New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1918, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, W B;itain 1 Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. d daily (Sund: cepted) at 4:15 p. m, @t Herald Building, 67 Cwurch St pred_at the Post Office at New Britaln @s Second Class Mafl Matter. | i ered bv carrier to any part of the citydl for 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month. eription for paper to be sent by mall, [payuble in advance, €0 ceats a monta, $7.00 & year. only jthe foom profitable advortising medium in city Circulation books and oress always open to advertisers. 1d wiil be found on sale at Jlota- Stand, d St Eroad- York City: Board and Tiartford Depot. TELEBIHONG Officy o Rooms .. Her ing’s City, cALLS hess rial Member of (hie Associated Presa. Asvacia Pross 18 exclusively entitled © the use for republication of all news redit 0 it or not otherywlss ecindited n thin paper and also the local news publishied herein, he union of lands, The union of sever; e union hands, And the forever! GEORGE union of states none can of hearts, the union of fla of our Tuion POPE MORRIS MERIT RECOGNIZED. the a meeting of school board prday afternooun, it was voted ase the salary of Superintendent | $4,500 to $5,000. has expressed appreciation Holmes from s action the board nbstantial terms its work of Schools. he efficient our Mr. recognized as very rintendent of nes has been f the best school officlals in this and has since long try, the results he ob- d assuming charge of our pls have won for him the admira- intelligent ses have been heard but it is fitting and s should be reward- and respect of every n. His pra very side, h something more than com- ntary That was the on of the members of the school voting to raise Mr. Holmes’ no one will begrudge him ell-merited increase. The school | has the laudable aim of placing institutions of learning on an plane with the foremost schools ‘one who hat effor pith remarks. 1 in v and United States. Rver: the importance of giving our the best offi- who can be obtained will agree the additional voted to rintendent Holm well ars services of the sum s is money SLUMP IN BOND SAL figures indicate that the sale cial herty Bonds took a decided slump Where- o bw 1ingland Wednesday. e average for the first threc da 15,000,000 daily, the fourth day's this section amounted We cannot permit such in to only 1 sum. make a day to Wednesday. poor That would behind other the Why do as Lynn, Massachusetts, lone ? That city the honor flag as the first in the her fing New as England far of country. can’t city has won nal d States to exceed its quota for cannot be first, Lynn's ac- joan. Every city one can equal by England has never been’ patriotic effort Why should ¥ ach lishment oversubscribing its New any since fall b in var hegan. it now A “REEL” SCANDAL. of fans” who news ob- “movie bit of ise legions ly devour every ole about their favorite film stars ed to have a picnic over of for months drama. how pre thoicest morsel gossip which pmanated from the e of the The one the rumor his wife is pay- silent of conversation is Fairbanks and that he to Douglas separated and attention a fam- is onsiderable not the stir whose can imgine the knitting clubs, g We hear aiready tence which be repeated a jand times by staid spinsters and ng girls alike. “You'd never he was that kind of a fellow, d you?” There seems to be a spancy somewhere, however, be- M Fairbanks publicly emale 1 name We at ete fioned. vill cause cirel witl b while that usband, he den ts that the story For has separated from this fact and ie simply Ger- propaganda. the life of us nnot see the connection between she irbanks’ domestic infelicity and an Propaganda unless it be that is trying to discredit the his efforts to my fis cowboy in Liberty star of it would appear glas would probably be able e the sale Bonds. connection to | i end. Lon | perate attempt to sell his wife a matrimonial *“liber- Bond."” v all the hand agree take the demagog Journal, rellable observe that it did, iudgment scriously. — Provi- it as s near ty We don't like to take sides in this |4 intercsting controversy, nor would we the impression in judging Mr. Fairbanks' it came York care to give that we i = ti-German mob southern Illinois is not as an evidence of super-patriotism. It is simply natural laylessness, flour- ibing under a system of no-govern- ment, which has finally found what it thinks is a respectable excuse fov its deviltry.—New York World. One thousand destroyed by an a Brooklyn. The d conscicnea. copy. - New ave The i spivit in be taken hasty actions, & that he fornia to New York of Mary Pickford and “chaplain,’ but certainly all the is significant way from Cali- in the company a well known bags of beans cidental ouring were firc iw element SFIGHT lany tived. Victory: which I“rench and in T O now are that side | plcas The amongst us To those 1 would will boong to ti holMis out the lon army is moving rapldly great force to our sup- port. There is no other course open to ws but to fight it out.” Theso words, which are part of a remarlkable message from the British IField Marshal to bis soldiers, are cal- cnluted to tnstfll every man of them h a spirit which in the No flowery language, no boasts, of weakening can be found Marshal Haig's exhortation to his heroie They are the words Iinglishman “fighting mad,” effect held enormou The and This London Day RIS WAR IS MY WAR. o our What! Send lives, While Nay! Heart them what last Iimit Iate decrees. Jor this War is MY War, And such the Hun it. blow we strike in shall have nation’s weight behind it hoys to rvisk their sit back and up, in hand eelfish ase 2 shail To find shall with a must win The France in The warriors. do their day’s worlk ol a truc and they the out so odds. French will have the desired We know what staunch true hearts they bes And 1, whost I'lT do my share! I'l do my share! Por this teil is MY toil, And such the Hun shall fi it . The blow we strike in hall have Naution’s British troops who have duty lies at home vailantly against Continuing he savs: army is moving rapidly in great force to our support.” same France is the country which the France Kaiser told his subjects months had already been bled white, and wa collapse. Now they rushing rapidly and in great force support of thelr British against whom the Hun has thrown millions of men a final attempt to through to Calais. And ago . The toil behind it. s abonut to are forge the weapons, build the ships, Well speed the plow. Monstrous Thing out, we propose to And this Job is And such the it. The blow we strike in France shall have The Nation's force behind it. to the loom and drive the allies > 1e must be wiped in And do MY Hun it now. iob, shall push again: must be held There must be “Iovery position io the last man. no retirement. With our backs to the wall and believing in the Justice of our causc, each one of us must fight to the end. The safety of our homes and the free- dom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of each onc of us at this critical moment.” Such is the tone of the British leader who leads those armies which have withstood an onslaught unparal- Jeled in history. According to advices 200,000 German troops sent into battie on That means about tind we it Not lightly did We'll sheate wort. Columbia vows, before her To do the righteous task And her vow is MY vow, And such the Hun shall find it. The blow we strike in France shall have The Nation's vow Kilspindie, in N. draw the sword; not till Victory" God, begun. latest have behind it. Y. Times.) a 25-mile front. 8,000 for every mile, or more than onc man for cvery foot of the battle line. Such is the proposition confronting Allies. Tt imagination when one sider the reckless sacrifice of human heen (Victor men An Amcrican G4 in Japan. Madeleine Z. Doty is on her v around the world for Good House- keeplng to answer the question: “What are the women of other coun- tries thinking and doing in these war times She first visited Japan and tells in the current issue some strik- ing farts regarding the women of the Flowery Kingdom. She says, in part: “Tn my ignorance I cxpected to find a4 woman suil meeting In Japan. But there is such thing there. There is no movement. Only | a tenth the male population has the vote. Japan Js an autocracy. [t has just emerged from feudalism. Its whole life is built on loyalty to the omperor. “The cannot our almost baffles the stops to con- life the Kaiser is guilty of in his des- realize his dreams of world conquest. But he will succeed. He deal with tried men of strong hearts and though his to not | has to age no hordes may push the Allics back still o fominist of further he will strike a snag in Flan- Marne. ders as he did on the There is no occasion, therefore, to despair of the situation. At the same time we should not permit over-con- fidence to blind the of the situation. terrible being raged, a fought out, but themselves equal The meetings. women are voicel attend political They are the women of Jane Austen’s novels——meek and submissive. They obey their husbands as lord and mas ter. T is their duty to In thelr homes they occupy the positions of upper servants. Socially they have no life. When they appear in public they stand, not by the side of their husbands, but of them. They tight kimonos and walk with steps. They cannot run away. there is frankly considered inferior. The girl’s education the same as the boy’s. Today schools are increasing. There excepiionally fine ones best and earliest that of Miss Suda. But the portion educated is small. Few girls go beyond the grammar school, and the typical high school for girls limits the education to sewing and etiquette, The does not wish a companion. sires a housekeeper. “YWhen the husband enters the - house, the wife knecling, places three York fingers of her hands upon the Hoor dameges after exhih. | and bows low. A se maid, when she waits upon vou, also kneel to and bow. “The marriaze customs are degrad- The marricze is arranged by parents or a zo-between. Frequently the young couple do not see each oth- er until To love' one another marviane ts Cconsid ered imnioral. 1l is a duty to wed. romance must not enter in. ) the other hand, is obtain- either party case of mutual but in praetice the wife nev- a divorce. Tt would un- But when the hushband wear- always wrings consent from the wife. Then the vorco and is frec “So mpletely us to seriousness A decisive duel Allies prove the occasion. battle is being the will SEe to flave you bought a Liberty Bond? s wear minecing Woman man’s is not girl's are several mong the Yankee Punch Drove the Huns Backward.”—Hecadtne. Must have had a ‘kick’ in it Henry tank. tanks that ought to be good models. Ford promises a two-man We have seen some one-man Tt is said that rabbits are now sell- ing at $1 apiece in London used to lead the class in multiplica- tion. husband He And they de- Chorus girl in New awarded $1,000 iting her injured ankle Pikers, we'll say. was vin must the jury e S ing. Paragraphists note that we no Tonger the Przemysl. then Wrytschaete. read about But in news man or wife, there’s also hefor When - Emperor Wilhelm learns about that letter his ally to cousin Sixtus the Austrians will have reason to sing their national anthem, “CGiod Help Karl Our Kaiser.” able b in wrote cons er g seemiy. at oty he ies he registers di- he FACTS AND FPANCIES, the wife thut queer customs districts women blacken their teeth when married. This makes {hem umatiructive to men. That it may them unattractive 1o thefr busband is of small moment Widows often shave the head when the husband dies. Formerly unmar- ried women had to arrange their hair in one fashion, and married women in another. At a szlance you eould tate. This was con- Jut industrialisn custom. Probably the Iabeling of PrASSInG ques- spite of mar \rise. is possession, In certain What has become of the man who said the daylight saving law would prove impracticable?—New Haven Register. o We have entered our second vear of the war with a greater enthusiasm and determination than we started on the first.—Norwich Bulletin. A reader ofg the Chicago Tribume offers this suggestion for a poster de- sign to be used in the next Red Cr campaig l.oosen! That covers and would apply equally well to the present Libh- erty lLoan campaign.—=Springfield 1tc- publican ¥ | @istinguish their venient for is driving out employcrs their employ tions miigh i woman's low | everywhere is w men this 88 ground es. | i in n women 1he . at one packing- the th P t fifteen dcllars In the interest of accuracy. I house wis $3.50 it not be advisable to label some the bulleting Zent out by the of public information “A Picturc Three Creels” 7-—New York Post would of | a { brou: mo \nd even tha s are not her the wages marriage, h the buveau in marries After stored wn Morriz Hillauit ger's strength in tion came from denies that the Wisconsin pro-German sources. Ber- elee- By h cives the labor nobody | of this New | toston obituarics | baclk | | d | { harbarism of its conduet, is the differ- | drug, | the | ministered | | | family KAHN'S OPINTON OF PRUSSIA. California Congressman Gives Pointed Views on Patriotism. Widespread ecirculation throughout the country is heing given a remark- able speech made before the Cham- ber of Commerce of Harrishurs, Penn., Otto 1. IKuhn, of the banlk- ing house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., deal- ing with the duty of Germans in the United Mr. Kahn is himself a native Germany, and is taken to represent the best element of tho | Teutonic blood to be found in every ihe American nation. part, follows: one who has seen ussian governing by, having to the full for moulding by States of community of His speech, it “T speak pirit of the it work from disposal and tically every publi: mind “T have relentiess the class at prs the P close its using ngency witched it proceed with md profound cunning to the nation the demonincai of power-wor ship anc world-dominion, to mod and pervert the mentality, indeed the very fiher and moral substance of {he people—a people which until corrupted and systemuatically the Prussian ruling was, and deserved to be an hon- valued ond welcome member of family of nations. have hated since porsistency instill into obsession German misled poisoned by ored the loathed that it came within my ago: hated it all the it ruthlessly pulling thing which was dear to me, Germany to which T was ties of hlood, by fond mem- vished sentiments. differences in the degree of between the German people Prussian or Prussianized and leaders of the monstrous of this r and the atrocious and spirit cver ken, more down the old linked by many vear: as saw a ories a ch “The guilt nd ruler rime as their man who, acting of poisonous mad frenzy and unspeakable malefactor who ad- that drug, well knowing Iy intending the ghastly conse- whiclh were bound to follow. The world fervently longs for peace. But there can be no peace answering to the true meaning of the world, no permitting the na- tions of the earth, great and small, to walk unarmed snd unafraid, until the teaching and the leadership of the apostles of an outlaw creed shall have become discredited and hateful In the sight of the German people until that reople shall have awakened to a con- sciousness of the unfathomable guill c¢f those whom they have followed into colamity and shame, uuntil a mood of ponitence and of a decent respect for the opinlons of mankind shall have supplanted the sway of what President Wilton has so tren- chantly termed ‘truculence and treachery.’ “God grant hetween the the infiuen cuns enee under amuck in and quences peace that the German ple may before long work out own salvation and find the only which will give to the world an earl; peace wnd lead Germany back inio the family of nations from which it is now an outcast. “¥From ecach of many for 25 vears ppalled by the peo- their road my visits to Ger- T came away more sinister transmuta- tion Prussianism had wrought amongst the people and by the por- tentous menace I recognized in it for the entire werld. “Tt had given alleled prosperity vanced social legislation, and not a few other things of value, but it had talken in payment the soul of the race. 1t had made a ‘devil’s bargain.’ “Anad when this war broke out in Murope, i knew thai the ue had joined between the powers of brufal might and insensate ambition the one side and the forces of hu- monity and liberty on the other, he- tween darkness and light. “Many there were at that and amongst them men for character T had Thigh respect whose motives were beyond any icion—who saw their Amerlea's duty in siriet mentally and to Germany heneficent unpar- and ad- heen time— whose and | POSs- own neu- but sible and ning of the war, whether we liked all the elements of the allies’ combina- tion or not—and I certainly did not like tlie Russia of the Czars—that the cause of the allles was Amer ca's cause, ‘T believed that this was no ordin- ary war between peoples for a ques tion of natfonal interest or even na- tional honor, but a confliet between fundamental principles and ideas; and so believing, I was bound to feel that the natural lines of race, blood and kinship could not be the deter- mining lines for one's attitude and alignmient, but that each man, what- his origin, had to decide ac- cording to his judgment and con- selence on which side was the right and on which was the wrong and take his stand accordingly, whatever the wrench and anguish of the deci- don. And thus I took my stand three vears ago “But whatever feelings, whatever ever views and | the country of 's birth or kin, only one course was left for all those claiming privilege of American when by action of the President and Congress the cause and the fight of the allies was formally ou cause and our fight, “The duty of loyal faithtul service to his death. rests, of vy American But, if it be A comparative what is the highest elementary attribute that duty may almost with oven solemn and com- pelling obligation upon Americans of | foreign origin than upon native Am- one's one made and even upon allegiance country, unto course, possible to speak of degree concerning it is the most of citizenship, be said to rest as an more “1%r we Americans ave here not by it of birth, hut by for better or worse. your fellow citizens be- G vou accepted our oath of allegi- faith, and be- to in of American | dom. and have 1hership tho o of forcign an- the acci- our own {ocedents dental 1 choic for e as given in zood have the vou trust opportunity admitted s opened portals f1 ennse us gen- me of Americans, giving the great inheritaiic created by the us equal rights has he in whicn blood and APRIL 13, 1918 TODAY'S TABLOID TALE By Joe Blast Secs Through It, all,” said Ambush Pecve, who had been reading Snuffier, Maenchenhater and other philosophers on the sub- Ject of war—*after all war is a biological mnecessity. Despite the temporary hardships inconveniences that it entails, war is the great leveller, and the great purifier. War is a tremendous force that, in the last analys is an absolute necessity. With wars to invigorate, man- kind would wdually sink to the level of the brutes and would become extinct through fatty degencration of the brain and morals. Yes, it is best to look the matter dispassionate- Iy in the face—war is bene- ficial, salubrious, in fine, as 1 id, a biological necessity.” Ambush, your dinner will cold if vou go on talking,” i< wife admonished. “Besides, anxious to see what vou of my first real war din- everything strictly cording to the food adminis- trator. The biscuils are one- tenth flour and nine-tenths po- tato meal. The butter is made of peanuts and turpentine, and, instead of frying the steak in butter, as usual, 1 friend it in cottonsced oil, and when vou taste your coffee, which yowll notice is all prepared for you, you'll that I put in mo- lasses instead of sugar, and a mixture of chalk and water instead of milk. (o ahead and try everything, Ambush.” Ambush Peeve tried cuit. Then he tried the and the coffee. After all,” he said, as sniffed the butter,—*after war seems so unnecessary Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams. Mr. Poeve “After no cleanse and zet I I am think ner ac- sce bis- steak a he all, the toil of your ancestors, asking nothing from us in return but decent citizenship and adherence to those ideals and principles which are sym- bolized by the glorious flag of Amer- fea. “Woe to the foreign-born can who betirays the splendid which you have reposed in him! “Woe to him who considers his American citizenship merely as a convenient garment to be worn in fair weather, hut to be exchanged for an- other one in time of storm and stress! “Woe to the German-American, so- called, who in this sacred war for a cause as high as any for which ever people took up arms, does not feel a solemn urge, does not show an cager determination to be in the very fore- front of the struggle, does not prove patriotic pealousy, in thought, in and in speech, to rival and outdo his native born fellow citizen in devotion and in willing sacrifice for the country of his choice and adop- tion and sworn allegiance and of their common affection and pride. “As Washington led Americans of British blood to fight against Great Rritain, as Lincoln called upon Am- ericans of the North to fight their very brothers of the South, so Amer- icans of German descent are now summoned to foin in our country's righteous struggle against a people of their own blood which, under the evil spell of a dreadful obsession, and, Heaven knows. through no fault of ours, has made itself the enemy of this peace-loving nation, as it is the enemy of peace and right and free- dom throughout the world. “To gain Amorica’s independence, to defeat oppression and tyranny, was indeed to gain a great cause. “To preserve the union, to ervadi- cate slavery, was perhaps a greater still. “To defend the very foundations of liberty and humanity, the very groundwork of fair dealing between nations, the very basis of peaceable ltving together among the people of the earth against the fierce and bru- tal onslaught of ruthless, lawless, faithless might: to spend the lves and fortunes of this generation so that our descendants may be freed from the dreadful calamity of war and the fear of war, so that the ener- gies and millions and billions of treasure now devoted to plans and in- struments of destruction, may be giv- en henceforth to fruitful works of peace and progress and to the better- ment of the conditions of the peopls —_that is the highest cause for which any people ever unsheathed its sword, ho shirks the full measure of his duty and allegiance in that noblest of causes, be he German-American, Irish-American, or any other hyphen- ated American, be he 1. W. W. or So- cialist, or whatever the appelation, does not deserve to stand aniongst Americans or indeed amongst free men anywhere. “He who, secretly or overtly, {o thwart the declared will and of the nation this holy war is a traitor, and a fate should be his.” Ameri- trust a action tries aim in traitor's FURTHER RETREAT FORBIDDEN BY HAIG “ivery Position Must Be Held to Last Man,” Ficld Marshal In- structs Army. Field Marshal in a special order cd to “all ranks of in I'rance and Flan- London .April 13 Pouglas Haig of the day addre the British army says weeks Sir de the against encnmy up are to ago today attacks on front. His objects to separate trom the French {ake the channel ports and to destroy Rritish army. “In spite of throwi pundred and divisions “Thre began his a Ho-mile us terrific ih one the already, into ng six BY || FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY LIBUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U e tumultuous recall In these wild and times it is appropriate to fantastic expedition which from Spain to conquer England. Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins, with some of their’fellow pirates were having a match at bowl What kind of howls, [ can only gues. Wassail bowls The date was July the Plymouth, Suddenly less a privateer he fleet outside. “Righto, the rascals in let us finish acteristic of perturbability, bhattle. The Armada which were manned diers and 8,050 shined their bell-muzzled guns pikes while the latter worked wondered what makes a worthless, The English had 197 men. But most of : were tiny fish boats and their crews Jargely recruited from men who came to see the show. They saw it all right! On tho admiral's eved with than 150 made Sir out may b 588, and England come Scoteh had breath- on Spanish running skipper, met the haste says Drake ve duc time. our little game the race was and it has “we'll But Char-. baz no such im- won many a boasted 1 by 18,973 sailors. The 30 ships sol- ormer and and soldier so 92 e v the cross- morning of the fight quartermaster was fe He reported ships to Drake Francis cut himself more Which witl that place ! his | .The Ar méda B his safety At The Spanish pdies of John Bull's sense, and sa them picking out from the pack A Flemish gunner zummed Spuin’g game. On Admiral Oquendo’s migh flagship he had Dbeen reproved fo using to much ammunition. Which$ was descipably unjust; for who, if not a flagship, should make the higy gest noise heat of action? The gunner's wrath was as venom a rattler's jaw. He crept below, a fuse in the magazine, and, then jumped overboard ing a strong he made an English ship, vich he threw up hig hands “Kamerad!” lifey razor, nine o’clock the « u to close might tatn | rose, ¢ their engage. But sailormen had too muwy d circles arouny, one another troops and in in set a slow swimmer heforc 1d eried Spanish terriblc The admiral lost hi in the explosion that over the oxact ¥ hich he civil war Disputc picces near lowed of ime was L in bor into w blown England, With of it is Drake they fleet cansed begin ind that wondered had savage this ing the fol- thag s among half of home A\nd lost reached 1,000,000 week fishting lowed when the enemy the great the ducats the st Most to sent be fire flad. Barel reached of treasure ggering total of notable 1s the brings their ship: fact Spaniardg Gott s i out The counted on he towards has yet his sacrifice of human life, made littlo progress goals. “We owe this to the determined fighting and self-sacrifice of our troops. Words fail me to express the admiration which I feel for the splen- did resistance offered by all ranks of our army under the most trying cir- cumstances. “Many amongst us now are tired. To those I would say that victory will belong to the side which holds out the longest. The French army Is moving rapidly and in great force to our sup- port. There is no other course open to use but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retire- ment. With our backs to the wall and beleving in the justice of our cause each one of us must fight to the end. The safefy of our homos and the freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of cach one of of us at this critical moment.’ INTIGHT CORNERS Pvt. Dick Dowling of Gordons Kilts Serving Over There “T've been in some pretty tight cor- ners and wish 1 could tell you about my experiences, but my letter would only be returned to me, so what's the use of attempting to put something through,” writes Private R. R. Dowl- ing, thirteenth platoon, Company D. Sixth Gordon Highlanders serving in Flanders with the British expedition- ary force in France. Private Dowl- ing was formerly of New Britain. Pri- vate Dowling has a number of friends in this city and Hartford. In his Jetter of March 9, writes that he anticipates the time when he will be given a leave. *“We have had a rough time during the winter as it was a very severc one, with much snow and frost, still we kept our heart up and gof through somehow, thank God.” Private Dow ing expressed appreciation for a gen- erous gift of cigarettes and chewing gum. The kilty liked the gum and said it was what was wanted most of all as “we are all right here for fags as we get an issue every week, or we can buy them cheaply when we como out of the trenches.” The writer say that it is very difflcult to send pack- ages out of the country, otherwise he would send on some souvenirs. “Fven the soldiers going on leave to blighty are not allowed to take anything.” he writes. Private Dowling wrota that he had not seen “Jack® Clack, a chum who enlisted with him, for twa vears. Private Dowling the Kkilty concludes his et ter with a characteristic British Tom- my's wish as they go over the top which is: “Good-bye and the hest of Tuek.” EVENTS TONIGHT and superior theater Vaudeville plays, Liyceum photo High class photo drama, Fox's the- ater. Mowving pictures and Kcenes's theater. vaudeville Charity ar, Jr. O. U Vega society moets in CENTENNIAL LODGE MERTING A B & A next Wednesday evening Centennial lodge nieet and the third There will refreshments will be confer degree on one can date. and tion special i served. A amendment taken on an pattle and enduring the most reckless l to the by-laws. WITH HIGHLANDES| GERMANS YELLOW, WRITES CORP. CREAN ‘ - | Will Beat Them to a Frazzk® Belore the Finish W Britain bo v with Pershing in France are chafl ing under the restraint of having @ " tell the folks at hous their doings, but the censep regulatinons wil not permit Brief references contained fn ters received from Curporal Cierald of Company I, 102nd Unitéd Infantry indicate that Comyg had been In action at that The corporal gives an opinioa of the Germans as follows: “If the Germans act like against some of our boys (he won't last much longer becau are vellow and can't stand up in of those terrible Americans such spirit it is not nry read his comment over the a letter telling him that John, would probably He writes: “‘John is g to do hi§ bit and 1 feel like shouting ‘hooray) but I'm afraid I'd be hit with a shog or something. It's going to 3 tough proposition for him over herg in France, but I guess he'll by “I wish T could write you soms news about doings, but I probs ably will soon.” In another parae graph he writes: S and frankfurts make hungry and if it wasn't for the that we had a immense feed days after Wash ington's birthday turkey the ‘fixing’ T'a starved We are don't worry, we eat ot it The corpor 10, explains that becanse “‘we've been impossible to writs good and Corporal Crean cdges the of all the mail and packages to him Among the, packages was one from the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the A. O. H. for which ha expressed appreciation. e intends to write a letter to the auxiliary to the Red Cross. “I feel that any attempt of mine to express apprecias tion to the Red Cross for the work of xhi‘: organization would be futile ew Britain branch of the Red Cross has my sincere thanks. The memor: fes of four successive nights of very cold weather, snow and ice, when [ was nice and cosy with a big scarf around my neck and the helmet to keep my ears warm me realize how much we werc d to them “I have ever so any thing tell vou, mother, but the ¢ won’t let me tell vou. Probhably I be able to give you some real pretty soon. : “I'm eating salted Hopkins has his mout 1 them, too.” Corporal Ci that his mother has Ggurcd time of the transit of mail coived a birthday grecting few previous to hi sary truly feels protiy by Next Sunday Patrick’s by we hope of we're day with the must be over oy General of WE Lo about &hip them States pany I time. they did war thev ont, With ising to receipt of his brotaer, he called soomny ing get ot wuerkraut me fact few of tell LWy cnough with all wer: but wa you we hungry, when le dated he ter had Marck not written ind it was ervice tis acknowl- busy Mail receipt sent made indeht ns; will new ind of notes the as out that nniyer- came a days hape St and an Trishg “Yours tonight will be reeloning ot like our rate thot first day celel bui to becanse American Trish dead D friends here. of old. Rve th ent 1iste for we the soldier: spirit the expression, r coura neve G mans clos6s le.” Corpora o 11 Rritain ind friends, r with more New ink re membrances to FHRIET STAMP Metropolit 1 SALES Tihe suran de-of 1 General in the week week $290 Ma committe for the of Nt the banners paroct will fur exercises Sunday. h i fola g8 hig< & alsqy