A Soldier Pot

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 April 1915, Page 3

A Soldier Pot

♦ In every war 11 lorary uueiit is uiscovereu. U liiiu many excellent prose wrueis have been revealed in the preseut war, low soldiers nave become, poets. une man, Duver J. iii. .uitcnciier, ol the J iansport teerviee, attached to tnc Ist li.asL burrey Itegimenl, lias leturncd Hum tlic Iront with a remarkable gilt lor poetry, altuougli before going out, as he says, lie was "a plaiu mail, little given to booKs. ' -VLitciieiier was wounded in the leg while driving an ammunition waggon ni-'ur I'prcs. "Lots ol our fellows had taken to poetry,'' said Driver -.Niitchenor to a representative of the "Daily Mail." "There are things you see out there thai make you sentimental- It came to me quite easily." The following poem was one of -VliLchener's first efforts:— THE COLOUR OF THE FLAG. -What is the blue on our flag, boys'■ The waves of the boundless sea, Where our vessels ride in their tameless pride, Ami the feet ol the wings are Iree. 1' rom the sun and smiles of the coral isles To the iee of the south and north, Willi dauntless tread through tempest dread The guardian ships go forth. What is the white ou our flags, boys? The honour of our laud, Which burns in our sight like a beacon light. And stands while the hills shall stand Yes, dearer than fame is our land's great name. And we light wherever we be, i'or the mothers and wives that pray, for the lives Of the brave hearts over the sea. What is the red on our flag, buy is ? The blood of" our heroes slain . ; On the burning sands, in the wild I waste lands. Ami the froth of the purple main And it cries to God from the crimson I sod J And the crest of the waves out rolled. J That He eond us men to light again As our fathers lought of old. We'll [stand by liu- dear old finite- boys, Whatevei '-aid -'r done: Though I lie .sholf ci.tw fast as we lace the blast. And tin' ioe bo h>!i to one. A KOI; BIGN HODY IN TIIK NOSK. If a child gets h pebble, a button or other small .object up his nose, compress the opposite side of the nose ind make the child blow hard, it lie can do so. If not. they try to make him sneeze by tickling the nose with a feather of letting him smell a little white pepper.