Show TOMMY ATKINS CHRISTMAS I 0 mutter matter where he h may mar be hI or In Ini No circumstances l he may ma be he heI i I i i I I i placed Tommy Jo m Atkins never tw r rI I falls to 10 make n effort to Christmas day da In a n manner Four years ago saw thou thousands sands II of soldier lads spending hll i I till tun festive ft th round camp on un oni unI i 1 tiie South African veldt but hm they en enjoyed joyed themselves In j I j i of ur their I and the i i t ties under which the Christinas dinner wan UH prepared I It In IH In bar barracks barI I racks however hOl r which 11 Tommy enjoy I bent he t of all next of ot courne to spending It Il with who are oro to him himI I I unite with comrades I i contribute hi hili share of tit help to 10 toward I ward the thc one olle of Joy JO JOI I festivity I Karly I I morning sees the tho soldiers busily bUIU In their respective r barrack rooms dining l laven Hed BI which at III ordinary times would be nt It right an anKles angles Kles to In the Ih wall are length lengthwise o wise wi mill with Ith cho tho aid alII of ur pare hisses and way hunting borrowed from r the Ih stores for fOI the lie lire are trans tran transformed I formed Into luxurious looking II The vie 11 with one another to III tomake make their us liS attractive na pos 1 it t The fhe Homely of lit ito custom fw tg o of ot pink blue gre n paper u 0 from wall to wall wull IH duly uly carried out while mottoes usually u of n military abound l mottoes by bythe the way wn are often dedicated to 10 pop IOp popular ular the tho following being exam examples ples of the Long Ion Colonel Ir God blesa bt a the general Good Goot luck t to ot cr otIn crIn In somo regiments It la Is tha th custom to usher II she I In Christmas morning WWI II I drums after th Ihl Bounding of reveille and after b break breakfast lIk fast Tommy has to 10 prepare for tor churi churo parade This duty dut he Ito la i liberty to In make u II grand on III IM Christmas 1 dinner The soldiers are II of nil all marshaled and a arranged In hi their nt III the table In the com 1111 dining room which the tho then visits l In order to make a I brief in III inspection and Ht lIe e that alls wen well with lIh the boys After thaI there Is still r nut nutter m ter ler which Thomas has haH to 10 attend to be hI before fore toru he can start feeding but It la I a n matter which Is I very 01 agreeable to him himA A few fel after the captaIn tin hM made his hl Inspection the soldiers of ot lilt HIP company nn An culled to tl lr feet and to order by the sergeant tn In Jorn jor Shun and Immediately aft r ward tho colonel followed h tho Ihl ad adJutant and other othel enters Need cell n H to Bay Ra received with rOll rous IlIg Ill cerN The colonel will drink tip Ih health of ot company a II toast louet answer ml QI with willi wild cheering ehe Illg and tho time honored refrain Hes a Jolly JIW good M low 10 |