The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-11-30
honor among them.

honor among them. sox,,, T scouiesced
and observed that this soldier waiter wore the pesV
white gloves had seen on man serving M a, his
looked over at the nonplussed Swede VINO mao cnas ~
collar but still wore the neutral gray suit ana
AT nv right was major-the man who had lVell.e et
hut which is being used everywhere on the BRUSH lu
as well as in all parts of the United Kingdom c4
war he had been mining engineer IN SCUM e t; If
res of life at the front were OF course Ie cle
conversation Here is one told to me by the foor
CAT our brigade H. O. not 50 very long ago was WAS ths
ed that the telephone wires had been cut down. Whe ts
happeps we look for the arrival of the pigeons WHICH nav
been taken to send back with messages IN the even Ia
teller rone communication is Temporarily cut OH. ; a;
pigeon uttered down on the roof OF the shell torn ous
and red tabled staff subaltern precptatey cmpeo W
point where he could get hold of the BIRD ana tt @
several vain attempts he managed to grao II au og @
dcr with him. The message was unfoded ana the young
lieutenant found himself reading aloud to the genera
I'm blasted sick of carrying this damned bird around
Another story which got good hearty laugh was tnae
of the British prisoner who had angered his Boone cpo
by cling him that the English had taught the leutoS now
to fight It decided that he should be shot the follow
ing day. In the dull gray dawn he was od that ne Woo
be paroned he consented to take the oath to the Kaiser
'Orl rite" said the Tommy and after he had sworn
ae,lnce he put his arm around Germans neck saying
loudy-"Just the same, we Germans have got TO ADMIT
those damned English taught us OW to fight Wot!
The sign of war in France with the bread-War
bread The meal was wholesome one but not elaborate
sergeant stood at attention. keeping an eye on MS men, Inns
sergeant had many notabes in that room including
of distinction from France and the United States as
well as kings and princes. 49,
Cafe nor and lioeurs were served at the table with
the cigars and when all finished with military precs
ion chairs pushed back and all adjourned to the large
sitting and the library When we had finished listen
ing to vctroa with records of Harry Lauder and other
singers the captain who spoke excellent French and
who had unusual voice. sang to the tune of my Little
Gray Home in the West from Ny Dear Little Dug
Out in France
'T'm learnn' lot about mud;
I've learned how to damn when the flood
Sweeps over the ridge
And nice game of bridge
Is suddenly nipped in the bud"
He applauded and continued
cts not quite like home, I'll admit
And the cold nearly gives YOU a it
But in rain wind or
Are downhearted-NO
In our dear little dugous in France"
The younger element learned that Professor Wilkinson
had been to Thepva and Bapaume and it seemed to them
that perhaps the aged notable had been kept of the dan
zone For this they orebore telling of their ex
perences in going up Vimy Ridge while the Boche was
sormng and raging with his guns believing that of course
of his would not have been able to make the long
hike that height Professor Macdonald had been to vi
my Ridge the day before the younger element but he was
middle aged man. and declared that all he wanted was
pipe and blanket and he would have stayed there all night
so enhancing 1 was the the sight and the noise.
The erstwhite British Cabinet officer was filled with
praise for America and Americans telling how Glad he
that the United States in the war with ENGLAND and
France Smiles of qualification beamed from the faces of
Americans.
Among the guests a colonel of an ENGLISH ,ancor
regiment regiment of which the King of Spain was hon
ofay colonel Which Tact was duly noted by the Spanish
journalist captain in this regiment had been in half
dozen old fashioned lance charges at early stages of the
war before really reached the trench stage He had
bodies asunder with his lance and told me that Roche cow
not face shining steel His horse and quite number Of
other horses which have been through the autumn prror
OF 1914 are still alive And persons who imagine +bat M
the contempbles were wiped out mistaken for GOOD
percentage of them are still fighting. s''0
Bridge was suggested and two tables were sta,+od
Whle one officer sang and played for edcaton
now or other it was not the atmosphere in which Won cod
take an interest in card There was TOO mich ~
Ill your thoughts stories back of every man in unol1
men who only few days before had been cover fhp Ton
some OF them walking beside tanks as bullets and bai
mace nell OF the land and others dashng in CHARGES @
ther men, Then of course there were the higher off
Who stayed at their respective headquarters but al Of
them had seen great deal of fighting " Vi
1t was nearly midnight when most of rs docidod A. !
as we had long day before the morrow we vonld
seek our beds but before going to bed we walked ont w @
night and observed the moon and starstbo cJ I III the
Zeppelin and raid nightsbathng the thick foiao Of M pl
against the midnight blue sky N "'i'ueIteo