Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1918 — Kindly Say, Please! [ARTICLE]

Kindly Say, Please!

One of the best stories of Gen. •Smlth-Dorrlen, who is to take the Glbral tar command, is that which he used to tell against himself of an Incident •during the South African war. An orderly arrived at his quarters one day with important dispatches, which he delivered with a verbal message—this in language that was rather unconventional, judged by his rank. Smlth-Dor-rlen read the dispatches and dismissed the man with a reply that he would be ready to move In two hours. “And,” lie added, “say ‘please* the next time you speak to' me.” The orderly delivered Smlth-Dorrien's reply to Kitchener. “What did he say?” he v.'as asked. ■“He said he would be ready to move In -two hours,” the soldier answered, ■“and you would kindly say ‘please’ the next time you speak to him.”