The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-19
SILLY WOMEN
WRITE SOLDIERS
STUDENT OFFICERS AND MEN
BOMBARDED WITH DRIVEL
FROM UNKNOWN FEMALES.

Indianapolis, July 19.-Efforts of In
dianapolis women to provide entertain
ment for the student Officers from West
Virginia, Ohio. Kentucky and Indiana
and soldiers at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son, near here, have been given more
or less chilly reception by the army
officers in charge of the camp, and
Brig. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn, in command
of the II 900 men at the fort in three
words has told the women what TO do.
He said Leave them alone" The adj
vice was given to the women at meet
ing held to discuss what to do to enter
tain the candidates and soldiers. Gen.
Glenn was invited to give suggestions.
His advice was unexpected. Cen Glenn
also has been conducting for some time
a campaign to keep young women and
girls without chaperons from the camp.
Although the efforts of the command
ing officers along that line have met
with some success, as yet no way has
been devised TO keep women and girls
from writing TO the student officers.
Every day hundreds of letters are re-
ceived by the young men from women
they never heard of before. Most of
the letters are Of the so-called romantic
type, but occasionally one Of a different
kind is received.
The objection to letter writing to sol
diers at the training camps, in the opin-
ion of the commanding officers, is con-
fined TO missives from emotional sem
timental women and girls; and not all Of
the offenders against propriety are
young women.
Little or no objection is made 20 clean
wholesome letters devoid Of sentimen-
tality or reference to the personality Of
the writer and her wish to meet the
soldier recipient Of the letter
Letters Not Respected.
The young women writers evidently
do not know what the men do with
the letters. One of the favorite pas
times OF the candidates. and one which
provides them with much amusement
is reading the letters they consider es-
pecially soft" TO their comrades. and
comparing them. The following are
some Of the types of letters:
Dear Mr. -: / saw your name in a
newspaper and picked it out because
liked IT, We girls in this town are Sc
lonesome. and do want TO be a real
friend with some fine, big man who is a
soldier. There aren't any soldiers here
am 23 years old, five feet, four inches
tall and a brunette, and my friends tel
me ! am. at least. not ugly. Are you
married or engaged? l am not II
you are, or II you do not want 10 write
TO me, will you give this letter TO some
other man? / will send you my pictur,
IL you write 20 me. Yours hopefully
The Letter was from a girl in a small
Indiana town
All Of the letters. however, are no
from Indiana girls. Many come from
far distant states. How the names o
the students become known TO the writ
ers has been more or less a mystery.
II Am a Blonde"
One letter received by one OF thl
young men from an unknown write
recently read.
Il love manly soldiers. / just thinl
they are grand. But we don't see man!
here. Maybe sometime / could com
10 Fort Harrison on a Sunday. rv
been told look like -(naming a wei
known motion picture star and l go
ourls that come down around my shoul
ders. Are you tall? l like eithe
blondes or brunettes. do you? / am
blonde.
Il have a girl chum that Is writinl
10 another fellow. maybe you know
him. Wouldn't II be nice II we coul
all meet al TT. Harrison some Sunday
Are you going with any girl steady?
am sending you a small picture Of my
self. but It's not very good OF me- Pleas
write TO me right away, because / ar
so lonesome, and I want some soldie
10 think Of me when he Is fighting 10
his country"
Some OF the letters are OF differen
tone. and evidently are from girls O
refinement and dignity. What the car
didates call the romance stuff" Is lacl
ing One man al the camp has eac
week received a letter and pack q
cigarettes or some other little gift fror
n girl In Texas. After the first gift h
wrote her telling her he did not wis
the gifts. She replied:
81 am not sending them TO you, NJ
60, / am sending them to one OF Uncl
Sans soldiers. II gives me pleasure I
do this, and / am sending similar pack
10 one man In each OF the trainin
camps When the war is over or whe
you, for any reason. take off your un
form. you viii, in your own proper pc
son, receive no more cigarettes froi
-"
In speaking to women who have asl
ed what can we do for the soldiers,
Gen, Glenn said. My answer is
here az home-let him alone. The An
erican soldier when let alone. Is n
most peaceful and uncomplaining an
nal IN the world. You don't think muC
OF him In time Of peace, but in time
war you fall over yourselves TO 4
something for him-you don't kno
what Il ", but Il is pretty certain
be bad for him.
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