A flying fighter; an American above the lines in France . the superstition was duly heededthroughout the Royal Flying Corps. With many of the men, the mascot wasreally a fetish. Some of these fetishes wereof a most peculiar character. The animals,which were kept in the camps, were lookedupon as harbingers of good-luck for the or-ganization. But each man had his own littlefetish. It was known as the pocket-piece ormascot. In some cases it might be a dice or aplaying-card. A man who had often drawnan ace to a full house, flush or a straight, wasbound to look upon aces in the end as thething that
A flying fighter; an American above the lines in France . the superstition was duly heededthroughout the Royal Flying Corps. With many of the men, the mascot wasreally a fetish. Some of these fetishes wereof a most peculiar character. The animals,which were kept in the camps, were lookedupon as harbingers of good-luck for the or-ganization. But each man had his own littlefetish. It was known as the pocket-piece ormascot. In some cases it might be a dice or aplaying-card. A man who had often drawnan ace to a full house, flush or a straight, wasbound to look upon aces in the end as thething that would bring him good luck. Inother cases it might be a locket, then again amedal, while many of us carried little wooUendolls. Even photographs were said to havethe quality which we expected of our of the men looked upon his pipe as afetish, while another cherished a piece ofChinese jade upon which he counted. An-other had a knife. Many of the men worebracelets on one wrist. In fact, nine-tenthsof the pilots in the Corps possessed some328. A SQUADRON OF SINGLE-SEATED FIGHTERS
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