Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
FLYING WITH SHAFFER
THE RESOURCEFUL COOK
DAUPHIN BOY TO HIS MOTHER

want more warmth than ventila-
ton. Not knowing what the word
was, looked it up in the dictionary
as l walked. The word was bias, y
and not only did it mean stocking,
but 1T was "a vile thing" according
to the dictionary. l guess old Noah
was right, too, because some of mine
are that.
However, the use of that word
didn't get me any hosiery and |
found out why when 1 came home,
for they use another name for it,
'bas" meaning a woman's stocking.
NO wonder the woman said she
would not have them in stock for
several days
He's Wearing Wooden Shoes
I'm real Dutchman now. for I
have pair of wooden shoes. The
government. donated them also, seem-
ing to think them necessary, which
they surely are, making wonderful
house slippers-a little noisy per
haps and hard to break in, but very
handy, indeed, to, slide around my
chateau in. Indeed, most Frenchmen
wear nothing else-I mean the office
force, carpenters, etc.-for they are
very warm and stay dry longer than
leather ones. A thick wooden slip
per goes with them, so you see where
the warmth comes from. Have not
tried them for sliding in the snow
yet, but / bet they would work fine.
Having had some experience on a
dance floor. I think l could keep my
feet-if not my shoes. This snow
sure would tickle Donald. for there
is plenty for skiing, although there
are no hills. the country being very
fiat. OF course. he could find hills If
he went closer to the Zines" for I
have seen many big hills as | flew
along looking for Boche, but he
might get hill made over him, too.
WOOdchOppinR For Exercise
For the last two days it has been
bad weather, so all l have to do is
eat, for that's about the only event
one can look forward to, since your
packages never show up and nary a
letter, either: which would make life
rather dismal if one did not have to
chop wood. One cannot eat all the
time, for even the most enjoyable
habits grow firing if overdone. AS
for woodcutting. / think I have cut
more wood since l came to the
front than during my whole boy
hood. I'll leave it to Dad to say
how much that was, for in my youth
full fancy l might overestimate. How
ever, the eeXrcise is good for me, for
If this keeps up I'll get fat loafing,
for We have nothing to do when the
weather is bad.
That just reminds me that during
the last day we flew one of the
Americans that came here with me
brought down a Boche. The funny
part of it was that he got lost from
his patrol" as we always travel in
groups called patrols, and followed
this German around for five minutes,
thinking it was his leader, all the
time keeping a sharp lookout down
below, up above and to either side
for Boche planes. Finally, he looked
at the plane ahead that he had been
following so faithfully for five min
utes, and noticed the iron cross. To
put it in his words. he was so ex-
cited he couldn't shoot straight. He
finally got him, though.
These Frenchmen are quite re-
scurceful in some ways. especially
where the cook don't relish washing
dishes--listen closely, Sis" the idea
may be of use. Jam is served as
dessert here and If the plate is too
full of the remains of the former
courses for it, they simply turn it
upside down and use the bottom. OF
course, this would not work very
well on tablecloth, but such a lux
ury is about as strange to us as
white bread-or pretty girls.
WALTER.