I once heard a youth recite Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade with much dramatic action.

But he was extremely nervous, and got rather mixed.

In describing the attitude of mind of the noble six hundred, he told us impressively that it was" "'Theirs not to make reply; Theirs not to do or die; Theirs BUT TO REASON WHY.'" "The tone and action were all right, and I doubt whether many of the audience noticed anything wrong with the words." "That reminds me," said Ronald Ingram, "of quite the funniest thing I ever heard.

It was at a Thanksgiving service when some of our troops returned from South Africa.

The proceedings concluded by the singing of the National Anthem right through.