Owen Seaman

“ John's eldest sister regretted the war because she had some nice friends in Germany, but she caught the spirit of menial service from her sisters, of whom the younger was a stage-flapper of the loudest. ”

“ For a play that made pretence to a serious purpose there was far too much time thrown away on more trivialities. At first the exigencies of the stage demanded compression. The news of the ultimatum to Germany, the mobilisation, the rush to enlist, the attack on Germany's commerce, were all stuffed into the space of a few minutes. But the whole of the Third Act (laid in the kitchen) was wantonly wasted over the thinnest of domestic humour. There is a light side, thank Heaven, even to war ”

“ For John's head still retained such a command of brain power that he contrived to be very fluent over his theories of war in general, theories not likely to he of any vital service at a time when our men of fighting age are wanted to act and not think. ”