The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-10-19
THE CAN'T TAUGHT
THEM LESSONS

A to see their son, who was one of tn,
: 5000 young men at work in the OF
ficers Reserve camp at Fort Benia
min Harrison. They had made tn,
: trip because they had learned that
n the boy was being kept busy from
{ 5:15 each morning until 9:3O al
v night, and they feared he would no;
$ be able to keep well and strong un.
, der such a strain.
When at length they were able to
locate the young man in one of the
, many environments, they were sur
prised and delighted to find him look
! ing better and straighter than he ev-
, er had been before in his life at
school and on the farm. While they
were peeping into the mess hall they
caught a glimpse of the kitchen lust
behind it, and in a moment the good
housekeeper said; John, I'm very
anxious to go an see how they han
die things about the kitchen"
AS soon as they had gotten back
of the kitchen, the woman exclaim-
ed: Every one of these slop cans
has perfectly tight fttin' top"
Then she shifted moment. only to
continue in amazement: DO you
notice, John, that there amt a parti-
Gle of odor about this place. an now
come to think about it, l haven't
seen a particle of trash or dirt any
where on these big grounds"
mo, l hadn't noticed that at ALL"
the man answered, but I'm mighty
certain it's so If you say it is, be- !
cause you've got the good house |
keepers nose an eyes all right"
well, it is so, all right. Let's go |
over an see how they manage things
where the regulars live an have to
cook in tents this hot weather"
After inspecting number OF cook
tents, the good housekeeper and
mother shook her head and said:
I'm goin' to ask the boy if there's
many sick boys in the hospital 1t
beats my time; thought l was a sure
enough good housekeeper, but I'm |
certain our slop cans at home never !
have been as sweet an clean as these I
are. In fact, there amt bit OF odor
from the outhouses that're just tents,
an there amt hardly fly anywhere. a
It's wonderful, that's what it is" a
When the farmer and his wife
we're able to get hold of the boy for
moment or two his mother began b
o question him concerning the num- s
Ter of men in the hospital. Il
Great Scot, mother, we haven't
'ot time to get sick. There amt hard
y anybody in the hospital. even II r
here are about 10000 of us on the
rounds"
My boy, that don't explain things
I all. I've seen folks take sick =,
light smack in the middle Of harvest -
'hen they were entirely too busy TO .,
ct sick. Besides, that wouldn't ex- y
lain that you look better than you
yer did in your whole life before.
tut at home you worked in the open LII
ir, you had plenty of good food, an
know you had the best room in the
ouse to sleep in always" N
"Yes. mother, that's all so. but to
lere's a big difference. Al home | al
ept in the best room, but it wasn't pi
ide open all day an all night. You
sed to shut ii up to keep il cool,
n if the wind got to BLOWN hard dc
Ou'd shut the windows. / know &c
lat when | got up in the mornin' r.
home | never did feel as fresh as
do here. An then as soon as we
ct out in the mornin' we go through in
quick, snappy setting up drill that me
nder takes the kinks out Of your tn
uscles an limbers you up all ov- pr
"An', besides all that, there's an
her thing or two about this work In
are. I'm with a bunch of fellows nc
y own age all the time. We're or q,
ptoe doin' things, an then / almost
'rgot the cold shower baths we
Ike; they make a fellow feel like -,
fightin' cock. .,
"Seems kinder queer to me that u,
J country folks have been Twin oi,
the country for such long time
l. haven't learned that fresh air was
cant to breathe an that lots of cold
alter an a little settin' up work ~
ould keep you o. X. The country SIC
Is cot everything it needs to make '"
e healthiest an finest lookin' lot
folks on top OF the globe, but they ID
mt use 'em. I'm hopin' that the
amin a lot Of us fellowsre get
n will make us understand what