PASSING NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16753, 22 July 1916, Page 4

PASSING NOTES.

The time li n no( conic to m (!oi iiiinv the In ili ii pug,li-t, gro>'g\ mi his pin -. hil'm-; < lit bhmlb 'I'd assume tintn'i'itiii'l in \opi ,i(L,pi ~'\ when it j Wnc n't I'll ,' {o put \,,k, til •! lniii' i"V \\\.\] o (n th, l",! l, \m aie Mill lor u in'; tn'jotlior with oiu slm".'th I<> \ till' 11•-1 .aiiue- .ill Mir i, its nnil ,11 nin w.iiiii"'■,. lint the "gio.;;\" .'le<;o jip pio.'i'llc.,- Hide aio <-M;u i iinmistak-'blo. Suhina; ming and " sink ; I sight, ' diopped inr ,' Imic uiuier pit"- no, .no in icnow ll'i> policy of " luglitfiilno ,' Reiving the outraged nciliials, hi.; and 'little. In (!n Hum 1 wrasl. Thrritonod .is next thing I. "the imasion n) the miirounding iioiitr.il u ltion-, end p.utienl uly Deunvii.. wuh ii \icw (o uinpi'llir; '■up pho'-." The {"'ernan. noople are hidden to " < leneh thru- tooth,'' and the Ivum r pnuchr- to h>-, rhnpl'ims of Day ■ind the Cumin; of the l/>nl. \H thn tell of Goiman di-poralVm. The 'tream o| i\ent-, has turned finally in oin f ivoiir, an'] the Gorniin, know it There .ito thanee -and changes \ci to reckon with, no donlt.—f!n\ and r<fiu\. hnt that is the way oi rn advancing tide. On it icrteintj wc eount For vihiio the tired naves, vainlv breaking, "oom hero no painful ineh to gain, I'er l),i< k, Unoiigh crock •> and inlets miking. Comes •-'lent, flooding m, the mim. Meanwhile, wo arc not to remember, though it is hird to foiget, that vc are pomiii» out our life blood. ]>iili o h casualtics m May and dune, when little or nothing v,ai do'ng, a\ orated a thousand a day 'i hey aic i '.able that iw. It is the price wo luic to pa;,, and the natio i it in the mood to pay it. There is no gain in poiing o\er casualty lists. The aimy, elite 1 h\ su.'cc's, makes light ot them. On the'Fla-'do'-, front ei\crvlhing is at heroic pitch. The 300 \Wt Kcnts, who though vo\it"d and Din'roiir-ded and under consta.it altar k in Id on and held cut for 4'l Vurs until ichcved, "had an immoii°c iccnlion fioni U"> T3r't, h line" when they iPTchcd in. V\ 7 e thnll to it here, tot o'ily in honour of the West Rents —kitchener's men, under fire for the fiVt time, many of them—but m iellov fe<dlug with an rnny that is of one lieait • iid fine 'ouk How little our soldiers make of i<dil and pain, counting not Iheir lives denr unto them, we knowin mviY wa\". Here ore versus fiom a t\picl niai-h'ng 'ong. rough and halting in me' e.hut. in the judgment of the Spoetator, r>o- >"'!'■'"" *'\i-ir>n ind an unaffected oriuiti.ihty of nnrgen." ''"hpir wr ; ter, Cunt.uii So.'lty, He of th" Suffolk*, himself nviiehed to " t nldict'■= grave "somewhere in I") ii'tv " Ci t away i'givt and rue. Think "hat aon aie maiohmg to Tattle liw\ gii ,1 pa",. dean Oh i-i md Barrabas V/(ie foand the sirao (lav Th s en mi. that- w »:>t Li-. «nv Ko 'in'; with lovful breath. Vor why. \oi iu> ijoing to death. Tiemiiiy raith will Miroly store Ml the gladness that, you pour. L*?>-th that never doubts nor fears. Earth (hat know of death, not tears, Eaitli rh.it bore with joyful oa'U llemV'k for Soeratc, Eriitli tint blossomed and was triad 'Xi.iih f he cro - Christ had, Pdiell rejoice nnu blcorn too When Hie bu'l"* reaches you. Wherefore, men miiT-hing On too road to death, ang' Pour jo'u eJadness on earth's head. Ho be mon-y, -o be dead. L-oiyl Cromer, discussing an AmeTican account <_t the ictrcat from Moiu, cites irum it illustrations of the spirit of the ,umy at that depleting time.. An army m relict la the next tiling to . n army m defeat. Siys the American : "An orderly, wiTl-uVciphned army had been through a great furht. Its infantry, nn beaten by the infantry that opjwed it, hid been ordeied to retire. 'Gawd knows why,' hundreds of Tommies were t>a>ing Evei,\ tiling tended to discouragement.'' 13ut hcie aie two stories, —I can't hud room for vnoie. Maior Biidges, of the 4th Dragoon Guard-, found a couple of bundled men of \anoir, r'cf.ichnienti sealed on the pa\ 'in sit in the square at tit. Quontin n a -.tato of romplete exhaustion. They h..d been tor 36 hours without food or <-leep. lie it once recogm-od that '"no pcrempfoiv otd"r, no gen'le icquest, no i V\< r cajolery wo .Id suffice " Ho th"reloie went into a shop and bought a to> drum and a ) enny whistle Then he aski d th" trumpeter whether he rould play " The British Gronadiei-s "' " Sure, sir, - ' wa= the reply. So tho t.umpcter v.hi-tlcd, and the gallant major drummed \igoiou-lv "The spark caught ' Some w.th t n ai-, in their rj"s, some w.th a lo.ir of l.uigh.er, jumped to thr>ir feet and fell in. The '.oary f"ct. "ore and bnii'cd, tramped the ha id cobbles unconscious of their pain Stiffened limbs answered to the call of newly awakened will,. 'Go on, colonel' we'll follow you to hell,' bings out a brawny Irishman behind, who can just hobble along on his torn feet " A BiilHi ganeial of tho Picton type in th' other— Picton of the Connausrht Rangew who charged at Vittoria. flouilulling a .sliillokigh : — " T!ie geneial [Lawford]," a young oflicar said, "plugged on ahead of all of us, waMiig a big v hite ftirk o\er his head and rhouting like a banshee. Thoio was no stopping him He fairly walked into the Germans, and we after him on the run. . . . How Lawford esoap 'd being hit is more than anyone can tell 1 -c him now, hu big stick wa\ing in the «n, and he shou f ing and jelling aw,.y hko mad, though you co.ddn't hen a word ot what ho'said above the smful noi p. My Sam, he did >e!l at us 1 Wonder what he said?" After piling up examples rf individual do\ction the Ameiican -writer adds • " Truly an army containing a multitude of youths of that mould may be well termed imineible." "Ah l " said one " <pi/Ac(\ Jbigader," with the tears rolling down his checks, " tliey niav bo able Io"i:iil such moii, but they will ne\cr be aWc to bi \i them." From an Auckland coirspondent- — Deal ''Cms' —'Jb r ' attached clipping f'-om the Now Zealand lit raid wdl show that Noith Countrymen aio not confined to tho southern pnition r - of the Dominion, as i"> Mipposod Waipu i- only i «nall township, and I am ciodiblv informed there are not half a do/or young and lit men loft— all 'urn' bolu" to the fiont Axothek Mac. Here is the clipping : — "The fict that th' Wnipu distr.ct ctill retains a cunerous lolloumg of tho oiigmil soltlcis from the Highlands of Scotland rtasainjly illustrated tho other d'\ in t 'i't of donations forwaided to t'u ccmmil/teo of the Naval Relief Fund. Out of 10'j contributor the name of no fruei thin 73 commenced with 'Mac' Tho M-icKav clan headed the list with 25 contributois the M'Loans with 14, tho MaeKrii7rrs siv. M'Loods and MT-ioriiiii' five each. Ot the lomainmg contributors nnh about 2L bore names of other nationality than the Highland.- The learl taken bv the Ma"Kivs was further il!u,tiated -\ostordav\ when a cheque was reccixod f r om the Waiou Da ry Comouiv. which was nude pa>fLlo to Air W. P.. MicKav, sh'ned bi' Mr George MaclCay, as dir 'dor of the company, and countersiirned h\ tho accountart Mi John MaoK.iv. Ry a come donee, the tic.isuror of Ihe Naw League Fund h Mr A. F. MorKay." T take off my hut (and wo aid lift mv glass, if I had one) to " the real MacKay." Da.u "Ci-is," —Otayo Unncisitv Re\ic . Juiu "016, Womei's Fun 1 !v. — "We appreciatrd tho 'rhi' under tho tn '.'il i tree-, hs w voio cold ..'id tho 'rhi' \va= hot.' (Sigurd) " Ktniina." What in the woild \.(re thev doing r.ridci the niinuki tir ( s—l( aduig Greek or citing iheir dinnir-'' Is this one of the fi--.t fruits of Home Science and MLs Sn'iii"y. I'sit plain M ion " kai"— tiirkei. food—uius*- bo mcntahV.ed and met.umrphosed by tlu modern maiden into the Gioi.k lo'ttei '_•cln" , li"a\in help us if the Home Srienro department should te.ioh i's fan- stuJi nt-s to wi-to menus in Gioek Thev aio bad enough in Eie''"h iomttiniis —I mean theFiei'ch is B\'. the wi\. snoakuin- of ' kai " I (In not'kunv tht Greek foi "scone"; but should the E'igh'sh \orsion be pionouncod to rhjmo with "don" or "bone'".' I luic a preference for fhe lotts-j- method; but thb part of the world