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Show H jy Towels as Sun-Protectors. PPH Tho refusal of tho Wnr olllco to H Iifuo sun-hats has had a somewhat H rcmarkablo sequel. A battalion of tho H 2nd Grenadier Guards went out to ex- H crciso undor Gen. Paget on tho Fox H Hills, near Aldershot, nnd tho sun bo- H ing oxccedlngly hot tho ofllcors or- H dorod tho gunrdsmon to take their H towels with thorn and wrap thorn H round their heads. So oxtrnordlnary H u spcctaclo has never boon scon In H tho streets or lanes of Aldorshot ns H tho long column of guards swinging H along with tholr heads wrapped In H whtto towels, and their flat "Brod- H ricks" perched on top. Loudon An- |