New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08


FEW OF THE SURPRISES OF CON.
CIVILIAN TIRE ATS YOU"
strewn with their accoutrement So al the
French soldiers who were not serving the guns
wandered about seeking souvenirs. They had
never a glance for the villages burning Grim
son in the bright sunlight or for the falling
Jack Johnsors.' They we're intent only on
finding spiked helmet and when they came
-pon one they would give a shout OF triumph
and hold it up for ter comrades 20 see. And
their comrades would laugh delghtedly and
race toward the mstlmbliug over the flr-
rows. They were as happy and eager as cAl-
dren picking wild flowers
REGAIN THEIR MENTAL BALANCE WITH
80 FOOTBALL AND CARDS.
1t is not good for troops 70 sup entirely on
horrors and also 20 breakfast and lunch on
them. So after in the trenches one regiment
has been pounded it is Withdrawn for day
or two and kept in recerye. The English Tom
mics spend this period OF recuperating in play
ing football and cards. When the English
learned this they forwarded so many thou
sands of packs Of cards to the distributing
depot that the War Office had 10 request them
not to send any more. When the English
officers are granted leave Of absence they do
not waste their energy on football, out motor
into Paris for bath and lunch. Al eight they
leave the trenches along the Ai-ne and by
noon arrive at Maxms Voisin's or La Rue's.
Seldom does warfare present sharper con-
trast. From breakfast of bully beef ea.en
from tin plate, within their nostuls the smell
OF camp fires. dead horses and unwashed
bodies, they find themselves seated on red vel
vet cushions, surrounded By mirrors and walls
OF white and gold, and spread before them the
most Immaculate silver, linen and glass. And
the odors that assail them arc those Of truf-
ies, white wine and "artechant sauce NOUS
seine"
1t is a delight 70 hear them talk Their
point Of view is so sane and fair In risking
their legs or arms, or life itself. they see moth
ing heroic dramatic or extraordinary They
talk Of the wax as they would Of a cricket
match or day In the hunting aeid. II things
are going wrong they 90 not whine or blame,
liant. And they are 50 appallingly honest and
frank. piece Of shrapne! had broken the
arm OF one of them, and VIC were helping him
to cut up his food and pour out his Scotch
and soda. Instead OF making hero or a mar
tyr of himself, he said conhdngly: You
know, had no right TO be biz II had been
minding my own business / wouldn't have
been hit. But Jimmie was having a hell OF a
time on top OF a hill and just ran up 20 have
look in. And the beggars got me. Served
me jolly well right What"
TIRE BROTHER WHO ACCONODATNGLY GOT
HIMSELF SHOT
met one subaltern at La Rue's who had
been given so many commissions by his
brother officers to bring back tobacco soap
and underclothes that all his money save FIVE
francs was gone He still had two days leave
OF absence and, as he truly pointed out, in
Paris even in wartime FIVE francs will not
carry you far l offered to be his banker but
he said he would first try elsewhere The
next day | met him on the boulevards ana
asked what kind OF riotous existence -
found possible on FIVE francs.
I've had the most extraordinary luck he
said After left you l met my brother. He
was Just in from the front, and l got all his
money"
Won't your brother need it," l asked.
Not at ALL" said the subaltern cheerfully.
He's shot in the legs and they've put him TO
bed Rotten luck for him, you might say. but
how lucky for me"
Had he been the brother who was sho, in
both legs he would have treated the matter
Just as light heartedly.
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