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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
AUTOMOBILE
NllcENSES

District automobile licenses have
been issued since The Stars last report
as follows:
ss336-C. E. Paris. 18th and I streets
northwest. Baker Electric.
39337-J. H. Wilkins, 1923 r street
northwest, REQ.
3933S-T. j. Nicholson, 1914 14th street
northwest. Haynes.
3s33s-National Motor Company. 1o1
NJ street northeast. Maxwell.
asa4o-L. T. Howard. NJ. D.. s11 Rhode
Island avenue northwest, Ford.
39341-W. w. Reeves. 210 18th street
southwest, Grow.
as342-P. M. walker. 2155 P street
northwest. Mitchell.
northwest. Auburn:
39344-J. T. Saylor, 1902 18th street
northwest. Auburn.
3s345-E. C. Brokmeyer. 1896 Monroe
street northwest. Studebaker.
northwest, Studebaker.
3S347 Fred Merkle. 1411 Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest. Cadillac.
3s34s-T. B. Hopper, 1915 22d street
northwest. Buick.
39349-Mrs. c. E. Langley, 1912 18th
street northwest Overland.
39350-R. P. Fitzpatrick, sos P street
northwest. Ford.
3s351-J. A. Donaldson. 513 L street
northwest, FOTQ
sss52 III. D. Germer. 125 e street
northwest, Excelsior.
3s353-L R, Ragann. AS 18th street
northwest. Ford.
sss54-A. c. Horton. 1919 Hobart
street northwest. Sidecar.
1886 = Isaac Gutenberg. 1927 Park
road northwest. Ford.
1886 Il s. Vandewalker, Congress
Heights, D. c.. Maxwell.
3s357-E. D. Brown, 1852 18th street
northwest, Ford.
3s35S-M. C. Andrews. 1925 9Th street
northwest, Maxwell.
39359-R. L. Cochrane & Sons, 931 n
B street northwest. Ford.
sss6o-T H. Pickford, 1920 Connecti-
cut avenue northwest, Paige.
3s361-C. R. Grier. 1905 Illinois ave-
nue. northwest, Ford.
39362-H. H. Hickok, 1915 Clifton
street northwest, Ford.
3s363-C. C. Curtis, GIL K street north
east. Paige.
3s3e4-R. L. c. Cochrane & Sons, s31 n
street northwest, Overland.
39365-Charles r. Barnick, 220 10th
street northwest. Ford.
3s3ss-Brooke & Harry, Inc, 71s Goth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
Hobbled by Habit.
rom the Columbus State Journal.

From the Columbus State Journal.
Any system Of education that tends
to the formation Of the pool-playing
or any other gaming habit is contrary
to the very idea Of education. II a
pupil gets fond Of playing pool when
he is fifteen years old he will be apt to
play 1t down street any hour of the
night. II there II any one thing more
than another that school education is
for. II 10 to get boy or girl into the
right habit. We do not attack the game
Of pool. We only say. train a boy on the
line Of intellectually and spirituality
and then when he leaves school. II he
wants to play . game Of pool. that 10
his affair; but don't burden him with
the lightweight Of q habit before he
leaves school to go out to use his own
Judgment and direct his own destiny.
Every youth should have the advan-
tage OF an educational process that Is
not oversloughed by recreation, sport
and fun. People get 90 ding-donged
with recreation these days that they
are beginning to believe It Is q sort Of
heavenly salvation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
"MOTOR-D SHOPS
FOR REPAIR OF VEHICl ES
Uncle Sans Army Goes Into Mex
leo Prepared for Emergencies
Due to Accidents.

The motor-driven repair shops in tho
service Of Uncle Sam on the Mexican
border form a most interesting part Of
the motor truck units which have been
in daily operation since the United
States Army was sent across the line in
search of Pancho Villa Tnes. trucks
are fitted Tor repair work on the road
for any truck which may be in trouble.
With every motor truck unit, which is
composed of twenty-eight trucks, there
Is one of the portable repair shops.
They are expected to be extremely
valuable in maintaining the long line
Of supply trucks in good shape. And as
trucks are the backbone of the line Of
communication between the army in
Mexico and their bases in Texas, 1t may
be readily understood that these repair
trucks are vitality important.
Each truck is equipped with thirteen
inch lathe with five-foot bed, drill
press. grinder, portable drill. cabinet
bench, three vises, forge, three anvils.
oxygen acetylene welding OUTFIT. COM
plete set Of blacksmith's tools. COM
plete set Of machine bench tools and
set Of carpenters tools.
A nine-horse- power, four-cylinder
gasoline motor drives dynamo which
furnishes power to the motors which
operate the various machines and sup
plies the current for the electric lights.
Oxygen and acetylene tanks are car
ried under the truck frame. leaving
them accessible but economizing space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
MAKES WORLD RECORD.
Scotch Nobleman Drives Auto $685.
Miles Over Congested Streets.

Establishing a new worlds record
for continuous driving. in congested
city trafic, Lord. Douglass-fiRay.- a
Scotch nobleman and Brftfkh army
aviator, drove a Chalmers .sixr30s tour
ing car 1851 miles in twenty-four
hours over the busiest streets OF New
York city recently.
In making the run Lord Gray bet
tered the best previous record made
by himself in London, in 1913. Of Isl
miles in a vauxhall car. On his New
York test he carried two representa-
tives of the A. A. A., who testified TO
the correctness Of the cars perform
ance.
During his New York run. the British
driver was forced to make lat fun
stops. His lowest mileage mine miles)
was made in the third hour. in which
he made eighteen stops; and his largest
mileage GA miles) was scored In the
nineteenth hour. in which he raced
without a stop. His greatest number
of stops, twenty-nine In all, was made
in the fifth hour. Fourteen circuits OF
the 23-mile course were made on the
twenty four-hour run. His fastest flight
up the Abbey hill was at the rate OF
thirty-six miles per hour, and his slow
est at the rate Of twenty-seven miles
per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
ADD H8URAT EACH DAY
Of EVERY WORKING DAY.
W O. Duntley Says Motor Trucks
Solve the Extra Daylight
~ Problem.

Motor trucks have solved that extra
hoar Of daylight problem as far as
buSfness II concerned. in the opinion
Of w. o. DuntIey. pioneer builder of
trudlks and president of the Chicago
Pnsdmatic Tool Company. Compared
with the horsedrawn method the
motor truck adds an hour to each end
of.fhe day" he says. with the result
th4t motori.e has become the trans
poetation watchword and the motor
truck an industrial necessity" He
speaks. he says. with a definite knowl-
edge Of conditions after a long expo
'rienee in the business world.
s4Ieretofore, interest has been con-
centrated in the pleasure car side OF
th1 automobile business. says Mr..
Dtntley. .but now business concerns,
large and small. are regarding the
automobile truck as the vital part of
their LIE. business mon have been
arou6ad through this remarkable in
-terest in business efficiency. and have
big money saving factor in their well
,fs1AE-as lAbor-savtng device keeping
,the-smciency pace.
,.Nmciency speeded Up.
; -Business men have speeded up EN-
cheney in their factories and in their
selling departments. but they have
overlooked the other factor which Is
80 essential to the conservation and
fAxpansion Of both manufacturing and
fsSaiuSs fn9 nAished- product
.Eithtsxeess slFo we came 70 q
,rortatlbAproblernp presented one Of the
greatest Opportunities for a labor
saving device. with. the result that in
terest was at once concentrated on
the production Of labor-saving tool
Of tfansportation-the motor truck.
! :"Pneumatic rfveting hammers were
used by erection engineers to speed up
CONSTRUCTION work. Other mechanical.
/ lAbor-saving tools were designed and
CONSTRUCTED to speed UP all manner OF
other operations How could they keep
pace with the advanced speed of man
, ufActuring and building unless they
were able to speed up means Of trans
portation? The motor truck was the
logical solution of this problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
FORCE OF 100000 MEN
REQUIRES 5000 TRUCKS
Figures Are Given by Maj. Francis
Lawton Of q. S. Army Com
missary Department.

A force of SOC, 900 men requires more
than 5000 trucks. on the basis of
one-and-half ton capacity, is the state
ment of Mai Francis Lawton of the
commissary department of the east. U.
S. A. who bases his assertion on a
study of motor equipment require
ments OF the armies in the European
war. Maj. Lawton recently spoke be-
fore the Pennsylvania section Of the
Society of Automobile Engineers on
the transportation lessons of the Euro
pean war in relation to the problems
of preparedness in this country
The lesson of Europe shows. he said,
that rapidly moving troops must rely
on motor trucks. The tactical unit of
an army. a division, consisting of 22,-
600 men. required 175.000 pounds of
izatfon was necessary in order to be
prepared to handle the problem of
transportation in this country.
Comparing the truck with animal
transportation Maj. Lawton said:
With animals the average march is
eighteen miles per day. and with a
total distance of seventy-five miles
from the base $50 wagons would be re-
two tons capacity the work could be
done with 100 vehicles. With 240 trucks
a division could operate $50 miles from
its base. A division operating forty
miles from its base would require
thirty trucks.
Lessons from the present war m
Europe teach US the following facts:
Il. Ordinary commercial trucks are
best. the special body types not neces-
20. Light chassis for ambulance
work are best.
20. Best all-around car. one and one
half tons.
=. Heavy armored cars have proved
satisfactory.
"5. Motor cyles on a grand scale are
unsatisfactory.
balances. but the. body should be ar
ranged SO that the driver is over the
engine and the wounded lie between
the axles.
"7. Radiators are proving to be the
weak spots.
IS. The steel plate wheel IL salts
factory.
%. Electric starting is satisfactory.
40. Electric headlights should be
mounted on universal Joints.
United States government favors the
one and one-half-ton truck on account
of its ability to traverse the ordinary
bridges without breaking them down.
This. Of course, only refers to the d.
visfonal trains. as larger trucks can be
used satisfactorily on the main roads.
To attempt to use trucks Of three-ton
and over spells disaster.
"A force of 500, 900 men requires over
5000 trucks Of one and one half-ton
capacity. and the problem IL where and
how to get these trucks. They must be
organized into units OF the same make
II they are to be effective"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
The Charm Of Jewels.

Prom the New York Mail.
A Chicago society woman In the hos
pital with injuries inflicted by roboer
in a struggle to wrest from her some
thousands of dollars Of jewelry. Mrs.
Nichols murdered by servants fos her
Jewels on the same day in New York
city!
What IL there in the diamond that win
make women risk their lives to possess q
large number? It 10 not half a. beautiful
as the morning sun in q dewdrop. Can
the reason be that 80 few women have
money enough to buy them? They are
evidence Of the purchasing power Of the
possessor. Most women who have many
diamonds want them because their friends
have many diamonds. The most dinicult
thing in the world IL to be different. Our
class distinctions cost Us more than We
know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
street. northwest, Ford.

street northwest, Ford.
3s367-Arthur F. Tucker, 1911 2sth
street northwest, Ford.
3936s-Karst Holman, 1928 18th street
northwest, Oldsmobile.
29S69-James H. Mackey, 1884 18th
street northwest, REQ.
Ss370-C. H. Leavell. 1854 Monroe
street northeast. Buick.
3s371-Joseph Fletcher, Falkstons
Courts. Oldsmobile.
S9372-R. A. Reeves, go 9Th street
northwest. Ford.
3ss73-Probey-Arriso Company, 12at
Wisconsin avenue northwest, demon
strating.
3s374-william 3. Payne. 41o1, sti
street northwest, REQ.
39375-S. e. Smathers. HOS K stree
northwest. Cole.
ss37s-Thomas F. Snyder. 1855 Meri
3ss77-Charles H. Beavers, 1870 1oti
street southeast. Ford.
ss37s-J: Fendall Gain, FRANKLIN
Bank. 10th street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. Studebaker.
3s37s-Edwin B. Donaldson. $40 6ti
street southwest. Buick.
Ss3so-J. K. Barclay. 6S1 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. Dodge.
S93S1-J. Newman, 1904 18th stree
u sssss.F SoaS i: Mattinsly. Congress
393s3-William e. Lewis, 706 Howart
avenue southeast, Ford
39384-Walter II. Graul, United States
Navy. Sidecar.
3s3S5-Auburn Pathfinder Sales Com
pany. 643 Maryland avenue northeast
demonstrating.
393s6-Auburn Pathfinder Sales Com
pany, SAB Maryland avenue northeast
demonstrating
393s7-George B. Baldwin, sos l2tl
street northwest, Republic truck.
39388-Joseph Behabetz, 502 K stree
northwest, Maxwell.
39389-D. Kansteroom, 1S47 14th stree
northwest, Ford.
ss390-H. H. Douglas. Oxford build
ing, Ford
3s3s1-A. J. Richards, IS w stree
northwest, Ford.
39392-Hugh Reilly Company, 1873.
New York avenue northwest, Ford
39393-Edward L. Handy 90 7th stree
southeast, Ford.
3s3s4-Mrs. B. F. Young, the Cordova
Scripps- Booth.
39395-Henry H. Myers, "a Grant plac
| northwest, Overland.
39396-A. E. Jones, 1923 Rhode Islam,
avenue northeast, Hudson.
39397-Harry l.. Duley, 1904 Colum
bia road northwest, Ford.
39398-Edward e. Deardof, % Rhod
| Island avenue northeast. Ford.
39399-James Strayer, Real Estat
Trust building, Stearns.
39400-George J. P. Maier, 2206 MINI
esota avenue southeast, Chalmers.
39401-Charles Taliaferro. 1917 {
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ss47s-Jacob A. Fleming. Is I'd strees
northeast. Washington.
3s4.4-Eetherlands Legation, wash.
ington. D. c., Scripps- Booth.
39475-Raymond Eunis. 144 Adams
street northwest, Ford.
3e47s-F. A. Frydeli. 1925 street south
east, King.
ss477-Lesiie r. orndern, 1877 H.r.
ward street northwest. Ford.
3g47s-w. E Smith, IS d street
northwest. Ford. q
ssl7s-Aiice X. Francis. 700 T stffose
as4se-Harry s Fisher. 1905 10th
street northwest, Auburn.
Se4s1-Carol X. Morrison. 1909 Mich.
!san avenue northwest. Overland.
394S2-Frank X. Cogswell, 2506 WIS.,
consin avenue northwest. Overland.
northwest. King.
ss4s4-Max Davidson. 80 L -sssrss
northeast. Ford.
$685.. S. Taylor, Relasco thea,sr.
ss.ss-c. c: Ryrnes. 1ols L street
.t 2s.s7m nds,s R; HSSmsshrey' $50; list
394sS-James c. Fisher, 1907 Penn.
sylvania avenue northwest, Ford. -.
Evans building. Ford.
$500 sstsowDr sethorOn. 1921 street
4
39491-Robert E. Varty, 32s II street
northwest. Overland.
ss4ss-George Plummer. ls4s 18th
street northwest. Ford
3s4S3--Post ONCE Department. Wash-
inston, D. C., White. -
3s4s4-Thomas Rust, l4io L street
northwest Buick.
39495-James 3. Henderson, District
National Bank building. Ford. 80,
1885,. H. Shippard, 1920 street
northwest. Chevrolet
$685. w. Ross. 400 Elm street
northwest, Chalmers.
3949S-Elizabeth Vivian. 1913 East
Capitol street. Apperscn
39i99--Thompson Dairy. 2012 Nth
street northwest, Ward.
39500-Agnes S. Jayins $50 Sth street
| southwest, Mitchell.
3e501-Henry z. DIsmer. 1900 f4th
street northwest, Ford. -
3s5o2-Olaf p. Peterson 2501 Rhode
Island avenue northeast Ford. -
39503-J. A. Burns. rear 1o6 FLORIDA
avenue northwest. special -
39504-J. A. Burns. rear los Florida
avenue northwest. special. -
! 3s505-Sarah B. Miller Cleveland Park
northwest, Baker electric. -.
| 395o6-E. ]. Wilmer. 1924 Sth street
northwest, Maxwell. -
39507-L. Martin, 222 East Capitol
| street, Cadillac.
3950S-H l.. Neil. 1899 9Th street
northwest, Dodge. -
| 39509-A. E. Bethel, 21e 10th street
l. northwest. Franklin.
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street northwest, oldsmobiis.

street northwest, oldsmobils.
3s4o2-Eliot H. Thompson. jr.. 1857 Oak
street northwest, bort.
3s4os-George ". johnson, 1918 NJ
street northwest, Maxwell.
3s4o4-R v. Herman. 1920 Pennsyi-
39405-Donald A. Craig. 1872 East
Capitol street, Buick.
39406-M. Sugoi. Ill 9Th street north
west. Little Giant truck. -
sslos-w S. Huh. 1885 Wisconsin
avenue northwest. Parry.
s94o9-James Mccrae, 10 Alabana
avenue southeast. Chevrolet. -. =, H.,
se410-L. c. Bitters. sI2 10th stree,
northeast. Auburn.
39411-Theus Smith, 1909 Morris road
southeast, Overland.
na sst1sw5eh PoI + Myers, 4s H street
ss41s-Edward snelgrove. 1914 4th
street southeast, Buick. -
ss414-H. W. Price. se1 IL Louisi-
ana H. Mmsr Ap gfei
3s41s-New Taxi Service Company
rear 1921 22nd street northwest. Cut
ting. = =,
rear 1921 22nd street northwest. Ford
3s41s-New Taxi Service Company
rear 1921 22nd street northwest. Ford
sst1snE; =; crowder' the Prince
3942o-L +. Reeves. 1856 K stree,
northwest, Oldsmobile.
3942l-R. T. Warwick. the Burling-
ton. Packard. e
sS422--w. 1. Belt. isl S street north.
west, Ford eG
ss42s-Roscoe L. Oatley. sec o street
northwest. Ford.
39424-Guy Mason. 1915 Park road
northwest Studebaker. ri
39425-E. B. DeGraw, 210 Maryland
avenue northeast, Columbia.
39426-C. T. Kihgsbury. 5000, X stree,
northwest, franklin. go
39427-Joseph W.: Elwood.- 201s
street northwest, Patterson.
3942S-Lorenzo H. Russell, 1928
street northwest, Overland.
39429-John O'Connell 1882 18TH
street northeast. Maxwell.
39430-Goodyear Tire and Rubber
COMPANY. 1915 14th street northwest
Buick.
: 3e431-Irvin B. Moulton, eos F stree
southwest, Maxwell.
39432-H. o. Bailey. s14 5th stree
northeast. Crow.
39433-Nanette B. Paul. 2o07 Column
bia road northwest. Ford,
39434-Joseph e. Kelly. 1928 L stree
northwest, Hudson.
39435-C. B. Cummings. 152 It'll
street southeast. Ford.
39436-Lewis T. Thomas. 946 T stree
northwest. Locomobile.
39437-Edwin S. Lothrop. 705 Eas
Capitol street. REQ.
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3s43s-Joseph Rozansky. 1920 18th
street northwest. Ford.
3e439-George c. ShahIer, 500 14th
street northwest, Ford.
ss44o-Edward McAleer. s2S Ken
nedy street northwest, jeffrey.
ss4al-Dayid A. Baer. Union Trust
pany. 23l 14th street northwest, Cap
ltol
3s443-Herdic Cab Company. ass
pennsylvania avenue northwest, Cad
lilac.
as444-Herdic Cab Company. 45G
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. Au-
burn.
street, Ford.
3s44s-victor Mccloskey. 1893 A
i3s447-Miss M. e. R. Larking, 2oo1 r
street northwest. Oakland.
sst4s-J. T.. w. Miller. 1924 Park
road northwest, Allen.
18th street northwest, Cadillac.
S945o-Karl Schnerger. 21S 9th street
southeast, Hupmobile.
3945l-H. e. r. Barton. 2124 Florida
avenue northwest. Oakland.
39452-Mrs. W. G. Willis, 1905 S street
northwest. REQ.
3s453-walter P. Snapp, AL Kenyon
street northwest, Argo.
3945l-J. T. Rhamstein, 1924 18th
street northwest, Marion.
S9455-Charles c. Wilson. Y. NJ c. A.
building. Ford.
Ss456-T. e. Hampton. Real Estate
Trust building, Premier.
3a457--John q. Weinberg. ia 18th
street southeast, Ford.
3946S--Semmes Motor Line. 628 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. Wilcox
Trux
3s45s-Fred L. Hawley, 171o Sd street
northwest. Saxon.
ss4so-R. B. Blundon, 7o7 @ street
northwest. Ford.
ss4s1--Fred W. Herman. Washington
barracks. Dodge.
39462-W. H. r. Brandenburg, 1916 r
street northwest. Ford.
39463-J. W. Estes. $50 street
northeast. Ford.
39464-Mildred R. Hoge, SAL Ritten.
house street northwest, Saxon.
39465-Isaac Tompkins, 1906 goth
street northwest, Studebaker
39466-Oscar A. Phillips. 1921 New
Jersey avenue northwest, Ford.
3S461-Edward Christman. New Var.
mum Hotel, Crawford.
39468-E. Gerstenberg. 1343 z street
northwest. Jeffrey.
39469-E. J. Ayers, oil Longfellow
street northwest, Bell.
39470-Mrs. F. T. Frazier, $40 Lexing-
ton street northeast, King.
| 39471-J. E. Dyer, 1909 Lamont street
northwest, Chalmers.
39472-Oscar Baum, 1904 14th street
northwest, Dodge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
New Auto Club MEMBER.

J Those who Joined the District Auto
Rebils Club during the past week are:
Andrew Stewart. James A. Farrell,
ChaElss J.--Bogan. Irwin sondheimer.
lDdtth 9. Cottrsll. walter stilson Hutch
lhs. warren n. Mitchell. Edmund n.
Pasfy. Harold 2. Doyle. Robert J. Roth
1tein. Charles J. 6tockman. T. NJ Dod-
0on and Erie n Stacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
Hand Klaxonet

A Real Klaxon-Klaxon note
-Klaxon quality. Operated on
an entirely novel principle.
The plunger is short. A slight
push gets immediate response
and q very loud note. ProJec-
tor 10 brass. not steel; bell
oval. not round
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18

Recognized as the best. Easy
to regulate-give more mile
age to gallon Of gasoline-fur-
nish best and most efficient
mixtures. d. C. SERVICE
STATION FOR STROMBERG
CARBURETERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
Position as Dividend Payer.

Efficiency engineers and systematiz-
sfs universally have given the motor
9uck the position to which it 10 en-
titled a. . dividend payer. lowering.
~ 1t does. the cost of haulage. widen
ing the range Of operations. placing at
the owners disposal a twenty-four
hour, ree-hundred- and sixty -f1ve-day
service under any and all weather con-
d1tions, and giving at minimum cost
the power to eQualize the speeding up
throughout other departments. and.
one OF the most important considera-
lions, satisfy the demands Of customers
Tor greater speed all along the line"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
Driving Chevrolet Car.

A Chevrolet car was delivered last
week to Miss Hazel NJ. Shannon Of War
renton, Va.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-03-02
TOBACCO BEST FRIEND or
MEN AT FRONT, WRITES
GERMAN ARMY OFFICER

Berlin. The Vereinigte Tabak-zei-
tungen. the official organ of the Ger
man tobacco men, published mum
Der OF letters from German and Aus
tro- Hungarian army leaders on the
value of the tobacco for the soldiers
in the field. General Won Beseler, the
conqueror Of Antwerp and Novo Geor-
gieysk and present governor general
lof Poland, writes
No gift from home is greeted with
greater Joy by our officers and men
than a package OF tobacco, cigars or
cigarets. Tobacco is our best friend
in the field, as it helps to tighten our
|sufferings and shortens many sad
hours. s4s
i"It is OF the highest Importance
that the good spirits OF the troops
be kept up at all times. u do not
know what we would do il we should
suddenly be deprived Of this slim
nlant
The fanatics who see harm in to-
bacco and consider smoking an un-
necessary pleasure are entirely mis-
taken.
The few hours that we can spend
smoking and chatting in our shelters
are the only rays Of sunshine in our
hard life in the trenches and on the
bsttI tis.s :.