Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-31

boys free of charge. Naturally there
were a lot there, myself among
them, and for an hour or more we
tried to distinguish the different
words by the grunts she made, be-
cause they sounded for all the world
like pig grunting in different keys.
Last night for dinner we had pig s
feet disguised as fish. Fried in crack
er dust. you know, and smelled like
fish. too. No, I didn't eat much of it.
-Four fellows sleep in one room
and it sure is hot. AS for soap, there
isn't a piece on board, not of the
company's anyhow. AS one fellow
put 1t, it's as scarce as hens teeth.
One of the Lafayettes kindly gave
me a piece, though. and now I don't
feel so sale" (F'rench for dirty
anymore.
July 5
It's getting a little rough this
morning, all the waves having white
caps on, and the boat is beginning to
pitch and toss quite merrily. / say
merrtly because I have my sea legs
now and do not mind. Yes, have
my fingers crossed and knocked on
wood.
That appetite of mine is really sur
prising. l even eat fried eggs every
morning. That in itself is strange
because when I left New York 1 de-
tested eggs cooked in any form what
and eggs is the regular breakfast
menu-and you should see the bread
we get, just like "hunky" bread.
with crust half an inch thick and
tough in proportion. They say its
good for your teeth. but not for
mine-$40 bridges are a luxury
cannot afford every day, so l chop
mine up in little chunks before eat
ing. Its served, you know, "a la
hunk" being all in one piece with
sharp small knife given to us to
cut 1t.
There are few women on board,
probably a dozen in all, and it is a
common occurrence to see any one of
them calmly smoking a cigaret.
One of the speakers yesterday,
July 4th, was French captain who
had been wounded, and who told of
an incident where a soldier under
fire was so scared that he could not
feel a caterpillar that was crawling
down his nose, laying his eggs as he
went. Such thing, he remarked,
made a soldier laugh under the most
trying conditions. Last night we, the
our table all decorated with Amer
lean flags and all the remaining fruit
and eatables left in the members
steamer baskets. We really had
such a wonderful time that the snob-
bish ambulance boys were jealous
and when our leader began to talk
about When we fly over Berlin" the
ambulance boys came back with
We'll come behind and pick you
up"
According to our present schedule
we should be in Bordeaux by Tues
day. Only one clean shirt left and
four collars and five days to go. It's
great life though. Every day a
bath, salt water to boot. The only
better off than one of the other fell
lows, who has only one shirt and one
suit. We get our clothes pressed
free of charge, that is, if we don't
count tips. 1 wonder if they have
a laundry aboard? I've discovered
nearly everything else, why not that
need it, Heavens knows. Five days
out and only discovered the barber
shop this morning. However shall
do my own shaving and If the whisk-
ers continue to grow at such a pace
as to rival weeds, we'll grow a mus.
tache. Not a goatee, however. We
have one of those aboard and he's
some specimen. It's such a sicklS
looking sight that the Lafayette;
have sworn to forcibly remove it be.
fore we land. De don't want the
l