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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1918 To OQur Customers: We have been able to make temporary repairs so that we have an ample supply of gas for the next twenty-four hours and we expect to be able to continue supply without any interruption, New Britain Gas Light Company H. T. SLOPER, MGR. ¢ like sheep being herded by dogs to | Grail”, the Colonel writes, v furled by the time we reached the cen- most amusing sights, to me, was a wonderful. B m. tomorrow w Ez !TlSH A MIRAL | their fold without an effort on an LE l M H 1 it, only to fill it with his own heart's ter of the city. They cropped out in band of two—bhoth Belgian soldiers. expect to be in Paris just one day tod 114 e LV body's par, but it was a day ever | blooad 1 read this sentence and unexpected places—from the weather| One had a corndt on which he played late but we may see signs of thd & body could he proud of. [ paused, thinking of Les WEddy, Joe Yane atop the ancient cathedral we | with an uncertainty born of the bub- | i | : [ ] French capital taking off her robed “1 had always had certain misgiv- Glover, “Diell” Brooks Lou Lederle, had visited in the morning, from the|bling brim, the national anthem ot of restraint and eaution now that th ) : ; 2 e Gordon Schenck and the other fel- bronze hand of the French soldier | France, accompanied by an accordion German menace s removed. . Yot ings, and when the Sixth battle squad B i L ¥ ; ron became part.of the Grand fleet, | | lows who must be celebrating the Al- t¥Pified in a statue on the squ wielded by his comrade. They attract- will hear more about my 24 hourse [ iose \nnsm\'nn:s' were doubly | et | lied victory in a more excellent way from the belfry of the Palais de Jus- | ed lot of attention in the crowd. Paris—it promises to be a rush Jjo strengthened and I knew then they | | than we mortals comprehend. We tice, from the front of x--.,n;~ cars, | There will never be another celebra- of tourist stunts. s ed 3 k 3 : o ol Al fe aved by bovs who clung in front of st like i lon it ] 3 s s el Ce ved from First Page | can only thank God that in my few Waved by tion just like this victory chant in Must close now to meet my com Bu S Alhed Flee[ G()llld el B O L e Santasseiionins LEE the front, my body did not the platform, from the horses’ har-| the 1 g gatty Sorry £ L i | montis cities of IFrancc send you - rades r d »r. The celebrati Cuile the Biei balfle ohadron war| | montis at nd you un- rades for dinner. The celebration ig : 2 . el = suffer any injury. Iam coming home nesses, and, best of all, from the|der separate cover the local French on again, we are told, the strectd | the straw that broke the camel’s back. | 3 my chubby hands of little children Who |ang . c - leep. 1 - Detter health than when 1 quit the Paris newspapers of the day. crowded and the bands going ull . | e appointment that | learning to sleep in barns on lumpy | in bet X Chubbyghandsl 0 c : : p NU[ Figm Ger[flafls . li?f‘a“frfi j(“f‘,\‘f“‘p””g;,la"“i strike , floors, Evervwhere we went people | newspaper. desk in May, 1917. My Eravely saluted American officers In| You have had the news but perhaps blast. I shall creep in here st the | the Grand fleet was unable oors. Ever) 3 © PEOP'€ | heart bears scars, however, of which the great crowd which 5001 assem-!not from the European viewpoint, We Y. M. to read—our train does not g — their blow for the freedom of the ! were discussing Germany’s power, her | T auw prowl Lecause my character bled in the plaza around the central| hoped Je i i i face i £ LI to get our orders yesterday in until midnight. Dl i erican i gad dsicounterdoted Wyihe factitha tl o R R AT ad notiheon nai strengthened by my parti- Square. Everyone was happy The | time to get to Paris where the cele- | Your boy, it was their prestige alone = ot Y o French and Belgians threw off the | ppq g e T e aiETe 5 i ive, and the same | cipation in the war. You and the g bration must have been indescribably NED. ""““‘,"‘t‘ s 1‘.‘;‘:“.((2, ,‘l”\.,',}’,‘: brought about this achievement. e e and e o e happy Uestraint which had become almost a . 3 2 and fleet displa e Hands Aoross ihclSea follks always looked at us and asked, | 1, 1 iont thought of you and the habit in four years, becoming hysteri- m— = = e e e e a sea. i : ast nig t u s > S Wi = o i leclared miral Iuring the last 12 months ‘How soon will America get more | celebrations which must have been ¢al ”""'\“ -\N‘ 11 ’fl"““ elf “‘l”“' PHTCHER bCHNE]DER PROCURED BY YANKS ervice, declarec g £ = ; : : oy 1ng “Ring Around the Rosic” fashion \ Beatty, the commander-in- | have been with us we have learned to troops over? That was May, 1918. | held in cvery town and city in Amer- “‘”h et “{}"”” e g o Grand fleet, in a farewell | know cach other very well. We have | Now it is November. In the inter- |00 . probably would be called the conser-| ENGLES!H WOMFN WORK lN WAREHOUSES \ board the U. € . Now |learned to respect cach other. I want | | My celebration was in the city of P! 5 e AT « “December 1. the day the You to take back a message to the | VeNiNg six months, the Amerjcans ar- |Le Mans, province of Sarthe (name Vatlve residents on any Stlisn) Dight e Cnas detached from the Atlantic fleet that you have left a very rived, more than & million, furnishing ' of river which flows through here) :D‘:;“ Jeling dadiee boegniio dhiow v fect. All hands had been | Warm place in the hearts of the Grand | the reserves and fresh assault bat- [ RN L oM wlL G D en L ol DIBD L ine § Loihe two B tie of to muster on the forecastle to | Fleet which cannot be filled until you notth and\west of fours. NILils quited 205 &g 1 RoVeniftyo) Biee ass of L ’ come back or send another squadron . flailarge fown Lwifh twol larse | cathoz o mmEnitlon ©and o plastered B gver o o ‘l"\*(t Huns. | to represent you. You have given us | {O @ssume the offensive all along the | drals, handsome public buildings, and ‘I‘ ent ’;hm"'”\-‘” S e ) o Wanted to (_.\\““ rican offi- | @ sample of the Atlantic fleet which | front. In this particular respect von | a large Allied soldicr population in- € b e . would answer with a dash of confet N N A i it as | may be sure that we Americans cluding thousands of American sol- YV i ed co-operation, | I think the Atlantic fleet, efficient as e c Ans won Rl e e Davic ! ed that 'both the were disap- en able to Ile declared fleet sur- | day to | 1 always had mis- | GGermans would never L finish fight, and these talions which enabled Marshal Foch it s, will find it very hard to repro- | the war—without us it could never|diers and afficers who arc here tem- i down your e i duce. nave been concludec with such amaz- | porarily in the replacement camp ¢ € "" “}?‘»‘M !‘1" X :! AT n '{ - [ “Iunderstand that you are now go- | ing speed. With plenty of Americans ' aWaiting orders and assignments. We Drisiag merc hant burned green fire ing to Portland where you are to get | to back up the Allicd Armies on the arrived here from Tours on Sunday from the baleony over his siove. Thc Jeave. There is a duty to perform in | Western Front, Foch was free {o plan at 2:20 p. m. reported to the camp Senoral commanding this afea =had bringing your president to these | the Italian drive which resulted in and were told to come hack Monday ‘1{1 “<. f‘ e L o waters and then you will return to | Austria’s capitulation. RBulgaria, as afternooa for our travel order l“;ri-‘“ . e j1-< tm»x bl ‘\n\l \Ivm your own shore And 1 hope that in | the colored gentleman weuld -, to oaur divisions. We staved SO “~‘1-1_“‘ 2 ing e ‘-m 20 the sunshine, which, Admiral Rodman | “Jus’ naturally quit.” Then the drive Night at the camp in poor accommo- rican soldic ‘1‘;'1‘ R vaulaldanes 1 tells me, always shines there, you will | front Ypres to Metz which began on dations hecause of over-crowding. WOMe lly'd'”i’ C ‘]‘ ',',(.” e ..f,‘_‘, ";‘”v‘ S 1d been strengthened by | pot forzet your ‘comrades of the: September 26 had its result—the Hun The Straw mattress was not so bad & circle ‘”T"l‘;v-',;:» E lw}.“,‘:r(t. i the American squadron. | jis¢* and vour pleasant associations | armics broke before such a terrible but there was noise all night, officers ’l‘““‘lmi”t‘f‘»‘ "':‘ ;}.‘.".;‘ 2 b ."-‘ a say comes from the heart, | 5¢ (he North sca assault and lo, Peace is herc! and men arriving with bagenge, OWel Testaurants whick l"‘ LM the hearts of shouting for quarters, slammiag doors ©d to the doors. In all this froh and fleet, | and making rest impassible. We l\?flr(‘ was no \1‘|.~.mh‘u, v}w: celeb ;m;m t first of all to | Of course, cconomic conditions in aked out and took a room in Ho. Was tempered with a chivalry worthy Rodman, and the | found. but you are not the first to | 4 telNdsiErance fonBtHo Ncontral i sqiiare s olNtie Fea seR I BRcomum emorated e 1L piteAlilo ip's | find it out. There was once a great | yosterday morning. By we, I mean You colllded father “impactly’ with tains a ‘M‘V_”‘OL "“,f’l“ cxplorer, Marco Polo, who, after | had planned to abdicate months ago e 1 ioutens ot Thompson of South YOur neighbor, both bowed, smiled, BT 28] ("”“_"’m:l":::“‘“m : \\4;I::wtr::;’r;‘1i;:“\l\:zll"hl”l;u:r;':] e 1 —ves, perhaps the moon is made of \q‘:\-’olmu and - Second Licutenant ;»:”‘\h': (‘ffrvF‘\‘!‘.‘t]l;w»“"’ll ,,-“”;].im..uww = adtairale ssistance you Bave | e ang did not travel any more. 1| this—Germany signed an armistice | L0 1€ acquainted at Chateau Beyche. flowed freely and many thousand ven us in ¢ 1 Youl haveltadil 1 atiitiwAlll not have thalsams afact|| which isiher death doomiasia nation. i velle. toasts were druak to the Allies. In undertal ;un any of you, but I can say that| not because her food and metal sup. | Trance, | youllnsee, § the inhabitants | | { Thanks American Navy. [ Conditions in Germany Bad. is is a queer place, as you have | Germany are bad; perhaps the kaiser Praises True Comradeship, those of you I have seen during the | plies were low but because her armies Tellsfot Annletice Celetration, kuoxgbonjtofaniepvithout e last 12 months soem to have Improved | had foundlout (hat the Allles could|| All morning we had cxpected nows | 22 & Whole family including. & lictlo in meny ways, if that were possible, | penetrate any part of the frent, for | o; e semiiics beine el Esliluof pinengracen iy pRch Al 1 and I think the North sea has a i almost any distance, at any fime,! . C0C drmistice being sig - 4 table in front of a cafo and order health giving quality which must be | General Pershing and the Americans CAUSe Sunday’s papers 3 Shesiile i sioTgersriona il o louabal I8 OVer put against all its bad points, of which | had one of the toughest jobs in the Kaiser's downfall, published Prince Eian soldiers were tipsy but who H'fM begin.’ are so many. lentire Push-—iho clearing of the For- | Max's 1.”“:]‘,',‘ rf"“‘"i“‘,,.Pf e e U, as Blc o laasintandiaeaington) eatids dpmonnalon Boschio and BRI SNoRS GO R L PR s D Ts I ke Reen SR ORCE U Rans pestiihelSixin battle squad o erationfot lthefsollNeantedlio rrancel o ies pin i T s b ot e R0 AR oloeen ble | ron has played in bringing about the around Verdun. They did a splendld for ne. As swve chrne onp and sietny Nomes in Belgiu ou | greatest naval victory in history. I| plece of work and, as is alwave the down the long street which leads| The celebration continued up vis a. Jhopv you will give this message to|case in war, the success costus many - P you have mradeship, vorth a somebody said proclamations which presaged straight up into the city we could See midnight. Several hundred persons a few tri-colors, the flags of France, would fall in linc, grab a band, and fluttering from the windowe. Grad- have a parade. The bands played in ually we sensed the buzz of excite- an endless relay, one starting, ‘“The ment in the air. As we walked &long \vashington Post (he other finish- the Rue de Gambetta begaa to blos- eq. *“The Stars and Stripes Forever. heart of a father who gave up one| som as though the great rays of vic- go surely was their favorite com ROtV IaRasath na L nRUS VD lotherkoanilfiorynounine EdowniEoni (el feitn fullSe S G ARl o e e el 1l day | yvour comrades: ‘Come.back soon.’. casualties. In this connection, I “Goodbye and good luck.” wish you would look up Col. Roose- velt's article, “The Men Who Pay With Their Bodles”, in the Metropol- | itan for October. He writes from the ' yming in wounded. In one paragraph he! French home had called forth the ever T believe that “Le Marseilles" speaks of the Americans coming to ! tricolors and American flugs to 1 : ) 9 1, = lot A is the most stirring. It was played | er, has been purchased ana will dq pjscnpa] Ghurch"[hursdayfl E,flfl c!flflk rance imbued with tho lofty spirit|nounce to the world that the armis- {ime and time aemin. Our national T ecs have put through,the | duty under Manager Huggins next which sent the Orusaders out totice had becn slgned, thht Germany .nthem cannot be used as a march fArst baseball deal of the season, Lec.|season. HSchneider's bext seassn Hes search for the Holy Grall. “Too often | was beaten, und that tune—it must he sung and honored retary Harry Sparrow announces that|in 1916, when he ranked fourth /by standing at aftention. One of the | Pete Schncider, the Cincinnatl pitch- | among the National league pitchers 2 the war was (rinat s PR R, o [ | When one of our young men found the | “Finis.” Hundreds of fla were