Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-20
tFrom New York sun,

The---s have gone into action.
They are a family. not a regiment.
Their name cannot be given here
because the names of all units, even
the smallest. must be withheld. Nor
Is It possible to distinguish them by 81
sobr1quet. We're they to be referred
to as the Fghting-s the German
intelligence office would say, "oh,
yes. the Fighting Flanagans." And a
mention Of the Ready would
Ready Roosevelts have taken the field.
n they think to disguise it,"
The -s. just the =, will have
to do: Perhaps We can Get around
the diff1culty by using first names.
Besides the father and mother there
are three boys-John, George and
Joseph-and two girls, Mary and
betrothed. She was to have been
married, but her aflanced does not
wish to appear to be a Stacker. So
ne is waiting until, he has been GER
Tined for the National Army. Then
there will be a quiet home wedding
VIII no rice thrown, because rice Is
q foodstuff~a Mrs. -- is a mem
Der or the food administration.
while the wedding is necessarily
delayed preparations for 1t are going
forward at a great rate. Mary's
rousseau Is nearly completed and the
bridegroom is not buying any, expect
ing to receive n from the quarter
masters department at Camp Upton.
Jane, who will play the wedding
march. is having trouble. Most Of the
wedding marches were written by
enemy aliens and are obviously UNI
suitable at the marriage Of her sister
to an American soldier. Probably
she will select one OF Mr.. Sousa's
compositions. If she cannot find a
piano arrangement the phonograph
will have to play it, it being obvi-
ously impossible to hire a brass band.
band for a wedding is an extrava-
gance In war time. :
The fact hat the bridegroom will
pc QUILTED by the largest firm in
North America does not preclude his
receiving accessories of one sort and
another made by the folks at home.
AS any one who owns an automobile
knows, accessories are practically
endless n consist Of anything the
Immediate usefulness of which is not
lapparent. There are accessories be-
fore n after the fact, whether the
fact be the purchase of a sixteen CYL
Under gadabout or entry into the mil
itary service of the United States.
n greatest peril to Mary's prospec-
tive husband is not, however, the lists
Of Things Your Soldier Boy Will APP
preciate," compiled on In assumption,
and a doubtful n at that. His flu
ture peace and comfort are mainly
jeoparded by James passion for knit
ting. She has nearly completed an
outdoor sleeping suit which will make
her intended brother-in-1aw resemble
a well to do Eskimo rather than a
private, u. s. N. "A.
While the impending wedding en-
crosses the minds and fingers of
Mary, Jane and their mother, John,
George, Joseph and their father are
at odds over large questions of pro-
duction and supply. The parent is a
farmer, John is working for Mr..
Hoover down in Washington. George
is a contractors man in charge of
cantonment construction, and Joseph
is raising sheep in Texas. Mr.. -
put in a large crop of wheat and an
other Of potatoes. His wheat, came
out rather poorly and the price set
by the government won't give him
much of a profit Helt is patriotic
Eenough not to- mind this. sinceahe has
added to the amount of wheat In the