Life — April 1, 1915 — page 55: what you’re looking at

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ng of ester- ntary bus, very: ssion was Who Is The Modem Soldier? AURICE M AETERLINCK writes of the “modern soldier" as “the bravest in history”. Who is the mod- ern soldier? A link in a chain! A cog in a wheel! ‘A lump of coal in the depths of a at ship! a Vhen the chain is dragged, the link goes with those before and after. When the wheel revolves, the cog must move or break. When the steamer starts, the coal in the hold must go along, until the time come for it to be consumed. What would happen if the soldier choose to think for himself? He must obey, whether he will or not. As the link is dragged, as the cog revolves, as the coal in the dark of the vessel moves with the hull—so he must. Is there any escape? One only. That by the route of death. Let the modern soldier refuse to obey and his officer shoots him in his tracks: not short shrift, but no shrift at all. Let the officer hesitate, or fail to go to the front, then the instant the lattle is over, the drumhead court- martial, which will arrange for his ob- sequies at sunrise, Let a whole regi- ment disobey and very soon they will be surrounded and shot down by their comrades of the brigade. There is but one law: the law of force! The only ethics are those of the savage. The private, the officer and the regi- ment are but parts of an organization that, in the very nature of its mission, can have no bowels of compassion. There must be no independent thought, no hesitation to obey. Stern, inflex- ille and cruel, it is known to be, by all who are its parts. There is a chance of escape in bat- tle: there is no escape if one refuses to obey. What matters it if the heart be brave or cowardly! or filled with a fierce hatred of the tyranny which overwhelms! The result is exactly the same: the inexorable machine grinds all with the same pitiless teeth. The private soldier knows this. The officer knows this. The entire regiment knows it well. Once enveloped in the folds of this militarist monster, there is no escape. Why, then, speak of bravery? One might as well talk of the esprit of the chain gang. Let us not compare the poor wretch, dragged from his home in these modern times by the mailed fist, to shoot down others as unfor- tunate as himself, with those Ameri- cans who came running from their homes at Lexington, in defense of liberty. John Brisben Walker, thinking out? | Does tire you Does your mind get hazy when you are trying your best to think straight? Do you tire in the middle of the after- noon, just at the time when your most important work must be done? Are you nervous, irritable and “ cranky"? Do you go home at night thoroughly ex- hausted and “ready to drop”? To enjoy your work and your play, to excel, to succeed, you need bodily strength, a clear head and steady nerves. These things you must get out of your food. Your body and brain cannot give you what you do not give them. Your problem is only to find some form of food which will meet the demands of your ill-nourished system; some food whose ele- ments will furnish the necessary physical, mental and nervous energy. You should take Wincarnis. Wincarnis is a liquid tonic-food; there are no drugs in it, ‘The Famous English Tonic Prepared _in Norwich, England, by Coleman & Co., Ltd., Contractors to His Majesty's Forces and to the Royal Army Medical Corps. Although Wincarnis has already a large sale in the U_S, and Canada, and is distributed in most of the rincipal cities—if your dealer does not carry it, write For complete list of dealers to Edward Lassere, Inc., U. S. Agents 400 West 23d Street, New York 4 EEUS i} Here are its three and only ingredients: Extract of Beef, Extract of Malt, and a spe- cially selected wine from one of Portugal's most noted vintages. These three ingredients, all foods of the highest value, are combined by an original process which retains and enhances their health-giving properties in an agreeatle and easily digested form. Wincarnis is not a new, untried prepara- tion. It has been in use in England for more than thirty years, and has been endorsed by over 10,000 physicians whose letters the manufacturers have on file. Physicians prescribe it for the results of overwork, “brain-fag”, anaemia, insomnia, debility, exhaustion, and for that general physical weakness which we call a “run- down” condition, You can satisfy yourself of the merits of Wincarnis, Free. Sample bottle with 24- page booklet, “ How to Get Well”, sent for 10 cents, to cover cost of packing and forwarding—the sample itself is Free. Use the coupon below. Booklet alone mailed free on request. Test Wincarnis Free— Use This Coupon Edward Lassere, Inc., U. S. Agents, 400 West 23d Street, New York Send me the free trial bottle of Wincarnis and booklet, “ How to Get Well". I enclose to cents (coin or stamps). Name. Fn ee tes N.Y. Lire, Apr. 1