Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-05

ear of war was held.
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his best and the &ockney female
shouted:
"Bli-me, knowed yer face wasn't
made O. wax. An if e. amt got the
witest teeth 1 ever saw"
Another Guards band drowned
laughter and further comments and
the men tramped on through the dou-
Bile archways leading to Whitehall,
their shouldered rifles above the banks
tomobile' came to a halt a dozen yards
from the men and women and beau
tiful young American girl whipped out
an American flag and waved it ener-
getically. Quite a number of the SOL
diers saw it and only discipline for
bade their turning their heads after
they had gone by.
"Stick a feather in is at and call
him Yankee Doodle" sang a young
woman who had no taste in sartorial
color harmony and who thought she
was giving a fair rendition Of the
American national anthem.
"They don't like that" declared a
man. "It's the Star-Spangled Banner
yer ought to sing"
Just then the American girl in a
sweet voice started with "Oh, say, can
you see" and the Englishman with
her continued the air without knowing
the words.
In the Horse Guards, that interest
ing old building, In Whitehall, there
was an impressive and unforgetable
sight. The uniforms of color, the fight
ing attire of yesteryear, those men in
red coats, white leather breeches and
tall pointed black boots, stood in line
at attention, their swords at salute to
the American soldiers.
The color caught the eyes of the
boys from Maine and San Francisco
] and some of them did not know quite
what to make of it.
Sent to Discipline Naughty Bill.
| However, they realized the honor Of
the turning out of these strapping life
guards, now in red, white and black
haps not so very long ago were up tt
their waists in mud in the trenche!
when wearing their fighting gear
Most of them had been wounded an(
thus were sent back to the Guard a
whitehall
Further along the sons of Uncle San
marched to the wide Whitehall, and II
few minutes they were passing tn,
admiralty, where sailors and naval of
f1cers stood thrilled with interest a
the marching line before them.
"The Day." shouted a sailor. 9Th
Day when Naughty Bill is to get is.
"Yes," said another man, "ain't it
, shame to think we can't do more thai
roast the chief 'un."
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys ar
marching" came from a thousan
throats as the band struck up this ia
miliar tune. They realized they wer
doing something to vanquish an
gloom.
"On through the mouth of Whitehall
to Trafalgar square, where stands tn
statue to Lord Nelson and the Lane
seer lions. Each lion carried its fu
quota Of men and boys who shouted
clapped and sang from their vantag
points.
81 guess and reckon that Amuric
amt goin' to stand no nonsense froI
them baby killers" opined an Englisl
man who apparently thought he ha
firm grip on New Yorkese. You sc
the Englishman is about as strong o
the imitation of an American as til
| American is on English.
1t was palpable that some of tn
men in the throng had worn their mo:
American" looking clothes. They col
ted the American way of bending dow
| their felt hats in front-in other word
| it is now fashionable to the America
in England.
4 The narrows of the Strand wei
i banked with cheerful countenance
and now and again flowers and smoke
s fell in the roadway. Australians, Ne
: Zealanders and Canadians gave the
e need of applause to the America
{ troops.
e And when it was all over that da
you heard precious little else b,
: praise for the American troops ar
e comments on their good looks. Al
: they were a pre-possessing lot, too.
v Until sundown the Stars and Strip
! flew at the staff atop the house
9 Parliament. Der Tag was one whiC
: raised perhaps the German eyebrow
for the German officers have been gi
e en- TO understand that Americans cou
d never brave submarines so numero
s and send men for the firing line.
A fact, one of the German officer pr
T. oners said as much to a Yankee wi
J. CALCULATED:
= "All right, old sport, and how did '
get here?"-New York Herald.