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Title: A captive at Carlsruhe and other German prison camps, with numerous illustrations by the author
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Lee, Joseph
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London J. Lane
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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o othersthat we know not of. There was some-thing hugely diverting in the tenacity withwhich prisoners clung to whatever shred ofoffice or appointment they could lay claimto. The members of the Cabinet cannot bemore reluctant to leave hold of their port-fohos than were the Gefangenen to pack uptheir portmanteaux. One officer was Secretary for the Englishsection; another was Assistant Secretary,while there were a number of Committee-men whose labours were not over-arduous.Two or three of us attended to the distribu-tion of food to the needy ; two or three tothe doling out of clothing to the nude. Thenthere were the masters of music ; pianists,violinists, and at least one cellist; thedramatic entertainers under the O.C.Theatres ; and a group of choristers whoin chapel every Sunday evening at even-song did lustily raise their voices in Mag-nificat and Nunc Dimittis ; partly, itmust be confessed, that the Lord might let1 His servants remain in peace ! 88 A CAPTIVE AT CARLSRUHE ( <* ^ I
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THE DEBATING SOCIETY 89 A Debating Society was formed, whoseprimary object, Avhen the secrets of menshearts are laid bare, will probably prove tohave been the providing of permanenciesfor the President and the Secretary. Atthese meetings, by the way, we gravely dis-cussed problems so original as the Recon-stitution of the Lords; the Influence of thePress; Classical or Modern Education inPublic Schools ; and with equal gravity ona more irresponsible evening the profoundquestion, Should bald heads be buttered ? To the best of my recollection we arrivedat the conclusion that they should at leastbe boiled. A French Captain, who in civil hfe was awine merchant, gave a lecture on the winesand vineyards of France, the designing ofa series of drawings and maps illustrativeof which permitted me to pass out of mycaptivity for a spell, and wander in thepleasant region of the Gironde. These were our only feasible ways of escapeat Carlsruhe. A bird might flutter past thewindow of my chamber with a

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