LETTERS FOR THE FRONT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10497, 19 October 1916, Page 7

LETTERS FOR THE FRONT.

A {■ M.MERSTON (-Ex'i 'I.EM AX’S IDEA. \V( have- received i! letter from .‘i local citizen who writes suggesting that a number f townspeople mi”hj undertake the writing of tt series of letters of g. neial interest l<> onr .soldiers for publication in the “Standard.” The iellcts could tlt'll he cut out and forwarded by parents and others who have, sons and relatives at 'be front, 'the writer points out (lint evety parent e, not it ll accomplished letter writer, and it tin.scheme were up. >.t d by others, the resulting- b iers would be the means ol infusion' a. wvleonu diver,.ion in rhe daily round of our bo vs in the, trenches, We append out corn spoiulenl’s itrai. 1*■(I<■ f as under: TO MY HOT-rTHI-.lt SOW, AXD To AIM. M.AX'AW Al l P.DYS AT Til I' EftONT. Dear lad. . - Vour r. ;;nlar hit. r< are can erlv looked for, nM only by us, bid by Ihoits.llids who see-one occasionally in lieStandard. How much more keenly you nuitft look ini- our’.-:, and how ina.ny beauti11■ 1 letter:, there are which are seen only by one la t me ju-t ask whether sonic ol theca-, who put nut their heart’s hesi in niotln-r love to then' own boys, will let it tic pas.u-d on in print to ail the mother's and father's ;-o:r, from Palmerston, 1 will make an attempt to imitate a tnovt merit, and try to ill you (and them) in simple words, affectionate, nnr.fleeted and itopers onal, of i.he (hint's that don't matter. I'm of such do the boys always w.v.ni to know. Like a colony of undisturbed Hie;, in a fit voni able surrounding. I‘almeiston (jrnv.s apace. .Many new places Jiave gone up since you left, notably the three bit’; picture shows. Soni" may think this catering lor frivolity wion-;; lit t > why -hoidd our huhlives he taken all too °einui ly. Xme ol ti.-i will pa-'s through this, world again, mo will any of u-. have u alive. The l.right lad in the trench who mal; ■ jokes, to heat i en, the home-sick mates, and tin* man or woman at home whose “ch" i"” is; epic,' to the deject, i) and balm to iln wounded spirit, nr body, is n hero truly. i!m about tie e picture shows. Ii wilt ilitr-n OS. you t" know that, the proprietors' have i e.us'y ponmited our Patriotic Society to t-sie free passes to all ivlunud ■ .libers. May von s () :in be among them.

,(nst litre, a vagront thought of serious import lias crossed my mind, i.M. me out with it. As wo all know the term “Did Soldier” bear-' the sting o! an oj prob.-mti:

arising no doubt Uotn the bad tiled ot indiscriminate sympathy and charity, on purpose of which vva.-> to relieve the feel ing of those who cannot go out to fight. It.,vs. —for (cod’s rake, onr sake, your -ida . Ivy always to be “fairly decent,” and a" preserve for nil lime t o your kiddle- and u: and onr kiddies the honour we now |o\. to aecoid i i onr “young soldier,” who wil: one day grow old, too. 1 musi not. preach or 1 belie my I><•)if-i and defeat my purpose of a cheery chat with you. Moreover, yon 11 dul> me a. "wowser.” the chap who is miser able because others refuse to be the same. The An/.ac i luh if to give you a palace of four ,tor. vs 10 (duba, str.vf with note,

ma{ir lilts and all 11n* r.i'*«l< r;i i • <iui it < - for comfort and goad cheer. Ihe per sound of llm committee is a gnttnmii ef at ilia dub is not. to “do yon good,’" lor I bin > what till men and boy a hate.

Your )i\ — ■of .adv* 'ifuiv and tragedy jv>r force contrast with ours ot humdrum or happiness according to the “inwardness” of our several capacities for making the best, of a bad job. such as life is very Ci r l to bo for him who neglects his chances. Tin- >.' fr e said truly to be virtuous is |o be happv, but it's (-finally tine that good spirits tend to make ti chap ohscive the deecneio. ~l )|f, li would do vour hearts good, hoys, ~, soe.'i be mddv health and the fr. si) charm of your girl friends who have taken up \onr work, in the odi.c me lorn. “Work and !1 forget ting are the I lung; ,o promote good health. Curiously enough, lii*■ man waiter js not Mipp anted.. It was o:1( . o‘ ihose who fold and appreciated a „ of) d joke against himself at a hotel in I’.-iinerslon. Two khaki boys who con hi raise only a half crow it between he m or I, red a meal to Hi ilnir limmce. On using from (he ltd>ie' the waiter i that ihoc had forgotten something. i one’ of the lads, -more 1 h.vi \on w ill bam in all the best of your life. 1 !e-e box me real whs, or til any rale tbev mil soim eor.d Morns. 11 era's atm!ln r. A Sabbath School was primed lor an esamm afion before the i;;nv,ns. “What was man made I rota “1 he dust ol ' he, _e.n lb. “And what was woman made iromt Anei much hesitation, a little chan piped. I■< as', mi-s Cod took the backbone mu ot tl. man and mad- it into a woman.' from Hie altitude of out w:mmn m this war turn wc can only, conclude the I the Ire ndators, being men, did tiol like the truth, and made, it “n rib. , . , Manv a laile.rned . irk or wonnaed soldiei bus n-iison to thank hi.-- bn ky chaincs that p, i s located in aim Wellington I loapiltd. A doctor there, whom I may not narm treats cverv lad with the I ndenmss and (he personal solid, ml a (aih. m I art e 1, to every tidlenm; soldier, in whom hj ~eei again hi- mvn hue boy . hose boors If on (lallipoli. . If yon like tins bind and modm. begin uiiig. 1 or -hn .may ~ y to improve upon ir. At. any ram n is the germ ot an idea which followed out. by the rigid men ami women', will develop into a mleuln. branch of your honn.l ml- dig- nee. m-pau inept 1 will mm tl hi maim, il.oiiffh I have no little chaps at home to cab me .