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FORTY-FIRST YEAR- no i.
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1918.
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVE CENTS
nil fLwc 51 lliU .
ill
ARMY OF 4,000,000
TO BRING VICTnuy
IN 1919 SAYSC K f
5r. t
Genera) March Says T N
tela blooded Amen !
l ,i Military Opinion. I
MORE THAN 1,500,000
OF THESE IN FRANCE
Confilence In Victory Is Bas
ed On Confidence In Am
erican Soldiers.
By C.n D. Groat,
(I'uited Press staff correspondent)
Washngton, Aug. 24. When Chief
of Staff March predicted a 1919 vic
tory with a 4,000.000 American army
next June, he was delivering a "cold
Wooded American military opinion."
It was no spread-eagle boast or
claim.
It was based upon confidence in
American soldiers on confidence in
spired by serving with them and be
ide them.
The general assured members of the
press today that his statement to the
eenate military committee was the de
liberate military opinion.
At the same time he revealed that
the nation has now passed the 1,300,000
mark in its program of 4,000,000 afield
by next June.
March pounded home the thought
that next year U the victory year,
provided America furnishes the man
(ower needed, unhesitatingly and whole
heartedly. His confidence in victory
based he said, on his confidence in her
soldiers, is having addad inspiration
from returning officers. . As he nut it.
these men brought here and promoted 1 to the po-'ketbooks of the people of
for distinguished services, talk to him ! Marion and Polk counties, With ever
in. their own language. "You don 't j Rlv,u blackberries the problem is the
find any lack of confidence there," j same as pears, mostly a queston of la
he said, "and the American soldier , bur as'to the amount the canneries will
urmTviw me run conriaence of the
United States for on everv occasion.
where he has been tested, he hits de
livered the goods."
Samples of American dash and ef
ficiency were cited. One officer of the
first division told March of the cap
ture of CS guns in the recent drive
and how they were brought back bo
iind our own trucks.
Thirty-five hundred prisoners wera
taken at 'the same time.
Another unpublished incident he nar
rated was the taking by the Second
division of ten complete German bat
teries and ntrcacn.ation of them to
General Pershing.
In response u specific questions,
March located tho following divisions
thus:
Eighty third division of the 5tU
iiorps, serving a replacement sivision
:!7th division of the. Fourth corns, in
the line near Baccarat; TSth division
t:.i nii r nenr th frnnt ne- t n-
fniitry of the Sixth in a training sec
lor.
Reviewing the British drives of the
last few days, the chief of staff de
clared that the fine work done by the
French had been duplicated by the
Bid'isli. The British, he pointed out,
have developed a new though smal!
salient bv pushes on both sides of
Albert.'
March esti:::at"d that the distance
(Continued on page eigl.t)
GERMANS PREPARE TO
RETREA TON SECTOR IN
FRONT OF AMERICANS
ftamerous Fires Back Of Im'C'lZ s:TJi
And Unusual Activities
Indicate This.
By Fred 8. Ferjnson
itB t&e American Armies in trance,
An. 24. Tin Veate front is buiziag
With local irifanUy operations, which are
possibly the prebtde to a German with-
drawal.
Bombardment of the American rcarjk.Pnff f Hnuually sharp fighting. The
area has been si kened anj ouuicr'jus! tannerv is a h g "stone affair, slaniing
fir, s can be observed betwien the Ve!ejBear an open road west 0f Fismes. It is
and Ibf Aisr.e, snggtir.g that materia! sa ;,teal uis.birie guB nest sad l-.s been
and n ali ammunition dumps are being; swine at i lmrh stroughoid tot ma
btiiiH-d. jchinp gun and rifle sniping.
Half a d.j?en sharp infantry clashes Fallowing a bri.k artillery bombard j
hsn incurred in the past S4 hours. Iiici-t, th Amcricsns bft their shallow j
one instance tK Oem srts and Acricaa .les half ran, half crawled across i
ntti-ked st different points, practically j
r r ic ssrw Tirnj. genersr wixiiji rot
Ij . J to;iip,;ie asl plattM-ns fighting
li tiii c;,;-!!.
A a insta-ie- ef the t n atnre f
.18 tW c-srparr, ;;--
Mt-'.f frc.iii t.-c o'hers ait seek-.a ts :
"- '';'-' t the r.:g. aid1
M,LLI0N P0UNDS ofpears
FROM WALLACE ORCHARDSflnrttlPi mm
Largest Yield Of Fruit On Re-
m mm A rn .
cord may iwamp aaort
Handed Canneries.
One million rtnunds nf Rartlett near
will b? harvested this seasou from the
Wallace oichards in Polk coiintv justi
Jacross the river from Salem. Last yearj
1 1 bout 4oo.r00 rounds was the season's
crop. This difference gives a general :
idea of the immense pear crop in this
section of the valley, perhaps the lf"T
jest yield ever known.
The big problem now with the can
neries is the question of labor. With an
increase of labor over . the present
force of 300, the Hunt Bros. Co.. of
Salem will do a business more than
twice that of any former year in the
canning of pears.
Although this is but the first week
of pear canning season ,the Hunt can
nery now has employed more than 300
mostly women, end there is work easily
for 100 more. As W. G. Allen, manager-:
of Hunt Bros. Co., explained, women
can handle the work during tho pear
season as the big problem is that of
peeling and o far no machine has been
invented that can satisfactorily do the
work.
The Huiit Cannery will pack the SUM)
tons from the Wallace orchard in addi
tion to that offered from the various
pear orchards in the two counties, run
ning the total pack, under favorable
working condition tip close to one and
ne half million pounds of peart.
The pay roll of the cannery during
the nesr sensnn will run from SojiMf
to MOO k week and the season will last '
fully five weeks. The grower this year,
selling on the present market will aver
age from $40 to 48 a ton; ,
Evergreen blackberries, the picking
of which will continue until frost or
the niiis, will also bring an immense
amount o money into, the city. The
canneries are paying six cents a
pound compared to four cents last
year. Pickers are now paid from 2!i
cents to three cents a pound and the
big corp through this part of the val-
.lev will hrlntr thousands of dollars in
nut up.
As in niost.lines of fruits' and packs.
the government has given orders to
canneries as to ths amount that shall ,
be set aside
for government use nd iburg. The German people are now like
int Cannery, the amount . wise pa wing to the defensive. 'Germany
wita tne mint tannery, tne amount
will probably equal one half of this
season's output.
For the man who intends to make a
living from berries, it has been sug
gested that he should have on his tract,
gooseberries with the picking about the
middle of May. Then strawberres,
which conic in for marketing usually
about Jure 1. Loganberries and rasp
berries should also be included at this
crop will require picking about Ju'y
1. continuing for several weeks. There
should be some tame blackberries that
would require nicking about August 15
and then finally the evergreen black
"er"e" wn" n. r,l'n ""I1" .'"e n,in'".'
iof August and are good p.ckng until
rusi nr me rnuiy nritnMi i in. .-ir
cording to tins arrangement on te ,
berry tract there would be almost con-1
tinuous picking from the middle of
May unii the frost or rains put an end
to the evergreen blackberry season.
1
KINO OF FINLAND.
Amsterdam. Aug. 24. Grand Duke
Aluli.li Friedrich of Mecklenburg-j
StrelitJ! will accept the Finnish crown,
-according to rumors in German parlia
mentary circles-
ny.st ut the company pristine:.
! .- id-lcn iuTantry fighting iuditaUj
i the bcH-hes either are feeling out thej
j Americans or are staging a dessou.tra-j
j 'ion with a sir.all force prior to as eariy
withdrawal. I'nder the circumstances.
the latter appears more likelv as it is'bert C. Hoover, bead of the 1'nitel
,tl t,, lMtt.hr tri(.k; ."talcs food administration, told the
t!i.' "tannery" Mten Fisraea and newspapers that the people of Europe
j lUzxU?, will take its pUce in history, I,,,, bitterly rompiaiuitig against the
i with niauv similar siiots. a. b. iny tijciL. li nrii-r-i nt American ... l-inf'.. ;,;,.
a-. apes field and rusbH the taeaery.)
,t;.vi!g th4. etfemy out of it.
7'ie (Verscans immediately rminfe; at
ta-i.ed and hved the American cut.
Tt - lak-r ro-'red tack, thorunghly miui i
,) t,:':t an', re-lck the tannery.
(Contisacd ca page eigttj
AS FOCH BEES IT
With the French Armiea ia
the Field, Aug. 23. (Night)
"All goes well and we should
continue the operations begun
July li, but I do not desire to
prophesy realities are much
better than promises, and acts
a'.oae count," Marshal Focil . 4
told a party of war correspond-
T
ents whom lie received tonight.
4c t-peaking of American soldiets
Foch said: ' if
4c "Tho Americans are admirable
soldiers. Their only fault is that
they push forward so far we
are obliged to hold them back.
They demand to kill as many
of the enemy as possible."
Foch compared the allied of
fensive operations with the Ger- 4c
man invasion and declared that
the enemy tide has passed and
the high water mark and is now 4c
receding.
4c4c4c4
GERMANY PIPAR!
FORTIFYINGTHE RHINE
Kaiser Tells Subjects War Is
Liable To Be Carried
Into Germany.
By J. W. T. Mason
(United Press War Expert)
New Yori, Aug. 24. The woeful
news is at last beginning to spread
amoug the German people that an in
vasion of Germany is the inevitable
outcome of America's - unprecedented
accomplishment in pouring soldiers by
the million into Europe.
The Vieiman army was passed to the
defensive last month when America'
strength permitted Marshal Foch to
wrest the initiative from Von Hinden
wise pawine
is realizing the kaiser cannot win the
war. Kvidewe is accumulating that
Von Hindenburg's retreat before Mar
shal Focu's incessant asauts is becom
ing known among the German people
for it true significance.
The German government has taken
to the dttensive also, before its own
people, by making known the fact that
over a million and a quarter American
soldiers pre- now in France, The Ho
henzolleras dare not longer keep up
the deception that America does nut
count. The danger of the Rhine, fall
ing to the American armie is too
grave.
The sudden frankness of the kaiser
, is a pu!i"V of despair. The Rhine an a
mu,t now be put in a state of defense
n,i tne (jormsn people willv nillv,
most be told what these activities
niPaili No inKer is Von Hiiidenburg
planning conquest. The German-general
staff is no wplanning how to fight a
defensive campaign over German ti r-
j ritnry which is destined to taste, like
Belgium and France, the horrors and
desolation of modern warfsue.
The terrible fact is now presented to
i the German people thut though there
jare a million and a quarter of Ameri
ca's vanguard in France, they re no!
being- used in the present fighting.
Where are the Americans For what
purpose are they being he'd back? To
these de'psmng questions, there is but
one answer potlde for the German
people. The Americans sre assembling
to carry the war into Germany. No
modem, first class ower has ever be
fore been confronted by so desperate
a situation as this fact signifies. Ger
many is beginning to know it The
kaieer is the first to have heart trou
ble. Comlsim Of IM
Prices Of Foodstuffs
, , ,
.,. Voik, Aug. 24. Reaching lu-rc
r. stcr.lar aft r disembarking from a
Itr.ti.h l;,,,.. Atluil ,..,rt lt,.r.
te-1 them
He pjiatr d out that wages in Europe
ate iub lower than in this country
averaging about 1" a weekand that
the allowances of governments to sd
dier' families i. os ier 11 a we.-k
Obviously, he said, American bacua at
.W ctitsa pound cannot le purchased
bv these iwrdc.
He mid that
Eoroitrsn governments
have l.,cn for.-ed tu m-U Aneriran pro
duct, st 1" in order to care for th?
, tf ojile. Tom bing oa matters in tlx
l'nit I Stales, I, said thst the only r al
difficult now is sugar and sh
sim
cus.iot be tsk a f roes the arniy to brinj
lin that ematoIitr.
TO INITIATE BILLISHIPYARD WORKERS
TO 1920 TAX LEVY
Tax Commission Decides It
Will Take This Scm To
Run The State.
PROPISIONSFORNEW
BllDINGS LEFT OUT
Cuts Made In Practically All
Theoretical Budgets Sub
mitted. A bill to add $940,000 to the regular
stato tax levy next year will be in
itiated by the stat tax commission
for submission to the voters at the
general election in November.
At s meeting of the tax commission
yfeptierday afternoon it was decided
that sum at least would be needed to
meet the increased cost in state gov
ernment. ' Budgets from all the state institu
tions, departments and other state aid
ed activities, submitted to the tax
commission totaled !'.315,4:17, which
was 2,(.i(M,4Sci in sxcess of the con
templated income of the sta'e in the
iMxt tws years from regular channels.
By providing for an additional
$940,000 the tax commission cut the
excess requests a little more than half.
If tho fvotcra approve the 940,0i0
additional levy, the total state tax for
1919 will still bb lower than it was in
1914, wheu the state taxes amounted to
4,ltt."i,000 for the year, it is pointed
out.
In reducing the excess requests for
funds, the commission practically elim
inated all provLsion for new buildings.
State Treasurer Kay strongly objected
to- this, as he said -Uj:pe.yers expected
to pay high' tsxes, tKs sauis as they
are paying higher prices for everything
else, and provision should be made for
buildings. He voted, however, with
the other three members of the commis
sion for tho 940,ooo levy, but made
the statement that he wanted it under
stood that this levy was for 1919 only
and a special election should be htld to
vote an additional levy for 1920, thus
providing a greater sum for slate pur
poses. Secretary of State Oleott prior to
the meeting had gone over the indi
vidual budgets anil made such cuts
as he considered proper and they were
adopted by the commission almost with
out exception.
As the situation now is, if the voters
approve tho 940,W0 extra levy, the
legislature will have ) H.3S9.931 to
spend. If the law makers want to
spend more than that they must pro
vide for o, special clticrion to vote
another additional tax or expect de
ficiencies to bo created.
The budgets considered by the tux
cmnniissinn are not official They
'may bo altered before they go to the
legis.ature. Die official budgets will
be submitted to the secretsrv of state
later in the year and he nill prepare
the official budget for the legislature.
in arriving at a conclusion as to
the amount of additional tun. is needed,
the fax commission niale the following
theoretical cuts in the various bud
gets:
Adverti'iiig state of 'regon, r'"pi'it-
ed .".o,ik)I, cut "o.()oi); Imun y on
wild animals, requested $73.0'M), cut
0,iMHl; Oreg m Aiirciilture College, re-
qneste t SI .z.ii,.mu, cut siuo.oimj; i, Di
versity of Oregon, requested t'.Mi t.000,
cat $200,000; t'uiversity of Oregon nied-
(O'.iitiiiued on pngn eight)
4c xv 44'4'4'44
ABE MARTIN
ifc4
Tii'"r' tw manv f-l!cr that nsnt
t git in th war without takm ai.y
"Jiann-i. sin i- i o to- i-iiw
that ud t' lirk tm alt over be-
Uit be lit it
mm
vLIWj UULLAlt AH
fOP BWaUHHHtH! ILtfllltU
Leaders Present Demand To
day To United States
Shipping Board.
Washington, Aug. 24. A country
wide staudard wage of 1 an hour has
been demanded by skilled workmen of
the American shipyards.
Leaders of several international crafts
late yesterday formally presented t!if
demands to the labor adjusliutnt com
mittee of the I'uited States Shipping
board. j
The demands came after a series of
conferences held secretly among union
leaders, it was learned officinlly. j
Included in tho demands for Inrrensrs
of pav are provisions for a half holiday
every Saturday of the year, anj double
pay for all overtime.
The ship workers seek also to obtain
a 10 per cent, bonus for night work in
shops.
The movement of the unions for a
standard wage came as a surprise tJ
officials here. All the workmen have
agitated n uniform wage nearly a year,
n as believed they have been shows
where such an agreement might work
to their detriment. It was feared hire
that these demands would precipitate
discontent among other labor unions.
Frequent complaints from pthcrs time
those employed by the shipyards have
indicated that the belief was that ths
ship work men were paid higher In
comtmrison than any other craft.
HOUSE PASSES BILL
18 TO 45 YEARS ARE
Attempt To Recommit The
Bill Defeated Just Before
Final Vote.
Wsshngton, Aug. 24, The house late
today passed the new man power bill
extending the draft ages to include men
between IS and 43, inclusive.
The bill passed without restriction
on the calling of boys of IS years.
An attempt by Chairman Dent of the
military committee to recoiuit the I'fl
and report it with the McKenxiu amend
meut had be on defeated just before
roll call began on final passage.
The final vote was 3;itl to two. Gor
don, Ohio, a"d London, New York, weie
the only representatives voting aguiust
it.
Isenator Penrose today launched an
Hifack on Hecietury liukcr for delay
ing congiesdonul lie turn on the, mun
powor bill, by opposing. extension it! the
Iraft ages when it whs proposed lust
June in the senate. Ho charged that
because of "personal vanity" tho war
department insists all suggestions nf
legislation come from it.
Hi'nutor Hitchcock, declared Penrose
had done Hci ivliuy Baker and Chit f
of (stuff March a gnat injustice by
charging they had opposed changing the
diaft uge. "What they opposed," snid
i lliu iicuck. nus lucniiiK null- f
liuugc
UI, an urmv appropriation bill."
j xiie h.iuse afternoon adopted an
tt:uciljui011l offered by Representative
i ( r,,,H;,Vi Massachusetts, designed to
.oiiil) men from the defined classes
fur the army. It provides that the pro
vost msrsliul general should be author
.zed to appoint special examiners to
go over carefully the list of all men in
the (2 1 terred ciasses,
WILL CONTINUE TO'
SI SPANISH SHIPS
Germany Tells Spain This And
Says She Hopes She Will
Stay Neutral
London, Aug. 24. German hsa in
f irmed Hpaia that the threatened sera
ure of interned German shipping to re
place Kpanish tonnage destroyed by I
batt in the future, "might result in
the rupture of good relations," accord
ing to a dii'atch from the Copenhagen
eorreipondeiit of the Kxrhsnge Tcls
graph company, received today.
Germany, honcver, is reported to have
expressed . illii;giie to consider limi
tation of s'lbo anoe sinking outside the
dangi f w.ne, but she will not guarantee
such, nor treat fcjain as any exception
to th rules )e has ms'ks concerning
uUi arise warfare.
Germany is sail to have stated !
; ar.re.t give up stibwaruie
warfute
valuable
-wiinu aas te-come sura a
weapon," but " hopes Hjin will adhere
U kef intention to remain ci-utrsl."
RR1TKH ARF WITHIN TWO Mil FS
nr nxnxnur ntriiir m nr.
FROMSOUTHOFOISEAHDAIIETTE
Third Army's Progress Continues, It Having Advanced Ia
Some Places To Depth Of Four and One-Half Miles.
French Firmly Established North Of Ailetts River. No
yon Is Reported As Expected To Fall Any Minute As It
Is No Longer Tenable-fighting en 60-Mile Front.
4cik44tic4c4i4i4t4i)k4i4i4c
EXPECT NOYON TO FALL
London, Aug. 24. (1:19 ' p.
m) Fall of Noyon is expected
any minute. The Germans aro
still holding out in the town,
but they are In a dangerous po
sition, as the French guns now
command all railway and high
way communications leading
from the place.
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London. Aug, 24. (1.02 p. m.) Brit
tub troops have pushed forward to with
In loss than two mile and a half from
Bapaume, it was learned this afternoon
The third army's progress oouttnnes
and It has advanced In some places to
the depth of four and a half miles.
The British command was aware be
fore Wednesday of the enemy's luten,
tlon to nuke a considerable retirement
on the Albrt-Arrs front, The with
drawal was not permitted to be carried
out without molestation, the British ha
rassing the Germans continually.
FORGED ACROSS EIVER9
By John De Oandt
(I'liltcd Press staff correspondent)
Parts, Aug. 24. (4 p. tu ) The south
banks of the Olse and Ailstte have
boon completely cleared of the enemy
as far east as Font St. Maid, and the
French are now firmly
established
north of the Allette.
Opposite Coucy Le-Chateau, the French
continus to progress, principally In
southeasterly direction.
West of Noyon, French troops are ad
vancing methodically upon Cuy, (four
miles west of Noyon and three mites
east of Lossigny.) The rate of progress
between the Mats, and Bolssous, how
ever, had gradually slackened today.
The German Version
London,, Aug, B4, The German press
gem rally gives ample evidence that the
general staff so far ha been faily suc
cessful in concealing the allies success-
"Fovh suffered a decisive difat
Tuesday, despite small initial success
es," Is a typical comment by the mili
tary critic "of thu Deutsche Zeltung.
"We must await further develop
ments but we are already certain that
our vigormis defensive policy has giiii.-
ALL FIGHTING YANKEE BOYS
ARE THEIR "BIG BROTHERS"
Salvation Army Girl Tells Of
Life In War Zone of
France.
By Miss Gladys Mclutyre.
MttUutioit Army Doughgiil In Franc. '
.. .. (Written for the I'uited I'fess.)
With The America,, liovs At The Front,"';' '".'," ,V"m , ".
July .!..-iHy Mail.) - friendship, arca' ' K'r "",r ''t t"l",",' BI"! U'ejr
' " . ' i, I M' m full list list frilltl.
hit nr.. . hm. At lcwut. Why are out lmr
du the front. ' It's hard to keep from
letting your interest in people worry
you.
It has been harder than usual for
us, I think, because our scoualiitauees
ares sre coiillnually changing. Troops
are always on the move, and we have
slaved ipiile a l""g fl"" i" each 'he
liM-aiions we were in. Hi we went never
with sny reginii-nt perinni e nlly, usually
just lung enough to make s buui-h of
good frieiiils from whom we had to
part.
We have almost decided that it loe
nut pay to mare friends. Not that they
sre not wonderful to have and s lot of
joy, but that it is hard to see them go,
especially when you ksow the danger
they sre in ail the time.
It's strange the way se make frii nds
out here, anyway. When a new outf.t
conic, in town, w are always feeling
as though t)i bottom has dropped out
of things, naturally, because our old
friends have pulled out the night be
fore. The a few of the new ones will
aw - - '
drop nroiin, the kifch'-n, end n'k if
theie is snythirg they ran do to hilq
us.
That is where friends are first nude,
uuailv, in the kitchen or at the wood
pile. Kuntetimes it ' ovsr thu stove.
Where the by fk us to b-t them d ipi
doughnuts. Then tlere is usually a
ed signal victory, the significance ol
which fies in strategic grounds."
The German "victory" Tuesday con
sisted of being driven back two miles
on a ten mile front between the Oisa
aud the Aisne, losing important heights
dominating the Aisne and the Ailct'e
and thousands of prisoners.
ADVANCE ON WIDE FRONT '
By Lowell Mellett
(Cnlted Press Staff Correspondent.)
With the ltritish Armies in France,
Aug, 114. The livitish advance today
carried them forward on a wido froat
between the Ancre and the Koiiuue.
iiray, Heeordel Becourt ami Avt.Urr
La lioissvle are reported to have fallen
in rapid succession.
Itray is on the north bank of the
Solium', fivo inilca southeast of AlUrt.
Heeordel Ifeeourt is two miles directly
east of Albert. Orvillers-La Hoissele is
three miles northeast of Albert,
The Germans heavily counter attack
ed mi the high grounds north of Ilnppy
Valley (north of Homme,) this morning.
The result is rtit yet known. The
ground there 1 already covered with
dead.
At 7 a. in. the Germans were still up
posing the advance toward Bnatitue at
itihucoiirt it o ad s miles north
west of the city.)
The Uritish and Germans struggled alt
night, back and forth along a ui) mile
front on the old riumuie field, In oua of
the bloodiest battles of the war.
The Uritlsh advanced appreciably Oils
morning at many points, gaining sever
al Important village and fighting posi
Hons. The Australians early this morn
ing smothered several machine gun netts
which had been a continual menace, in
flicting heavy Casualties and. taking
many prisoners,
Tlie bigli ground toward Frieourt
tthrie tulles east of Albeit,) was solxcd
during the night,
The line Is now reported to be east
of Ovlllers-La Hoiswllo.
We pushed ahead below Bief vlllers
Les Iliipaume (a mile and a half north
west of liupauine) and advance patrols
aro reported near that town. Toirifie
fighting Is going on In a mae of trench
es below Neuville-Vitasse (three niibi
southeast (,f Arra.) .
Welsh troops wadcrl serosa the Anere
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gradual growlli without any effort
anyone 's part, und some neiiiaintnnete
become friend, uod olli-ts sUy ucipiuin-
The Home Folks Sort
dually It's tlm boiiiu-folky sort that
i omcs around aid makes friends. Ihey
usually waut ti talk, aud it seems to du
them good juat to gut stories told to
voitiM one. We alwnvs like tu listen. It
' " w
Vou cannot help liking thee chap
wlm want to talk of their sweethearts.
They're always devoted, and tuy iu"7
pictures with them, which they always
like to show. It is Interesting to see
the kinds of gi'ls they have all picked
out, and thy aie never just what you
expect.
These men usimlly take a big broth 'f
ly Interest 111 Us, B"d their lltteiitl-'Jii ts
s-miHtiB-.es amusing. I've hud as iruuy
as five lectures from dif Cerent "biif
brothers" (n one day, all of them ketu
lo adt-o us.
Lou of Advice.
I i inlly, these "big brothers" tdl u
to i liuine. They say if is no place for
u, so neat the lines, though they tell
us uow much they enjoy having us theu
and l- w much they like doughnuts. liut
thi-y woiil.i ru'iu-r have us at home, they
sy. and get along without doughnuts.
Ilut we think otherwise. We wai.t to
stav.
When we left our old division wo
thought we I ad lost most all the fr'n nds
we had on this side of the world. If
wr,i ever discouraged, It was then.
Irel.e and I wen; bo'h enthusiastic,
to if. t & new hut start"!, but we ruM
not forget the friend we ban left, and
who were te go so.m to a tut more dui-
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