That the effect of the raid on recruiting will be
excellent goes without saying. Indeed, we need not use the future tense, for already Germany's bloody and brutal insult has proved the determining factor for thousands of men who were hesitating whether it was or was not necessary for them to join the colours. A true story of a taxi-cab driver and his fare is worth repeating in this context. At a little before twelve o'clock on Wednesday a lady took a cab at Waterloo. The driver, when she paid him, informed her of the news just learnt from his last "fare," and added: "I think they'll take me now, Miss, don't you ? The last time I tried they said my teeth were too bad, and I couldn't afford a false set "; then, with a touch of anxiety : " But I don't think they'll bother about that now, will they, Miss ? Anyway, I'm going to try."
