17 JULY 1915, Page 16

"THE PRIVILEGE OF AN ENGLISHMAN." You laugh and loaf, while

others dare and do. And yet—a woman risked her life for you! Braved her ordeal, counting not the cost, So she might add one man to England's host; His arm her shield—prize of triumphant pain. 0 bitterest pang 1—to know her travail vain.