The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-23
"HE THINKS I'm DEAD"-A MOVING PICTURE
ARMY-sENDING SMILES TO FRANCE
"HIs FATHER NEVER SAW HIM"


American soldiers in France will the faces of
their families at thanks to the moving picture.
At Grant Park, on the Chicago lake 'front.' yesterday
a hundred thousand men, women and children gathered
All day long, from early morning until darkness fell
they passed eight abreast smiling, waving their arms
carrying signs Of Identification before the moving picture
machines.
Relatives of men in the different regiments marced BY
families of each particular regiment marching in sep
arate groups
Soon to each regiment will be shown moving pictures
Of the relatives at home 1t is not necessary to say what
happiness it will give the young fighters in France to
see the smiling faces Of their mothers fathers brothers.
sisters and of their children in the mothers arms.
You know what war means, when you see lake front
black with people, thousand soldiers under Colonel
Stuart keeping order band Of sailors from the Great
Lakes playing inspiring music and tens upon tens of
thousands very old men and women and little children
in arms, marching before the moving picture man that
their pictures smiling and happy might be sent to
fort their boys, fighting in France
You know what women suffer when they give to war
the child that they have borne and nursed through in
fancy.
You would have known yesterday, if you could have
and talked to woman, paralyzed helpless waiting
to be carried before the camera, that her France
who believes her dead might know that she still lives
She is Mrs. John House, of 2452 Normandy avenue
in Chicago Her mother, Mrs. L. A. McCashion, of S96
Metropolitan place. beside her and told her daughters
story.
AS the grandmother told the story the mother sat
bling hands sign which was written in big letters
that the camera might show it. Here am, john"
Said the soldiers grandmother: "My daughter had
stroke when her went away, and since she ha
been you her now unable to walk and crying about
her boy. Her hands are parayzed. She cannot write
He had to sail and couldn't go back to see her. HI
thinks she is dead and that trying to deceive him
She has to have her photograph taken, and the!
going to send special moving picture of her direc
to her son to make him know that she is alive.
"He is a good boy. His great-greatgrandfather tough
under Washington; his great-grandfather, who was M
father fought under Jackson in the battle of New Or
leans"
AS the grandmother talked the mother listened. "Yes
said she, "my boy thinks Pm dead and cannot writ
to him because / paralyzed hope they will ge
me in front of the in some way so he won't
that / am not able to walk 1t would make him feel
badly"
Then she burst into tears, and you would have don
the same could you have that ptful face.
AS she talked thousands marched before the Gamers
captain Of police in full uniform led little child tire
years old, carrying the sign; "Hello Ben, your siste
Rita" wwFwwHwg
Behind her came gray-haired woman who carrie
this sign: Hello my darling; all well home" Then
boy Of fifteen with this: Get EN- Herman"
And then young woman, carrying an infant fe,
weeks old and trying to make the poor little noddn
head look at the camera, His father has never see