The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-19

te the front as the echoes Of the thun-
| dering guns came drifting back. If the
ffnen could fhqose this days for battle
! AZ man NJ Guild ever cAoose apch 4 day
az Thug Tho horses gave Of Steam, as
| they strained against the tugs. The
lnen went along kicking blobs OF mud
/ from their shoes with every step,
Tanks Don't Mind Mud.
The rain seeped through ones very
aeul
Tanks were used in tho dshting this
morning II was the first time in this
particular attack. Mud makes no diff
t ference 20 the tanks They lumber out
Of the haze like big mud turtles as
they move against the enemy lines.
The rnsavies and lights were
pasttuR Jerry s. lines with dreary
monotony. The heavy artillery man
has prosa:c Job in this particular
drive. Tie works on the Germans from
"a couple of miles away. often he is
shooting from behind hills Bis shells
come drifting his way out OF the dis
tant horizon without him being able to
see any
/ The lights sometimes go forward
right on the heels of the infantry. They
are occasionally used to pot" machine
gums. However back with the big guns
life is precar!ous, even II IL is largely
routine. whole flock Of shells may
fall into II battery without doing any
damage, like a futile shot into IA covey
quail Then, along viii come one loose
chunk of metal and cause all kinds of
trouble
Artiiterymau "Goes west"
The other day two heavy artillery
men heard shell Wheeling In their
direction, Both flung themselves on the
ground, close together. Shells burst
sixty yards from them. One man got
up wholly unhnrt, but the other man
lay quite stiil He was dead, A splin-
ter from shell had fiipped along the
ground and penetrated his neck
Arthur Richardson. of Schroonr, n
Y. came out of the light today He
talks in a slow. drawing voice. lie
WAS in dugout this morning with two
other men when a shell landed among
them Richardson's CON panions were
killed.
TT any possible psychologist IL inter-
cated in what the soldiers are going 10
do after thr war. ho might talk 10 lars
Mortlock a roioycd gentleman. who
proelAims himself An engineer Jars
has been handing around the fringes
in much OF the recent lighting. patch
Ing reads and what not. 'Ah come
from Clarksvilie, Reed River Tex, yas-
ssh.' said he today.
"Ah suttiniy wish ah was back in ole
ciarksyiiie. Dere's no place like Clarks-
VILE no sab. All got me one Of those
boche guns to take back to CIarksvtlle
10 show TO the folks. Dey's eoin' to
he mighty s'prised when all tell them
all ah see An suttinly wish ali was
back in Clarksviile right this mint"
--lsuy Liberty BOnds---
Cake For Cottage Pudding.
Three ounces fat, one and one-f fourth
pounds sugar. one quart or three
pounds light syrup. two ounces soda,
one and onc-half ounces salt. ten eggs.
Two quarts milk four ounces cream
tartar. three pounds wheat -four. three
pounds corn or rice -four
Cream thoroughly the fat and the
sugar Add the soda and the salt
Add alternately the syrup and the
eggs, Dreaming after ea3l addition:
add the milk and vanHia, add the
hours sifted with the cream of tartar.
Bake in a moderately hot oven.
---~Buy Liberty Nonds-----
The Los Angeles Times says that
with prohibition in California. there
will be fewer guides In the mountains
who look ike deer"
--~ssuy Liberty B0nds----
Germany will soon wonder not only
why the Germans have no friends,
,at why they have no allies. Omaha