A story of a visit paid by the Prince of Wales to a hospital in which are 36 men who were so terribly injured in the war that they must remain within its walls until they die, is told in the "Children's Newspaper.""
After the Prince had been round the wards he said, "I was told you had 36 patients. I have only seen It was explained that the other seven were so disfigured' that the visit to their ward had been purposely omitted. He insisted on being. taken to it, and spoke to each of the men. Then he said, "There are only six here. Where the seventh?"
He was told that no one could gee this seventh man. Blind, deaf, disfigured out of the likeness of humanity he lay in a room by himself. "I wish to see him," said the Prince.
The account continues:
"One member of the staff accompanied the Prince into that litre darkened room of unutterable tragedy. He relates that the Pri: ce walked firmly to the bedside, that he turned very white, but stood there with bowed head looking at the man who could neither see him nor hear him, looking at that awful wreck of manhood aa though he would see the. final anguish of murderous and monstrous war.
"Then very slowly, the Prince stooped down and kissed the man's face."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.