Line 1.0.0 In spite of the abhorrence decent people have for senders of white

Line 1.0.1 feathers these despicable symbols art still being sent to young

Line 1.0.2 men who are rendering their country admirable service though not

Line 1.0.3 in uniform.

Line 1.0.4 Latest recipient of a feather is 21-year-old North Perth boy who

Line 1.0.5 has not only served in the Army for two years of war but has been

Line 1.0.6 manpowered out to make essential equipment for that Army.

Line 1.0.7 He has received more than one of these, but the latest is probably

Line 1.0.8 the most venomous and despicable.

Line 1.0.9 Neatly glued to a small visiting card, the feather is surrounded by

Line 1.0.10 the wording, "Do the manly thing, join the A.I.F. and get guts," and

Line 1.0.11 on the back of the card is "Man or mouse."

Line 1.0.12 Before the war the recipient was a member of the Militia forces.

Line 1.0.13 He was still a member of the Army in February last, when the

Line 1.0.14 authorities apparently believed that his services could be still better

Line 1.0.15 used for the nation by employing him on the manufacture of equip-

Line 1.0.16 ment of which the Army was urgently in need.