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Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 5

IX THE SOUP. '^^ and _did not answer to his name at roll-call As ,t W as known that he had not gone oirt a. • rS; * £ r ° " lalun S a round of the kitcheS hi?S dUlg a tofch * li PP ed and pi™S h,s > nd , mto a- mess caldron used for dmparing tbo regimental soup. With a « v £ drew ,t out \Vhen his comrade, ca£e up hey could hardly believe their eyes. There b? ™ ie *- sitti »S surround" d soldie? ba f p s J 1 "/ potatoes, was" the missing l?E 5 +? e s " ddenJ y leapt over til! 1 ° f S e ?*• and dash ed out of the kit! chen adds the 'Mail' Paris corriponden He was found later hiding in a cupboard Questioned regarding his adventure, he could laL S a y h'H ether + h ?-f ot into t!le caldron to take a bath or to hide lumself. *La Prensa ' the leading newspaper of Buenos Ayres, Jxa 6 a novel and enterprising way of announcing its "extrae" to the city On tneroof of its building is a lawe sffi «ren ; and whenever a Lrtliiig news is received at the office a blast « blown. The noise can be heard 20 miles and because it constitutes a disturbance of the peaee the C ity authorities impose a \ fine of £2OO for each blast. The >aper however, continues to announce ita extras ' m this emphatic manne*. - . ../-". \