The sun., 1916-09-03
STAFF, IN HOSPITAL,
ISSUES TROOP PAPER
Editors and Reporters Mostly
Wounded or Dead, Yet ole
Diablc" Comes Ont.
FULL OF FUN. WIT, HUMOR
One Article Describes Trench
Sport of Hunting the Wild
and Domestic Flea.
Special Corvespon6snee 10 TINS srv.

PARIS, Aug. 1S.-Before the war was
n year old there we're over sixty news
papers being produced with more or less
regularity at the front. Some were
printed in the rear OF tho lines, but
most were produced at the nearest point
where some form Of a copying press
could be worked. Their number has
since increased n ono OF the most
entertaining pages in tho Bulletin dos
Armcss. the weekly paper issued to the
army, IL that devoted TO extracts from
their pages
Cynics declare that these papers are
written and produced In safety behind
the wal zone and then sent to the front.
but there Is no truth In such insinua-
tons. although attempts have been made
10 produce papers in Paris which pre-
tend to he written at the front. A letter
from IA reporter on the trench paper lie
Didb'e du Cor shows some of tho o,f,cul-
ties tie bringing out OF such journals IN
wolves.
The anaeement ard h editorial
staff % the Didbi az cor have been
transported 20 the hospital" tho letter
reads. we have no. been compelled TO
close dow owing 10 death. but Il came
very near it. vidal (bullet IN the army
and N!bert t%shrapnel IN the foot) are
IN the Normandy Hotel hospital AZ
Granville: Habouez Is missing since we
were IN front OF Maurepas, and Is prob
ably dead TIcrbct:e and Pochon are
seriously wounded, Canot and Pisard
are Killed, 10 you can see that the
Didbie du Cor. although brought out In
good shape. was really n newspaper from
the front and no. from Rue Montmartre.
tho street where alfros; all Paris pa
pers are printed. All It's stan, with
out exception. have been wounded or
killed"
These trench newspapers cannot, of
course, hope 10 rive much news. There
Is not much news IN the trenches when
e. Is qsic., and there ,H eoTotainr Sc
90 do when Il Is nor. and the censorship
would soon step IN {. military news were
given. They are. therefore, filed with
humorous paragraphs and essays, poems
and exits on things IN general For In
stance tho latest number OF the afore-
said Dtdbic du cor prints tho following
bullets are dying everywhere. shells
are coming -" tho troglike little trench
mor,ars are ~'.inr out projectiles with
heavy gioo-g.oo sounds. In a word. a
hot time
"a poilu PUSHES up 20 the post Of com
! 'nand. My captain. It's crazy! The air
- wi. or traJectOTleS!
ESSAYS OF an encyclopedia form are
a favor'te form Of copy. For example.
La Chechin gives the following IN The
Flea which Il may be remarked Is n
very common topic IN these Papers. not
without reason:
Like the tiger and the white bear. The
hea Is one OF .he rare wild beasts that
attack man without ~provocation. Con-
trary 10 bugs, which prefer the Eochc
form of at,icl. IN close flies. feas prac.
tise tho war Of isolated fighters. free
shoo;cs. guerrilla or comi;adji warfare
There are two kinds, the wild Tea and
the domestic lea. The domestic nca
lives with animals OF the anne nature,
such as dogs and cats. The Wild flea
feeds and fattens feroc!ously on human
blood. Just as with wild animals. even
when mort tanned, 4 Is wei! 10 b. prudcn;
with the domestic flea.
ITO avoid iiea- we recommend the use
Of et!l,s. carefully soapcd. 3 feet 81.
inches high. the record jump for a Hca
Nclrg 3 feet az inches. An aerop'ano
c1n DO recommended equally MS well as
coal TAR baths.
Plea hurting. "a very difficult thing
for negroes. Is pract.sed with n moist.
cHcd HnGer, This sport. ny far 'hc mos'
popular OF tne day. requires ~qu.ckness
II the eye. coo,ncss, agility and a Ger.
tain lack of elegance IN costume
This form o. humor may not excite
roars Of laughter when read far from
tho front, but (: IL not written FOR sue!
readers.