The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-21
By ARTHUR oLEAsONJ

the iSANA0 authorttteS 10 open recroe'
tion huts and carry on special work In
ado the war zone Of the Italian army.
rhs tRviiatton ~ equally hearty 70
both ths American and the British Y.
u. G. A.. and Il marks large 6ain
of International good will No secta'
rian or political institution could pot-
ably recslve such an invitation. which
IA entirely "A tribute TO the humanita'
rian war.work of the organization. and
" tho result OF the visit OF an Ameri'
can-Engiish mission TO the Italian front
ON the invitation Of the Italian govern
ment. The mission was chaperoncd
with tact and enthusiasm by Captain
Enrico Garia. OF the Italian bureau
in Paris. The idea Of II was conceived
by him and Eric James Patterson of
Liverpool university. who has been con-
ducting Y. NJ -. A. work for the Brit.
ish at Havrc. Mr.. Patterson and Cap
tani Garda saw that the largest. friend
Iiest results would be obtained by "A
whole hearted cooperation OF British
and Americans. and the Triple alli'
ance" In entirely due To their handling
NJ what might have been merely one
more "trip TO the front"
SO thoroughly are the Italian author
tiles In sympathy that they agree to pro-
vido the buildings ana free transporta-
ton for all materials. General Parro
expressed to us his approval OF the
plan.
We were a peaceable party that Wis.,
tied Italy, and We went on quiet mis-
sion but II was speedily turned into
brisk trip. The leader of our Ameri-
can.Engiish Y. NJ. q. a. mission was
Francis Il. Sayre. son.inlaw Of Presi-
dent Wilson. ON the fourth day out,
the Austrians put two shells beyond
him and two shells behind him. and
then. having nicely established the
range OF the road. they placed one
shell q couple Of rods away-about for
ty.five feet was the estimate of Captain
Pirelli, Of the Italian Etat-Major. Three
days later Mr.. Sayre was being hauled
up through the mid-air toward the peak
Of Mount Pasubio on an aerial cable,
when the wires tangled and he hung Il
few hundred feet over the scenery for
thirty minutes. The telephones back of
him at the station in the rocks ana
ahead OF him on the summit where We
awaited him, were reporting progress
on the repairs. and at last the little bas-
ket swung ahead and he Joined us on
the peak. 4 few minutes later. the
Austrians shelled the trench where we
were talking American with the Italian
army from Pittsburgh West Virginia
and New York. 1t was all very perfect
ly staged in some of the noblest seen
cry In the world---green glacial rivers.
k.lll. in. nl
long vistas of valley.
The American members. in addition
10 Mr. Sayre. were Bishop Luther Il.
Wilson Of the Methodist Episcopal
church in the arsa of New York. repre-
senting the mayor Of New Iork's COM
mittec on enlistment; Professor wilson
5. Naylor Of Lawrence College, Wiscon-
sin. The British members were the
Rev DR. John Kelman Of st. Georges
church. Edinburgh tthe famous church
where Hugh Black used to preach); Eric
James Patterson, ManXman OF Peter
house College. Cambridge, and Profess
son Francis Burkitt OF Cambridge Uni
versity. These men are all active in
Y NJ G.. A. work for the American and
British troops. DR.. kclman has recent
ly returned from ~ lecture tour i'll the
United States, and has been living un-
der shell fire with the British troops at
Nieuport One member of the mission
failed to arrive, though the "Corriere
della Sierra" of Milan announced him as
Professor Holland Goose. This should
read as Professor Holland Rose. II was
the game lively paper which in wishing
to describe famous London society
woman as distinguished hostess called
her "one Of the best known inn'keepers
in London" But these slips are rare,
and English is n home language among
the officers and men whom we met. Our
military escort at the front was Captain
pirelli. who speaks an Eton-Balliol Eng
lish Of the choicest accent and tone.
He is member of the great Milan
firm of Pirelli, which makes rubber
goods. wiring cable strand for Italy.
and many other nations of Europe. He
has played tennis with the British at
home and abroad, and has helped to es-
tablish 800 federated football clubs in
Italy. where there were three seventeen
years ago. The game is English associ'
alton. Captain Pirelli is also master OF
French and German. and used to have
Spanish with a like perfection.
In one group of twenty privates on
the observation post on Mount Pasubio,
found three men who had worked in
America and who talked our tongue az
We know IT, The commandant who
gave us coffee at the Monfalcone navy
yarti lc,iptured from the AustriansD had
spent two months in New York At the
Fulton Celebration. AS we stood on
the "Obseryatoire Pano Zagradan."
private came up and in good American
gave his name as Frank Parnucci. OF 4S
Franklin street. Nyack. n. Y. Would
tell his father and mother? / hereby
do. He is 1900 metres high, looking
into the Austrian lines with excellent
field glasses and he has been serving
for twenty five months. The major who
gave US coffe AT Gorizia had spent one
year In the United States buying horses
and mules. At the Milan station. act
ing az interpreter. stood New York
Italian of West Twenty fourth street.
To welcome us. In peace times. he is
the agent for collar buttons, studs and
suspenders.
Just who and what our mission was
troubled the inn.keepers Of our passage.
Al Venice. In the Royal Daniel. the
seven names of us were bracketed as
mission Scientifluue Amcricaine" -