Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1916 — An Excellent View. [ARTICLE]

An Excellent View.

“Ths British army has raised its age limit to 45 years,” said H. E. Gresham, the British consul to Cleveland. - “The age limit originally was 38. “The army isn’t so exclusive either as to age or as to physique as it was at first. “A slacker in Manchester tripd to get exempted the other day. “I’ve got such poor eyesight," he said. “I can’t sqe any distance at all.’, ' • “ ‘Oh, that’ll be all right,’ said the surgeon. , ‘You’ll have an excellent view. We’ll give you a trench in the very front line’.”