SITTING PRETTY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 August 1942, Page 6

SITTING PRETTY

[■■Give all your woollen goods to the soldiers. L£ only a cushion is offered It will be greatly appreciated by the troops."— Rome Radio Home Service.]

’*The Poles or the Rooshians they do not need cushions, They have no regard for their rear. But the soldiers of Caesar require an appeaser To keep them in combative gear. Though Musso may prattle, in actual battle They often come down with a flop; Morale needs attention and hence the invention Of something to soften the drop. %< 'Without such distractions there might be reactions Which Musso would wholly abhor If troops, disaffected, should crash unprotected Right down on the seat of the war. Without any 'buffer the shock they would suffer Might make them refuse to go on; They might put a veto, announcing ‘ Finite !— This war and the Boche are no bon/ “No words should need adding, so bring out your padding As told by the Duce your chum; Bring cushion, bring bolster, with which to upholster The rearguard for actions to come . In all sorts of regions Italia's legions Are threatened with contacts unkind; Before lie afflictions beyond all predictions — O let them down lightly behind!” —“Lucio,” in the ‘‘Manchester Guardian,”