Life, 1918-09-05 · page 25 of 34
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REALISM OR MEMORIES? Studies in Surprise THE consternation of the rookie who sces himself in a trench mirror for the first time. The amazement of the Boche prisoners who learn that they aren't going to be boiled and eaten. The astonishment of the millionaire who peels potatoes at camp under the direction of his former chef. The surprise of the visiting foreign soldier who learns that the high general he saluted was only the hotel door- man, The bewilderment of Hindenburg that the Allied Staff should have the slightest knowledge of strategy. The stupefication of the Kaiser that Paris, instead of growing more sharply defined, is fading in the distance.