MARKED FOR “BLIGHTY”
' WHAT A LAUGH DID. Staff-Captain Mary Booth, of the Salvation Army, in France, writes: “Some people in England seem to think that visitation of hospitals means, going round with a handkerchief in both hands, wiping tears away, but this is not so. True, we do sometimes wipe the tears away, hut our business is to drive them away. One of our visiting officers is gifted in many ways, but I think her greatest gift is her hearty laugh and charming smile. Only to hear her laugh makes one want 'to join in, before one actually knows what she is laughing about. The other day she even made a boy laugh who was crying because he could not go to ‘Blighty,’ and the doctor who happened to be in the ward at the time was so pleased that, turning to tho man, ho said; ‘Your visitor has brought you luck to-day, and I am going io mark you for “Blighty.” ’ Needless to say, there were many longing eyes; they hoped she would stand and laugh, by their bedside.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9961, 3 May 1918, Page 6
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