Evening journal., 1917-12-11
WHO WOULD CHEER
SUFFERING FOILUS?
Wounded Soldiers in French
Hospitals Want Letters
From American Friends
NEW CASTLE WOMAN
WILL TRANSLATE

Having for its object the bringing Of
that comfort which the lonely find in
the personal correspondence OF those
whom they feel are their best friends,
a movement has been started in this
city 70 correspond with the heroes OF
France who are lying wounded IN the
hospitals or who are convalescing and
have none TO write TO thsm in their
own native land
Howard l.. Pyle. Of No. i29 West Six
teenth street, is interested in This work.
and he will gladly furnish the hames
Of worthy Frenchmen who are in the
hospitals or inyalided under the care
OF Mrs. Herbert X. Corey. wife or an
American correspondent, who. at much
personal expense. has undertaken TO re-
ducet heb urdens Of the poilus. many
OF whom are from the invaded district.
whose homes have been desolate and
whose relatives have been carried Off.
Miss f. Jeanette Wylie, Of New
Castle, has volunteered TO translate any
letters received from the Frenchmen
who are unable to write English. II
any are chartably Inclined. Mr.. Pyle
can secure franc notes in Philadelphia
that can be forwarded 20 the French
men and no doubt they viii be appre-
ciated by the men whose pay in the
army is small.
The attached letter is from French
man who formerly lived in New York
where he was an automobile expert.
He went 10 France at the outbreak Of
the war without being called and
fought IN the trenches for three years.
He was seriously wounded and for a
long time remained in the hospital. Mr
Pyle appeals for a response as the let
ter from "Jene" shows how CORES
pondence is appreciated. Jene is now
10 the aviation branch Of the French
army and Is located at SalOnika His
letters reads:
Dear Mr.. Pyle. This A. a little snap
shot Of myself which was taken Just
after / had alighted from a flight over
Mt. Olympus, birthplace OF the great
god, but I haven't seen any Of them
and ! suppose they have been scared by
our guns and by the roaring Of our
airplanes. Maybe they have followed
King Constantine and found a refuge in
Switzerland. We went as high as 5000
meters and flew over the snowy sum-
mits az i.i0O meters. We couldn't sec
the ground underneath us on account
of the beautiful sea Of clouds. but the
snow was shining in the bright sun
and It was a wonderful sight.
But on account Of the scantiness Of
the air, my pilot was bleeding aud we
had 10 come down. n took us two
hours and forty-lve minutes 20 reac1
that height and only forty minutes 70
come down. II was a fine night and
the smile ] wear on the picture shows
how happy q man is TO feel the solid
earth under his feet.
have had a letter lately from a
friend Of mine who lives IN Paris and
she writes about American boys and
how fine they look. and how hard
they work. doing everything on large
scale. even building mp new railroads.
They behave splendidly and ! am so
glad to hear that. Aren't you2 she
also speaks Of an American canteen,
where they serve 20 the boys, regular
American meals and even ice cream.
Gee. that's nice and I wish l could
spend a few days in Paris now, but II
can't be done.
am so happy 20 know that Amerl-
cans find cheering up and comfort
while I'm Paris, because afterward
when they will reach the trenches
they will find life hard, harder than
my countrymen did, because American
hoys have been brought up with all
modern conveniences and comfort.
Well, am sure they will behave
splendldly and bring glory and honor
10 their beloved country.
am practicing on an mir plane That
has a speed Of 2i0 kilometcrs l4o
miles) an hour. It's great, but the
trouble Is In landing The speed is so
great that when you come to earth
YOU have to be careful not to smash
The whole thing and yourself besides.
But hope luck will always be with
me and prevent me from coming TO the
ground quicker than ! want TO- Very
best regards from
JEAN DE LONGUENlLLE.