New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 19, 1918, Page 8

8 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OUCIUBER 19, 1918 | That Guiltiest F eehng: ' WWHED You'veE i~ A Bie SNEEze TiMMEe AND You HAVE To BECN FoR A HoLDING LONG LET T GO JusT AS YOUR OPPONENT S ABouT To PUTT, ALSO THE INFLUENZA SUSPICION s AROUSED 1 "’ SNl TSR\ N N "', ’ ¥, » / ey Wee < be. . | Come o7 - Lety i SR e A = 7/,, Lot %{g\»mw ity T, irfm,,,,v![/, ‘ 2 &'IH/ oo g Tt alld Lfi‘flt e Yo Gind 1/ S 2 i, WELL FoR THUH LUVA mMiKE— — THIS 1S A SWELL PLACE FoR ME . To BE-- WEe'LL ALL BE CATCHRIN THE INFLUENZA I CAN SEE THAT 4 X Gee ThAT Guv's GoT 1T 2 Y ian ’q?PYIHGHT 1918, NEW YOREK TRIBUNE TN. Books of Technical Nature, Particularly Those Dealing with Engineering, Survey- ing, Chemistry and Electricity in Great- est Demand. An American War Prisoner’s Vision BY E. A. BATCHELOR HEN an American soldier is W unlucky enough to be talken prisoner by the Boche and sent to one of the camps in the in- terior of Germany he doesn't lose all contact with his own people. It Is true that he doesn’t have an Ameri- can daily paper delivered with his coffee and eggs each morning, nor receive a latter every afternoon with the latest gossip from home. He is fairly weil kept out of touch with his own land but occasionally he learns that he has not been for- gotten. The Y. M. C. A. is one of tbe agencies that keeps the line of communication open. In a quiet way, the International Committee, through its European agencies, is doing a great deal to ameliorate the conditien of Yankee prisoners of war in Germany. The work, of course, is subject to drastic westrictions by the German Govern- ment and is not nearly so extensive as the committee would like to make it. Still some concessions have been secured from the central powers. Since the United S s entered the war, Americans have not been exactly popular in Germany. Thers was a big ¥Yankee Y. M. C. A. organ- ization looking after Allied prison- ers in the Fatherland prior to April, 1917, hut when Uncle Sam got tired of fooling and went to fighting, the - workers were handed their hats. Most of them came out with Arm- bassador James W. Gerard, but the Germans had confidence enough in Conrad Hoffman, one of the “Y” leaders in the work among the pris- oners, to allow him to remain for several months. When it became necessary for the Americans to leave, the Y. M, C. A. activities were placed in the hands of neutrals, mainly Swiss and Scan- danavian. These men a i X~ cellent work, continuing the various activities instituted by the Yankees. The funds are still being furnished by the International Committee, which maintains a central coffice in Berne, Switzerland, in charge of A. C. Harte. Other offt cated in Berlin, Vieana, rograd, Copenhagen, Sofla. The work of the War Prisoners’ Ald Department consists mainly in furnishing the interned men with Rome o S. Prisoners Study To Fit T hemselves* For Better Jobs After Allies Have Won the War warded American camps. No ast C by the Imperial Governmuie: this cons; nent would b through hopes that b range it. I ment were 271 dozen baseballs, six dozen tennis balls, a 5, scveral dozen ne the of joy th will greet its arrival at its destinatiom. German prisoners in France also are cared for by the Y. M. C. A, through an agreement with the Teu- tons that whatever is dome for Allled prisopers in their countiy must also be dene for the Boc captives held by the Allies. Bo cal instruments, tl ap and costumnes, letles equipment, furnished mand for theatrical mater means of amusing thomselves, and g pursuing studies in various subjects. Books, particularly those of a tech- nical nature, are in great demand. Musical instruments, indoor and outdoor paraphernalia for games, theatrical material, and in cases food and clothing, are sent Scores of prisoners are putting in o with the 9y the devc The work ha= been extende Polish prisor held in F one camp, tk les put most of their time studying. elec- & tricity, chemistry, engineering, sur- veying, etc., so that when the war is over, or they are exchanged they will be qualified to held better posi- tions than they ever have held 38, but this is wha to happen in some cases. Recently a car lo2d of baseballs and other athietic goods was for- s likely the Y. M prisonere Central P maay proper. G S R «“Those of you who have loved ones in France, must write, write, write.”’— Gex’l. Pershing. ‘hat’s the right thing to lo about buying clothes? Every man wants to serve this nation in every way he can; here’s the opportunity to save n the matter of clothes. Clothes either save or waste war resources. 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