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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-06-14, Page 6ers Deserte( rench Foreign giof Ow in Canada ----Intend- to, Work- Way Across_ to Pacific— Warn Beau' Geste" Aspirants Against Joining NO ROMANCE <THERE Former Captain ' 1. A," Martin,man had to make a rare for the ground D.C.M. and bar, M.M., and his con- behind ,the targets and collect the hul- panion, T. W: Marshall, 'both deserters lets he -had fired; To those who were from the French Foreign: Legion In fleet there was, no trouble -in getting Africa, are now in' Canada with a tale five rounds, but the first ones-ttsualiy: of suffering, and hardship hardlytto be collected some extras, for the next equalled.: time. „en this : way the last ones : up. In escaping froth the Legion, Mar- would ":have a-lbpeless search. shall atone'timehad„to-swim out into "Scdtt,-with'terribly: blistered feet, the Mediterranean 'to escape his put, was, always last ;in', these rushes and, suers. Be was picked up by a British while most ofus got -back front the ship. Captain Mottle. fled with a tom-., shooting range around ten in the panion across the desert and managed morning, Scott would not return some. when almost exhausted with effdrt and timesuntil four o'clock in the after- starvation to react' Spanish Morocco. Captain Martin is a eall, good-look- ing man, who is 31 years of age. Ho joined the British army the night war was deciared in 1914 and went to France with the Grenadier Guards. In that regiment Ile 'won: the Distin- guished Conduct ,Medal and bar and the Military Medal. Having won his commission also he was transferred to the ,Cameron Highlanders. ,. After, .: 'the war he was in :Ireland with ” the •British army and then served three years iiiandia. itetu g g 4nin to Sen land the -idea -of_ joining, the French Foreign Legion 'We could. not talk to each. other and when we could there was only one topic, desertion, The authorities knew tills and elaborate care was tabren to keep us from doing it, Every week four.. or five would try to get away only to be caught. "A reward ib' payable for' anyone bringing in a deserter—cload or tette. Prowling Arabs .are constantly on the lookoht for this reward. "The only chance was to have about 1,000 francs ; with which to bribe an Arab to'•smuggle cue 08 the coast. Evert then there was a "danger that came to him when he was told diet'a: the Arab, having received the thou - friend' of houfriend'of his won a commission with sand would turn the deserter in to collect the regular reward as well. "After two months I determined to try to escape in company with a Detach - ream ' We planned to slip away from, the Legion. His home is in Slough, Bucks, and he speaks French, Eng- lieh and Hindustani. ' Mr,, Marseall'I'8'a still younger man. —only 27. In 1915 he joined as arthe camp bareheaded in the hope that bugler in the 'Royal Engineers. Ile 1f we were seen we would be imis- `was• then 14 years of age. Too young taken for English tourists and left to be sent to the front, he waskept alone: in Eingland until 1918, when be was .:" We alsoplanned to. -walk, by night sent to Germany with the army of and sleep by day, but , we found by occupation. Ire bought his discharge'. bitter experience that it was actually M Germany and for a year sold motor- better to walk by day when wecould cycles in that country. i see .what was aimed, aa 'we several "I joined the Legionafter reading times in the dark nearly stumbled on 'Beau Geste" and other legiop stories.' 'r eamns. Marshall's •yarn• of his experiences in the Legion and of his escape, Pro- vides much that makes fine food for thought for . prospective: legionaries. Signed Unwittingly, Hall Stones Found "Our bread lasted until the third night, and during that time we were also fortunate enough tq strike plenty we 'were sent to Morocco we received. three half -Peirce a day until ejgliteen' months service was coinploted,when', .the p tY jumped, from ' 11 f rance 20 Centimes per,g15 clays to iz fzar cS Should anyone have -die nuafortune"."'. to -1)e'eturned 'to Algeria -down 'earnei the..ia3- "We werefed bett at Fez, the head- quarters of the' Third Regiment, to which I belonged. "Life In the legion- is something that you have' to live before you can believe. Nobody objects to your steal-<. ing; kit or money except the person from whom the,thing`e-are stolen. But you Must 'never, aslt anyone anything' about himself..• "why he joined and what he had been—or mare probably done, before,' he became one of the legion is his own business: "After thirteen months I made up. my mind toclear out, "My chum, Charles Leclair, and L managed_ to get civilian clothes. We started out in style , in a motorbus after having dumped our uniforms. At Meknes, 38 miles away, we ran bang into two officers of the legion, who looked at us rather closely. Myibeart started to beat like u machine gun. bent Diatatefle pion "Arriving at the legion bureau at of streams . at which to quench our Dunkirk," he says, "we were. given thirst. On the fourth" day we had no a paperr to sign. It was entirely in food, and It was not until late in the I+rence. At that time I could,potread afternoon that we had an opportunity it. It was only afterwards that a chap 'to quench. our thirst, We were stag- ' named Scott who joined with me, die- gering 'along, parched with thirst when. covered that we had.. signed on for five years at a pay of one haltipenny per day. We were given ten francs tend a railway ticket to Marseilles. Fortunately we had some money of ' our own or we would have starved on the journey, as ten francs would not buy one meal., "The men in the legion are ''of all nationalities and stations in Itfe. Some are fairly wealthy men in search of adventure, others are 'nen driven through poverty and trouble to join the Legion, The barrack rooms .with such a gathering wasa continuous babel. Menial tasks et peeling pota- sertion wo finally saw the waters of toes and cleaning fish the next morn-- the Mediterranean in the distance, ing started to wear the romance off We reached a small village on the the venture, but eve were assui'red that coast ancl, thinking wo were in Span - tech treatment would end, when we ish territory, went up to a, small joined the legiog, in the field. house. "That evening we left for Oran, Al- "To our dismay, it turned out 10 be gena. Those who saw UB `marching' a post of the French' Port Police, We must 'have laughed to think that we had not gone far enough west. were ,;going to join a great regiment. " "They identified a8 as legionaries We were a slounhy looking lot. Sea- and arrested us. sickness during the voyage made life "We had walked 420 miles, We had even' worse before we arrived on the suffered hunger and thirst. Wo had. other side. been scorched by clay and. frozen by "002 departue to Sili-Bel-Abbey was night.' We knew our punishment delayed ..,tor some reason and that would be years, of imprisonment, night we were ail put into -a, small "In desepration that night we ripped room to sleep, while the guards with a hole in the roof of the little but fixed bayonets stood over us, and, with bleeding fingers, dropped to "Eventually we arrived at Sidi -Bel- the gromiti. We just struck it when Abbea'--the place we had all imagined someone gave the alarm. I hid in a as a place where legionaries took Iife leash. The Dutchman was caught, at ease while the mellow African sun, For four hours I stayed in that bush made everyone happy. Never was an until I was afraid daylight would give impression so far out. My uniform the away. I dropped down„ mingled was sizes too big for me. Big men in with the searchers, slipped down to the party received small ones. the water's edge and, unnoticed, Filled With Forebodings Plunged in., "When we saw a stivad,pf recruits ` a, miraele haPpend, "1 saw, under a shady brash, some hailstones which had fallen the night before and which the sun, had not yet had time to melt. They helped us a lot, "For the next seven flays we were less torturate., We dict not strike any wthat ater during at time, and the only. moisture we had was the juice Of occasional green grapes we found, "We dare not approagh any hut, frit' we knew the Arabs would talcs us back, "On the eleventh day after our de- Drlfted to Sea going through chill, we Were filled •„I meant to work' my way along the with forebodings. If a man was slow coast westward until I struck Spanish he was more than often struck by territory, but in my weakened cod” - soled huge sergeant. If that did not tion,iny swimming would not combat sufficehe would be ordered to run the tide, and I drifted out, I bad al• around the drill square, nearly a mile most lost consciousness '*lien I was square. If he diol not, do that fast enough ]re vvouid be Ordered to do it Picked up by the Crew of an nnglish again. boat. They took me to Spain and "While we were at Sidi.-Bel-Abbes. from Gibraltar the authorities sent Cameroon Day ari'ieed, On .this day zne to England." We'celebrated some victory of the Captain Martin had a much longer Oanteroons and each soldier is given time in the legion, His store of hard- ship tui ur of a bar of chocolate a ship is 1110011 the same as Marshall's, the see sayin slice of take and three cigarettes: "The food I found to :be rank bad I was in' the ranks for thirteen and 'scarce. Cerise 18 given before months.I tried to attain to' the rank stagting,the early morning ditties. At oftcorporal., But I was sent -back from 10,90 a.nf, a'thin-soap acid beans or the corporal's school. "The wages, In' Algeria, we got rite is served. The'same meal is duplicated'. about o'clock. Once a a half -penny a clay during Otn' : three week there is an' issue of camel or Horse meat. The only luxury is' a cup; of wine served two or three time a weep. Ii: is generally. used for bar. tering for cigarettes. "The next day our first route march took place. It: was ten nines- long. The order of the legion is that on such marches the legionaries' must sing all the time. As 80 per cent. of the mefnbers are Germans, all the song's were in that langauge. As Scott and I were the only Hnglislespeaking members of that party it would have been useless` to strike up, "Tipperary.' "The marching was - 'terrible .as no socks are leaned to legionaries. Rags. have -to be wound -round-the feet and until one learits.`the knack,it is tor tare, as the wrinkles wound the feet sorely. Twice a week we had to: march to 'a mountain over a dozen ',utiles away, collect firewood, load it On mules and march back. Dozens fainted on these marches, but no mat - :ter :vh<et condition they were, in they had to finish the march even if they 'had all -day itbont" It. Twice weekly evci went to the shooting range. Each }sea firea five rounds, if the officer Was not satisfied he had to fire extra ounda' until 'the -officer was satisfied Lor ever extra round, a man had y a to lerve' extra nights of duty. Had to Find Bullets , W1en the 'teas so n tiedevery or four • months' training, But when' Bluff Won. Out "But as bluff was the only way, out of. it, we lit cigarettes and •started to- wards a cafe.. Oise et` the officers fol- lowed. But when he heard us taliting. English he smiled and wished -us "Good Day!"' We told him we were on a walking tour' of Morocco and, after a. brief chat, he left us. We went on into the cafe to find two policemen sitting there. "Taut English like the Dickens" urged Leclair. We did, until I could Melly talk as the coffee I' was dt'ink ing was scalding nay tongue. When one of the policemen started' to talk to me I was scared to death and my nerves were jumpy. We had a long wale in Melcnes for the train that was to carry us -away, and during that - time a legion sergeant and a squad of men eyed us until we were 'faint with fright. "Fortunately there were some Eng- lish ' ladies on the platform also wait- ing aiting for the train . to Souk Arba-du- Ghat, and I went up to one of them and explained everything, They were mote plucky and laughed and 'chatted with us until the train lett. An in- spiration on t8ie part of Leclair caused us to buy return tickets to Meknes. "The next stage was a 43 -mile walk over country to the Spanish border. After fourteen hours of arduous walk- ing we managed to board a Spanish motor truck and were taken to • el,. ,Araish. From there we got a bus to Tangier. "Front there it was plain sailing," —Montreal Star. •:. dial shies 'cmselse+iF0ueesi'+s tli irevsszeiaipieatie •seeetanMe"ii' NEARLY :500" MILES STRAIGHT AWAY England's high class which ran,.ftom London to -Glasgow without stopping averaging "appreerheately 60 miles an hour for the whole Mho. r. a '1 Brit1)rl s Visit rs Ado tin g Caravan Methods of Travel All Parts of Country Made Accessible by Free -and - Easy System London. -Some Americans visiting England ars this year adopting a new method of seeing the country. Instead of following the eustomary beaten paths, . they ai'e forming caravan paries and going where they please. Within the past few years the motor caravan has been greatly developed in ',England. It is now a comfortable little house on wlieels, fitted with all conveniences and easy to delve. Gar- astans axe of all kinds and sizes, from small• trailers that can be,attaclied to an ordinary car to large self-contain- ed vehicles having accommodation for a considerable party. And Americans have not been slow in discovering the adveptage they give over the ordinary methods of trael inland. All English roads are good, huge ,rums being continually spent in wid- ening them and making them better suited for motor. Oaravaning may not, on the whole, be cheaper than hotels to whet then, seemed to it the fantastic' dream of: Jesse Collings, a member of the opposition, who demanded a,poiicy that should aim at enabling every fant- ily'in 17ngland to become :possessed of three acres and a cow. This policy is being brought nearer to -day by the beneficent activities oft he building societies to which Mr. Lloyd George refers. Jesse Collings! dream may yet come true, -(Christian Science Moni- tor Elilitorial,) Communism to Go Its Failure Sure" Theodore Dreiser After a Visit to Russia Predicts Pres- ent Systems Down - Soviet Russia hasfall been a success to date, ft is an interesting and valu- able experiment, but so far as attain- Ing Its ideal of the elimination of class distinctions is concerned it Is doomed to ultmate failure. These are the conclusions Theodore Dreiser arrives at in reconsidering in the June issue of "Vanity Fair Magazine" the impressions which he formed on his recent visit to the 'U.S.S.R. Dile. Dreiser frankly admires the and railroads w'het)ter 4it is or not leaders of the bolshevik experiment Careers for Women depends ,upon the caravaners—but it anis has only prelim for a great deal 'teem Brittain In the London Daily has a freedom and an attraction that that the Russians have done and are Chronicle (Lib.): Owing to the break makes a wide appeal. If so desired, doing. Lenin he considers the 'treat- ing of old traditions by the war, and the caravan ntay meet you at the shin est personality and the greatest, leader to the great constiutional changes of the past few years, woman has mamma to be p' domestic creature who occa- sionally penetrates, timid and unwel- come, into the working world of men. For good or ill site has become part of the, complex economic life of the nation, and as 'melt her opportunities an dachievenionts are affected ,by every political change, by alterations in social custom, and even by tho subtlest modifications In public opin- ion: A Young woman, therefore, should no lodger: be permitted to choose an occupation without having the slightest knowledge of those out- side influences which may well deter- mine either her failure or her sue - Oeste . :Willie: Daddy, will you buy me an X -Ray machine? Father: What in the world' do you want with an X -Ray machine? "To find X' in my Algebra pron. lemsl" • MY n what yo' ad tobea ugltt it a 'T$=1OUGHTFUL TOM "Manua," inquired -Tom1y, "will the pudding males me sick or will there bo enough foe everybody?" A el -10T TIE Setae: "Rastas, dat tie got on shush em a flaner! Aastus: "Dis,tie is suppos flamer niggah, 'cause Ah'bo fire sale.!! Who Says Guernseys Are Not Popular- THIS BULL SO Shulth,wick Champion, a 'prize G Chancey McCormick, at the 'National Picture shows him at Napierville Farr L'i) FOR $15,500 uernsey Bull, was purchased by Mrs, ..A., Guernsey SnIo held at Iituslalo x11• The ouIy things" cheap no}v ut"" o tai side and you climb into the vehicle, start up the engine, and roll off whi- ther you will. No time -table need be kept, there are no fixed points to bother about, you stop whenever you feel inclined, In short, you go off on your journey in tido real explorer's spirit, and it is Americans imbued evith this spirit who are taking to the caravan, One great thing in ?Ivor of this mode of travel is that it provides the best means of seeing what is worth seeing in England in a t+easonable space of time. The prettiest villages and many of the loveliest beauty spots lie away from the crowded highways, but by motor caravan they are easily accessible. Camping foe the night is a simple matter. If no roadside pitch" be avail- able farmers are always willing to elloiv the caravan to stay for the bight in on,eof their meadows, and food supplies in the shape of fresh butter, milk, eggs, etc., are obtainable from the farmhouses. Some parties are taking in Da it - moor and other stretches of Devon and Cornwall. Others are going through Wales, the Lake district, and into Scotland. As the caravans are only hired, they can be picked up at any place arranged and left at, any flint. Having served their purposes, they may be discarded at will, and travelers can, if they so choose, eon - of out' generation. "Whatever one may think of the present-day rulers of Russia," he writes, "one cannot deny their honesty and, as measured by our tests, their seldeesness with regard to the good things of this world. Most of the leaders live in simple hotel rooms or In single rooms in the,Kremlin, and the actual wage of all ofttcials and leaders from Stalin nowt' is 225 roubles a month -about $112, There is,no question of personal accumulation of wealth. As a matter of fact, compared with our political Iinders and those of some other coun- tries that I have chanced to meet in my time T rank them as high as any— more earnest, more thoughtful and sin- cere, more capable of thinking—and that is the highest compliment that 9 can pay them." Conditions. today In Russia, accord- ing to Mr. Dreiser, are better than in the pre-war period, the workers have a better Beal than elsewhere In the world and tate peasants are neither downtrodden nor exploited. But as for the aim of tide Soviet Uncoil, to abolish" _every social class, including their own, Mr, Drelser says, "Personally, I am dubious ot the result because I cannot even conceive of a classless society any than I can conceive of life without variations and distinctions. -"Is the ditclibdigger any less a ditch - digger or any less unimportant for tinkle their tour . by any of the more being one in Communist Russia than would elsewhere be the case? Never believe it. Nor the beggar or the servant either. All appear to fimction sophisticated routes, Doing England by this method is a Style of travel that American visitors are only now beginning to adopt, but it has so many as before—not oppressed of course— attractions that it seems likely to in better taken care of than elesewhere crease vastly in popularity. Three Acres sand a Cow in Britain • "Quietly' and with relentless, calci• eney, building societies are relieving car 00 cars, his offices and authority overcrowding. They are making Brie is as much if not more a big -wig than Min cleaner, healthier -and brighter. he was before the- revolution. The. They are creating men of property, class sense remains. I ant a doctor, and investing thorn afresh with a real, ",you are a beggar, and as such we' can love of home." This strildng testi scarcely tringle on equal terms, can . msm in the world may ;ba, but still ditch - diggers, servants, 'beggars. and looked upon as such by all the superior Intel- lects. Whereas the Communist of- ficial, with his assistants, his official mony to what is being accowe? mplished Ai1 coman annot d i b remedy in Britain by co-oper'ati've home -malt that, I fear, any more than it ,cane ing is borne by -David Lloyd' George" in make,.a brilliant brain associate with• tt letter to: the National Association 08 a dull one." Building Societies. Mr. Dreiser makes the point that Mr. Lloyd George quotes good res., the new economic policy as introduced sous for his optimism. The total as- by .Lenin was not a retreat in the sets of British building societies now face of victorious tapitallm, but. exceed £20,0,000,000, 'Since they came rather the real beginning of the eco into existence they have enabled 2,- itomic struggle against it, That it leas 000,000 families to become homeown- ers. That means,' counting five peo- ple to a faintly, that a quarter of the total 'population' of the British Isles has .been relieved of the Mullett. of Gent. "To appreciate the real mead- ing "of these vast figures;" Mr, L,loys George concludes, "we have to /lanai• izo' assets in terms of national stabil' ity, membership,. its tneaettringl the instinct' to own, and "past achieve- ments, notas ad many thoilsandsof, itotises, but as ace many homes, each fostering hem•tit-side happiness , and prosperity." ,. The building, society is an organiza- tion which enables the worker to at- cumulate •1'ie savings in the form of the house" ee lives in and the ground around It in which inti houre of leisure daft be profitably used, It is tnt'nilig men in landless to capitalists and help- ing to, build up a nation of responsible taxpayers, A i3ritia1i Government was dismissed from oflloc forty-two been .a success, ise says, is attested to by the fact that, "large-scale indus- try, ;the immense -electrical- schema, the harnessing of Russia's immense water power, etc., are to the extent of almost ninety per cent. State under- takings ' that: foreign commerce is to' the extent of a ltltnscired per 'cent, under'tite central: of the State through tee State monopoly of "foreign' dem- memo; that transport- is almost eom- plete]y, under the control of, the State and eo-operatives end that soinetbing. Iike seventy per cent. of all commerce, both wholesale ;and retail, is now in the hands ot the State and co-operative orgenizatione.' The influence of the business matt is limited almost esclu- sively to commerce, and he Is strong- est in retail imelees-Bet even bete, as anyone can see for himself in Russia,` the course of development is gradually eliminating him." ate Places an on Showing Dogs With Cropped 'Ears Bill Passed in Massachusetts Greatly Strengthens , Move Against the Practice Cropping of dogs' ears is forhlilden in Massachusetts, and the ban en- forced by a prohibition also against exhibiting animals with cropped ears in dog shows, under a bill; whichhas been passed by : the Maseacbrj,yitcetts Legislature and signed by G'tiveruo1 Alvan T. Fuller. r Announcement of the- 'Governor's action closed a legislative the which''` began with' one of the meet largely attended committee hearings - of the session. The act will go into The statute imposes a fine of 1250, for any violation and makes the pos- session of a dog 'with freshly cropped' ears prima facie evidence of an of- fense. 'Heretofore,aecordiug to spon- sors, of the measure, it has been .pr.'acti- cally.unquestioned that cropping was a violation\ of the statute\ against cruelty to animals, but conviction could onlybe obtained when the dog - owner was taken in the act. The provisfon against exhibiting dogs with cropped ears, will make the act en. forceable, its proponents believe., A number, of -clog fanciers and vet- erinaria us favored the bill during its consideration in the Legislature and declared' the breeds whose ears in the past have been erOpPed for show Pur - Poses would continue their popularity under the new standards. Provision is made for registration „of dogs whose ears have been cropped before the, effective date of the statute. n of the McCormielcu, 3years '!A'S ]igeausg it retusac to, .U/S,14 and Irnmt}n life 4. Prince of Wales to Fly Only_ to Keep "On Time" Londono—The announcement that the Prince of Wales will travel by air- plane to keep his public engagements will undoubtedly stimulate the already growing fashion for air travel by there who can afford It. The arrangements for the Prince, however, do not provide for joy rid- ing,• according to official information, and it is said that he is not learning to fly the machine himself. An army airplane is to be held ready for him, ""when circumstances may make it necessary for him to use one,' at the Royal Air Force aerodrome at Northolt, Middlesex, but no special machine and no special pilot Is. to be devoted to his service. The planes upon which the Prince will have a call, it is said, are all fitted with Handley Page slotted wing safety de- vices, and his pilot on any occasion will be an officer on duty at the time the call is made. e According to unofficial reports the decision to give him the use of these army machines is due to his motor car having been tregttently delayed by enthusiastic admirers getting in his way with, the result that he has been made late for public appolntments. Socking a Fishless District According to all available reports and information no species of trout has ever been found in the waters of southern Saalcatchowan. Beginning in 1924 the Dominion Dept, of Marine and Fisheries planted brown and Loch Leven trout fry in several streams in the Cypress Hills district and closed these streams to fishing. tip to the present the fish have done very well. They, have survived three winters; some reproduced last autumn in their third year; and specimens have been caught nearly a pound in weight and Liver a foot in length. While it is too soon to form an opinion regarding the final outcome of this introduction, the evidence to date is causing much local interest and enthusiasm, as the pros- pect of angling in a district that has hitherto been devoid of such sport is viewed withtpleasure, Paris Septuagenarians Race for Methusalern Cup Paris --The Methusalem Cup, of- fered as an annual prize, brought out four aged cross-country run- ners'in the flrst race held recently - Four mon, form 70 to '78, averag- ing exactly 75 years old, ran and walked an strop. two miles through the Bois -de St. Cloud to sJaOw that they could do . -. The winner came home in 22 -minutes 434.5 seconds, decidedly &ver the world's record but esteemed very satisfactory for grey -bearded men. ' This Metimsalem race 16 the out- growth of the Old Ancestors race, established in 1913 for then more than 40, The age limit,hadto be raised to 50, because . there were too many contestants. British I to e rt irk Canada GroWs Export I -louses Seek Cot riiccm, :, 'titins;"''Commi8sioner..' Manufacturers of Geell t Britain are turning morn and more to Canada as an outlet for their goods, while Can- - adian -firms are Seeking connections wish exphouses, accdin to data in the-hoandsc01 the Britishorg TraithdeBritCommissioort ner. Increasing interest in Canadian markets by Old,Ccunteymanufactur- ets is indicated; by the record nt?niber of travelers acid sales representatives', of:Britisli houses here this season, of- ficials report: They are more numer- ous than at any time since the war, it is said. Representatives are alb studying Canadian needs and prefer- ences in order to more easily compete` with American goods. , Textiles, cottons and other mater- ials with the exception of artificial silk, are finding an increasing outlet here, reports to the British Govern- ment show. .There is a possibility of the British light -weight autonwbile entering the sales field here in view of the attempt to consider the structural changes that would be necessary to suit -Canadian conditions. Members of the British. Sales 1VXan,. agers:, Association are s9iteduled to arrive: here early in July.. The organ- ization last year, at the advice of the Prince of Wales, entered - upon a schema to promote greater inter. Empire trade. ,They will visit Mon- treal, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Quebec. 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Patterns sent by return mail mJre The Anglo-American Theatre, St, John Erving in the London Ob- server (Ind.): There is a deal of a.on- sense talked about hands across the sea and blood being thicker than "water—as if brothers never shook , their fists, in each other's face—but It is nevertheless true that there are ties of kindred between the American and the English theatres which can- not "subsist between either of them and any other theatre. It may not be economically desirable to strengthen those ties, but it \cannot be economic- ally .desirable to weaken them, and, artistically, it is evil and Annette to prevent' the Free and easy intercourse • of the art and mind of one nation with the art and mind of another. Away From Rice and Old Shoes HAD MONEYMOON IN THE CLOUDS Lieut. and Mrs. Bentley on their arrival. et Croydon. Aerodrome, Tho young couple spent their 11ni,e;;Moon in the air on a Jiicht from Oaoe Town"9 Africa, to'Lonrinn,