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EXTRACT FROM THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVICE ' · I 907 used to have some interesting times in those days. Great changes have taken place in your comforts, in your rooms, in your opportunities. I remember when ~ first came the dining room was in the barracks and there were no tablecloths. We had no cups and saucers and no spoons no small spoons. Our tea and coffee nobody ever knew what that was. We sometimes called it tea; sometimes coffee. It didn't make any difference. It was served in yellow bowls. I suppose now you have ''light'' or white bread every day. In those days we had it twice a week, and those were great days. We used to look forward most anxiously to Wednesdays and Sundays, for those were the days when we were sure to get light bread and molasses with it. The boys always prepared for those days and ate very sparingly the day before. 399