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—_—_——- GLADTODIEINWAR ON FRITZ, WRITES. OFFER OF 9TH Lieut. Patton, Now Wounded, Sends Graphic Pen Picture | ¢ of Boys in France, “Out here in Lonesome Land * * * Our boys, every one with a clear eye and conscience, a light heart and step, and facing Fritz with his 4 @amnedest” and ready “to go down laughing in the face of Fritz * * © glad to go out fighting him and what be means" **¢ | LIEUTENANT IN 69TH WHO SENDS GRAPHIC PICTURE FROM FRANCE od0% 599905536 «Tt ts part of « pen picture from ee, written by now Wounded, Lieut. George Patten, Med- {eal Corps, 165th U. 8 Infantry—| the old 69th. | Last July he was commissioned; Just before sailing he married Miss | Nora Dobbins, who is still waiting for | him at her father’s home, No, 4360 Park Avenue, the Bronx; in January his mother died and the news was sent to him; his father, Charies EB Patton, No. 2083 Washington Avenue, is also waiting. The letter with the pen picture was reCelved a few days ago by Lieut | Patton's friend, Dr. Thomas Hayes |Curtin—who also is going soon to Lonesome Land. And now the name of Lieut. Patton appears in Persh- As a tonic for the hearts of Amerl- cans who have not yet learned to “feel” hoart-deep the war as the sol- | |dier feels it, here is Lieut Patton's letter: “Dear Friend Tom: Just a fow Unes from way out here in Lonesome Land whore every day sounds like July Fourth and one is kept as busy as a fone-armed paperhanger with the hives, to let you knw the Boche has | not touched yet—but trying damned hard. | “No matter about nolse or excite- |ment, the thoughts of home and all | your friends and dear ones is ever es a: hand and seems to be a constant Just as coal, when it burns, leaves | torture. One does not mind how close behind a certain amount of incom-|the call or any of the dangers but bustible material in the form of ashes, | goog mind the everlasting thought of 80 the food and drink taken day after |) 0014 day leaves in the alimentary canal « : certain amount of indigestible ma- terial, which if not completely elim {nated from the system each day, be-| and consclenc comes food for the millions of bucteria | step, and which infect the bowels. From this | damndest. mass of left-over waste, toxins and | ptomaine-like poisons are formed and | sucked into the blood, Men and women who can't get feei- | ing right must begin to take inside | your hu baths. Before eating breakfast each | we do not return, morning drink a glass of real hot| none need sy water with a teaspoonful of Iime-|grop hig he stone phosphate in it to wash out of the thirty fect of howe! Gay's accumulation of poison and to .ecpt entire allmen Not a Bite of Breakfast Until You Drink Water me of hot water and prevents Ilinces and keepe us fit, | “It 1s wonderful out here to see with a clear eye light heart anc itz with for the long- our boys, ever uci None ¢ are here ¢t «o down ess, constipation, others who wake up with bad taste, foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiff ness, or have a sour, grassy stomach after meals, are urged to get a quarter pound of I!mestone phosphate from the drug store, nnd begin practising Internal ranitation, Thia will cost, world y can hold for they have high, to cleanest- n who very little, but ts aufictent to make) ‘lt any one an enthustaat on the subject —Advt , and we do not mind the Thomas jr? Give my him tell him to keep it will all help B 1 one finds 2 cannot re- ay before others where you find ot us who get b anged to better men for ugh At all i. sa 11 and get it ¥ through some tn at finds all my f Ith and enjoyin t his gO Hoping food will D. pal, Your O. | OUST DISLOYAL TEACHERS, SCHOOL HEAD DEMANDS President of Board Calls on Acting Superin YY yyy) “My; ALL EXCHANGES TO CLOSE 4 Good Friday Holiday WIL Be Gen- eral Over Whole Cou wl Exchanges in Ne will be ¢ gar ¥ we a Pr x chanwe took @clon earier ja the week, ing’s cas¥alty ést | 38th Street size’ Black Leather Shoes, Blucher cut... $3.95 | } skit 81 I 2% m¢ str lir of Serges, Mixtures, Tweeds, and Silver- | of Serges, Shepherd Checks, Heather tone in tailored or quite Mixtures and dressy models........ $17.95 to $45.00 | Jersey.......sseeseee $25.00 to $55.00 THE EVENING Lord & Taylor FIFTH AVENUE Charge Purchases made this week will appear on bills rendered May Ist 39th Street Hand-made Lingerie Dresses for Girls Featured at the Special Price $10.95 Exquisitely dainty Frocks of soft sheer batiste, .as simple, girlish and charming as can be, with touches of hand embroidery, tucks and fine filet lace edges to add to their prettiness. Two models, as illustrated, with ribbon girdles, in pink or blue. Made exclusively for Lord & Taylor, these are fashioned with all the care that a home dressmaker would give to them. Sizes 6 to 12 years. Juniors’ Cloth Coats Juniors’ Spring Suits Third Floor Boys’ Blue Serge Norfolk Suits For Easter—Special at $15.00 A splendid value for Boys from 7 to 18 years Smart Serviceable Suits of strictly all wool materi- al, and with an extra pair of Knickerbockers Other Norfolk Suits from $10.50 to $17.50 Boys’ Spring Overcoats Overcoats and Reefers § 11 to 17 $12.00 to $16.50 $6.00 to $15.00 Fourth Floor Boys’ Sturdy Shoes—Sizes 1 to 5% Patent or dull leather Button Shoes, $5.00 Ground Floor A Sale Tomorrow and Saturday Women’s Spring Footwear i In the fashionable High-Cut Laced Style WORLD, THURSDAY, MAROH 28, 1918. James MeCree 5th Avenue ry & Co. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 34th Street — Phenomenal Easter Offerings MEN’S FURNISHINGS Purchases Will Appear on Bills Rendered May Ist 1,100 iT ‘McCreery” Silk Shirts $5.95 An extensive assortment of Silk Shirts made of Empire Crepe or heavy Broadcloth Silk. 900 Four-in-Hand Scarfs $2.50 Open-end Four-in-Hand Scarfs made of heavy Imported Grenadine in stripes or figures. 8,200 «“ McCreery” Silk Shirts $2.95 of Shirts made of excellent A variet 4 or Fibre Silk. quality Tu 2,840 Four-in-Hand Scarfs 80c Beautiful Four-in-Hand Scarfs made of Imported and American Silk, Satin, Crepe and Foulard. 5,500 PAIRS MEN’S HALF HOSE 1,700 Pairs 1,850 Pairs 2,150 Pairs HALF HOSE HALF HOSE HALF HOSE 75c pair 55c pair 25c pair regularly 1.00 regularly 75c regularly 35c oe te : ed Silke ee Cotton Half Hose in Navy Blue, White or Black, also isan ALi, Rt ak Blue, Tan, White, Palm Tan, Navy Blue, White or Black. Beach, Gray and Black. MEN’S FURNISHING DEP’T—MAIN FLOOR Silk Plaited Lisle Hose with fancy Colored Stripes. Storage of Furs Absolute Protection at Nominal Cost Dry Cold Storage Vault on the premises. All Furs thoroughly cleansed, before being placed in the vault, without extra charge. Grey Kidskin Louis XVI. Heels Black Satin $8 50 Grey Suede An Excellent Value at this Price Easter Shoes for Misses and Children An especially well equipped Juvenile Section offering the most complete assortments, and at very moderate prices. figh-Cut White Buck- dull 1 lace or button Shoes. Leather | el » $3.50 | » $4.00 Patent or Boots. 6to8.... 814 torr. 114 to 2. 496 10. Finns Secon, Patent or Pumps and Oxfords. RVGIO Te cp cacesvas $3.00 1114 tp 2. coves aOe 26 to7.. dull leather toil 10195065 For Tomorrow—A Timely Sale Women’s Tailored Suits Offering Exceptional Values at $25.00, $29.50, $35.00, $39.50 Vor thig occasion several hundred Suits, select dels of leading manufacturers, have been asser 1 from the best and latest a Featured are Tailor-mades of Men's Wear Serges, Pencil Stripes, Wool Jerseys and Gabardine Many quite dressy effects with vestees, waist ts, novel « ur Other | ictly tailored are lined and button trimmed, A number on swagger Sport Style — Quality — Workmanship are of Lord & Taylor Standard ‘Tailor-mades—$45.00, $50.00, $60.00 to $150.09 Serge Capes Latest Models, $35.00 smart styles Finer extren developed in finely textured James McCreery & Co, 5th Avenue 34th Street ‘‘Sorosis’’ Junior Shoes The Best For Boys and Girls —MOST SERVICEABLE a —CHOICEST LEATHERS y } —SMARTEST STYLES ey | The “‘Sorosis” Junior Shoes are made of choicest leathers, properly seasoned and free from all harmful chemicals. Years of scientific and costly experiments combined with observations of the needs of growing feet were required to bring ‘Sorosis’’ Junior Shoes to their present high standard of perfection, therefore perfectly formed feet are assured to those who continually wear these shoes. One of the ‘‘Soro: of “Sorosis” Junior Shoes. weekly. actories is devoted almost exclusively to the making ‘Thousands of pairs of children’s shoes are produced Some time ago this factory was completely stocked, with two years’ supply of all necessary materials used in the making of these high-grade shoes, therefore a very low price has been maintained on these scientifically constructed shoes not- withstanding the shortage and increased cost of leathers. The ‘‘Sorosis”’ factory is the only plant in the world creating and producing its own lasts and patterns. j ped model very picturesque in its lines \| | ‘iin f clever waistcoat Cape, very flari | | \ hood-collar Cape with front quite like a coat, I || | si || Genuine White | . Black Calfskin oes cot ot Pere \ | —— Tan Calfskin hesaiiaanaee~ieaeseiaameaiatiad A collection af Capes, s am prising scores || Buckskin Shoes Shoe Shoes ae — Z r = x Ox Ay i || size 214to 7 8.00 \utua BLA thee 7.50 size 244to 7 $25.00, $29.50, $39.50, $45.00 to $150.00 | size 1114 to 2 B.75 | ‘ise into @ 5.50 | size 11% to TMrg Floor | | size S14to 1] 4.75 | size 83 to 11 4.50 | size 844 toll........ | ae a tne ' " : remaaan: iz ’ at ee a re a ee SS