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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
WILL.IMAN'

. cation and will not open slntil April g. The vaca ton was pol ostppned bez cause of the coal ssh ersage:: and it was
 thought that the cilfl ldren would have
 better weather for aeatipn. but the recent weather a0es not mike the prospects look very brisht.
 1, Children to Be apeht Swimming | During the school svacafSo ion; the slo - l loaI Y. NJ e. A will give III of the Willimantic school Chi ifIdren chance Ito learn to swim. Classes of ten chill l 1dren will be instructed fat one time by Physical Director Martin. The schedule is as follows boys. Satur
 day, Monday Wednesday, and Sat
 lirday at g a. m. lths second class will
 meet at 10 a. ms1J girls Friday at
 ID. m. Tuesday, Friday and Tuesday al 12 p. m Instruetion will last for ar 1 hour in each class. s ,-.3s 2
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13

Schools Closed For. Vacation.
 ,Willimantic public. schools closed Friday afternoon for the spring va-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
MYSTIC

Benefit Dance at Academy-Last ! Sunday Before Conference at the 1 aMethodist Church = Clark Barnes Safe in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
$27.5O, 5000 AND $32.50 SPRING SUITS
 FOR TODAY ONLY S21.5O
$500, $500 AND $42.oo SPRING SUITS
 FOR TODAY ONLY S27.5O

These Suits uptohemnute the fabrics poet twill and wool serge excellent graceful fashionable and thoroughly practical models representing values from $500 to $420O
 SperiaI $2750
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13
BALTIC.

Report for Free Wool Fund For March Chaplain From Camp Devens to Celebrate Military Mass and Bless Service FIag-Advance in Ice Cost.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-13

When tramp sees an ax it gives him splitting headache.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
SITUATION wANTED-rEMALE.

WANTED Position ~ steuographee
with some general office work BIO,
Is rs News-l1mes GO2f-1O
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
LIEUTENANT AND AID
ARE BURNED TO DEATH

AEDMoRE. Okla. JULY S.
Lieut.. +. B. sullivan and Mechan-
ician Doyle OF Barron field. Fort
Worth, Texas. were burned TO death
near here Sunday when their ma
chine fell into a nose spin from q
height of about 100 feet
Lieut. Sullivan and 1Iechanician
Doyle in a two-seated machine. with
another army aviator in one
seated machine. came here today on
a practice Eight. The other ma
chine had just passed out Of sight
ON the return trip. when sullivan
attempted 70 rise against a. brisk
wind.
As the aIrpIane plunged TO earth
flames burst from the machine
which burned dercely for % min
utes The uNo men were strapped
into their seats and were unable 10
eXricate themselves
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALE-Fresh COW. Call at 1919
Swygart 5S6S-S
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
OFFICE IIELI'.

WE INVITE YOU To CALL and Place
yOlfs Application With Is for the Best
Positions
VIZ PLACE Many Hundred Office Peo-
ple u StCuographic. Uctatphone,
Typlst. Bookkeeping. General office PO-
-IfiOu~
THE THOMAS SCHOOL Licensed Em-
plOymeut Agency American Trust
Bldg Bell 100 Home rio
BUSINESS MIN Call us for office
Assistants. Free service.
OUR PUBLIC WORK DEPT does Ad-
dressing Multigraph Letters Sells
Typewriter Ribbons and Carbon Paper.
J99J-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
WHITCONB < KELLER.

FOR SALE-646 acres black land, close
to South Bend: level: good buildings !;
silos; adapted to hemp. corn. OATS, on
ions. etc. Would consider some good
property in exchange. Address r l.
b. Milliken. 624 Farmers Trust Bldg
Home 2S37, Bell 1853 suOl n
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
LEGAL NoTICE.
NOrICE OF ADMINISTRATIONS.

Notice IS hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed hr tar
Clerk cot the Circuit Court ~ 81 Io.
seph County. State ~ Indiana admins
traitor ~ tbe estate ~ Helene ~tudc-
baker Henderson. Iate az ST. Joseph
COUNTY deceased
said estate i~ supposed CO. be solvent.
JAMES &. JUDE Adm
june -1~t 1915
JAMES a IJDIE ANY f0r Estate
ais
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
mELr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-Good reputable women. - 20
80 years able-b0died single men for
form work, married couples without
children Tor farm and attendants work.
Dr. Geo : Bliss Supt Indiana School
foI Fecble-Aiiuded Youth Fort Wayne.
Ind J99T-9
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALF-Brand new Reliable gas
range. top oven. reasonable. 301 \
Scott 81. 60l5-9
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
CHIROPODIST.

i L. ROBERTS. CHIROPoDIST.
give personal -tteutiou 10 al foot
troubles Calls made oy appointment
only Anyone claiming 90 be my repre-
sentative Is q fraud. Office and residence
3D. ). Taylor 81 Telephone. Home
2iJl. Rel ssh. 2i3-H
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
REAL ESTATE LOANS.

MONEY TO LOAN az g.. per cent We
have supply - money O. loan on I'm
proved farms no 81 per cent Interest
on long time earn Bros. Co - Farm
ers Trust Bldg Phones Home ssh.
Bell 153 H3se-tr
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALE-Buy a new home cheaper
and better than il YOU built it. Have
finished six strictly modern homes IN
Leers addition near two car lines, one
block from Lincoln school. Buy Of own
er on easy payments At office at Leer
and Dayton SITS. Sunday p. ms or tele-
phone FOR appointment. Del LeeT. II:
f326 Bell $3.50 JJ5O-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
PERSONALS.

PEESO NAL-Seving machines won't win
the war, but they help some 20 make
the clothes and equipment for the Yanks
that will. The White is good and you
can always get repairs for IL. J914-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
KODAK SUPPLIES

THE AMERICAN DRUG CO. I83 \.
Main st, 10 now handling a complete
supply Uf Nodaks and Kodak Supplies
Of every description. We will sell yOu
anything In the picture taking line and
slsO develop your films quick q
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
DO YOU KNOW THAT.

STORM sash and storm doors made and
put up by Us save coal Miller Sash
and Screen Factory. sl6 Portage az.
Home phone 20o2 II
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
WANTADS Ell; Ell
LOST AND HOUND.

LOST iady-S black pocketbook con-
tanning between S-U and So iu La
sale tleater. Reward for return 20
Afs- J.. Hagquist 22lt Catalpa av
CJls-9
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
FOR sALE-msCELLANEOUs.

FOR SALE-Edison ia king machine
with q cabinet and - records Sell
cheap. Call at 11G W. Washington av.
GO23-S
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
FARM LANDS.

FOR SALE-30 acres. cay loan soil. all
under cultivation except 3 acres pas
tures good orchard room new house :
chicken house; small barn; 10 miles
southwest u city: $500. W X. Me-
Henry. 22O Farmers Trust Bldg. Home
phone 5733. Bell 900.
FOR SALE-Ten acre farm on car line,
. acres timber balance under cultiva-
ton. New broom house chicken house.
ON main road. VIII sell FOR cash or pay
mcnts. Possession at once.
w IL. McHENRG.
220 Farmers Trust Bldg
Home Phone 5733. Bell 2a9
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
RIAL Estate FOB SALE.

FOR SAILS room modern house in
side property J. ". l.. Can Doc pur-
chased ~ profit can be made on resale
iu few months. Home =. 66f7. 305 Far
mcrs Trust Bldg JqfO-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

WANTED-Girl f0r general Homework
Mrs John Nelner @t1 Emericb ST.
Gu19-14
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

WANTED ON account OF increasing ouE
production. We can use 100 more gir s..
suoer- Tread Tire "a. corner Lmericl
and Cedar. Ia1t,-9
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

ANTED-EX perIeured waitress. $50 mu.
room aud board. south Bend Country
hub Js1J-ti
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
FOR RENT-OFFICE ROOMS.

FOR RENT-Desk room with use OF
lights and telephone. for $40 per mo.
This offer not open TO real estate men
Cali at So Farmers crust Bldg. 4993-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
SITUATIONS wANrED-MALE.

NAN1ED-Wors 0u farm by month or
year. by married man. 80 children.
Tan come any time Air. Eckert r. a. q
box "a New Carlisle. lad Jss2 .
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
AUTOS. MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES.
ATTENTION.
FORD OWNERS.

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Cwo platform
trucks. newly painted and In good run
ming order. Ask for Mr.. BOwerman, 20th
Cent. Garage. 0J2f-l2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
wANTED-LIBERTY BONDS.

CASH paid for Liberty Bonds Room
423 ! NJ =. BldS. 7 10 = evenings
Onlv. $685.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALEM home at lbs L. south
81. One Of the finest built residences
ia the city. Interior finished in solid
mahogany with bcamed ceilings aud
canvasSed. baud-painted walls Bath
room iu white tile. Every modern con-
venience that thought and money could
provide Owing o. absence from city
each winter. will sell II q real bargain.
pr IT. A. Thomson. J70S-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
FARM LANDS.

FARM LANDS.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
20 ACRES 2ia MILES OUT
All nice level land. good permanent
pasture large orchard. Groom house.
barn 4OXJ0 with cow shed. on main
auto road \ fine home site.
II. J.. Jill \. g. Noigt Mgr' L. z. 49,
W 4 Morris.
CENTRAL. REALTY CO.
800 Citizens Bans Bldg.
JiIJ-I
164 acres Of the very best land; lays
fine: close 10 good town; 10 acres IN tim
Der and IL acres In blue grass pasture
fine wheat and corn land. See IL with
the crops on. Good buildings aad tine
location Price and terms are right. as
the owner intends to soil
II l. Oil. \. o. Nuigt Mgr. u. +3-
W. g. Morris
CENTRAL REALTY co.
305 Citizens Bank Bldg.
J1 1T
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

~ - - -
- THE PRESTIGE y
- Gained by many years OF satlsfac- -
- tory dealings with thousands OF -
- people enables Us 70 grant you bet ~
- Ter rates and terms on loans than ~
~ you can prObats4y get elsew mere. "a
81 On each loan We make tie terms ~
- are made 10 suit the BORROW EkS -
- financial circumstances. IEis makes -
- the loan easy 10 pay on anu as -
- sures satisfaction all around. ~
- Loan on FURNITURE. PIANOS. -
- LIVE STOCK, FARM lMPLE- -
- MEMS, AUTOS, etc. y
- tat in your coal NOW. Wen fur -
- nish the money aud no one required -
- TO sign with you. Bell lac. Home -
- 61l1. y
- STATE LOAN COMPANY, ;;
IS Capital $J0,000O0 =
- Suite ). Merchants Bank Bldg. 2.j1 =
IS :. Michigan St, South Bend, Ind. =
SS$S$S$S$$$S$S$S
81 KEMEAbEh :;
IS Dealings with any or above =
IS companies are guaranteed by the =
- Indiana Association. y
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
WANTED-To Buy

WANTED-To hear from owner who
has cheap car for sale. Bell phone
81 5e9J-9
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALE-SprlnKling hose from uc %
2Oc per foot Lawn movers and re-
frlgerators a. reduced prices
AVERY AND Hull.
- y Main ST Both Phones.
k5-E-rf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
Gets Position Sets Help
Barter md Exchange
HOUSEHOLD GOODS EoR SALE

WANTED-Garage Or vicinity - VII
liam and Washington l2l y william
81 5918-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

RADlAl TORS
Have your radiatCr repaired by experts
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
The AUTO RADIATOR
sol Lincoln way e Home Phone 29l7.
at The Grand Trunk crossing u
HEADQUARrERs FOR USED CARS.
REBUILT. $50 TO $500. REPAINTED-
Liberal Terms. open Evenings.
Used Car Dept. Cor. &. 4 Lafayette
STUDEBAKER CORP. OF AMERICA
1Ib1-n
USED CAR BARGAINS.
OVERLAND, S225
a pass Touring car IN good mechan-
iCa condition Electric lights Z cyl.
FORD ROADSTER. $50
Good tires. paint good new top. A
real bargain
STUDEBAKER COUPE $50
In good running order. paint good.
two new tires. 4 cylinder II you want
q closed car don't fail u see this one.
JEFFERY PASS SG25-
In excellent mechanical condition. New
battery good tires CSed very little.
MARMON 500
Just the car 90 make into "a Speecste1
4 evlinderS. good tires & bargain
FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR co
2l3 W Jefferson
d)O7-9
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALE-15 perSenJ discount on al
second hand cars for next . weeks
smith Rausch Motor Sales. Home phone
2113. Bel 22Sz. 1921
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

GOVERNMENT NEEDS 2O.OOO WOMEN
CLERKS 80 Washington. EXamlua-
lions evervv here In July. Experience
Unnecessary Women desiring govern
lant positions write for free partic-
liars 20 j. g. Leonard. former civil
service Exam utrF. 500 kcuui~ Bldg
Washington u
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
ANU EXCEPT l0MA.L
0PP0R I UMIl TV

We offer for sale one Of the cleanest re-
tai propositions in South Bend. This
Is well established business and is
paying a handsome profit The mer-
chaudise lis the highest grade OF its kind.
and is nationally advertised in all the
leading periodicals.
This is one OF the best departments
i'm % large retail store on Michigan -.
pur reason for selling is thar We need
the ioOr space FOR merchandise more
Boo keeping with our regular business.
This proposition viii bear strictast in
yrStigatiOn and is an excellent OppOr-
unity FOR party having from $1,000 20
$1,000 20 invest All inquiries treated
with strict confidence
Address Box HESS. care of The
News Times
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALE-One Krit, electric starter
Flanders, 1 Maxwell $4,000: 1 Haynes
passenger. new. Nikart Auto Sales.
ZOE :. Michigan. Bell SIS. Home 2125.
4OlO-u
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

USED CAR WANTED.
Touring car: = or pass. Must be
standard make and in good order; viii
trade clear property on a boulevard for
10: may have 10 have some cash 70
boot. according TO worth Of car. r +.
Dunbar L. 474S. II. s3s2. coils
WANTED-OId False Teeth. Don't mat
ter if broken ] pay 500 to 5000
per set Send by parcel post and re-
ceive check by return mail. L. Mazer
2OO7 :. Fifth St Philadelphia, Pa.
595q-1S
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

FOR SALE-Multigraph IN good condi-
ton. For information call at Con
servatory office. 9O7 S. Main St. or phone
Beell 716 Home 2316 1881 II
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
wANTED-BoAEDERs AND BOOMERS
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ROOMS.

FOR RENT Three furnished rooms for
light housekeeping NJ 49, T.. Lasalle
Cali llG l.. Washington St cor =
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
FEMALE uELr WANTED.

WANTED-lieu in iron yard, Soc per hr.
Motor fire Co. III W sample J216-t
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

FOR SALE OR TRADE-FOr Detroit
single or double residence. in best sec
ton Of city. Address owner. Box I. care
News Times. 56S7- 2S
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-08

OF four boys over 10
years OF age O. learn the machinist
lrade south Bend Lathe Works 4Ss1-tf
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

We had not gone fifty yards when we
heard the zip-zip-zip-zip--zip of a
machine gun. At the same instant there
were puffs of sand only four or five
yards to our left.
"They've spotted US. Let's go in,'
said the captain, and it didn't take
either of us very long to tumble into
the trench. eff there is anything I
don't like" continued Captain k,
'it's machine gun. Just so long as
the big shells and the little shells and
the grenades and mortar bombs keep
coming over they don't bother me.
They're out for no one in particular.
But when the machine gun starts. it's
like regiment of infantry forming a
firing squad against you personally"
We began passing men in the
trenches, some at ease, others with
rifles close to the parapet. Several
yards further on the parapet was not
very high. so quit following the cap
tain and climbed UP few inches to see
what was on the other side.
"Better not do that" said the cap
tain, who had turned around for me.
cts dangerous"--
"But this isn't'--
eyes. This is the front line. You
were looking into No Mans Land
Luckily we've disposed of the snipers
hereabouts. Better come to an o. P.
and have a good, safe look"
We had arrived at the front line sud
denly, after many puzzling twists and
turns. 1t was no thrill for the captain
He and his men had been in line for
four days. For me it was almost un-
believable that we had gone from
safety to the front line-the black line
that on all our maps has meant for
three years and more the barrier be-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

"What business or profession before
the warp
"None. was a student"
"Where?"
est. Andrews Theological Seminary"
the gunner replied after some hesita-
tion. II gave up the ministry to come
here"
In these .trenches you find lawyers
and business men, students, prizefght-
ers, delivery boys, rich sons and poor
men actually elbowing each other, for
there is barely room for passing. We
speak of America as melting pot of
the nations, but the trenches and the
dugouts are surely the friendship cru
chile of the classes.
We stopped moment at rocket
station, similar to that before the cap
tain's door. "Fritz," he said, "has been
trying to monkey with our signals. AS
a result, he sent up one of our kind
the other day and our artillery re-
ceived it and promptly began a bar
rage. That'll teach him."
Near by, at grenade station, SER
geant was playing the trombone" )"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

This is an instrument producing more
noise than music, for it is an attach
ment for a rifle in which grenades are
placed and shot out by means of the
ordinary rifle bullet, which also sets off
the grenade's time fuse over the enemy.
The captain fired one. The rifle tried
to leap out of his hand with the shock
The grenade itself we saw start its
whistling journey, then disappear. 1t
whistled in fits. Two more shrieks and
we heard it explode.
"That's that" said the captain.
Our automatic rifle stations were
equipped with excellent French guns
very sensitive and bit temperamental
but effective. "Fire three Shots" said
Captain k.
The young soldier placed his hand on
the trigger and the rifle blazed away
Three evenly spaced identical vicious
spurts from the gun.
"That's that" said the captain.
We arrived at the observation post
after passing various minor stations
with shelves cut in the trench walls fol-
grenades, bullets and other stores. A
hidden trench led US into and under
No Mans Land certain distance
where, in a slightly wider cave, we
were welcomed by men whose business
by day and by night it is to watch 70,
Germans.
Through a slit in the earth looked
into the valley. In front Of US was
our wire. Rows of it. Near by the
barbs were visible and the posts. In
the CRAVING distance it was a black
line, and beyond it more and more
black lines.
To our right and left 1 could see
our own trenches, only rifle muzzle
visible over the parapet On the left
wing our front took long curve anc
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

or fell knee-deep into the ooze. But
we journeyed rapidly through windings
and sharp turnings until we came to
the captains dugout. At the door was
a line of rockets, red and green and
white, star shells and others, each
either bearing message or warning.
Smoke was rising gently from tho fue
protruding from the oiled paper dugout
window, and voices Of men grew louder
as we came to the door. The captain
closed his portfolio Of secret papers
and orders, maps and notes, and rose
to meet us.
"Want to sec what the front lines
like? I'll take you there myself" He
put on his helmet and swung his gas
mask over his shoulder. Then he
clasped a we'll filled cartridge belt
around his hips and examined his big
automatic.
"Here, Macy, better give your gun
to our visitor" he said, "this isn't ex-
actly like a promenade on Euclid Ave-
nue., and If Fritz ever comes over in
superior numbers I'm going to take as
many as I can along with me-"
We went through the trench mud,
slosh-slosh-slo splash-zip,
when either Of us slipped into hole,
and, meantime and always, the whizz-
whizz-whizz-boom-of big shells. Oc-
casionally we stopped and waited for
the explosions. Frequently there was
none. believe we counted seven
whizzes and only four booms.
"Duds," said the captain. "I believe
the Boche is using up some old NUM-
tions he got from the Russians"
We walked out Of the trenches into
the open again.
Better going than by the communi-
eating trench, so long as the firing is
not direct"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

ran into wood. There, the captain
were in the trenches, and men from a
Middle Western metropolis were work
ing the artillery behind them. East
and West, in fact, had met in France.
Our right wing fell into valley.
There were gaps in the lines, for the
front nowhere consists of unbroken
trenches. Barbed wire and strong
points on the trench fanks amply pro-
tected the gaps.
looked toward the Germans.
They were on the crest Of the op-
posite hill, 200 yards away. To the
naked eye it was merely a rolling hill,
with black patches Of wire before it.
Through the field glass it was trench
line, parallel to our own, silent, de-
serted, dead. That was all. Our men
In one slit in the earth, the enemy in
another, close by. For three years these
Sits had been the homes Of enemies,
and SO they will remain .until-but the
captain stopped such speculation.
"Look at that chateau" he said. "The
Boche had a regimental band playing
Deutschland uber Allies there the other
day. We could hear the music. Sound
ed here like the little German bands in
the saloons at home. Well, some day
when we are ready for it, blooey! our
artillery will just kick that chateau
and all the Boches in it out into the
air. It'll be Deutschland uber Allies all
right, in bits"
I took last look at the chateau in
the distance, the German lines before
it, and the valley between, where men
had fought for three years, bled and
died in craters and attacks, and which
was still the land of no one. Red and
brown it was with the mud and win
ter's ruin, but green patches announced
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
tween decency and plain humanness
and the land Of madness.
Trenches a Real
Melting Pot

I stepped down quickly. The captain
then led the way from strong point to
strong point. We stopped at ma
chine gun station. The weapon was
set for the night, as were its COM
panions in this sector, each dominating
a certain small strip before it. Our
boys were ready for the Germans, even
if they came by fours or by hundreds.
Three men were standing by. The
first question they asked is the ques-
tion men at the front always ask:
"Where are you from?" I repeated the
question in turn.
"I'm from Cleveland" said the first
soldier, the one whose duty it was to
supply food for the gun. "Lived there
all my life until.I started my European
tour"
"Me? Pm from Philadelphia" said
the gunner. Thompson Street."