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Show SCOTS' QUARTERS j MADE COMFORTABLE! LONDON, Oct. 19. A letter written j by a young officer in the fighting line t in Flanders, sent to the Times varies the story of devastation dally trans-' mitted from the front. The writer' said: "The other day we took over from a well-known Scottish regiment, whoso I reputation for making themselves com-1 fortablo was well known throughout' the division, and when I went to ex-; amine ray future abode I found everything every-thing up to the standard which I had anticipated. "Standing on an oak table In the middle mid-dle of the dug-out was a shell case filled fill-ed with flowers, and these not ordinary ordin-ary blossoms, but Madonna lilies, mignonette mig-nonette and roses. After having duly appreciated this most unexpected corner, cor-ner, I enquired where the flowers had been gathered and was told they had come from the utterly ruined village of Fampoux close by. I set out to explore. ex-plore. Sure enough, between piles of bricks, shell holes, dirt and every sort of debris, suddenly a rose In full bloom would smile at me and a lily would waft its delicious scent and seem to say how it had defied tho destroyer and all his frightfulnesa. "Among innumerable Bhell holes there was a small patch of ground absolutely ab-solutely carpeted with buttercups, over which blazed bright red poppies intermixed inter-mixed with the bluest of cornflowers. Here was a really glorious corner and how quickly came memories of home?" Mayor Mitchell of New York city will be asked to" appoint six policemen. Toromo1"' iaa cler awL |