured of leprosy and were discharged. Each with her baby has returned home. VICTORY HOSIERY IS HERE. Smart, sensible hosiery for home wear, shopping, business, and everyj day wear. Just what is needed to save your "best" hosiery for special occasions. The quality of the materials used in Victory Hosiery is equal to f high-priced imported hosiery. Four distinct styles. "Dullure" in fine rayon, knitted inside out for dull effects, 4s 3d "Service," a high-grade lisle hose, 3s lid. "Flexnit.1" a fancy rayon, 3s lid. "Superay," 'in rayon, reinforced for hard wear, 3s 6d. Good shades, all are seamed and fashion-marked. Sold by Drapers, Department Stores, and Chain Stores.—Advt.