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IHHNC OFF HOMESICKNESS IS
IMPORTANT JOB WITH THE ARMY
W ork of the Y. M. C. A Is Not So Much With the Morals of the Men
as With the Morale— How the Bishop Broke Up Case of
Blues — Son of Idle Rich Finds His Job —
Pershing’s Men a Fine, Clean Bunch.
A man may get tired of ordi
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By CLARBNCE B. HOLLAND.
which the “Y” performs for the army
BUI Joaea and Jack Stevens, late Is running those country, stores which
Of the United States but now o f “ some pass under the noma de guerre of post
The Hun is on the run and headed toward Berlin. Ger where In France,” aat on a bench. exchanges and canteens. Here is
They Just sat. They didn't talk, they fertile field for criticism, sporadic and
many is whipped today, but how long its classes can force didn't smoke, they didn't case. Too local and indivldur criticism, bat criti
10c a pouch
eould reach oat your anger and touch cism wblct* must be answered before
its masses to tight, nobody knows.
the gloom that exnded from them. the highest efficiency can be reached.
They weren't hankies or townmates or
G ravaiy la»t» •• m ack l o a f r it cm U
Then Bill Oats Sore.
mo mora to ckmw than ordinary p ia f
A heavy tax upon theatres, including moving picture intimate* o f any sort, bat they had BUI Jones goes to his quartermaster
both gotten op with a gloom and had and buys a package o f cigarettes. He
houses, and sports o f all kinds, will only result in closing Inevitably
sought each other oat. It pays for it less than he paid In Amer
P. B. C raw ly Tobacco
ica. Next morning he drops Into a
or stopping most of them, and in such times as these the was Juat before mesa call.
D u rillo, Virginia
man with a wrinkled face “ Y" canteen and buys the same sort
people need amusement and recreation. There’s enough and A a little
cane and a uniform and eyes o f cigarettes. He pays a trifle more
profiteers to tax with destroying those enterprises which that twinkled, watched John and Bill for it than he would pay In America,
at their occupation o f being homesick, and he is sore. Not only Is he sore,
put a litle sunshine into the era of gloom and sorrow which and he sidled op to them. Pretty soon bat he exerts the fine old American favor last night I was bound for a ages remarkable for their size and
he was sitting on an end of their privilege of kicking about It and of trip to In Bad. Any time yoa want for the beauty and unusual ch a ra c
war always brings.
bench—and they didn’t notice him any airing his soreness. The burden of anything o f me. Just drop around.”
ter o f their decorations. W ithin the
more than if he had been an extra his complaint Is that the “ Y” is try
The Idle Rich young man made last few years they have been m ade
ing to make money off him.
P I P P A ’S PEN CH AN T
cootie.
tracks for headquarters.
a national m onument and are now
“The —th have got the best ball
The Investigator hears of It and asks
I’ve found my Job," he said. “ I
known as the M arble Caves.
team in France," he said positively, the reason why this should be so. The can make friends with men.”
At the present tim e a visit to the
(Y ou th ’s Companion.)
apropos o f nothing.
“ Y” purchasing department tells you
“ Go to It,” were his orders, and he
that the army commissary department went to It. Now he is somewhere re caves is no small undertaking. From
“ Huh,” said Bill Jones.
Pretty, Pippa Pope possessed petticoats—piles, posi
“ They can clean np anything In transports supplies to Its posts free cuperating because he wore himself Grants Pass or M edford a 30-mile
tively!
P ippa’s penchant, petticoats—pink, purple, France.
Tve been down there a week, o f charge.
drive takes one to the cam p at the
It pays no freight on out working for his boys.
peach, plum, plaid, posy-painted, poppy-patterned, padd and that outfit is class.”
steamers from Am erica; it pays no
This has been about men up to end of the wagon road. The rest
cartage or trackage in France. That date. Now there are men in America of the trip must be made on foot, or
“ Huh.” said Jack Stevens.
ed, puffed, pleated, pocketed, perfumed petticoats.
“ Officers keep ’em busy. Say. where huge item of cost does not enter into who think women should not be sent mule back, up a steep trail, ten
Percy Popham, pushing, pompous, priggish, poetaster, you from !”
commissariat
considerations.
This to work with the A. E. F. in France;
miles in length. 'D uring the sum m er
professing passion, pursued Pippa Pope persistently.
“ Michigan,” said Bill.
cannot be so with the Y. M. C. A. It among those who have seen what Is
months the Forestry Service stations
“ New York,” said Jack.
has to pay for freighting its commodi going on, there are few o f them.
P ercy’s passionate pursuit, previously pleasant, progres
“ Met some New York and Michigan ties across the ocean, and freight rates
Did you ever step into a big, bare, a forester at the caves as guide and
sively palled.
men with the — th,” said the little man are not on the bargain counter at this III furnished room— may be an uncom caretaker. He takes a special inter
writing. It has to pay railroad freight fortable room— and suddenly see on est in conducting all visitors thru
“ Percy Popham practices perpetual persecution!” casually.
“ W ho?" said Bill and Jack at once. n France; it has to pay for its motor the wall a beautiful picture, or on a the caves and in pointing out to
pouted Pippa.
The little man named Imif a dozen, :ransport. The wonder is, we are told, shelf a wonderful piece o f old china? them tiie m any interesting features
Prosperous Professor Pope, P ippa’s peppery papa, with their towns. Bill knew some and hat chocolate, or cigarettes, or hand- That little object immediately made of the trip.
prescribed peremptory prohibition, pronouncing P ercy’s Jack knew some, and before they re cerchlefs or what not can be had as that cold, uninteresting room a place
The caves consist o f tiiree and
alized It they were in the middle o f a cheaply here as they are had. The where you desired to be. And that’s
pervasive presence pestilential. Pippa, pitying, post conversation about Detroit and Utica •egrettable point Is that “ Y” canteens how it Is with the right kind o f wom one-half miles of m arble passages
grottoes, ranging from one to
poned prohibiting poor Percy, preferring prevarication. and Lansing and Long Island, and lave to enter Into competition with an In a canteen in France. All she and
politics and the — th regiment.
lommissariats which possess all the has to do is to be there, be natural, be four or five stories in height. In
Percy presently proposed, presuming P ippa’s pensive
“ Mess call,” said the little man.
impersonal, and she has made of a places the connecting corridors are
advantage.
“ Ain’t hungry,” said Bill.
pity promised pleasure. Pippa, pulses palpitating, pro-
The commissariats cannot begin to hundred men better fighters for democ so low that one must craw l ou all
“ Don’t want to eat.” said Jack.
supply the demand. The “ Y” canteens racy.
fours for a considerable distance.
cratinated. “ Procure papa’s permission primarily.”
Dispelling the Qloom.
Best of Chaperons.
are a necessity. Both are selling at
Elsewhere the cham bers are so large
Percy prolonged persuasions, protracted protestations.
“ Reminds me o f Tom Judkins of the figure which to each is the lowest
One big thing that must be im that tiie opposite w alls and ceilin gs
P ippa pluckily persisted. “ Procure papa’s permission.” Pontiac," said the little man. “ Always possible, so when y o A son writes home pressed on folks back home is that are scarcely visible in the dim ca n
getting off his feed. Know Pontiac?” and tells you it looks as If be were be these women are safe— safer than in
dle light. The largest cavern m eas
Percy pettishly penetrated Professor P ope’s pamphlet- be
asked o f the Michigan man.
ing stung by the “ Y” canteen, Just their own home town. A woman In a
palisaded privacy, professed profuse passion, presented
"Played football there.”
canteen has a whole regiment who ures m ore than five hundred feet
think it over, and you will see.
“
Judkins
used
to
play.”
make
it their Job to look after her. ir^ length, and its arched ceilin g is
Personality
That
Count*.
petition.
“ What year?”
- w
Then it comes to the matter o f the There never was an old maid aunt one hundred feet above tiie floor.
“ Percy Popham,” P ippa’s papa proposed portentously,
“ About fourteen.’’
Thruout the entire cave the stalac-
personality o f the man who is running who conld chaperon a young woman
“ Bet I played against him.”
the canteen. There are men in France the way a regiment o f Yanks can do titic form ations are rich and w onder
“ produce property!”
so on and so on, talking about who have the ability to get so close to i t Somehow sho represents so mnch fully varied. In som e cham bers the
Percy peevishly pleaded poverty, praised poetic pover the And
home localities and the home folks the soldiers that when they say, “ Jack, to them. She Is not a girl but a sym ceiling is u mass o f sm all stalactites,
and giving the boys a chance to men this Is the fact. We’ve got to do it so bol. She means to them all they left
ty.
from the points o f w hich hang star
“ Petty persons prate pitiably,” putted pithy Professor tion towns and streets that lay close because— ” Jack believes him and Is behind In their homes.
One Important point to remember like glittering pendanfs—drops o f
to their hearts. Yon could see them satisfied, because Jack knows that man
Pope. “ Produce property, Popham! Poverty P ip p a ’s straighten n p ; you could see their is on the spot to do everything In his back home Is that the A. E. F. is the water. In one superb room the roof
finest, most upstanding, two-fisted ag is covered with gigantic inverted
portion ( P ippa’s penfchaut presupposes plump pulse. eyes brighten: yon could feel a differ power for the soldier.
Pippa purchases plentifully, paying pretty painful prices. ence In the air that surrounded them. But there are exceptions, and there gregation o f regular men that the white tulips; in another, the folds
Bill stood up.
must be exceptions when thousands of world has ever seen in an army. A of massive draperies cover tiie w alls
Popham, pledge Pippa pecuniary plentitude. ”
“ Guess r il go feed,” he said, and men are picked hurriedly for emer few—fortunately very few—have the supported by im m ense fluted co l
“ Paltry Professor P op e!” pallid Percy perspired. banged Jack on the back.
gency employment.
Men land In Idea that our army is surrounded by umns. Here stalactites reach dow n
“ Pretty hnngry myself,” said Jack. France without fully understanding depravity. Nothing could be farther from above and em brace their sta-
* ‘ Pampered P ippa!”
"Gimme a light before you go,” said what is expected o f them, and without from the truth.
Percy Popham penned poems praising poverty, pub the little man, without enthusiasm. understanding France or that splendid The army Is proud o f Itself and re lagm itic sisters, thus form ing pillars
lished poems periodically, perpetually property less, One o f the boys held a match over his organization, the A. E. F. They come sents Imputations against its decency. o f surpassing sym m etry and beau-
and then both strolled off to the with enthusiasm, but without definite Offlcers resent It and men resent i t ly> there a miniature Niugara stands
purse-poor. Pippa Pope perused P ercy’s poems, ponder pipe
mess tent with a bad case o f home knowledge of what the array wants of A captain in the regular establishment outlined in white marble, beyond
ing pensively. “ Poor Percy! Poetry pays poorly.”
sickness operated on skillfully and re them, and until they adjust themselves said the other day : “ Every mother In which a m agnificent Solom on's T em
moved wlthont pain— removed by a to conditions, they are apt to come to America ought to know that her son ple is carved deep into the heart o f
Personally, Pippa preferred petticoats.
is safer In our army than he ever was the mountain.
man they had never seen before, hut much grief.
who would always find a welcome in
One thing few men realize until they at home.” Which was not more than
The trail up to the caves is a lon g
their locality thereafter—Just why, have been here a week or two, and bare truth.
JE L L Y , JU IC E S AND JA M
steep clim b, but as one ascends, a
they would never be nble to tell you that is that they are an Integral part
m arvelous panoram a of scenic beau
. . . And they didn’t know, nor would of the A. E. F. and that they are work-
M arble Caves ol Oregon
ty, of forests and forests and ca n
Q U A L IFY IN G AS A H OU SEW IFE
It have mattered if they had, that the lug under the authority of the military
yons, of snow capped peaks and
little
man
in
uniform,
wearing
a
Red
(Argonaut.)
—not as they suspected, on their own
(P op u lar M echanics M agazine)
distant vistas, is spread out before
Triangle, was that imposing and awe hook or for the Y. M. C. A. Their Job
Harold arrived at the training camp and was detailed inspiring dignitary known as Bishop
Amiri the w ilds of Southwestern him w hich, even apart from the
ts to do as they are told, and to do it
to K. P. duty. In this he became quite proficient, as the o f the Church o f England back in quickly and exactly. That they can Oregon, alm ost unknow n to the I caves, makes the trip one long to be
learn, and do learn, or they hear the world at large, is situated a series rem em bered and well worth the ef-
following quotation from his letter shows: “ Dear Mother America.
his Job in France, Just talking approaching footsteps of grim retri of underground cham bers and pass- fort it has taken.
— I put in this entire day washing dishes, sweeping floors, to That’s
the fellows. He has put in months bution. Most o f {hem learn more—
making beds and peeling potatoes. When I get home, I ’ll at it. Sometimes o f a Sunday, or in they learn what real service mean*.
the evening he preaches, but mostly he They learn to forget their own egos
THE ONE B R IG H T SPOT
make some girl a mighty tine w ife.”
Just wanders arouDd looking for cases and to love humanity as exemplified
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o f gloom and homesickness and talk by an army o f bully young men In
ing them back to the cheerfulness and Khaki.
(Portland Telegram.)
KANSAS SOCIETY IN W A R TIM E
enthusiasm
which
is
the
quality
that
Hundreds
of
men
are
landing
here
German
Airman
buried Lieutenant Roosevelt with mil
(Sabetha, Kan., Herald.)
Is almost the outstanding characteris monthly to take up some service un-
Mrs. Ralph Tennal washed dishes for Mrs. Charles tic o f the A. E. F. in France.
ler the Red Triangle. They are o f all itary honors, and according to the report, the personal
Important Job With Army.
sorts and from all environments. It effects o f the young hero are to be carefully preserved and,
Feldman last Thursday.
Curing or heading off homesickness approaches the marvelous how they
— x—
as occasion offers, will he returned to his relatives.
Is an important Job in an army three ire made to fit. Preachers have ar
P R E T T Y SURE SHE H A S “ H IM ” HOOKED
This chivalrous incident recalls another, and the two
thousand miles from home. Officers, rived filled with ardor to evangelize.
When a garden gets a shower it may dry up again, but from the new second lieutenant up. They find their true service can best constitute the one bright spot, of relief— the one mani
will tell us that an army which sits >e done by driving a motor truck.
festation o f soldierly manliness— in the entire Hun record
when a girl gets a shower that settles it.
« 0 benches and bottles up gloom is , Rankers come and speedily find out
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not Hn army that will fight They say ‘ (hat they can do the best Job getting during the present war.
any man Is liable to sn attack, hut jp entertainments in some lonely hut.
“ t h e c h o ir C a m e o u t a n d d a n c e d .”
We readily may recall the circumstances o f the death
they say, too, that the number and vio
Finds His Job.
A little girl saw her first comic opera a few weeks ago lence o f attacks Is amazingly few One rich and
o
f
the famous and intreped French aviator, Guynemer.
useless bachelor struck
and went back home and told her grandmother that “ the when one considers the clrcunistnnces. these shores filled with the desire to He was killed some time in September of last year, and
Judge Galloway o f New York said io something, hut alarmed at bis pov
choir came right out and danced.”
two or three months later the story o f his burial behind
the other night, “ The Job of the Y. M. erty of abilities.
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(Continued on Pa^e 3.)
C. A. here Is not so much with the
“ Can yon preach?” he was asked.
morals o f the army as with the mo
THE COOLEST PLACE IN M ISSOURI
“ No.”
rale.”
“ Can you sing?”
(Advertisement in the Atchison County, Mo..Mail.)
The Judge claims to know.
For
“ No.”
mouths he has been traveling around
r
“ Can yon ran a motor car?”
France
from
camp
to
camp,
night
after
Don’t telephone me about nine
“ No."
Bight, almost without rest or relief
"What can yon do?”
p. m. during hot weather as I am gen
talking to the hoys shout France. Hit
Established .1889
“ Nothing that I know of. Fm Just
Job has been to Interest the fe llo w i1 me o f the Idle rich.”
erally out to the barn about that time
In the coudWy where they are guestf
"G o out and fuss around a few days
in the horse trough taking a bath.
A Successful Business Career of
— and welcome guests.
md then come back,” he was told.
The army declares that the “ T " h a i, That night he met up with a west
Twenty-Five Years
bitten off a large contract. Officer af ern sergeant who waa In Parts to see
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ter officer whom you meet on th« die town, and who had started to view
HINT TO T R A V E L IN G MEN
streets of Parts will tel] you how Im the sights through the bottom o f a
Join the army where you can take plenty o f orders portant he believes the ” Y” Is to th< {lass. He waa half seas over and am-
IN T E R E S T P A ID ON T IM E
f
effectiveness o f oar military— and thea iltious to be submerged. The mem-
every day.
¡r
be will point oat where the “ T " ts fall xrr o f the Idle Rich Inveigled him In
D E P O SIT S
la g down in his estimation. Almost to conversation, famished him ciga
E V E N PREACH ERS AN D E D ITO R S SW E A R
everybody you meet can tell yea w hen rette* and a light Pretty soon, by
Officers and Directors
M m ”T " or the commissary or the Rad •beer personality, he persuaded the
(Smileyville Express.)
er this, that and the other, la nan to go to bed without finishing off
W e have seen numerous poems about the kaiser lately,
H. Hirschberg, Pres.
D. W . Sears, V. P.
down.
In this coon try yea its evening artistically. In the
but we have yet to see one which does not contain the I a n to ear* praise, mad to earn It yes ng the sergeant came around and
W. S. Kurre, Cashier
MVsd the Idle Rich Man.
w ord hell. This war makes even ministers and news B are to w ort tor It
W . H. W alker
L A. Allen
0 . D. Butter
"■ a ." a id t o > d « i a i
l
Real Gravely
Chewing Plug
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor.
—and worth it
The Independence National Bank
paper men swear.
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