DON'T STOP "WRITING,

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16146, 26 February 1918, Page 2

DON'T STOP "WRITING,

(By, "Tommy at the Front.") ">'o letter for me again! All right; two can play at that game." That is the kind of thing one hears nowadays when tlie mail is distributed. The disappointed Tommy turns away (rousing, Jo wait another twenty-four hours in the hope of reviving a precious envelope hearing the stamp of "Blighty." Girls, don't let this sort of thing happen! Do not let tlie boys out hero get it into their heads that because the war goes on and on you are forgetting them. There is enough to arouse about. Heaven knows. And the longer the war continues the more necessary your letters become if the "blues''"are to be routed. Parcels are scarcer; but wo can understand" that. Letters do not cost anv more than they did in 1914; and thev are much more valuable to us than ever they were. So write often, and write at length. It is easy to say in an occasional letter: ' "© al ! c always thinking of yon," but this is hard" to believe unless we receive the evidence of frequent lettors. Do not let correspondence cease even if you have met your correspondent onlv once or twice. Remember that since he joined the Army his life' lias been at a standstill in most respects. In terms of civilian life he is not a day older. You may have met all sorts of people and done all sorts of things since you last saw him; lie has had no such diversions. He does not ruminate over the experiences he has had in the Army—he would like to put them behind him as soon as may be. But he does remember that last meeting with you—remembers it as keenly as though it only happened yesterday. He finds it difficult to understand why you do not. It may be that you met liim on a holiday and thought fit to send him a few letters when he joined the Army. As time passed the correspondence dropped. Are you suro he was the last to write? Do you not recall that plaintive field-postcard? Possibly you think it would be too "forward" to reopen the correspondence. It would not. It is not easy to be "forward" with a man whom the seas divide from you. If he were in hospital wounded, you would write to him. Believe me, ho doesn't need your letters any the less now ho is in th front line. Wlion you write, do not think that tho mention of little homely thing? will nulso a man homesick. Iro not think iio is homesick if he enthuses about thorn. The end, when wo- shall return, iB what we lovo "to think- and talk and read about. Sometimes we got tho "blues" when we think that end is far, far off. But do not be afraid of writing about delights in store. Do not be afraid of describing the good times you have recently had. It is so that your happiness may not be destroyed that wo are fighting. It "bucks" us to realise that our effort# have not been in vain. For once do not be afraid of wearing your heart on your sleeve. Allay with some warm drops of amity, your English spirit. We are all sentimental over here. If your friendship develops into something warmer, well and good. If not, no harm is done. No one can accuso you of indiscretion when your aim is to cheer up a fighting man. Do not write about the war. The war is always with us. Stimulate your con-respondent's interests. Put him on to a train of thought. Tell him about tlie books you arc reading and the plays you have seen. We are all developing the reading habit. Our reading gamut runs all the way from Walter Pater to Charles. Garvice. But we all read. Save us the jokes and send them to us. 1 Wo love a good story. Doubtless you are all doing your bit nowadays. "The little more and how much it is !** Let writing to us constitute that little bit more. I adjure you: Do not stop writinc! THIN AND PUNY CHILD. PASSED THREE LARGE STOMACH WORMS AFTER TWO DOSES OF COMSTOCK'S "DEAD SHOTWORM PELLETS. HEALTH AND STRENGTH NOW GREATLY IMPROVED. "Since twelve months of age mv child was thin and puny, and backward in walking, and I was unable to discover the cause of her suffering," states Mrs McGrath, of 73 Hordern 6treot, Newtown, Sydney. N.S.W., "but attributed it to teething, and I was very worried regarding her health, fearing that I would lose her. Thinking that she might possibly have worms, at different' times during this period I tried various remedies, but without any rc suit. Abont-three weeks ago, acting on the advice of a neighbour, I decided to try Comstock's 'Dead Shot' Worm Pellets, eo obtained a packet at the chemists. After the first dose she passed a stomach worm thirteen inches long, and after the second dose, a few days later, she passed two mora stomach worms, one thirteen, and the ether eight inches long. Although the time that has elapsed since then is very short, my little girl has picked up wonderfully, and gained weight. The child is now two years of age, and it is only 6ince passing the worms that she has been able to walk properly. I am only too pleased to allow vou to publish this statementj and would confirm same to anyone calling on me." Comstock's "Dead Shot" Worm Pellets are a purely vegetable medicinal preparation for the eradication of worms in children and adults. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers, price 3s 6d per packet, or will bo sent post paid at the same price by The W H. Comstock Co., Ltd., Farish street. Wellington. 10