Was very interested in history class. While speaking of the ‘Marseillaise’, Dr. Scannell told us that that stupid and common song ‘It’s a long way to Tipperary’ was widely spread throughout England during the war, and that the English soldiers in France were continually singing it. He himself observed one day that when an English band was playing ‘God save the King’ the French soldiers paid little or no attention, but when it played ‘Tipperary’, all stood to attention with alacrity, took off their caps, and looked exceedingly solemn. They thought it was the English national anthem. Pappy told us some charming and amusing stories about the Bavarian court in the time of the Prince Regent at dinner. He himself was invited with some other notable musicians to dine at the palace, and one of them made really amusing mistakes owing to his ignorance of the formalities at court. The Bavarian monarchy was truly lovable and great. I am certainly a hot constitutional monarchist.
