Evening star., 1918-08-01
SIR
Sidelights on the War
II by
OLIVER OWEN KuHN.

Tho English are prim in their
speech. Tho Americans oftentimes
arc more forceful than elegant. Jok-
ingly to draw a comparison q writer
in the Stars and Stripes, the Amert-
can soldiers newspaper at the front.
gives these examples Of the way the
English girl and the American write
their loved ones in France.
me. sao dear, ana SO Let G me me- know that
you, are steadfast in your pltghted
troth? Alas, i fear lest your affection
Is fixed on some one-more charmlng'
shall say? 1t is long since mes
to console and comfort me- When you
parted from these shores you de-
clared that not an evening would pass
without a letter ora note from you
to your devoted MADs4lNEh, ,-ai2s shv -
doncha droppa Iinetu muh. huh?
Aincha gonnabe, m'only honey bunch
jussasane aziem yours? Or have yum
|double-o-ed a dame with bellzon ensed
fare thee" to muh? Il y'aint tied
a can to rn,ih. why di1cha spill sum
mink ona soov neer pestul. huh? Be.
fore yuh crostha pond, you speilda lot
ensed thevnin, paper coodntcum no
more regleren billy deoz Cumacrost.
I'll stickto yuh till alltha coWzin Y. ..
cumahm. Getwize. I'm Witcha; WiE
|. Rather than eat some Of the meat
supplied to them by the French COM
missary, department b., group a0 "a GI id
and took Fritz's rations away from
him.
Is the dress of womankind to un.
dergo radical change as the result OF
tion that is being discussed largely
in European countries where women
have abandoned high heeled shoes ana
other things for attire more re,
both in I'aris and London that the
after-the-war period will see some
decidedly great changes and that all
designs will be for the twofold objects
health and comfort.
The thousands of men attached to
the airplane services of allied coun-
tries come in for little mention In
depicting the glorious
achievements Of allied arms, yet they
| are as important as the pilots VINO
madly dash through the clouds In
search of Hun prey.
Speaking generally, 1t Is true that
the duties Of the mechanic are non
combatant, but they are none the less
indispensable on that account. IL
must not be supposed, however, that
he is never exposed to danger. He is
often taken up as passenger when
machine Is tested in the air after
some Important repair has been ef-
fected. It has been suggested that
| the knowledge that he is liable to be
called upon to take part In these
test flights makes a careless mechanic
into a careful one, but, be that as II
/ may, on these occasions he takes a
share of the risks inseparable from
flying.
OFTEN in the course Of the war have
mechanics fown over the lines as
| gunner observers, and in innumera-
Bile cases they have volunteered to go
They have not only acquitted them
selves well, but have frequently
gained decorations by fighting the
Hun On many occasions they have
done commendable work under fire In
salving aeroplanes forced to descend
near the lines. and cases have oc'
CURED where mechanics by rushing: UT
self from a wrecked machine burning
| on the ground, perhaps with severa.
bombs attached, have. by their
promptness in hacking away at the
wreckage, succeeded in effecting gal.
liant rescues.
| The kaiser oftentimes is indiscreet
| in his utterances. and as a conse.
quence not infrequently his speeches
are gone oyer by a highly placed Off
/ cial in the foreign office, who strives
to discover clauses liable to create
trouble for the Emperor of Germany
| A group of American soldiers al
1 the front were asked which were the