22 JUNE 1918, Page 14

" HOWLERS."

[To 'THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Here is an amusing German " howler." On the official post- card which the English prisoners are allowed to send home, after reaching the clearing-station, there are first the man's name and regiment. Under that are the printed words : "Sound. Wounded. In Hospital. (Improper to be erased.) " Unpassendes auszus- treichen.—I am, Sir, &o., -STEIL A. LUCAS. 27 Bruton Street; Berkeley Square, W. I.