The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-13
nv CAROL COREY


e. shell-ewept roads that ieaa W
Cknaeau-f'nierry, where the Ahle''
sArmy delivered its first shaasia'''s,
motor trucks bearing loads OF
S%lSaies and secretaries representing
- big American war service oisa'
wntions forged a way in the wake OF
fhs froorx and established themselves
amid tho ruins of the captured Town
ssr NJ C. A trucks were cary VI -
nres,e and Jewish welfare ana Ha'f1-
ZION Army workers were qul.N ~
arrive The knights OF eoIu.,, ,,,as
sent four trucks loaded WIZ.
from Paris and / was aboard me III
that started for the battlefront.
There were six of us-Cap Aho
Tong joe. the KID and Mac and 5t'e
ex-Canuck and me. FsH cot nus 20" -
heca,,ss ne had been in tho Canad!a5
army until a shell almost pl,,.Ne -.
hirr We were ready 20 leave : ~
on sunday with the two mig u w 49,, -
tha trailer and the little yellow RutNs
= ,hep, were l1s.eeo sheets on
rr,tsnr naper, rs many envelopes ann
,S,arv aozens Of postcards, enormous
hayes of chocolate ana even lAt
ores NJ tobacco Of every k1nd 1890
Ter tha new Soldiers club whlch t4s
Erirhts Of Columbus were to opeh ~
chateau Thierry. The red X = on
a. ,lyis blue background Stooo ""t
hYavefS not ONLY ttt la N-'
our sleeves and on my hal ~ W
The morning was glorious W.
- nauch too early SO ! stood TOT
,nn~ time on my tiny balcony hFe@ y,
;rv the freshness q new -" aS''So
civ n had rained steadily our ''t-
three DAYS, hut now the sun seeu'sH 80
hs trying hard 70 make uP Iot
tine Nv long street was ruit 81 al.,
a.sor Little family parties carry
t.n+- starving tN
as.sa11, for a happy dav in the cour
-. vyfves and mothers Went eagerly
- tAn meat fish and fruit ana veg
table markets for in france we
~ all these things is always 70 ."
haa an sunday Such Eoon ha'uit
nnshinr as friend meets frleha snI
;nouiries with patient pohteneSS
the health and weHheing OF e"'t ,.,r.s
,.r, oue member Of the o'bf.
sarrilv Such turning over sno Pr
10 o,,t and pinching OF Yeh"W
.snsobes and apricots and sweet S'i'e'l
70 ,,,a,onx' such discussions ahoni
rosebud radishes, golden carfolS ana
purple eegplants ia.
whfte-capped eossiping maids ~
giving final polish to alrfadF - 80
,sIi,r doorknohS which Vie IN hrh-
, $50 NTH the horsehead over the
sten next door Inside, long tnihs
sarrasses of very dark meat strcakea
,,.t,h very yellow fat sway n lltte o,'
,he hooks from which they hahe'
"a. red "a red boy whose apron -
much too large and too long "f'ft
.hrillv. as with infinite precision nv
r,arns a hand made s4gn ~ w -
dow II reads 1rea' 0''e
To-day. +be 1lttle
ra1Iow car while Mac and Tx ar"
.iose behind In the first truck an"
Y'nnr Joe and the Kid wave oheefa2
from the second u,,,,,. .
snon We are out in the open conh-
try Far TO right and left ana VIZ
off into the deep distsnc" 'hF $500
s,,,.r,er fields lie hathed in sunshlhe.
49,. havstaeks form shady resting
rlaces for tired peasants who n, IA
haap .o;finc hard since sunuF- MY
..ye IN MS in friendiiest fashion. ela
men and women, girls ana many ~
dren OF course, there arc 10 NY
" would all look like spteh't'
naintinr OF contented farm me VIZ
/, ~, for big gun here and therf,
.o cIeverlv hidden that only their PiI T
noses show These seem TO say
guard -t.,, ,raelc
urre camions filed with slneihF'
laughing Yanks appear seemingly ~ ~
~ nowhere and disappear ~ a tf'l1 n
cloud of dust. Others piled h'sh
With ammunition and food. telepnoh9
Telegraph and harbed wire. ~ ga -,
r..aifne equipments ana sfff%es HN,i :
80, and come and come ~ the
~ross roads military policemen fohu"i
!, al, cuite as easily and efectiFeS
=. Al our white gloved minions Oh
the law at home, A secoho St'"i
inrly endless caravan follows almost
inmediatety upon the taH~of the tif7',
until by and by one becomes ~
catching. It's Just like MOVIE
ON the winding. hiily road :.
We lunch In Meaux, that sleepy ota
,.wr through which the Germans
marched In 1914. Long Joe asks ior
= second helping Of bread: ana ~
severely reprirnanded by the chiid
who serves us. outside in the hlaHihs
sun / come upon two soidlerS it'i'
hara They are staring into shop
window at few selied posi- M
f~v hrass watch chains ana Fcoi'ar
buttons and a handful of fly specken
N perfume bottles I can't resist call
;nr out: Enlist In the war and see
the world" Hello" they cry. It's
= nrettv word when it's said like that
we get Ia LII Ferte late IN the
AFTERNOON where We are 10 meet the
others. ! wander to high plshe'
f~nra on the other side OF when
vegetables The cabbages and onions
md most Of the other things are no
lonrer fresh, hut the boys aren't com
plaining as they separate the sonna
from the spoiled. Meanwhile they
tell me a little about themselves
They're all irons Texas. and one -
from a family that always has mad
slaves. Not one OF them left my
arandmother after the civil war
aays he, two of them are still living,
And all they do the whole day long
a to 81; in the shade and smoke,
zaThInk of that sIghs another, Just
ait in the shade and smoke
II gets to be o'clock and It gets
70 be seven And still no sign Of the
trucks. So Cap decides that we VIII
have to spend the night here and we
start out in search Of rooms The
one little hotel is full. hut after weary
wanderings we hear Of place where
the rooms aren't so bad. but where
fhe woman who rents them is
ssdeyil" After great deal of con-
yersation she agrees to take me in,
and after a great deal more, she con-
nnnts to the rest coming. too, But,
saws she. and both Cap and ! quail
before her contemptuous scrutiny. Il