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Show MAKING MERRY AMD THL ) BULLETS While Death and Destruction Are All I Around, Soldiers that loads to tho subterranean city of tho bearded, long-haired and begrimed be-grimed soldiers Mho are the pride of l r.uv.c. Half way you scent an appetizing odor and hear cheery voices and laughter. They come from the kitchens great chambers excavated out of tho earth and roofed with timber. Here are the real "marmltes" calling the hungry soldiers: to din-ner, din-ner, They arc woll cared for in the trenches' their meals when they have time for them are hot and plentiful; they have wine and cognac . and coffee, and tobacco. Frenchmen, as a rule, prefer Hie cigarette to tho pipe but the pipe Is tho faithful and resourceful comrade com-rade of the soldier, and most of tho OQf n gathered round the steaming "marraite" have adopted it "Whlie the fighting was hitter w ftlona: tho Aisne River In France, tm an English battery soldier lost his tap in the midst of .1 charge. At noon his battery lunched in front of a chateau. It was yet early in the fall and the day was hot. Tho sun beat down on his head and he wanted something to protect him from the in. Going into the chateau, which had been abandoned by the residents, he found a high 3 silk hat. It was all he could find. As he returned re-turned to the road the bugie sounded sound-ed fur the charge. The soldier mounted his horse and gallopel With the rest of the battery into action. As he passed a lieutenant the ofll-cer ofll-cer shouted: "Are you going hunting, your A Jordshlp "' The soldier admitted he was. All .f, the men laughed, even though a moment later a shell from the enemy's en-emy's ranks broke over their heads ajjd Beveral of the soldiers were killed. Tho man with the silk hat wore it all through the day Tho following day he got a cap from jal the Quartermaster. That is an example of the care-jS care-jS free attitude of the soldiers on the front. They think little of themselves them-selves while i;olng Into action. Out-3 Out-3 wardly, at least, the are a merrv bunch except when discomfort ceu jM the better of them. The) can stand to face deatb better than cold feet J end wet clothing. They Joke as they fight, but curse when the weather J Is bad. In the trenches they piay cards ji when they are not called on to shoot. At present the soldiers of tho opposing armies have truces and shoot at rabbit? running between be-tween the lines. The bitter day of the beginning of the war are past. A better feeling of fellowship obtains ob-tains between the opposing soldiers. 3 They realize the fellows on the oth- side are not Buch a bad sort. 5 While actually under shell fire, and especially in bad weather, the j trenches are places of horror. But In the lulls of fighting the men joko with each other. They chat with the peasants and give trophies they have taken in battle to tho children SCHNES in and about the firing lines of Europe. of the people of the land. Even the German soldiers give trophies to the French children they inept A coi respondent for the London nmnicle describes the trench life as having many points of enjoyment. enjoy-ment. It is certain thooldiers there Buffer leBS than the women and hfldren at home. The soldiers get food from the government. HUNDREDS OF MILES OF WAR TRENCHES.. This is a war of troivhes. There are hundreds of miles of them from Switzerland to the sea These are the homes and the battle folds of the soldiers, and they - e safer than any fortress In these days, when heavy guns have taken to prowling about the land Tho tren lies on the Aisne have Burvlved nearly three months cannonade and are intact. If you want to see what war really Is you must got to the trenches. The road Is not easy, and there aro some trenches It is prudent to avoid those, for Instance, that owe their Drlgln to accident or daring. , 1 ne dark nitrht a certain battalion crossed the river and moved swiftly and silently toward tho enemy's position. At dawn they found themselves enfiladed by rifle and machine gun from a wood on the flank, and had to retire with a heavy casualty ll9t. But they are back again and In possession of the wood. This in a trench whose a -quaintani e it is Just as well to make through a pair of good field glasses. You can see It plainly a long, dark line, drawn across the snow beyond the river. It is a trench for heroes not for casual correspondents. There are safer trenches which you an enter frum a distance without with-out attracting the attention of the enemy Two or three miles to Iho rear is a ditch six or seven feet deep. Drop into it. and you feel as if you were In a rabbit warren This la the subterranean passage : , : - , if ff i "We are bidden to share their meal,'' says the London writer, "but our guide is eager to get to the front, and hurries us once more into the passage. Ten minutes and we reach the first line of trenches, which run ca9t and west, almost at right angles. These are the trenches of the reserves men who were in the front lino two days ago, and are having a rest before they return. re-turn. They seem cheerful and contented con-tented With their lot, and have made themselves more comfortable than the circumstances would seem to admit. "Here is a trench, with "head cover cov-er formed of cross beams overlaid with branches and earth a sure protection against shrapnel If not against the ponderous "marmite." It has a long bench of telegraph poles there are little cupboards for cartridges and kit; picture post-1 post-1 ards are fastened to the vails; 1 hprr, o rr i-noioy far rirllrinr- pluiirc - . . . v u. , . ....... . ........0 ..... . or couches, and drains to carry off the rain "You peed only centra heating." I remarked, mindful of the ingenious ingen-ious plan adopted by the Japanese In Manchuria. "'('ome Into our parlor.' said a soldier, and I was ushered into a subterranean chamber, warmed by a fire in an obi and perforated petroleum pe-troleum tin. "The business end of the line of trenches is not so elaborate, though It Is something more than a dilch. for here, too, are cupboards and ramps, and drains and tiny embrasures em-brasures through which stick the muzzles of rifles. Here at last one breaths the true atmosphere of war. The faces of the men who till the trenches bear the impress of battle bat-tle that tense look which comes from long vigilance and constant danger. ' Today, fortunately for our comfort, com-fort, the enemy seemed to be taking 11 holiday. Only at intervals wero heard the sound of hie cannon and the pit-pat of his rifles. The Germans Ger-mans might have been miles away in- c id of on'--a few hundred yards in front. "Would you like to see if they are there?" asked a friendly friend-ly soldier, taking off his kepl and putting it on the end of his rifle. He raised '.he kepi cautiousl above the trench, and zip-zip came a bullet. bul-let. It does not do to take much for granted In this lino of trenches. U 1 aro not always on such unfriendly un-friendly terms," remarked the soldier, sol-dier, "occasionally we have lnter-natlonaj lnter-natlonaj rifle competitions, and sie-nal sie-nal the scores to each other. And we are always ready to applaud the ir concerts. Some of them have gramophones, which we suspect have been stolen, but we forgive them because they let us share the harmony. In exchange wo try to throw to them copies of our pews-papers, pews-papers, for we find that the Germans Ger-mans never hear of their defeats, and we are anxious that they shall be well informed. This is the light "ide of life in the trenches. Most men on active service serv-ice seem to develop the social instinct in-stinct Even Tommy Atkins a dif-flcull dif-flcull man to converse with under ordinary conditions becomes an-oiber an-oiber creature Company breeds gayety even in danger. But the French soldier has the social ln-vtinc ln-vtinc to ft much greater degree. TVhat Is most surprising of all is not his valor, for that 1? a nualltv common com-mon to very manv races, and the French have proved themselves valorous val-orous on man s historical field; it Is hH endurance and his determination. determina-tion. For nearly three months he has hold this lonpr line of the Aisne. and has resisted with soccers every assault of the enemy. Not an inch Ot ground has been lost that has not been retrained, and the balance is decidedly in his favor. II.-- bears unflinching all the rigors of tlimate from torrid beat to Arctic Arc-tic cold. I have seen him coming out of the trenches soaked through from head to foot, and chilled to LLfl tho bone, yet he rarely complain?, sS and the mere threat of sending him geH to the rear or on lines of communi- Ljgfl cation would silence the most in- geH veterate "grouser." Like the Irish LBi soldier, he hates above all things in- geR! ai Hon, yet war in the trenches is LgS one long trial of patience and en- geflsl durance. The men who do grumble HB! are the men who are not in the LH fighting line. I met one the other geH day a cavalry officer who has Hggfi been kept in the rear, and has al- jTflE ready prepared a challenge which , gHH he Intends to send to a certain of- gStl flcial whom he nuspects of his dis- matM. aTace as soon as the war Is over! ijKwB Relics of Past. Kftfe Run your forefinger round ths iSSnS rim of each ear. You are almost jHrafj sure to find in one of them, and B& quite possibly in both, a tiny hard BPS) lump. HKij It is only a relic of the days when, Elf Innumerable hundreds of centurie.1 fllP ago, man was only one of tho ani- 'Hot inals of the wild, and had a pointed ear, like a wolf's or dog's. gSfu What good is the little furrow gKn that runs down from tho nose to jgEap the middle of the upper Up? None. WF' But It. too, has a history. It is a H legacy from the time when the hu- IgSti mm nnricr lln was in two parts a IBsi hare Up, like that of tho rat tribe. I Tlie split has healed up long ago. H but the new skin Is so recent in the gVi historj of the race that hair refuses gKi to grow on that furrow. gH hen 11 By settles on you any- igW where, can you serenely twitch that Wtil patch of skin and shake him off'.' 'FT Probably not, but once these skin jH musi les, now almost dead after R centuries ot c lothes wearing, wero as active as those of a horse. A few a ver few 1 eople can twitch H their ears like a dog, and do so In- E stlnctiely when startled, aud cases & do occasionally occur in which the jr. E lip can be moved al will. But generally speaking, ohr skin 1 muscles are even more dead now- IV adays than our ear muscles. We've B; neglected them. The only set still Si In . use are those w e employ when 1 wo want to raise our eyebrows. K The appendix is another thing we ft ,: I do cpilte .veil without. It is H a relic from old vegetarian days. It m, has been workless ever since man- Kind started meat eating and is apt Wt to get in the way. he large intestine, too, is a thing jKi we really don't need nowadays. The jK many coils of this long tube are He-kind He-kind to the doctors, quite unneces- B-sary, B-sary, now mankind has become a sh eating animal, and merely fc-provides fc-provides a resting place for germs. Surgeons have often cut out a few- flb Old coils and stitched 'be ends to- Ef gether We don't really ned to Kgt v. carry a great intestine about with WJ Another thing we don t need mm much nowadays tQ the instinct to E$. wallc on hands and feet together. gfl You think walking upright the only fl&f? natural v.i for mar1 It Isn't. If WtL ir you have to make your way H along some narrow plank or some Jff narrow, dizzy mountain ledge, you fl will find the old Instinct strong U TUB WILD WOf)D. Th" vinl blo fr tDl h bnTprtnx nit"' BSl 1 ; I vr-H r.iir to l'o- un'n hrlfht Iati". IbHfE 1h Idl.lnt; ik t.r tho rpb.Tr kt..ptJ BgVl Un a wcHht l t nuO low. BBSb in Ltu vnili'v ine scrMm "-xnlt wBL1' Uk iii.'.. 1 at Mihr bright. ;HH4! 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