The evening world. Newspaper, July 17, 1918, Page 16

WIN } By WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 21918 / - - {4 WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, What the War Looks Like — {|E I T\ \eihe ~, fa|| Litfe Stories Froi the As Viewed From the Seat & | Mother’s Roses Of an American Ambulance _ With the American Army in France | Featuring Mary Mauric TENTH OF A SERIES OF SKETCHES DRAWN “OVER THERE” BY P. D.. BROWN, By William Addison Lathrop (A Motion Picture Synopsis in eractly the form in which it waa | submitted to the studio, und one'of a series by this author) 8 Kd = Sharp, Intimate, ‘Close-Ups’ of War and Its War- riars from “‘No. 6—A Few Pages From the Diary of un Ambulance Driver,’ by C. de Florez. (MY Permission of Britton Publishing Company | [7 ON twenty-five years John Morrison had left his of in Broad Street k every afternoon at 3.20, gone ¥o a flower shop, bought a big bunch of roses and taken them homo to his wife. tle was wealthy and could afford {t—but many who oan afford it don’t do it. And on this par- ticular day, with the rosea, he gave “Mother” a certt4- | exte for 5,000 shares: of Midland = atock ard told her to keep tt. Tt weet a Tittle fyor he had taken ani “while it. pot wort, wo very mned ew it mirat be uadle ecmo day,” be ra’d, Moter took , bat inch pre rret the mann The very raritest recollecttuns off Mother that = th two children, Payne and Jlelen, had. & ; were assortated | with rosea By Marguerite Movers Marshall Stew of wax, pictures ae abary as they are ermal, stories of ttrife told more eloquently in @ parnwraph than in many diffuse Agee mane up the modest, clean-cut Iitle book titted simply “No. 6,” and sub-titied “A brew Pagas Prom the Dinry of au Am- bulance Driver.” The sathor, GO @e Morey, drove mm American am- balance on the western front aut] onlled away to ao- cept « commission MMe hes 0 romantic {fusions abont war; on the other band, bo does not miss the forest for the trees, the superbd spirit of devoted self-sacrifice for an {deal bebind the Lorrors which fill France and ; Flanders. Nelonging to an essentially dangerous branch “tem of the servico—for the total of killed and wounded ain- dulance drivers {s not small—Mr. de Florez devotes little space to bis per- sonal perils, and even his description of the German airplane raid over his station, at St. Nicholas du Port, near Naney, is couched in singularly de- tached and {mpersonal terms. But it ts vivid as a camera print “‘Iis vien¢ront ce soir’ (They will > Pests ees come to-night), says a wise old {el- A&es to be torn off, and at last alecp, low who sits in my doorway sinoking the brief merciful sleep of chloroform hie pip” beeing Mr. de Flores's|While they cut and burn and sew narrative. “He cocks his eye up at Nights of fever and thirst, days of the sky in the manner of an old tar. |Oressings and anguish, finally well They reef the sheets when the sailor A fow days of rest aod back—back shakes hte hoad In his knowing way, |for another stripe.” . | Seng. Whitiber winyeae And roses just ett ’ i ~ of oe for It will surely storm; thoy got the | Yet there ts gnysty even in war. i ? : ah of Dinkess wee ieilewen | ed mother bel was , keys of tho collar when my friend |See this picture of the potlus’ cafo * x er gen the aaa Be A jthe black-sHk-and ROSES JUST SUITED MOTHER. | shakes his head in bie knowing way | at Racoarat, where Mr. de Flores Ny p Eigaarete, by alinehs: | nt-lace at Fred aha if , , rn : for !t means a raid was atationed for ome little tine 2 A : CSB caaves ine hoesene hte ne fi a eet data A detects me eee “The anti-aircraft guns in the dis- | ‘There ts a little cafe, a dingy Httle ‘ wre ie and family, and almost everybody |—and it was a hard fob tance are very active to-night—yes! | Place frequented by soldiers. Passing Jelse, too, She fitted into the retting | Now a hound of the Delevan breed they will surely come. by on the way home [ heant the | of Morrison's costly home ke a rare |'s a hard loser; he tomed to “Sitting at the [little tables at the | *trains of a violin; some one was old cameo, Everybody felt har sweet | x what 1 had al- Pheasant wo can seo the rockets and | Playing, playing divinely, In @ dimly | influence. ways had a 80 inglu- the white puffs of the bursting abella | !@hted room thick with mmoke, doz Payne was juyt an average youn, co over He again his ear over Nancy, and as we walk back up| °8 of Potlus were crowded about the the hil! the alarum sounds—a bngle| bare tables with half empty beer @ And the cathedral bella | lasses and auucers plied high. Si “It is hard to conceive the mag- | (ently they sat with thelr hairy china hificence of it all, hard to believe that |DUFed In thelr hairy pawa, lsteuing to a pollu play ‘man, and he certainly kved his! | mother, Helen was a beautiful, im- | ‘he pressionable girl of twenty, with «J! her mother's gentleness but not ber | reich: strength of charactar, Spancer Dele- | strange, an ood r th down the sta’ the luet step she en influr death comes from the he&vens, where| "| Va) # yall Bi reek a Ct Aad b aeheat aca al cea td earian | one sees only the atars; but the great | | Wen. @ moment later, be started | ower and thirty-five, came to dinner |Nut there nevertheless! } searchlights that play in every diree- peace pei ae fg pad one evening with Mr. Morrtvon, and | eid 4 f 4 i “ ped Hs. | Hon ses more than we, and where| n to clink once mere ann ney a iieres alan worship, however | vun stoud ‘ i xed they point myriads of shaiis burst, | roarod out the words of a refrain he coveted. Payne didn't Uke ete. |and as he himself and ‘Sn dimming the stars ihe td our) that must be censored, Komano, for van; he knew he was unsermpakam in turned to t it opened and i Suns Join in, all around us they roar.linar iy his name, haa a great. soll! ee nak vara cme le ara ; The Germans fly low, very low, the | wor years he played at Monto Carlo; ss that convccted Uaseraa, had not forgotion the hat better to avoid our guns that cannot |now he was here, like all of us, 4 Mek docs aiccblous aaiie Goniawetbod moves’ aol’ here was couns : fire wo well at a low angle. ing for higher stakes with the ever pai i pei drel again! 1 forthwith he pros E “sitting in my little window T can! booming guna to accompany the tid pg Rts hall one wurne ceeded to administer to Mr, Delevan ' distinctly hear the whirring propel- | die he carceses,” Deepali Naldahede sae atiaereriin the |® tnost thorough an ngs de lors, directly overhead they sound. | ng it was at Baccarat, at the Ho mail tae on fa letter for Holsy— da th ow, him and you wonder—then they are gone. | te) Dupont, a room of which the am it was from Delevan arranging on down ,the front t his One by one the guns c in the lhulance drivers used as a club, that ata ant ; slopement—but Payno didn’t know ft he had done and the old distance you hear them again; ths! afr Florez had a delightful en Molt Sczymerka = nl oe ee ath, hare Gs in was much perturbed; his stillness is extraordinary after ®| counter. “When I came fer my cot was rever 8 clean : alsa aR A ia reawun ramemberel Dei- much din, ‘C'est fini pour ce soir (It) fee after dinner the Marquise and anal bis Life as he b>. 4 2 The mm saw Delovan's pleture on her dresser: y naweN: aie 2 | 4 was during the wee F f, \ and picking it up the feeling a, V is finished for to-night), for they sel- | Holone gave me a hug and presented that "Butt * Scouter Stand ive [ire all e had naen Del “Ho will ruin us!" he anid dom return me to two charming Parisiannes dgel old ap washy fo Fe f PETS GTA the to him that be bad nen oe i | “lt was worth It!" ead Payne “It is all so fascinating that one | Their brother, a brave little chasseur, were) - ~ NAB POUR NETS: SIRO) ORDA OLS had that: li exactly. what Talevan feels nothing else except possibly 4 | was killed two years ago, so on the a Street. Searching the crannies of his came pretty near doing. All the uns r strange sensation of disappointment | anniversary they come to say a brain it came to him all at once, passe} oe in treacherous, kad ae ia that nothing has happened after | prayer and put a few poor little flow ing Uke a vision through his mind. He} |e which Wa rect knowar" if # “The good people leave their ce ers on his grave. Done this after had stood on the alippory siock of &| 004 none better than Delavan, were to the rats once more, Ac noon, LOwnorrow they go, to-night we — ———/ sinking liner in mid«cean and had) Nd theioies i scan apr bs The courtyard the tread of weary feet, | dance. H ls - ey icken waman cling seen a terre : | pounded the Morrison interests old women with clanking key “IUs a strange life where nothing 2 ing to a man, Another hulf-erazed | oy Gown, M eae Decininte am ; A a ‘ til ruin stared them in the face. in the doorway; when he nods hiv, “I heard of a fellow," the ambu- server, And the man-—God save the) Wroe ihe many playthines with head in his knowing way the storm | lance driver writes tersely, one Sun mark—flung the first woman to th i. | which Delevan ‘ - : - - ' Bas: ‘ ; : wee a kore used himself was @ my eeely yer BRA IE ie Se aren Hi deli men mans ft éspectally tf the Old Place Had a Name of Teutonic Origin—kEverything Has daly Aa bie Ra Nfe-PFe- | very. pretty apher in his offeer 10 bed » and grenade. They did wha . ° , , 7 . eb i . 7 ) At lew: we bad been ver etty, e Woes arowa Very fond: of ip | thay’ osuld’ joliuake Hm eomeoriiue. Changed, Including the Nomenclature, for the New Hamburgs, the Berlin strapped it about bly own worthlens |) ned grown warned ana ae reuy wy: poillus,” runs another entry in hia) Between bumps and moans he said Jrs. and the Young Potsdams Are Star Spangledvilles and Wilsontowns carcass and jumped overboard, THEA) ing of late, To Biltul aeaeste i diary, “Great indeed are their qu very simply, ‘Il gave my life to 2 Payne knew who 1 an was! he turned a deaf reeey and a sneering noney! The love tes, and she ’ Md “pay the \yery linportant ties and great the debt we own them.|}rance; she bas only taken my Vo-Day, for Everything Has Changed Since the War. The letter did its we "Phe General does not share the sol- | hands." vor’ car yy dier's hardahips and misery, the sol-| Tt ys all summed up tn one of th BY ARTHUR (“BUGS”) BAER. See eel Cela cao eh carn « and Helea | lip dier does not share the General's |jast entries of the diary, this fife COPYTIRNG, 1918, by the Press Pubtisning Co. Clhe New York Evening World). All the Noodleburgs and K.raatdammerungs are off like an old boot, | UP the steps. Thor a curious thing ‘ While Delevan ry and recon |_| which our own soldiers are entering, PEARING an early vacation in order to amble back to the old | And not only the label on the bottle has changed, but even the | happened. fue p i aeaebay aT | .. | eee foe ete 9h (OME |i ane ballevom: aa enuniiy: Oaunt S home town isn't quite as stylish as it used to be. ‘The lads who | old burg looks as if it had passed through a thundershower of munte- | Mi") and he Awol Musl wth tins fully in shorthand for Fs) TE eee tee pase beak eoUmaen [eed tegen om cnsee Shere ia 1 from Junk County, Minnesota, and eaboosed into New | ipal peroxide. The whole complexion of the works is different. her inhi; hey held bar face Ago (Dat hen Waa it 4 hot full of ead from a machine gun, | moro soldiers drinking Tie aR York to grab off th vet always have hankered to flatwhee! back to Granny is knitting socks with the toes pointed toward Berlin, the rose! That was enoug r Helen! | ns ind e at the Mortls } hit by a band grenade that rips you] ing Madclon—out thero whero the | {he old burg and show the natives what a 10vent shoe shine looks while all the girls are crocheting doilics and tidies for the first line | qn the enormity of her conduct WaS [iirary Whore Payne sil bit fae Fl Toos or ce of shell that tears | rain falls softly and the mud lneven No matter how iong you stayed away from the old home dig- trenches. Pop has first, second and third mortgages on four dozen | patent to her weak little soul, an: ling an yar ane i ae to fall nw hellawept | tasting more soldiers watchite wea the old neck-o"-the-woods always looked the same. Once inawhile | assorted sizes of Liberty Bonds, while Mom {s strafing the weeds out | she broke away from his arms, and iy fortunes. “She told Mayne that | } whell crater wonder ifthe end has | wait for death—but amongst all there would a new layer of dust on the town hall, the Mayor might | of her war garden. Progr has the town by the ears. {the elopement was postponed, sing ha t 4 M iW come, praying that it has, these weary soldiers not one who wil! | have another estra chin, the old folks might have a now set of wrinkles; The village loafer has both elbows inside of a canning factory | @ie. t H “To bleed and curse and thirst for not go on living, or if needs be, die! but other civic improvements were as few and far between as dividends and is busy putting tin vests on tomatves. His pals have volunteered | She reached her room breathless at Bnd a ] hours, sometimes days; the agony of for France, So the Roches shall be in aan in the army. By request the narrowness of her encaps ond ied Bal being m bed Sele @ RAE Joi browent © and made drink The burg d hange any more than styles tn policemen’s shoes, | The town souse who wasn't any more good than a perforated dime | ‘0? Off Ber adit eee ieee » \ Re eichar 16 a Aieinlog a> (Glee HERIGRTA, (GS ects Clkuils’ Tye town loafer would etitl be loafing an elgitshour day for ilmselt has been jammed into the militant swivel chair cavalry by the mighty ea Pasuiea aarnett inco- | Wayne hid the girl betin : @ tion, to be dumped on a (straw | to flow a and loafing the other sixteen hours for a couple of sick friends. The shoe horn of influence There are two kinds of men. Working men rent about her mother rushed Ppl Avetly AG Aoi » to walt your turn; th f “No, 6: A Kew trom tne Millage souse would still be directly behind the reddest nose that was and fighting men, And he was neither |to Mother's room still wearing her | seemed tittle rine te an 4.4 ing patched up a he ride Diary of an Ambul Driver.” is ever directly in front of a village youse, The town idiot would still be The burg idiot who was a zero in the skull dopartment 1s down | nat and.gloves. She met Mayne in tho | As the old man tok i ‘| man ambulonce that ts your published by BP button & Com wearing the sawe rmile that didn't mean any more than locks to | at Washington getting outdoor pay for an indoor job in the army. hall, he saw the hat and the gloves, |! and yr 2a out. Hioody, muddy, sticking band- pany Houdini | He is three thousand miles away from the war. And the Atlantic | and they told him the wh : ee eee $ <a . That was a brace of years ago. But totter back to the old works Pcean won't shrink a foot, He has spurs, sword and uniform and Jena he teria “ x re ‘a the influc and ‘ : aa now and you wou't recognize It any more than a U beater recognizes everything. He can't sleep unless he is saluted 6,876 times a day, Payne and Helen had lett HVS reo Sty | es Dec ree d by Pa ris the Red Cross | All your pals are on the other side. i aide that "i ght ier Race Peli apg Nie F ‘x js | wo 5 If you happened to be born at New Hamburg, Dakota: Berlin Jr., You'd never know the old place now, ae Rogen abel ei % or our utumn dr CESSES Vermont, or Yung Potsdam, Ohio, you flutter back feeling that one [— --- — ublle beer yonee, and tee ¥ - anced Paris models in also suggesting the return of the style| eyeful of the oid bure will act like a bottle of tonic. Well, the old bat- WHERE THEY WERE. | FAITH. foal that when dam £ h ' Dine a taal 9 Wish th poles wt] te of toni is the a But they vo changed the Wo on you | Eiken ache toniann wel? MOS J. CUMMINGS and Ernest | need tne T shall come.” Ai Oia rat M th gga Pamela robamerateatabeet The citizens of Kaiserville or Bismarkburg have grabbed old IA had shocked a large number x Jarrold were once in a pitot| hem good night and they went, leay- loft rol ! bad Seiad nc es Sake : nn Santatic f ma- Pop Time by the toupee 1 compelled their town to turn a complete | of his friends by his rather Not QUrna’s arent atara rhe ing her fondling her po She pur ut : and vaiy ‘used in atte agree Bel arresagrva glee rats Rename 6h nomenclatorial flipflop. Kaiserville is now Star Spangledville and | liberal views on re mr y died ae ip Bane A i" i . j the certificate of ste ots: in her Bible all nim Lt ; Bat) ax in th hens ; Sangha i long may she wave. ixmarkburg is Wilsontown and more power to | A friend of the decedent, who cut) oliuel ay Of & Dun, lblenily SORE | O00 FAR RAGE SR SDSI AMES he took aryl tailored sty cna it. ‘They've extracted all the hamg and burgs from the tournament. | Short a trip to hurry ba: oe SOwn ng, The boat gave s tearful turch, eee igo eyes - ne Siding Bs ae CRORE Were missing Necks for the most part we r Mic No more towns named after bolognas and cheeses, ‘The list of | for the purpose of attending the Hae nnd oarepnied until tt seamed, that ehe./ond ted Nok Bxee tO oe Ne Prenat un to t ‘omull iwhed with high collars, cut to ng towns along the railroad now reads like a time table and not a menu. HCA STN Be yee haginiye pad atlmust turn completely over eee Ke EWEN RAS Me eee hin inp oorkl ti {the old ae peep ek Win, Lebopa on: be add fe ' m ? ane lean ae of the service. This 18 awful, Amos!" said Jar-|\noit, an angel touched her on the face walie.n . diate shown at buck of choker olla . to the under are very strong, and fuille to some, Colors shown aro discreet. Brown] “What part of the scrvice Is this?” Told. “I'm going to put on a life pre-| shoulder and beckoned enough coincide brought the w line is low or a wre conspicuour, Lao extent r watin in all shades Is good. Green ts used! ye inquired in a wh f another server, for the boat can't stand it| Mother's bodily p had been back the Hght of r und he res normal. A marked tendency to bre nt Heavy cheviots and rough finisned ed with gray, blue in clear tones|jegal friend standing in the crowded |many minutes long laway from them almost a year. The that tact, ¥ His mind needed just P¥. away from the straight line In the z t ur ribbed bures are ‘used for tailored | of Saxé or in slate, Navys and graya| hallway. “Oh, keep quiet and let me read,|!ight of old John Morrison's mind butler brow hn ppp | one piece type of dress is not Fibre silk jers: in and in gowns Dresses in heavy white are also good. “Lye just come myself,” said the|Mickey!" said Cummings, never lift-|had gone out with her, and he could head bookkeeper saying that Bene Many of the models show well defliwd | heavy, weights is extensively used |chevivts, stitched in a color, are in-| A big demand for the all black|other, ‘but I believe they have|ing his eyes, “The men on this boat|do little but sit in the big library | Delevan had been shot to death o ‘ waist with « piping or cording in |alone,\gs well as in the combination |dorsed and are being made for the) dress is reported for the coming |oponed for the defense."—EHvery-|draw a regular salary. to keep her|by the vase .f roses and mumble, Brosdway. ten sminyte ago, by emirasting colo. marking the belt, of faillA velvet or crepe. Velveteens “Biarritz” season, season, body's, afloat."—Saturday Bvenug Post, Payne had.to take command at the his way with ‘portant neva’ - f . st % bf & \ 4 o 7 . ae 7 “a re en ahi te eee ciearshdince, nendomeiemniceeta cesar catecorenae SS eee eds ee ere > Tes od ae Warmest ae mere e te oO