Household Orders.
By Mrs. EMMA PIPP, Commanding 3rd (Home Service) Battalion, The Fire
Guards. February 21st, 1916.
_Detail_. Orderly Officer .... _Mary Ann_.
Next for duty.... _Sarah Jane_.
Charwoman of the day. . _Mrs. Susanna Sudds_.
_Parade._ 9.30 Shopping march under the Commanding Officer.
Haversacks (for rations) will be carried.
_Inspection._ 12.0 O.C. Pantry will inspect all beetle-traps in
her charge, and report if No. 13 (Kitchener pattern) has been
found.
_Decrease Strength._ No. 4 Master T. Pipp, attached to Sea View
House School, Boyton, for discipline.
_Promotion._ The Commanding Officer is pleased to approve of the
following promotions:--Under-housemaid Mary Jane, to be
Acting-Sergeant Housemaid; Miss Jones, Lady Nurse, to be Nursery
Governess.
_Leave._ No. 1 Father Pipp granted six days' leave, inclusive of
two days for travelling. Credit with six days' ration allowance
at 1s. 9d. per diem.
_Baths._ Baths will be available for the nursery on Saturday
evening from 6 to 7. O.C. Nursery will report that they have
been taken.
_Signalling._ The Commanding Officer is pleased to announce that
at the Fortnightly Course of Glad Eye Signalling, No. 2 Gertie
Pipp gained a Flapper's Certificate.
_Enquiry._ A Court of Enquiry will assemble on the 25th inst.
for the purpose of enquiring into the circumstances whereby the
wheel of No. 3 Perambulator became buckled on the 12th inst.
O.C. Nursery will arrange for the presence of the necessary
witnesses, with the exception of No. 9 Baby Pipp, now teething.
_General Inspection._ On the 1st prox., Uncle-General Towzer,
L.S.D., will hold an inspection of nephews and nieces at 5
o'clock on the front parade lawn.
_Dress:_ Best bibs and tuckers, with smiles.
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A Hint for Slackers.
"Drilling versus Broad-Casting Oats."
_Scotsman._
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"The British Tropical Committee for War Films exhibited a
further series of pictures of the British Army in France at the
West-end Cinema House, Coventry-street, yesterday."
_The Times._
Very hot stuff, no doubt!
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