The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-09
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Dear Solon-
am glad that the Russian sitlia-
tlon mas cleared up. ft is a great re-
ief One day I setn in the papers
that kerensky said that Russia wa s
not gong TO fight no more and that
ne wanted every body to understand
mat Russia was in the fight until the
1ntsh Thcn the next 4av which il
today he said that he never had no
more Of job than a rabbit asd he
wonder II some or them fat American
munitihn kings wouldn't give him Il
I Job making shells for the Russian
army. Yes. Scion. It is great relief
I 70 feel that YOU know so much about
| me situation that Nou don't even know
! what ff's all about rohow About the
! only thine ! am confused about is who
! the Tom walker ever accused them
/ Russians of fighting anyway? There
/ amt nobody ought TO .kid whole race
+ or wh'Skers like that
But 1t amt no Use for fellow to
/ worry. Is It. Solon? Because there IS
! them Italians to cheer a fellow I'M
Look at them. IF YOU can see them
YOU can do better than ! can. Fverv
time I look their way dust gets in nv
eyes II Is certain thing they amt
| never going to surrender them Ger
mans amt going to ketch ON. No
/ sir. not as long as thew got another
river to cross they amt First thing
YOU know they are going to cit down
IN the part OF their country what -
inhabited by them gondolas and then
mere is going 10 be Old Nick tn nav.
JUST as sure as you are foot high
We viii get some good news ther
Tony. who runs the fruit emporium
on the corner and charges two-eor-
I'VE FOR bananas tells me that them
gondolas is the most worst and ferocf.
Gus wiz hea st In all Of Italy and sure
death to Germans He saws that thew
are SO powerful that they can't walk
on the ground for their weight driving
their feet In the ground so far thew
can get en- out in time for sunper
50 th"y got 10 float around in water
all the time And what I am ngrer
ing on, Solon. Is that when them daros
pets to them rivers In the Southern
part NJ their country the commander
or the army what is named Sardinara
VIII know all them varn1its bv their
nrst names and at asiven time will.
how" his soldiers call them by their
first names and thus get over in safe
~, and once on the other side ne win
boiler at them that the 9oke was on
them as he was too hirhfalootin' to
m onkev with STUDYING up their names
Happened to get them right Then
them varmits viii get riled M AVID
about that time the Germans will
ne coming along and they will think
the&~ are another 49, s~Ai-tsf- tS--r~-n--rY
make feast Of the last one Of them |
Yes sir. II is good feeling TO get
things doped out like that and now
that the country is safe for democracy
~ VIE the gov. will exempt my lit
II" son BENNY and not send his
pas last farmland Off to pick cher
rf~s FOR 10 F<iZZer or no other fuTren
duke or what-not
Scion. you fellows up thar In Rich
mond might know what you are doing,
hut the first time Chigger Ridge sends
up above the line and gets a gang OF
fellows to come down and make a
analysts for the city gov and don't
do nothing hut knock, knock knock /
ana suggest THROWN a passed. Of good
men out OF ~cbs like me who Is a coun-
Gilman here. and charges ten thou 5
sand dollars, I am going TO get that q
old SQUIRREL gun. me and YOU used
TO tote around over these here woods
ana find out II is lost the art OF
STRAIGHT. It's Jest the same
as having doctor call and tell YOU
that YOU are sick man and unless
you are operated on in "a hrs YOU
are going to die and then hop right
MP and go of to a hall game or some
thing. and then the next day send YOU
a great big bill and say II YOU don't
nav UP at once ne is going 10 talk
about your family There amt no diff
funce and 7 am ready to say same
for publication Looks like when vow
Fellows move to a city YOU loose all
notion OF the order Of things
] see that Ohio went dry and that