Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

to jump through the upper wing, as
some of them do in their excitement
Am glad to say that all. he ever said
to me was tres bien," or just plain
"bou, which translated means very
good" and good" respectively.
- Keel You"
Some of these neutrality-suspicious.
moniteurs are very amusing in criti-
cising a pupil. going off something
like this: You want to keel us
both 2" Have you no one you love 2
You wait, 1 get you on re ground
i keel YOU" The last threat one
fellow took SO seriously that he
would not come to class next morn
ing. They say lots of other things
not SO amusing. neither so elevating
morally, but they get results. From
the reports l get of this landing
moniteur he sure is bird, when 1t
comes to bawling a pupil out. How
ever, | can't understand French and
he can't talk English so a lot of 1t
will no doubt go over my head, be-
cause there will sure be some bone
head stunts pulled off when he starts
to let me land alone.
Seven Landings I'm Ten Minutes.
In this field one makes seven
landings, in one flight of ten min
utCS. II OTt 1t new StuuGHJ tie
teur makes the first landing, and
you notice how it is done; thereafter
the machine is yours and it's up to
you to follow his first example to the
letter. Since a man rarely stays in
the landing class more than week
If he is any good, engine experience
and knowledge is very valuable since
one is so soon to fly alone. There
fore, this mornings lecture was on
motors and how they operate. Be-
lteVe me, | sure listened closely, Tor
motor is all Greek to me and /
learned considerable about how 20
adjust motor as one climbed past
1000 feet and on up. The air gets
thinner up there, you know, and one
must needs juggle his engine to meet
the thinner air. | also learned that
u carburetor held captive butter
fly and why it was there and what
it was used for. Not satisfied with
this, the lecturer ordaTcS II we men
in landing class to attend a class
in shopwerk on motors and the
erecting of planes an hour each
day for the succeeding three days.
1t looks as if I'll learn why a motor
runs and how to keep it going.
Finds His Pretty Girl.
Saw a pretty girl at last. One of
those kind you read about. Talk
about your chicken! oh, boy! l just
naturally have to learn French now!
She came along in an auto and
stopped outside for an American sol
dier. Notwithstanding the fact that
very good meal awaited our pleas
ure nobody remembered it. She had
the whole camp at her feet, and the
'begion etrangire" hanging on the
fence, everyone that knew any
Tft.aY Il ,t oil : H.
She sure was full of zip and pep, and
my! what a smile Did not seem to
mind our admiration either, in fact
she liked it, said it was only natural
which conceit only made us like heI
all the more. You know that tai
fellow you saw in the steamship of.
flee? Well, like a bad penny. hi
showed UP again, having finally go'
in the American Aviation ant
shipped down here. And, of course
it would Just be our luck to have him
come bustling along at this critica
moment, the good-looking chump
It's a good thing that the American
soldier came out to claim his love
just then, else he may have lost her
because she sure was beginning tC
fall hard for that 6 foot of mascu.
line beauty.
A man had 1000 francs stoler
here last week. Lined the Who'll,
legion" up and searched us person
ally, even looked in our shoes anC
socks and through our lugga ge. Did
not find 1t, but later found the pock
etbook containing most of it out or
the road.
Have to quit now although have
lots more to say. Have to get some
sleep. WALTER.
Tours, France,
Sept. IA. 1917.
Dear Mother:
Doctor Gros has arrived will
nt ln ct oil until, nffnn. 70 tnl L