Milford chronicle., 1918-12-13

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beautiful snow storm. Can you bea
Il? In the morning it will be a ques
5 tion Of dig out. My orderly just tolt
me that the snow would probably b.
q ten feet high in a very short time
told him, That's nothing. Where / liV,
in America we have it fifty feet higl
aond have to sleep all winter lik,
. bears" He let me have my way.
! My colonel here and / are sworr
allies. He always knows what l wan
before / ask for il. and it is, by The
way, always something for the sol
diers, and / get il. ! mess with my
colonel aud his stan and last nigh
they shot a champagne barrage at me
Wherever they got il beats me. but
that is one OF the tricks of the trade
OF all the tOasts 10 America. Wilson
'and my Americanized self AS fast as
they would toast. "Vive America, !
would be right back on their heels
with "Vive Italia, and now it is all
fixed they're all coming to America
and be the next President after the
war and I'm going 10 stay in Italy and
he the next King.
Now to get back TO my work here.
There is one thing certain-I cannot
have any football or base ball games
here. But have a gram-o-phone and
forty records and give them a concert
daily on that. / have sent for a tug
o'-War rope and have my old boxing
gloves with me. have a few thousand
/ post cards, twenty-five gross of pen
/ ellis and little casa dug out of rock.
Two guitars and two mandolins ami
yesterday l dug out four soldiers VINO
are experts on these instruments. I
have started a restoration counter for
wounded. when, as they are brought
through / can give them hot coffee, hot
chocolate and a cigarette and see their
poor panied and sometimes dying faces
light up in gratitude TO the American
people. l must say in justice TO myself
that | have never accepted personal
thanks for any of these services, here
or elsewhere. In return for their
thanks for any service l always pass
the buck to the real people who are
doing II by saying, 1T is not / it is
the love Of the American people for
their Italian allies which you are re-
ceiving. They have sent me here to
do it," That does them good, only they
all swear they are going TO America
after the war.
The Italian people are kind. hospita-
Bile, sober, temperate, loving. good.
kind and brave to the last. You may
supply any adjectives l left out be-
cause they are a wonderful people and
nave become greatly attached TO
them through their sterling qualities.
By the way before / forget it. ! have
real live count and family on my
stan. He's more human than ! am,
90. He paid me a visit not long ago
It our headquarters and he makes
alse any stories we have heard from (
'omic papers about counts in Europe.
II least in Italy. t
One day later.
The snow is not yet ten feet deep, l
'ut one foot. The gentle mountain q
am is descending on it now which i
lakes nice slushing puddle | think $
most of il is under my cot though. so I
will soon be all right outside. Our !
ack yard at home N the springtime I
as nothing on this. /
When left OF Yesterday / was talk +
1g about the fine Italian people. Il
m still thinking the same way, only n
y
pect and love for them. I!
Ny "donicle" this morning was /
.gAtened by another holy blessed tt
inform of the L. :. A.. A captain n
certain we'll known IT, S. A. am W
l'ance heard there was an American OF
ere from our outfit and made the trip b'
p 70 see me. After seeing how I was AZ
Aed, the work / was doing. etc. he bs
.cided that he needed more sympathy ct
an J did. The only thing he had on
e was sleeping quarters. Well. he q
most lived in Delaware once and +
most knew a fellow he knew once
I'd by the time he left We were great 10
lies. You can go anywhere in the an
Drld and find an American. He is on
ming up next week to see me on his
unds and ] am going back with him
ID nave a real sure enough pork and
an dinner with apple pie. | don't
lieve it but | am going to have faith. ne
going to be guilty until he proves ne
innocence anyway. nil
have found a new work today Qu
.ere IS a certain place some distance ev
I'M here that a little attention on fes
Id nights with hot drinks and cigar lar,
' N1AAA -AOA NC AuA AEu uOWu Win " T.
tired by the soldiers and / have Pc
eted myself with a big majority and pr
negative vote. / will be supplied sci
tn mules for part of the way and -
lst go at night time and no lights.
single misstep would probably mean
ow unnatural he looks" but when
know these conditions in advance
won't make the missteps. That's .ot
only cure l know.
\ow, dear friends, you will pardon a-
egoisms. These great big rs" Ho
the time in my letter, but am de- dre
ibing the work from my experience 'Hs
see it. 1t is only a poor sample Of
the work our organization is doing Gre
n your money. Others in the 'Y' Hoi
doing more, a great deal more, of
l can describe better my own Hool
rk. which is, as / said, only a sam si1' Sba
of the work being done in the var ing
$ countries. acr
won't describe here my French ex- Slr, Sl
iences You will get many more Tha
orts from France. and more inter dee