10 JULY 1915, Page 15

HOW TO BEHAVE IN AN AIR RAID.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—During a recent air raid the following incident occurred. A certain workshop was so badly shaken by a bomb close by that all the dust accumulated on rafters, travelling-cranes, &c., began to fall. A. cry of "Gas!" was raised and a stampede began. But an old Irishman cried : "I'd rather be poisoned than run away from them fellows!" He wrapped his coat round his head and lay down where he was. When the scare was over and the men returned, they found him still there, fast asleep. I can vouch for the truth