The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-08

have met lately are southerners and
mighty fine men they are. like to
hear them speak with their southern
drawl, using peculiar expressions,
One that is common and strikes me
as the oldest Is: II don't guess, used
in such fashion as AZ don't guess II
will be long before-etc". ! hear lots
of talk Of the south that is interest
ing and instructive.
| In the eastern states paper money
Is used generally and one Of the fell
lows have met over here had never
seen silver dollar. Several of the
| stewards on the boat coming across
had never seen the cart Wheel
| Wish had carried one with me. The
stewards were English but they had
made the trip to New York several
| times.
The head steward on our boat was
serving on the Titanic when it was
sunk. / sat up until o'clock the
morning before landing listening to
his tales. He said that when the sun
rose in the following morning the
sight of the survivors and the bits of
wreckage were exactly like some
great paintings he had see4.
To chance upon a familiar face
way over here is rare indeed. Yet ]
1
in England. was with Jim Sharp
and Comrie at the time. Vidal is
studying aviation. In the same way
stumbled upon Bob Haggart, Far
go, in New York city. I hear the
mess call so will prepare for de
jeuner".
Have not heard from Jim Sharp
since we separated some time ago;
and have no idea where Bob Sharp
may be.
The movies over here are interest
ing in many ways. OF course, all
reading matter is French. The pic
lures are we'll produced and very
clear. I was in a picture house last
night and the audience interested me
more than anything else. The build
ing was a shabby both outside and
in but the pictures were fine. The
seats are wooden benches. The spec
tators were prone to express their
emotions and when an exciting
moment came there would be an up
roar. They also have a habit of
reading in loud and rapid voices,
paragraphs OF interest. One fellow
who sat alongside me seemed to en-
joy himself to the limit. He had a
girl, a bottle of wine and cigarets.
1t looked funny to see him lift the
One would scarcely recognize some
Of the American movie stars by their
names over here. When the name
Charlotte" was flashed upon the
screen 1t was greeted with a great
yell and much stamping of feet. A
few minutes later Charlie Chaplin
appeared upon the scene. They think
he is immense. On a billboard out
side he is called "Lui", a French
word meaning simply him..
Am getting lots Of riding under
French instructors so ought to turn
out pretty we'll. You should see some
Of the exhibitions we stage for them,
men flying in all directions. AS the
saddles have no stirrups it is not an
easy matter to keep ones seat. The
other day one Of the fellows got seat
ed on the horses neck just in front
Of the saddle and couldn't move
while the horse tore around the rid
ing hall. The captain instructor
called to him: 81 did not tell you to
sit there. Get off! get off. Between
jumps the poor fellow managed to
inquire, How in hell do you get off,?
Another of the men planted him
self Just behind the saddle; but he
did not tarry there long. His next
position was a comfortable seat in the
sawdust that covers the ground
about a foot deep.
suppose Bernie and Don are busy
with school work. Tell Bernie /
have found practical use for almost
every high school subject took;
and, as an artillery officer particul-
arly the following: physics, geome-
try, algebra and map work / men
ton this just to show that a high
school education is really worth
while and am only sorry that I did
not do more thorough work while
there. a. -
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Love to all from
~. Wallace.
L. W. Rusness,
First 1t. F. A.. u. S. r.