Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-23

bo,a. A'nohg our latest prisoners" writes
,,,u, e a British officer, none is more dis
susteu than tall German artillery officer
wears an Iron Cross, and who was in
onward observation post when the Ger
ha,1.Ii ', Iuiahtry were driven back and his own
,Uattery began shelling him He was ex-
,o,i'e'y slad when we found him in his hole
aau marched him back to safety and good
'ousIhgs IN prisoners cage"
INTERESTING sGDEtIGHTs
,,,.s IA friend OF mine who is invalded home
"''n Oullet In the spine and who is doomed
70 spend the rest OF his lfe wing on bis
MuacK, M mas been giving me many interesting
sldelights on the war.
The Saxon and Bavarion repin,.r,s ara
puite decent fellows" said he. "On Christ
mas mas pay we had truce with them and ex
S Sna"sed cigarettes and good wishes. In
Iact' AT our part of the line we spent very
eheery and friendly six hours
Inc Germans began the truce by AlnRlnR
,,,,'. oneL written message into our trenches,
suggesting mutual celebration Of Tho da,,
They proposed tnat II should he bog,r ~. ~.
ar officer on both sides mounting the paranet
and lighting a cigarette
We didn't trust the Huns at frst as ,bIs
Is an old dodge Of theirs, and has been rlayed
pelore 10 our cost But one OF our chaps-
Cneery young captan-hopped up as boId
as otass In fun view Of the Germans. m
MS rag and then everything went O. X,
we wandered out into No-Man's Land
ana chin-chinned with the Huns. I had n
Ions talk with Fritz, who had actually been
London waiter for ten years previous 70
the outbreak OF the war
Unfortunately, two Of our ,e,Ior,s MA,
dered bit too far and came upon n GerroaD =
machine gun emplacement The Germans
realizing that they now knew too much. OF
course TOOK them prisoners saving that
theE could not permit them to return TO the
British lines with such important knowl-
edge However they had the decencv to
SEND two OF their own chaps in exchange
for ours, and over marched two detected
Huns as prisoners of war.
While have always found the sovon
and Bavarlan regiments fairly clean eght-
ers. ] must admit that the Prussians are
treacherous. It's really risky Job TO take
Prussian prisoner, as no sooner has he
surrendered with mournful wall OF Kan
Grad Kamerad" and wagged his little
white flag, than he turns around and shoots
you in the back or anywhere else that's
handy"
AIR EXPLOITS THRILLING
Air exploits form a great feature on the
western front at the present time. And
the war in the air is evolving a new lam
guage of its own
For instance, no airman ever thinks OF
talking about a flight. Flip" is the word
he uses. And his hips are always Of a GER
tain duration, not Of certain distance He
"hips' about for an hour, say, not for so
many miles or knots.
t Another extraordinary word evolved by
the arman Is "spikebozzle." In describing
a Zeppelin chase an airman writes: Two
of our machines went up to spikebozzle
him"
"Huffed"-which means to be kllled--is
another common expression. He hasn't
come back for his cap has the same sig.
nifCance.
This phrase originates from the custom OF
airmen at flying schools of hanging theii
peaked service cap on a long line OF peg:
before taking the air" When pilot
crashes" or meets with some other form
of accident he does not return for his cap
hence the very significant phrase.