The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-02
Camp Comedies
lBy Alma Woodward.
THE oooMoTAER.
Scene: Camp Lewis.
Time: Sunday afternoon.

Scene: Camp Lewis.
Time: Sunday afternoon.
| Group Of boys. their rejecting the
surrounding landscape. due to an over
application of camp soup. await the
visitors due to arrive on the next
| train.)
a (dreamily)-l wonder who started
the idea. anyway?
| p with curiosity = what idea.
Buddyo
! 4 (sniling fatnously) Why. the god
! mother idea. of course--adopting SOL
diers and pledging themselves to write
and send packages and things.
r (regretfully)-T don't know who
started it-hut it's sure a peach of an
idea. Nobodvs fallen for me yet-in
| fact, nobody's fallen for any one in
| our crowd except You Buddy. And
! wait until she gets her first look at
| YOU today! Child honey. yon'll he un-
pity Of the s. p. c. A.!
G (passing the josh)--Yonll be sore
you asked her to come down. kid. You
know Buddy. it's an historical saying
that distance lends enchantment." but
when applied to you it becomes almost
biblical. as ii Were!
A tcocky. though peeved)-Oh. I
don't know. ] can't see that any of
YOU are the original why girls leave
home" and when I get my hat pulled
down to army regulation angle you
couldn't suspect | had n freckle to my
| name.
b Dumping him)-She hasn't sent
you her photo. has She Rub? How're
You going to know her?
A Cooking completely asinine)-
We've arranged that she is to wear
two ysanthcmums-onc yellow. the
other white. But really that wouldn't
he necessary, because know from her
letters just what she looks like. She's
great and not too thin. with great
big dark blue eyes and blonde hair
and
Il (caustically)--List darling. II
you could see the expression on your
face at this moment you'd go look for
a Job in a Fellies' chorus. Try to imi-
tate a human being.
A theatedlyD-Just because you
haven't got a godmother is no reason
why
Voices growing nearer)-Trains in!
Trains in, TRAINS IN!
tThere is wild dash to the rail-
road tracks. In the crowd that alights
is figure remarkable for it's curves
which arc all concave instead of convex
for its vamp gown of ideal furniture
covering-and for two glowing dots,
one yellow. the other white-chrysan
themums. \ second look proves she
is the vintage of Methusaleh.)
r shouting hoarselyh--chrysanth
NUNS. Great guns. she's got her
lamps out for you, Buddy. Young?
She was young when Adam first said
Haven't ! met you somewhere be-
| FORE to Eve. She may think she's
| quivering with temperament She's
! not. It's palsy! Godmother? She's
the same one Cinderella used!
A tragically) her I've e. ne
| tell hers I've been shot as SPY tell
| her I'm dead
| B tcheerfully)-That it. Wen tell
her you're dead. What are you dead
Of. DEAR
| y Gas he runs>--Heart disease-ty-
phoid - diphtheria - ptomaines en-
| tcric---
B calling after him) That's
enough. You're dead long ago,
(The godmother approaches. sean.
ming the horizon hungrilyo
b tsweetlyh-Are you looking for an,
one madam Perhaps I can assist you
She Exposing space where incisors
| once flourished)-I am looking for tht
boy I fslopted-Buddy Andrews his
| name Is.
r Crying to hide a tear)--Too late
! He passed on day before yesterday
heart disease - typhoid - diphtheria -
She (slipping her arm through his)-
| That's too bad-but You're sweet Lao
| I'll adopt you instead. Let's take
| stroll, dear.
B Throwing a silent fiD-Whoeye
started this godmothcr idea has tn
making of a criminal in him.