THIM TIRRITOORIALS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1913, Page 10

THIM TIRRITOORIALS

MR. DOOUfiV AND AIMS OF THE NAYTION'L SERVICE LEAGUE. Mr Doolcj and Mr. llcimc'ssy — or by any chdiist is il anit'ier Mr. Dooley unlther Mr. ifeiniessy ouldaciously p'radin' as the laic atticlo? — have been talkin' tt couple iv collums iv tho "Artists' Rifleb 'H' Company Gazette"' about tho Timtooiials, an' Mr. Dooley finds them "oot rjg-yciis voiing fellow;,'. " "TJieie they go, as ye might say (proceeds Mr. Dooley), pamidding the streets of this peace-loving community — that's you and me, Hnmi&by — an' elanliiilg their verry vvat'r bottles in our faces, an' all th' timo 'tis jist whoitcd sipulchres they arre, an' a btund'n' mennus to tho peace o' Yourop, they (me, llinnissy. Have ye seen vvh.it Pat O'Robsrts set of 'em ? That s the bhoy for my money. At Man-chisfr. tw.i-s. Here it is, in piint before je." (Mr. Dooley has the Daily Mail bofoio him.) "Yes, on page A," said Mr. Hennessy. " 'Tis bin there every day th' laas week." "Thrue for you," said Mr. Dooley. "And look ye here, ITinnissy, what a Commandin' Off'scr of forrty yeais Ktaudiu' &ays to iU They can't march, he says ; an' they won't drill, says he ■, aa' they'll go to th' rranges, he says, an' ppt tir'd of nt aafter six hours, he says, if the ma-ark'rs are a bit lingerin** over tlieir lunchyon, and go home agin, 6ays he ; and crowd up the thrains f V all tli* folk coming bi^k from watchin' football, and maak th' force oonpopular, says he. And here's anither letter signed (Mrs.) Neville Bumbiiry, loc'l sicritary of the Naytion'l Service League." "Neverr heard, of ut,'' said Mr. Hennessy. " 'Tis a league."' explained Mr. Dooley, "of spinsters an' colonels f'r saving young men frim fallin' into the Tirritorials." "An' how do they do ut?" asked Mr. Ileimessy. "They show 'em that if they'll only shtand out, Hinnissy, Iheyr yoitng brothers '11 have to be made conscripts.'' "1 sec." said Mr. Hennessy.—Westminster Gazette.