The evening world. Newspaper, May 31, 1918, Page 18

Ce ee FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918 Four Months in France With the 165th Infantry » (The Old “Sixty-Ninth”) Dangers to Be Avoided Major Moynahan’s Discipline and the Penalty That * Was Tougher Than the Stolen Chickens | Struggles With the French Language | and With French Barbers SIXTH INSTALMENT, By George H. Benz . Former First Lieutenant, Company I. a ' x ritten Exclusively for The Evening World. Gopyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) Too are two big main ideas a new officer gets when assigned to the 165th—one that it {s the old “Fighting Irish 69th” dnd the rec- ord is going to be bettered; the other that one T. J. Moynahan Is, has been and will be—oh, for a long time—Major of the Third Battalion, “Should some private of another battalion happen to criticise, woe be unto him, for he shall be smitten mightily. Slim and trim of figure, he has an inborn sense of discigiine im bis make-up and a brand of humor im- possible to reproduce in cold type and so many “ems,” I heard him once as J Jay in my bunk at “Camp du New York,” conducting a court-martial of a case happening two weeks before. It appeared that an aged rooster had disappeared from its domicile in the kitchen of a French woman's home, Nor hide nor hair could KV | = [i SS 7 Never use gas piping to support When Using G as in the ‘Home |CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES ILLUSTRATED BELOW ARE POSSIBLE SOURCES OF” SERIOUS TROUBLE AND MAY LEAD TO LOSS OF LIFE OR PROPERTY | Never allow small children to oper- \ SS\ 1918 FRIDAY, MAY 31, Safety for the Hol Home Use of Gas Made Safe © _ By a Strict Observance Of the F ollowing Rules i |How to Safeguard Against Leaks, Explosions and) Fi Usually Due to Careiessness or Ignorance af Dangers — Proper Treatment for Cases of Asphyxiation | This is the second in a series of articles which The Evening World ts publishing, describing common causes of accident and fire in the home, and giving rules for their prevention and for proper action i” cases of emergency. Arranged from material compiled by the United § States Government in the circular of the Bureau of Standards, U, & | Department of Commerce. i IKE many other sources of energy, gas must be used carefullyy in careless or reckless hands it is a possible source of great @ ee ; | % ‘ o i f However, practically all accldents with it are readily previ ed | by the observance of simple precautions. In fact, the householder ahoul@g | realize that gas, when carefully and properly used, is perfectly safe and] that the user 18 almost invariably responsible for any fire or accident)) which may occur. Careful observance of the ru and suggestions’ con tained in this article should remove from your home any ordinary hgzard) | which the use of gas or gas appliances might, through carelessnegs oF ii ‘ | grave offense. W) admitted that on @ walking into the billet occupied by the enough to him “it dropped dead.” “Michael Blank,” the Major read, | | ship “it te charged that on the third 4¥|aney made the trip from the port to of February, in 1918 you did take,| steal and appropriate for your own) ftse one fowl, the property of another, | What have| ‘ Mme. Suzy Gourmand. you to say for yourself “Well, Major, you see it was like tits, H “gbut up! SHUT UP!" manded the Major. “Are you try- ing me or am I trying you? Did you eat the fowl?” “Yes, sir,” admitted the culprit, “Was it tough?” “Yes, sir.” “Terrible! ‘months’ pay.” | Perhaps this was a crude way of} getting a chicken, but the folks over)! here don’t realixe the value the French housewife places on Two-thirds of eggs, and Americans like eggs. 10 truth, these are the golden eggs. ‘whey. bring in many francs if one nells them judiciously. can soldier is not lacking In diplo- | cy, however. In the United States Army whole wheat bread was served at that time. One would get a couple of inch-thick gilces every meal on one's mess tin, "The French were eating bread the color of mahogany, with the date of its birth stamped on the back. It came in round style, looking like an overgrown cruller (common name: “sinker"). ‘The French prefer the “white read, and the Americans Jearned this. Headed by Paddy Faucitt, who was entertainer for Lieut. Lyttle’s medical corps, knowing something like six- teen original songs, four privates vis ited @ French home one day and of- fered to purchase outright all rights to a chicken, providing the lady would cook it, along with some French fried potatoes. By signs and somo words they knew in her tongue they made her understand. They even pointed out the particular chicken, Ah, no; madame would not part with that egg producer for large ums. Would the gentlemen have | some roast pork instead? | They would not, but Paddy thought of a plan. I aw it worked that night, Thoso five boys were on our mess line, and each one as he came up for “chow” muttered something about ‘canned | willy,” which {9 canned beef, and re- cotved his bit along with two slices ot bread, I particularly noticed not one ate tbat bread, I watched them get together, finish the rest of their] meal and then put the ten slices of white bread in bi I followed them. Beside Faucitt, “Big Bill” Murphy, Eddie McDermott, Dick M Laughlin and O'Bricn were along. They hurried to tho home of the} French woman, In a mixture of French and “gas house" slang one recalled how much those Ac thought of this particular French woman; how they knew she liked white bread; how memories of home | and their own mothers inspired them to a little gift, The gift was pro- duced. + Madame went into ecstasies. soldiers were angels. Mention was then made of days gone by when chicken could be se- cured, Days when one sunk his teeth in a wing, or mayhap a leg. Oh, “apres la guerre” (after the war), per- chance one would get it again! Madame capitulated. The chicken ericans The was theirs for cight francs, about 91.50, Mfforts of the “lads” to speak French, or understand it, were more be found, Suspicion pointed to one “buck private” In K Company and he was accordingly charged with the thelr first training area Pullmans” truck bodies | vided along the sides, at the top, for ventilation. | carriages on the train, but in our| com-| company we rode with the men, It Was bitter cold and everybody was busy trying to keep warm, | when some one wondered where we | were “at.” two|ly, for Lieut. Metcalfe, and always je some of the packs that had been plied ventilation a| past a town, chicken, And why not? Chickens lay | sign called out. ‘The Amert-|Utos were spent trying to locate any puch place, the next find any on the map, self when disturbed him, Corbett of reading livin’, drink, men and women, and “sortie is exit. itnesses, very unwilling it is true, certain day @ rooster had been seen accused, and that when it got close that carried them to France. de-door that is, freight cars that correspond In size to one of our big An open space was pro- | OMcers rode in some third-cla: | | We had passed several stations Corbett, who was striker, or order- er to know everything, climbed on n « corner and® looked out of the slits as we meandered | Finally he spotted a} “Ah! this town's Dubonnet,” he Some one had a map and ten min- It couldn't be found: “Here's another!" , yelled Corbett. "This one's Dame: ‘That couldn't be found either, According to Corbett, we passed in half hour the towns of! ‘Hommes and “Sortie,” We couldn't | ¢ corge ‘Thomas, who had been | ping on the floor, aroused him- the sounds of discussion Some one accused gens wrong. “Ab! Gee!" said he, with a scornful turn of the lip. “Ain't you guys Corbett’s been reading signs that are put up in all the stations. Them words mean the name of a Corbett subsided. He got into trouble in 1. later. He went up there on and Langres was quite a town, decided he'd have his hair cut, A French barber shop smells good. but the artists working there refuse to be gentle, Also they can out-talk | any American barber from Algiers, Louisiana to Nome, Alaska, This) one, smiling kindly on his intended victim, watched Corbett pass his hand over his head in gestures sup- posed to represent a hair cut, and then, alded by shoulder shrugs and an extensive vocabulary, talked for five minutes straight Corbett, understanding not a word, uttered a faint “oul,” yes, and th barber ended up with a “c'est bien” it 1s well, Five minutes later Corbett learned his hair was being curled, IU's odd the way the French took to the Americans, or vice versa, Let me add here, too that United States soldiers over there dislike heartily and wholly being called “Sammies, To them it is an odious term, Wh the French talk about them it is "Les heres pass, He Americal ig And AMBRICANS they are, Tom Dorgan, Kilpatrick, Corpls. Wollnough and Maddocks discussed it one night and settled it. Sometimes in the evenings, when I can catch @ glimpse of “the same old moon,” I dream that I'm back in one of those quaint old French villages again, I can hear the town ghurch bells tolling out the hours, hear the clack-clacking of the wooden shoed population walking along the stone pavements, hear rich Irigh brogue and soft flow of French phrases in debate and see one of New York's chosen sons sprawled out on the stone steps | of some little cottage with @ half-dozen wide-eyed youngsters hanging all over Ahan humorous, and, these efforts s@larled ay s0vn-4s toey Lad left due him as he shows them some little trin- ket that he has brought from the States——God's country to him, Continued om This Page LooMersaw, clothesline or pile things against it, Never allow a gas bracket to swing near curtains, or hang anything ia- flammable near it. Never reach over a lighted burner to light one at the back of the gas ate the gas range or play around it. . Never use the is range for drying clothing over i ited burners. Never search for a gas leak with a match, candle or lantern, He , ahha fires iy =. Chip or Git If You Aren’t Mad Enough to Fight Across the Ocean, Page a Sledge-Hammer and Fight a Flock of Rivets. Anybody Who Loafs Is a Loafer and Norwe- gian Full Dress Will Be the Stylish Regalia After This, Consisting Mostly of a Red Undershirt and an Axe. The Alarm Clock Can Scream Just as Loud- ly as the Eagle, and Any One Who Doesn’t Chip Has to Git. BY ARTHUR (“BUGS”) BAER. Copyright, 1018, by The Press Publishing Co, (‘The New York Evening Wows), IRELESS rumors from Washington are causing the palatial W hoboes of Snobport and fringes to rattle in their conserva- tories like a set of dishes taking a camel ride. The Govern- ment tossed six yards of statistics, eight dozen assorted sizes of loose jobs and three million alarm clocks into an adding machine, turned tho handle twice and published the result in eight languages and pink, The answer is that anybody who loafs {8 a loafer, Fair enough, A bum is a bum, no matter whether he, knows how to chauffeur a set of shoe-trees or not, A hokey is a hokey, even if he can tell the difference between a soup fork and a ple knife, Congress has abolished No Workingman's Land on this edge of the big salt bath. Norwegian full dress will be the stylish regalia after this, consisting mostly of a red undershirt and an axe. Tea will be served every afternoon in boiler factories and shipyards with sledge hammers for spoons and rivets for sweetening. When the American eagle was born there was an egg right alongside in the nest which has just hatched out. It's ap alarm clock. And it can scream just as loud as the eagle. When you were kids loug before the Kaiser's brain started to addle you used to build bonfires on the corner lot. Any kid who wanted to cook sweet potatoes and his toes at the fire had to bring his share of the wood, Do you remember the motto? Chip or git That's the motio now. Chip or git. Anybody who doesn't chip has to git. The double-barrelled loafers who are warming their chil blains around the star spangled bonfire, but not chipping, will have to chip or git. If you aren't mad enough to fight ‘across the ocean, page @ sledge hammer and fight a flock of rivets. The birds who are flatwheeling around the works will have to earn their cookies. Ay an aperitif, perspiration has elbowed champagne off the menu. Kverybody must chip. If you are not doing some work to help win the war, take your brogans off the bravs rail and chip. Don't be # dumm, a job or meapp, Gel erooulial, If you are working at any of the jobs printed below, punch your | boss on the beak and get measured for an essential jobpiece. | Here are the non essential guys which the Gov announces are not essential to copping the bacon in the big ballyhoo. Let's go, The zimp who gives out the permits to wear white vests, The crumb who takes moving pictures of century plants bursting into bloom, The whiffle who goes through all the motions of raising fancy goldiish with intelligent faces. Ventriloquists. The fish who sews buitons on the sleeves of men's coats, chopsticks to the next door kids, The music professor who teache He-knitters, ‘ The whoozus who eats cucumbers and broken glass and then thinks up six names for Pullman cars before the doctor arrives, The gapp who trains fleas to dance to music. The yobble who has a relapse and manufactures all the hair tonic, The bird who builds lumber zebras for merry-go-rounds, And @ million other fish. peeeibastabane eeereceeere \ Pees . +eess5igh On the dotted line and make fo Ct yhapimous. | miguse, furnish | | the greatest number of fatalities. | causes | on leaks and gas jets or other Both usually the users’ fault | closely followed in your home Mines, as the strain put on it may | break the piping | material against piping | Never subject it to strains, because brea ing of its case, which wil not resist |hard knocks will ca leakage. Especially never remove |Support shelf on which most meters | rest And never partly c! the shut-off cock at the meter. Close it | in case of necessity, but never turn it jon again yourself. Have that done by the gas company When installing a gas appliance ses that all connections are absolutely tight, and that pipe connections will not be subjected to strains. Connect | jwith pipe wherever possible, but | | where flexible tubing is necessary use the best grade and attach with-| out kinks or twists and in such a manner that it will not be subjected |to undue heat, strain, sudden pulls or be stepped on. ‘The rubber tubing end, hould push on very tightly to avoid easy disconnection. When using gas, iron or other mov- jable appliance do not connect with Joverhead gas fixture as strain and swaying back and forth is Hable to eventually cause leaks, | Never subject gus fixtures to strain. | | Never hang anything on them Not j only does using a fixture for a clothes | [hook weaken connections, b: |there is always danger of inadvertent- | |ly turning the cock partly on when | removing articles so suspended | See that cock fixtures | work easily, by lubricating them it| necessary with graphite, but are ai- ways firmly in place, as loose adjust- ment often permits leakage. Gas fixtures that hang so low that the head frequently strikes them in passing under, or are so high that strain is placed upon them In reach- ing to turn the cocks, should be ad- Justed to proper h i See that the stop pin of every burn- jer cock in the house is in place, If |broken off or absent for any cause, | there is always danger of the gas not | being completely turned off, In using a gas range, keep it under observation at frequent intervals if | there is any draught from a window, |electric fan or other source which | might blow out the flame of any burn- |er, espectally one turned down low. ‘The same precaution applies to gas Jets, Meke 3 | of the gas range do not turn so easily that brushing against them will turn | them on, Never allow small children |1o operate them or play around the or strains, se its plugs on all sure that the cock hand Whenever gas is to be turned into the house piping at the meter, per- sonally investigate every jet and ap- pliance in the house and see that every one {s turned off. Do the same before putting another coin in a slot | meter when the flow of gas resulting from the previous coin has all been used, Neglect of these precautions has-cost many lives, After leaks or repairs have been made always observe whether the na- ture of the repair not, Temporary repairs should not be permitted to remain longer than is absolutely necessary to accomplish one that is permanent, ig permanent or Old piping that is nearly rusted |through should be promptly replaced before leakage occurs at the joints, | where pipe is weakest and most sub- fect to rust. Tubing that is cracked or that has loose ends, even though leaking very slightly when first noticed, should be immediately discarded, Make sure that all portable lamps or other appliances connected v; flexible tubing are turned off at the Asphyxiation by gas is the chief fear of gas users because ft ylelde Chiefly it is the result of one of ¢ Never use the house piping In the basement as a support for cloth ‘ause leaks in the joints If it does m For the same reason never pile wood, coal or mper with the gas meter or | | permanent appliances inadvertently left turned) | ‘To avoid gas leaks other than those due to accident or some fo cause, which are fortunately quite rare, see that the following rules @ connection immediately you are through using them, } When the odor of gas is notiesd, the very first thing to do is to search) for the leak, If this is quickly located (by applying the nose) at a teal gas cock or piece of rubber tubing, and if ft is evident that the leakage: is so small as not to permeate room, no other precaution need taken than the temporary use of to stop the leak and a notification the gas company so that a penman repgir may be made. But if thé is strong and you cannot locate leak, extinguish all lights or fire, o the windows, keep every member the family out of the rooms wh the gas is strong and tmmediat communicate with the gas company The effect of breathing an ai phere containing {lluminating gas pends upon the amount of gas in and the length of time of posure. When the proportion of 8 large and the time of exposure Jo rson becomes unconscious may eventually die from the effec The gas has a strong odor, vi ble at the start, but if a any reason remains ia th room containing the gaseous tn phere he soon loses to some the ability judge by whether the alr the p not son for or not t a charged with the gas, ‘Thereft one who persists in staying oom after the gas is smelled @ litt lo while not suspect thal running any risk, even at ment when he is on the point ng consciousness, The person overcome eventus unless proper measures are 9; taken for his treatment. If @ so affected is promptly suppli fresh air or oxyg prompt and complete, ine | chances of recovery decrease with time, prompt treatment ig essential. k As soon as the patient has Es} supplied with fresh air a doctor adhe be summoncd and the gas a should be called, Fires and explosions are two hazards which the proper b of ga will largely eliminate, for usually are the rosult of careles or ignorance of the risk, Never search for a gas leak @ match, candle, lantern or with aid of any other ordinary light appliance. Even the switch oper ing the electric light may cause sufficient spark to ignite the Plosive mixture and th astrous results, brs Never try to locate the ‘point leaks by igniting the escaping ‘or unexpected “pockets” mixtures may exist. oe Never open any plugged op cap outlets while the gas is turned When lighting a gas oven, first open the door and then light the match before turning on the pilot, When pilot is lighted turn-on fri one burner, then the other, turn off the pilot. Be sure bo burners are lighted. Take simi] precautions When lighting @ wal he ver place a gas heat appliance near furniture OF eng Which might catch fire if th pliance became overheated, Be ful of the location of gas plates, th they are not under alow shelf pil with inflammable material rhe Ras range should for drying clothing or Other articles this be avoided » front burners | then reach over th This is'v to Hight the rear burners, cock of the fixture of othe pout of rous if @ person lopg flowing wlgave, wearing)