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NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1918
PARIS AS SEEN
BY MAJ
THE LONG, CRUEL '■*
VAR IS OVER
Three Letters W ritten By Him
W hile in the H ospital Are
Given
Prance, June 29, 1»18.
My dear Cousins— To make my
present location I had to come
through Paris and It has been my
privilege since to be In the city
several times. So much has been
written about this elty in peace
times that I cannot hope to add
anything of Interest.
On last Monday morning at an
American Red Cross,
early hour the sleeping populace of
October 8, l » lg .
ftewberg were awakened by a far*
Here I am at Base Hospital 35
away cry of “ war extra! war ex*
with a very slight shell wound re
tra !" and soon It was known that
ceived on the 2nd of October. Not
an armistice had been^ signed,
serious enough to cause me to be
which means the ending o f the
•evacuated back to the Base but
long, cruel war.
Major Strohm and Assistant Divi
The exuberance o f Joy was man*
sion Surgeon «ordered me back. I
ifest everywhere, though the out*
guess 1 was all In and didn’t know
bunt was not quite so hurried IS
It would have been had the people
We Jumped off at 5:30 on the
not been fooled by the lake news
morning o f the 26th of September
that was given out by the United
and have been in the thickest of the
Press a' few days before. Howwvery
shelling ever since.
In fact, we
people were, soon unfurling flags
had been under shell fire for two
and marching the streets hammer
.nights before going over the top.
ing tin pans , and other noise
Well, it was sure some fight and
makers.
such wonderful men!
The 91st
In the afternoon everybody clos
ed up shop and Joined In the dem* j
onstratlon of gratification over the)
glorious news,
Bells were rung,,
guns were fired, autos honked as - 1 am *ure 1 could have carri«
they pulled improvised noise mak- u M had happened earlier,in
era up and down the paved street* J « * ht But after the »wful si
tugs of war were Indulged in and,;wet to the •klB- alw*ys col
it was a free an easy game o f Ju- ■hnP1V unnerved me. I feel
bilation that old and young l » - £ * ceP‘ 8t,w and a
lame<
dulged in.
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fgot some sleep the two night
In the evening a bonfire w a s j
hospital train (Red Cross),
built and the demonstration was j: * piece of shell struck i
kept going by the younger element
,lck on my right side
far Into the night.
“h o * ribs. Bowled me
The people were Jubilant over ¿nocked a hole through my cl
the ending of the long struggle and ^
J®*1 through the skin. A
they simply
turned
themselves
etc*!*, but a miss is as
loose to show it.
«* a mile and I shall get ba<
outfit hi a few days, for they
October 7 1918.
Monday afternoon and I am feel
ing fine, greatly rested after two
nights of between clean sheets.
They wanted to put me to work
here In the Base Hospital for a time
but nothing doing. I would much
prefer being back with my regi
ment. I know them and love them.
They are wonderful men and offi
cers— badly shot up but still able
to do great things, I would rather
take my chances with the shot .and
shell than with the influensa and
pneumonia that are in the hospit
als. They are arranging my dis
charge from here today and I will
likely get transportation back to
Tou probably have a more vivid the 91st D. W. tomorrow.
Board of Governors,
I have no idea where they are for Commercial Club,
»wledge from the papers than I
a give you. I can simply say. I understand that they /have been Newberg, Oregon.
withdrawn from the front and an-
LOOKS L IK E A GOOD
P K O P O Sm O H FO B E D ITO XS
Judge from
newspaper reports. ) one has anything important to do.
Roads are so good and subway ca rs. How in the world can these men
ho convenient that one can go «nd and women, on a business day. walk
come swiftly while the suu in shin- in the park and stop to look at a
ing and the Hun air-men are far {group of statuary?
How can a
away. I will speak of several o f j man close his store from noon to' 2
these little visits as though th ey! o’clock while he takes lunch with
were one— a general Impression. | his family and thus misses selling
probably faulty because hastily j goods?. These things are Ibeyond
made.
! answer to us .who are used to at-
We take an auto to the terminal! '« “ " ‘ " i to business and the Impor-
subwayr station and then descend ta h t(?) things of life,
the steps as in New York. A sign
One can by effort imagine what
says: “ Distribution tfe billets“ and Paris was before the war when'all
there at a window one pays fifteen the peoples of the world were hqye
oentimes for a second class ticket In force and filled the streets and
or twenty-five centimes for one In hotels, the cafes and parks, seeking
the first class coach-
The first pleasure.
class means you may sit during the
Now we seem to see too many
Journey.
) of the right age not In- uniform and
On reaching the car platform oiie ar® inclined to believe that these
sees in big blue letters “ Direction y ° « n* .Frenchmen #re
shirking
Opera." so there is no trouble find- lhelr duty until told the truth—
lng the way. We enter the car and ‘ ha‘ these young men are foreign-
the girl conductor punches our 9n
neutral countries: that
tickets * Opposite slut a good look- ‘ be French are not staying out of
ing young lady, reading a book. A ‘ be army. That more than the us-
man who entered with us sits down »»al number of women may be looked
facing her. I notice he addresses upon with suspicion is a sad truth,
her and she looks annoyed and ig-
After a general view o f statues
nores him. Were it in America I and pictures In all the windows,
should knock him down. Here no one is Impressed with the fact that
one notices the insult.
Possibly for a cold climate the women and
she should, not be riding without a children are carved and painted
chaperone. It may be true of the with kn alarming shortage of
country that a young woman alone clothes. Here in a picture a young
is not considered- “ a lady.“
Any- woman seems to be pulling a splint-
one who has seen the world would Ar out of her foot; she is clad in a
certainly believe this mpdest girl to rosy complexion only. One might,
be of the best character. However, at first blush, think that Paris in
the Incident makes me proud to war time was short^of gowns, but
come from a country where stand- the windows all about are filled
ards of conduct are so different.
with beautiful 'gowns. One might
A furloughed, wounded French consider the woman poor; but no.
soldier enters, leaning on a cane, ‘ be furniture in her room is gor-
The girl conductor hastens to help *«ous. Why does the artist make
him to a seat, maklfig both men one shiver in sympathy with his
and women get up to give him gf model^ this cold afternoon?
With
place.
He pays no fare. On we Tier
w“ h thousands like her all
go past many stations, under the about, who are pulling out slivers
river and at last ah-lve at the or doing some other like thing
“ Opera,” where we leave the car which does not, it seems to me, re-
and climbing long flights of steps Quire the removal of all one’s
come into the light and air. The clothes. I can see no art in such
Opera, the national opera house, is pictures.
in the center of Paris. From this
¿long the boulevard not far
large building, facing on a large «way •« ‘ be Madeleine church- the
open square, radiate many > streets most beautiful building in the city
and boulevards.
One stands and because so simple In its dignity
looks about. Crowds o f people of vrltlt Its Corinthian pillars. From
all kinds surge by; taxi-cabs whirl H «» ‘ ends the “ Rue de la Palx.”
by at a forty mile speed. The first ‘ be street of the finest jewelry
impression is. “ how much light and «ores in the world and where also
ah-.”
The reason becomes evident ‘ he great drees makers build the
—all buildings are only eight stor- gowns that have made them more
lee high.
famous than artists of stone. At
Ail Paris has an even sky-line tb* «“ * of th‘ * 8t™*t <*
ta
and in Its building there Is a prod- th* " P,Bce v « dom#” whlch h u “
I « m .
h
it" center the enormous bronte col-
Herewith
A number of exchangee have
been speculating on what s p M
happen ÏT'ÉEÎ government to o k o v w
the newspapers.
Well, the first
thing the subscription price would
be raised about 50 per cent and
the sheriff would be kept busy
chasing delinquents. The next step
would be to raise the wages 25 per
cent and editors who hadn't had a
cent in six months they could call
their own, would be placed on a
salary. The merchants who fall to
get their ad copy in until press day
would be hauled up before the
council of defense and our lino-type
man who hired out for two weeks
and quit his Job in a week would
be sent to Leavenworth for about
ten years as a' deserter. It looks
like a good proposition and we are
for
it.— The
Fairbiyy.
Nebr.,
News.
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men were very brave, splendid, and
the patience and fortitude they
showed while severely wounded
durpaased anything I have ever
dreamed of.
To say that I am thankful to be
alive puts it very mild, still, I feel
that I should be back and helping
those brave men as much as I can.
I lost most everything I had dur
ing the fight except the clothes on
ray back (and they are all in) and
the pictures of my little family.
They were pretty wet but I had a
good look at them on the hospital
train yesterday and I still have
them on my lap today.
While I realise that the Hoche
must be licked and I am willing to
do my bit, I would like awfully
W HAT DO YOU THINK IS M Y SHAKE?
By Bruce Barton
t
He is a conscientious gentleman, who hon
estly wants to do right. And he came to me
shaking his head.
“ I want to do my full part in this United War
Work Campaign/’ he said.
“ Do you think a
hundred dollars is my share?”
And I told him that it woul<? be hard for any
one but himself to decide. “ There are so many
different ways of looking at money,” I said.
A hundred and seventy millions looks big at
first glance/ It is forty times what Jefferson
gave for the Louisiana territory. *
It’s a dollar and seventy cents for every man.
woman and' child in the land; it’s more than
eight dollars and a half for every household.
“ You can figure It on that»basis,” I told him.
"On the basis of dollars and cents. Or you can
figure It on the basis of boys.”
“ Of boys?” he questioned. “ I do not under
stand.”
“ It’s lees than fifteen cents a day for each of
our soldiers and sailors,” 1 answered. “ Fifteen
cents a day ’ to give them warmth and comfort
and entertainment and lectures and games, and
the thought of ibother and God.”
“ Fifteen cents a day for a boy; two for a
quarter a day. How many‘ boys will you take?"
And his eyes kindled. “ I think I could take
ten at least,” he said. He drew big check book
out.
“ Figure it out and tell me the price,” he said.
“ I want you td give them the -beet you’ve got.
W hat i f ft %nlng tn coet V
“ — for ten boys, for a year, at two for a quar
ter a day?”
8o I figured it out for him; suppose you fig
ure it out for yoursdlf.
Afler finishing a letter
to my dear wife and children and
one to my father and mother, the
babble of conversation, mixed with
a strain of piano music here in a
crowded Y. M. C. A. hut. my
1 thoughts wandered back to the
board meetings back in Newberg.
The notion struck me to drop you a
line. (If that will be possible with'
all this confusion.)
Since leaving the States on July
' 6th I have had a very interesting
' time. We were a few days in Eng
land.
1 Landing in France the 26th day
of July, and with the exception o f
three weeks spent at an Army Med
ical School, I have been touring
France with the troops. Mostly at
night and mostly on foot, for none
of the officers have had horses.
We traveled perhaps 300 kilometers
by rail and 56 by auto truck. The
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but I never faltered and I gave j rest of the time we marched on
J every bit of strength that was in foot; always at night.
-• me. Eve/i then it seemed that the
First in reserve to one big show
? men and officers on the line were which proved to be a walk-away
* doing so much more.
for our troops.
Then a sudden
I believe that the most trying move at night, always at night.
t thing was to have officers and men
We were privileged to participate
♦ that I had known for a year come in the biggest push of the war.
♦ to me terribly shot up. I believe After being under shell fire for two
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that the British plan is better— to days and nights, we jumped off at
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go over with a different outfit. <5:30 a. m. on September 26th, and
• You then miss the shock of the we fought them like veterans
. best friends in the world going How proud I am of our Regiment,
t through your aid station.
of our Division, and the whole
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When I get home, even if I never West should be proud of them—-the
< see another battle. I will have most wonderful men that God ever
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enough to tell you. The war cloud
smiled upon.
J seems to be clearing and it may be
The first time tinder fire but
• I will soon be home to my little they fought and died like men.
! family.
Not a yellow man in the outfit, and'
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We ju’e now in the most beautl- 1 evacuated the wounded for the
4 ful part of France that I have so entire Division
for twenty-four
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far seen.
We were on the train hours.
Such wonderful men and
’ thirty-six hours
after an eight officers!
We were1 badly shot up
t hours’ ride In an ambulance so we
but not a man but what wanted to
. are a long way from the front. go back in. and the slightly wound
therefore out of sight of the scars
ed would go back in spite of us.
of battle.
The only men to let out a moan
We took a great many provisions were the dying.
from the Germans. They were all When I got my little wound on
well fed and clothed.
We raided October 2nd at noon and was evac
German dugouts for blankets for uated back tq the Base Hospital,
we had received <00 replacement
men
and were still fighting.
the wounded. The1' first day tee got
I
am
now on my back, almost
J the most beautiful blankets and
♦ sleeping bags out of the officers well. In fact. I could have carried
on If 1 bad received the piece of
1 quarters.
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Some of the prisoners were sullen Boche shell earlier In the game, but
• and still showed lots of fight, others after eight days and nights without
J were glad to be captured, but they sleCp. always cold, most of the time
were all well provided with food. wet to the skin, always under shell
^ boots and shoes, blankets and fire, and. most trying of all, to see
. clothing. •Most of them were of the the very Best friends I had. officers
! Prussian Guards. Germany’s best and men come through my aid sta
tion nil shot up. After nil of this
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My life was saved without a
j doubt by my Broseard Red Cross on
J m y arm. They had us in a tight
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