Mar. 1.
Dourine the war the belief was commonly expressed that men who had tasted the open air, adventurous life of the army would hardly go back to shops and country-houses. The very reverse of this proved to be the case. Men had had enough of adventure and were all for peaceful grooves in familiar towns, That was the experience two years ago, and, in spite of "E.LC.L."" and a multitude of applicants for every job, we gather that it still is. In a very interesting letter recently received from London, the writer, who has considerable knowledge in this respect, comments on the difficulty of getting men of the class who used to go abroad readily if not eagerly, to accept colonial appointments.
"Positions of high technical skill and generous remuneration," he writes, "have been literally hawked about in this country on behalf of Overseas interests, but in few cases have the right men been found. You can find men' of course, but they are not those you need; the very best are naturally disinclined to emigrate.if they are assured of their future at home, while those of the greatest promise seem to consider that the chances will be better here than elsewhere."
The writer thinks that the chief cause of this disinclination is "fleshpots of Egypt." Civilization may have made tropical and semi-tropical life much safer, "but in the respect of creature
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