The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-19

Hs they had firmly clsmped down their
trenches along that French lme-nu
doubt they have trench abeilung-
some agricultural expert WAS sent 10
France to create farming land alb
tellung. The first thing he did was a.
map out all the farming land Sugar
beet land WAS rOored yellow on the
maps and onion land green and whoa {
lnnd blue Then he told the French
farmers Just what each could plant
In his particular farm The French
didn't like II, ~ course. Rut they
ubeyed orders
1T Ia tyranny declared pretty
school teacher tu an uyerseer I'm the
Herman-held part Of France the other
dal These hrutes hate them '
II appears that when the Germans
took this particulm part NJ France
they looked with paIncd disfayur upon
lh" habit NJ trunury that had grown
mp among the youth OF those parts.
So they created au educational ab
trilunu Some one who knew all about
II studied the question and then issued
his sailing orders The observer nss
"I the pretty school teacher n the
I"rmnn rules iuterfcrrrd with her
work
"Oh 100" said she "I hnyp much
lc-> trouble nowadays Formerly |
might have fuur or half dozen chill
lrru iu school ou had days Nuv !
hive every child In school every day
aud every child NJ school ON time II
mnkes m, work much more pleasant.
But ! hate them ."
Germans Too Rough for Her.
Manners possibly have somethiu,
tu du with this In the same town tho
sHIue observer WAS hlleted un a
charming French woman She likes
Am occasional taste Of wine aud the
wine had been confisCated hy the
ronpuerurs. She liked cigarettes aud
there Were no cigarettes lie found
both Tor her aud she talked. She WAS
most Indignant hernuSc the German,
had decided that she could spare one
room for the purposes NJ the army
"Bul consider msleu" said she
One dny there came u knock AT the
door \ Prusslan officer walked No.
I have come 10 see your house
madame. said he.
so he walked through Then ne
told me that could readily spare one
room He tackled up a notice aud went
away A brute I"
The observer ascertsiued that the
French held their annual manoeuver4
In the vicinity of this same town
Then they always reQuistloned four
NJ madame's rooms II was most IN
convenient
hut II WAS so different msled. "
said she There would be a knock
M the door and would beg the
French officer 10 enter lie would ex
change compliments Alawys he would
SIT down and sip n glass of wine and
smoke n cigarette He would com
pliment me upon my excellent color
or upon the nndouhted brightness oi
my eyes would speak to him upon
the glory OF France. After twenty
minutes perhaps hp would look at
the rooms and decide upon the -four
he wanted and he would go away
He would kiss my hand These Ger,
man Officers they do II all In TIVE
minutes"
When these facts dawn on the Ger
mans they will he nm abteilung on
manners. It's sure thing.
This system-Rnd this simplicity
run all the way through the German
plan. In the west,, for example
where trenches are built with an idea
that they may he used four or NV,
years from now, the building Is don,
ON the factory plan. Loopholes ar,
needed wooden lO0pholes, sometime,
steel protected through which IN,
men may look out, and roofs are need