Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 21 | Father in Trench Sons in War Shop All Doing Bit

FATHER I IN V TRENCH SONS IN WAR SHOP ALL DOING BIT London Au Aug 31 The U.-The The calling up for military service of oC men up to 51 S1 Is re revealing revealing re- re some somo curious instances Here Is one from an industrial district of oC the Midlands It is not unlike man many A man of oC 46 16 was called caned up for tor servIce service ice so was his son son aged 26 6 but as the latter has made him himself indispensable In iii a n factory actor In which father tather got ot him tho job his calling up notice has been canceled Father knows nothIng nothIng nothing noth noth- ing about production however however how how- ever and he is now In khaki Time was when tho the man between 45 and 30 ZO 0 was sas apt to resent the suggestion suggestion suggestion tion that he was wa not nol so young oung as he ho housed used to be Events have changed his view At t present ho re regards ards a ton tendency tendon tendon- oncy on- on cy to flat fiat foot toot astigmatism deafness und and a remembered half fracture of or tho the tibia at football as valuable assets assels to tobe tobe toi i be laid bald before more moro or less bess sympathetic ic Ie medical asse assessors He doesn't mind mindI I I fighting hUng If Jt need be what he objects to tois tois tois is the prospect prospect prospect-of of If being put Into Inlo khaki for tor sedentary work for which he lie used to pay to-pay pay hi his clerks clerIcs iO a week in theold the old days