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Show British Red Tape. During the South African War Rud-yard Rud-yard Kipling discovered at Cape Town a hospital without bandages and in desperate need of them. This, too, was in a city where bandages were for sale In many shops. He told an acquaintance that he was going to meet their want, and the gentleman gen-tleman at once offered to pay for all the bandages that Mr. Kipling would huy and take to the hospital. A cart was quickly loaded, and then the author was informed that, under army rule3, the hospital authorities could not receive supplies from a private pri-vate individual. "Well," said he, "I will dump the packages on the pavement before the door, and then tell them to come out and clean up the litter. Perhaps they can get them into the building in that way without tearing any red tape." He drove off with the bandages, and the supplies were somehow smuggled into the hospital. |