over the age limit (45 years) and under the minimum heighth which is 5 ft 2 but I am sure there are fellows down there shorter than Holly and he says he is only 5 ft 1 in. I think they are taking almost any body who will join. Old Bill George and two of his sons have enlisted. Old Bill will make a pretty figure in uniform. If they aim high enough he will make a good mark but they could shoot a good sized shell between his knees and him standing at attention. Hammy Innes joined yesterday too. Hammy joined on a bet. Hargreaves one of the boys in khaki bet Hammy he could spot him 25 playing pool and beat him. Hammy took him up. Hargreaves said if he did would he enlist and Hammy said he would so when he lost he kept his word. I thought he would some day anyway, he has been the butt of a good deal of sarcasm as there were a great many "patriotic" busy bodies who couldn't understand what their was to keep him home. They will have to turn all their attention to Cliff Lees now but I don't think it will affect him much. He is off to-day seeing L.G. Morgan & the Penman's Company for the pond or something or other. I think the lawsuit was to come off to day. If he beats them I guess he is smarter than most people took him for but he can't be any crookeder

Friday February 4th

We haven't done much all day but chores. Enah went over to the Martin's this morning and telephoned down to find out how her father was and found he had had a good night and was better. This after noon I got my duds picked out for the hard time ball and Enah cleaned threm up. I got a long-tailed coat of Dad's out in the wood shed and a light colouted vest and wore one of my new blue and a light coloured and white shirts that Aunty Alice made me with a little plaid bow tie after that I just sat around and listened to Dad. read Happy hawkins. Enah, Dad. & the baby went down to Aunty's for tea and so Frank and I had ours alone, Ferdy having gone down early in the after nion to stay at the Dyer's or Henry's to tea and taken a suiycase full of clothes for himself and Drick. Frank and I went down as soon as I got togge dup. I wetn into Aunty's for a minute or two and then went up to see how Marj. was, sdhe has been out at school the last teo days and was waiting for Glad Law to go down and watch the dance for a little while I went down with them they all laughed heartlily at my costume but when ewe got there we found very few dressed out of the ordinary