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' "ourialn ourialn "ourtaln ourtaln " " " rtala . ef .f f , steel steelS teel S . ' NOTE - General Montgomery s , sraution , Cautious autioUII raution advaaces advances In Normandy Normandyprobably Normandyprobably Normandyprehakly probably reflected la in part Church ChurchIll's ChurchIB's ChurchIll's ChurchIlls Ill's Ills IB's IBs ' ' worry over casualties casuaJties How However However However ever he be baa bas has been cautious In other otherareas otherareas etherarea areas * also Before the Battle of ofEl ofEl o oEl < El El Alamein when wben the British armybad armyhad army bad had ad been pushed puhed pubed , $ back and back backacross backacross backBCTO across the desert toward Cairo CairoMontgomery CairoMontgomery CairoMontgomery Montgomery queried his hi * chief Gen General General Genoral eral Alexander ' "What What 'What " ' casualties casualtiescan casualtiescan casualtiescan can 1 I take talte ? Alexander with the theI thefate thefate thetat fate at 01 of the Suez canal at stake re replIed replied replied I plIed One hundred per cent centCaution centI I Caution of course Is ne DO no reflectionon reflection reflectionSAILOB'I on courage courageSAILOR'S . . . SAILOB'I SAILOBI BAILOR'S BAILORS SAILOR'S SAILORS ' OUTMODED UNIFORMNow UNIFORMNow UNIFORM UNIFORMNow Now that Adm Aden Ernie < ( 'Clothes Clothes 'ClothesHorse ' "ClotheHone ClotheHone " ClothesHorse * Horse ' " ) ) King haa has ha finally nally relented relentedand relentedand relentedand and win wiD will let naval officer officers omcers * shed hed theirjackets their their"ackets theiracket " "ackets ackets jackets ) under certain condition conditions * inhot in inhot inhot hot weather a lot of saHors sailors atlor * wish wishbe wishbe wishhe be would aso also aaso ) examine ! Ihe he the uniformot uniformof uniform ot of f the enlisted enUsted manMost manMost man manMost Most enlisted men would whoop whoopI whoopwith whoopwith whoopwith I . with joy If their present long-out long out long-out- longoutmoded long longoutmoded - - ou4 ou4moded - moded uniform was discarded What Whatmost Whatmost , most people-d people d people eople-doa't eople doa't doat - - dOn't dOnt n't nt ' realize la Is that the thelaUor's thesailor's thetailor's thetailors laUor's laUors sailor's sailors ' ' ' uniform was wu designed by theBritish the theBnUab theBritish BnUab British about 300 200 yean years ago and Is IsDOW isnow isnow DOW now Just as outmoded as the saUJngIbJp sailingship sailing saUJng IbJp ship hip hipTake IbJpTake shipTake Take , . for Instance the bread broa4 broad col colLar coltar collar Lar tar worn wont : eVer o\ler o ler o'er oer \ ' the . shoulders .houlders houlders It was wasdesigned wasdesigned wasdesigned designed for verlnninfested vermin vertnln Infested We.red Wered . ships shipsof shipsof shipsof of the 1700s 17oos . , . when sailors saOors had to be bedeloused bedeloused beieloused deloused aad and a broad collar was waspracticable waspracticable waspracticable practicable to catch catcb the tar oils oUs used usedIn usedIn usedla In a sailor's sailors saoor's saoors ' ' hairAgain hairAgain hair hairAgain Again the bell shaped trousers trouserswhich trouserswhich trouserswhich which lap flap ap around the ankles andneatly andnearly and early neatly nearly trip the wearer when he runs runswere runswere runswere were designed for days when sailorsIblled sailorstilled sailors Iblled tilled lied their trousers trousera up over their theirega theirlegs theirlegs \ega ega legs \ to scrub decks decD Today dunga dungarees dungasees dungarees rees sees are provided for this sort of ofwork ofwork ofwork ofworkAgsia work workAgain Agsia Again the drop front 13 button buttontrousers buttontrousers buttontrousers trousers were designed for a day daytwo daytwo daytwo two centuries ago when tidiness was wasnothinJr wasnothing wa waaothing aothing nothinJr nothing like Uke what it is todayOne todayOne today todayOne One thing which partIcularly partIcularlygripes particularlygripes partlculirlygripes gripes the enlisted man is the tightIttlng tightetttng tight Ittlng etttng tting . waist vlast .Ist Ist . ( of his blouie blouse whlct whict whlcthas whicthas whtcthas has te to be b slipped on and off of oft ! ' over hishead hit his hithead hisbead head . . If U a sailor is dumped Into the thewater thewater th thwater water and has bas to swim for tor any anylength anylength anylength length of at time It Is almost tmpolst Impossi tmpolstble Impossible Impossible ble to get this blouse off ofT It Is tight tightlticks tightsticks tightticks lticks sticks ( to the body and you can t < tvel'J tvery vel'J velJ very ery ' well swim and at the thl " sametime sametime same samehead time hold tWQ two arms above your yourhead yourhead head while you wriggle out Qut put of your yourmiddy yourmiddy yourmiddy yourmiddySome middy middySome Some of the boys toys wish wisb that Ad Admlral Adiniral Admiral mlral iniral King ling would wouJd take off ofT his new newrrey newgrey newtrey rrey grey green uniform unUonn designed r hrhim fir hr Jr Jr111m 111m him 1m by His Majesty s a tailor In Lon London London Lonion don long enough enoUh $ te to experiment with withk witha a mldd middy , . blouse In the water They Theythink Theythink Theythink think that , , , des despite lte a century s a < de deI.y delay delay I.y Iy lay . be he would then design for them themt thema a new uniform overnightCAPITAL overnight . . . CArrrAL CAPITAL CHAFFIII CHAFFQ CHArr CHAFF III Q . < . Before every White House press pressconference pressconference pressconference pressI I conference , . scores of newsmen newsmencrowd newsmencrowd newnnencrowd crowd against a.lnat alnat , . the velvet rope rop out outaide outside outside aide side the President Preaident a ornee office fflce awaiting awaitingthe awaitingthe awaitingthe outI I the signal to enter When secret secretlervlce secretservice secretservice lervlce service men let the barrle harriers barriers " secretI down downthe downthe downth I the rush is terrinc terrific terrt c Cracked one onepenplrtnc oneperspiring oneperspiring penplrtnc perspiring secret service man man . . . Its Itsworse It . iworse worse worsehan \ than \han han a New York subwayt subway I t . 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