DADDY IN KHAKI
Ttto married men very near toe ags limit were comparing call-up papers in the Hamp6tead Tube, London, recently. "I go into khaki on Saturday," said one. "My call is for Monday," remarked the other. "How did your people take it?" asked the first. "Oh, they got used to thoidoa. There were 'tio tears. And yours?" "Well, my wife was a bit upset over the drop in the family income, but the youngsters cheered for joy. Theprospect of having a soldier for a father pleased them immensely. I reminded them I might get killed, and the youngest calmly replied, 'But you'll kill a !nt of Germans first, won't you, daddy?' "
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2924, 9 November 1916, Page 5
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112DADDY IN KHAKI Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2924, 9 November 1916, Page 5
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