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CAPITAL CHAT
An Ash-Dry Amendment

Washington, June Especial cor
respondence.-After waiting for many
months for the president to exercise
the authority granted him in the food
conservation law of last summer to
put stop to the use of food material
in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors
Senator Wesley L. Jones of the state
of Washington has given up hope of
relief from that quarter. He is att
lacking the matter from a new angle
ment to the recent bill passed by the
House for the stimulation of food pro-
duction, which specifically provides
that floods, fruits, food materials, or
feeds shall not be used in the pro-
duction of malt or vinous liquors for
beverage purposes during the continu-
alton of the war. The presidents
policy of "watchful waiting" as ap-
piled to the continued consumption of
food in breweries, has disgusted the
people of the country who believe that
such waste should be stopped, is tn;
view taken by Senator Jones.
Dignifying Dental Corps.
Representative Leonidas c. Dyer of
Missouri is much gratified at the in
clusion in the Naval Appropriation
Bill. as a Senate amendment, of prac-
tically the exact language of meas
ure he introduced some time ago for
the organization of the Dental Corps
of the navy. The purpose of the pro-
vision is to place the dental corps on
the same plane with the medical corps
of the navy. Appointments, promo
tions, and rank in the dental corps
are to agree with relatively similar
nositions in the medical branch of
the naval service, a principle that has
been fought for for years. Mr.. Dyer
is urging the House conferees on the
bill to accept the Senate amendment
without a contest.
Grand Army Gratified.
The pension bill introduced by Sen
ator Reed Smoot of Utah, and report
cd nv him as an amendment to the
general pension bill passed by the
House. is receiving the enthusiastic
support of the members of the Grand
Army. The mail of Senators is filled
with copies of resolutions adopted by
Grand Army Posts throughout the
country. urging favorable action FOL
the Smoot bill. The measure PROVIDE
a pension Of $50 per month for a
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trenches at Toul, which is my reason
for using the left hand to salute" And
then the color of that tender young
safety-first officers face was what he
himself would probably have describ-
ed as "bwicky we'd" His blue eyed
baby was observed to drop his arm
instanter.
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giadte seifern Scfepb smitb ieinsm
3eben eiu Gube.

Sm itabtiffen SofpitaI erlaa aes
fern Der in 80. 1445 Wasnut Strnbs
ippbnbafts ssoIspb Smitb. Elm 6ffsnts
lifvr glptar, elmer GGubapunbs. bi.
er ii6 in feinem 6tim silidx Stunoen
pprber beigetradt bate. Nls er DON
Deter Better, 30. 3342 Worrtfon
4penue, aiifeefunben tplirbe, biliis.s
n ons elmer Wunbt In ber retteu
G9lGfe unb iulrbe fb!eunigft na1
BEN itdbiif6en 6oIpiidI gebrddt. Cir.
BON ben pplBiftsn Dopis uHo Sefs
mann in isinem 5tim airfgefunb,n.
Rotis Iuiliet fpie folet: sd babe mir
nit einem RepClper bas 2eben gsnoH
men. ba id su frdnf bin. I'M ipsiterlc
ben Az iinnen. 8egrdbt mid aerabs 70
ipie i'd bin. ssofepb Gmitb1. Or
1obte bate. na66em er ii1 geidoiIsn
auaenIf<inli6 periud,t, Der Rotil
nod etfpas bei,ufiiaen, aber bns G.'
ihriebme III unIeferlih. Der pclilei
aufolse bat Der Dtriiorbsns aiif Elm.
9fotf3 an irrGYdeiR Ularp Gfroui,
30. 1899 DIT Dritte Sipabe. biuirrs
lniftn.
Smith bate oIs Solicitor fiji Elm
Wlobelgeihdft flIngirt.
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pdrten ~ iSnnsn. 3sibsr sIett e t.
teFen du9 nod inanf,c GnfbSfe, no
man ii1 un& itDem Song irnmtr fels
ber erIt nod anbere WeHer aus5ubtts
ten Bat. llnb bod iinb eS berurttge
ginaelbeiten, bic. fpie eeringfhgig ite
au4 manden Wsnf4en erfd)eirtn md,
gen, In ben Mussn nnberer eintn OnIts
bof - unb nidt minber ben. Wtr>
tunsstreis ber6auSfrau - crit tpobns
| lid MAIDEN.
9Sdft unerquidlid, 1T % aud, ie>
manb ipdbrsnb rerWlaHstit berl3atns
ftoder sebraudtn su feben, sIeidptel,
in tpeI1er peritedten Weife er es on4
tbun mag. Wom5sli9 nod i3limmtr
aber 1T es, in Rsitaurationsn ben 1os
identamm ober bic Saarbiirfte bers
borau5ieben unb In Raumen, tpo an<
bere Bel 5iI9 Tsen, nit biaIen Jns
Itrumenten ober fei es AUDI nit bet
6dnb - fi4 bu.d oas Saar gu fah>
rem. 2eiber geidisbt folhes aber bdus
fie serabe bon elmer serpiftn &lane
pon aeuten bie germ fiir befOHbers
rfdbneiois' selien m5dten.
DaHit In natiirli3 Oos 70 ipeit reis
denbe 5bema burGaus nidt eufbSpfs,
i'd Babe mid lebislith asf einSelne
iyprn,alitGten beThr1nit. aegsn bic 10
bdufis sefebIt iuirb, bic nber meines
Grahtens na6 bk @runblase seIittes
ten GHeas bilbM.
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Tos Wureau fiir s[rbeitsTtntlltit I'M
Observation-Disclosures bot fiirS.
| It'd etne intereitnntc lleberiidt iiber
bds Steieen ber 0roBbanbsIspreiie
ntebrerer WeborfsortifeI psr5ffentIiGf.
gs ergibt iidj bormis, cut b0s Mnsie.
ben Der @robbanbeIspreiie ji@ bier5is.
lanbe suerit in Der siueiten &dIite bes
Sabres 1915 cinpfinbIlG beuIerfbdr
inad,te iinb ieitbcm init gerinoen lin.
terbretungen nnbnuert. Snn NdMfe
icnes Sabres itiegen lie I'M Tirdl.
ihnitt INN 49 gro5efit. Mdbreno
| oes iolgenocn S,nbrcs, 1916, fletter.
ten Dor ollem biegsreiie fit BE sJarn,.
proonfte, Wabrnngsntittel nller Nrt,
aleiocritoi1e ittb aIeioer, Wrefitufta.
teriaI itno geIeudfiingsitoie, Wletalle
ino a)ietalIprobrfte beiipieIos in bic
S0be. ssm december 1915 tparen
Die WrobbanceIspreiie fir Nabrimgs.
mittel pm run6 2s Bros. .bober ols
i'm ssaniiar DcsieIben ssabres, fir
ssIcioer iuo ssIciocritoife nm 40 BRO.
sent, fir grennitoffe ilnS weIend.
tuigsmntcrinl nm go Erc5ent rlio
fur .DletoIle Inn AZ Bro5ent Troge.t
ino GftnifaIien itiegen ipdbrenb Der
er'ten fiinf Waonate oes Ssabres iietig
iino raid, fieIen als6ann ebenio
idrfea, tpie lie geftiegen tparen, er.
reitfen ben nierigiten Sae int Sep.
fefnber, nm aIsbdnM luie0er In bic
Sobe 3ii geben iinb i'm Te5einber nm
2 9sro5ent tbeireer 81 iein, dIs lie I'M
ssaniiar geipcien nnren. 6dlisnrobi.
liar mar I'M Dc5ember 1916 am neiin
prosent tbnrcr ais I'M Snini0r, gau.
material iini Z Tro5ent.
Tas Sabr 1917 seigtr TN aIIae.
n,eiilen bic gIeidle oiiiDdrts itrebenoc
9enben3 Der @robbanoeIspreiie. sSn
Der 3eit bonn aPdrj Bis sum Mai
uIatte lie lid, am fiibIbdriten bel oeu
Sarlnproouffen mo Rabrnitgsmit.
teIn. Wiit 0em !Scranndben Der Grnte
i'm ssiini begannen oeren Yreiie aber
Sliriid5ugeben, bis lie i'm Sepiernber
am iiicbrigiien iianben nm i'm Otto.
Der ipieoer nafS nelie 3n iteigcn.
GIeifJeitig ging ielbitDeritdrolldj
aud aIles liebrige In bic SDbe, nit
alIeiniger glnsnabme Der greiie Der
WletaIle iiilb OroseiL be ein seiipei.
Iiges aeringes Sinfen erfemren lie.
ben. gsergIeid,t man bic Srobban.
orIspreiic inn Icscmber 1917 nit DC.
nen inn Wonat Sanliar besIelben
Sabres, 70 ergibt iif cine anf1uarts.
beDegims bon 80 asro5eit bel garnr
probnffcn, nm % arosent bel gfaG.
rungsmittcIn. % g,roSent bsi aIei.
bern inlo alriSngsltiiden, q Grn.
sent bel 8nlinI1terinlien. go Nro5ent
bel Drosen unb Ghemifnlien, 81 grc.
sert bel sausn,obiIinr, ipibreitb beim
SfiS uno 8elcnd)timgsntnterinI cine
9HnuHme ron 10 9,ro5ent auuo bel
Wefallen cine ioIfe pon 3 grosent
fciiyuiteIicn NOR. Plus ScrieIben eta.
tiff last iid ericbei, Sab bic ourd'.
ifnittlihen OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nib.
renb bes Sdiaes f9i7 nm iingefnbr
rs gro,crt bober iparen, als lie i'm
Sabre 1915, bern Sabre Dor Den!
ausbriife bes arieges, .eeipeien ma.
rem.
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@eianSbeits' anS 4lters-
Yeriiheraus.

Die DpAlfa6rts &onmiIion oes
Staates D91o Denoet lIg an DE
Yrene nit oem griW9en. tbr in Dem
Stampfe bei5nltsben. nelGen DIeIentz
gen Streiie Segen tie fubren, bic Ieo>
psbe itaatIi9e 2batistett i'm Snterefe
Der oagemeinen WOblfabrt mlBbiQis
gen. Yie &Omminion bef9attigt itd
nit oem plane, 9eiunbbeits= un0
2lIters 9erit4eruns fir arbeiter
eln5ufubren unD iiebt eoraus, bob
man tbr bic 9erbreituug bes SpSiaa
Iismus gum gOrtpurf MAIDEN pirb,
pie oas BEL Der unfaus 79erii6erung
sei4eben 1T. 8ir slauben niat, buB
oas @Dlf nit iol4en S9Iaeern nod
irrs9efiibrt perben tann. Rur arobe
Oher gebeu9elts unpifenbeit tann
beut5utage nod foStole MpblFabrt
nit SoSialismas Derfpetfelu noSer.
Sbatfabe III, bub Der Sp3ialismus
iolde iosiaIen ginri9tungen i'm
prin8ip perwirft, neil na9 oeFes
anii4t be foSiaIe Reform nur bur9
&bidaffuns Don Rapitalsins urb uns
ternebmergepiun gu erlausen Teia
pirb. Die fo5iale Reform 1T aIs gez
gengefpi6t gsgen ben So5ialismus
Qef9dffen tpOrben. 2ebtrer finbet
feline fDtGtigffe SdHbbabe i'm Rriege
aegen bic biirserli6e @efG1fhaftss
orbnuns IN Der @erormung Der Irs
better, tpie fs bur3 GripsrbsunfGbis.
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9ie Sarmtr ftnb srobs 9euls
meier. Glet9piel mie bpbe preiie fte
erbalten, bebanpten iie, bab fis babel
ui1t austomrnen tDnnen uno sIei6z
pieI pie bas Dettsr TT, baben Iie ct
mas aussuiesen. SEPT ilasen fie. bab
es an arbeitstraften febIt. gs baus
belt iid nidt I'm Die Gelbarbeit i'm
SSriibIins, foHberu I'm bic @rntears
betten I'm 9o9fommer. Dofiir gibt es
cine abbilfe, iubein alle jnngen 2eute
i'm CONNER auf bas 2unb seben, nm
ben Sarmsrn gu helfen, benn eine
erpbs @rnte III cine unerldBli1e
NotblpeHbigfeit.
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Gbs. GrlantniB define.

Ger moiion. 81, Tlifforb. Rn.
lgbiib 9Oparb, 1s, milfors. D.
lsobn Cpens. %. el7 msbb allen.
{Srem mleglipatn, q, 2637 Hsn'psr
eane.
|alfrsb eser, 38. 1914 Gdirfar Mps,
lSsfIh 80. 2ittIs. 3S. 2S73 On
I @'cntana gpenus.
iHermcs giobin, "a. Detroit, Wi6
lMarp Simon, 81, 40 getts Ctr.
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Die Rep gorter gDrfe
bat WaaBreseln setrpfferi, nm bic @er>
breiter Don @eriiaten, bic ben
&rebit Der Ser. Gtaaten beeintrG6S
tiserl unf9ablid su MAIDEN. Dieies
9flihtsefiibl 1T su Ieben, bod iinb
mir Der entihtebenen @nTiht. bob
iiberbdupt nibts in Der Welt ben
&rebit unieres 2anbcs su eridiitterr
permas, ba uns nnerihDpflihe 9ilfss
qienen Az Gebote iteben.
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Ger Iiebenbe @ntte

.ad, 9nitra, ebe id Die Staot eer.
lieB, CAB mir syrai GfruoeI 6rei
enorne 8trren fir Did. Sd ab eine
bapon I'm Bdbat3ug, ieste mid aif Die
5Deite nro bic brittle babe id Der.
idenft. 8ergiB ridt ibr sit iareiben
uno DID Su bebnrell~
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glus BEN perDffentIitten gptu.

Aus ben per6ffentIidten 9ptu.
utenten Der @rcbpdder lit gu erieben.
bab Der ffarfe Suaug Der Jarbisen
na9 bem Rcrbeu piel peniser ans
freiem aHtrtebe erfplst, als burf
@erIoGunsen Sur ausDanberuns uni
oub bainit Der 3ped beabii6tigt
Dtrb, ben arbeitsmurtt gu tuntroli:
rem. Die Dtrtuns tit berberbIi4. Sr
Solge oefen fpllte etrpos gegen bic
ies Gretben sefheben. Die 5arbiaer
iinb bic 8obenbebausr i'm Siiben UNI
es 1T tetne R0eItdteit iie su etfeBen.
9tber Die 5ebuus Der Ganbpirtbfdofi
lit bon gang beioHoerer 8i9tigteii
fir uftTer 2anb.
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eins bsntide relisi5ie Gs.

Cine bsutide relisi5ie Ge'
npfenidaft in auama, Sa., bat pn,
gesen prpieitirt, baB bic alusbe6un9ss
teb6rbe iie fpesen tbres 9laubsns
DOM MiIitdrbienit aussei9lOfeu bat.
Die pcffeafdbisen Ritslieper be-
ftsben bnrauf ibre pfli4ten eegen
tas gaterIanb erfiilIen 3u oiirfen.
Tas if bic Deutibe 5reue, bic 70
herrlia sIdnst unb peI4s Seser gu
ithtpdrSt.1 sniu4en.
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sn psrf6isbensn etdOte,

Sn peri9ieOenen Stdoten
bieIes 2anbes bentt nun erntlid bae
ran, pipber bte Petrolelm Yelcnh>
tuna sirsnfiibrsn, als oas einstge
WiitteI, I'm ii9 seseu bic @rprsnlns
gen Der 8elsu9tunss Geieaiaafteu
81 pebren. s5eitiebsnb ift, bab Gas
bsi5uns iebt fdou fart auber Ses
braud trsten ipirb, nadbem man fait
in aaen Stabten erfabren bat, fpie
unbefriebigenb bic Gteferuns TIT.
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Re8tbabertf6e menfHen
maifffins: 80 babe INNER sefun,
hen, bnb tehtbabsriite Menfd,en
bIdue glasen boben!"
Bifftins: slider! wtnn mid.
.pcthet. tann iia&9er.'@
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nnfaae.

~ Charles ~. Gtaeg BON 80. 511
pattrfon 6traBe, Qodlunb. en- IN.
iaeitenttr ber qoffM GteeI Wprfs in
Carthage, fpiirbt psIiern weprgen Don
sinem Gtiids GtdH 70 Ibfper an b.@
Gsinsn perlett. baB e. irss gbrtjt 90.
Ijpitdz astrn&t iutrSsn uati4
Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-01
CHAPTER XVI,
Leave for the Frontier.

To get out Of the city, It would be
necessary to pass two guards. This ]
had learned In the course Of my walks
ut night, having frequently Travelled
TO the city limits with the idea OF
finding out just what conditions ]
would have to meet when the time
came for me to leave.
A German soldiers uniform. how
ever, no longer worried me as 1t had
mt first. had mingled with the Huns
so much in the city that ! began to
feel that was really a Belgian. and ]
assumed the indifference that they
seemed to feel
I decided, therefore. to walk out OF
the city In the daytime, when the sen
tries would be less apt to be on the
watch. 1t worked fine. ] was NOT
held W q moment, the sentries EVIL
IDENTIFY taking me for Belgian peas
ant on his way to work.
Travelling faster than ! had ever
done before since my escape, ! was
soon out in the open country, and the
first Belgian came to I approached
for food. He gave me half Of his
lunch and we sat down on the side OF
the road to eat It. OF course, he tried
to talk to me, but ! used the old ruse
of pretending ! was deaf and dumb
and he was quite convinced that 1t was
80. He made various efforts to talk
to me In pantomime. but ! could not
make out what he was getting at, and
I think he must have concluded that ]
was not only half starved. deaf and
dumb, but '1ooney" In the bargain.
When night came ! looked around
for a place to rest. ] had decided to
travel In the daytime as well as night
because / understood that It was only
q few miles from the frontier, and i
was naturally nnxiOus 20 get there at
the earliest possible moment, although
realized that there ] would encounter
the most hazardous part Of my whole
adventure. To get through the Heavily
guarded barbed wire and electrically
charged barrier was q problem that !
hated to think Of even, although the
hours / spent endeavoring to devise
some way of outwitting the Huns
were many.
It had occurred to me, for instance,
that II would not be such a difficult
matter to vault over the electric fence.
which was only nine feet high. In col
Iege, / knew q ten-foot vault Is consid-
cred q hlgh-school boys accomplish
ment, but there were two great dlf'
fcultIes In the way Of this solution.
In the frst place Il would be no easy
matter to get q pole Of the right
length, weight and strength to serve
the purpose. More particularly. how
ever, the pols-vault idea seemed to me
to BE- out Of the question because Of
the fact that on either slde Of the cleo
tic fence. SIX feet from It. was q Six-
foot barbed wire barrier. 10 vault
safely over q nlne-foot electrically
charged fence was one thing, but to
combine with Il q twelvefoot broad
vault was 4 feat which even q college
athlete IN the pink Of condition would
be apt to funk. Indeed. ! don't b.
Hsve Il r. possible
Another plan that gssmed han.MaY
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RUaiu TSattS Wa So"O SOtS
'bout seventeen, were extremely nerv.
Jus. I had indicated to them that !
vas deaf und dumb. but II they be-
ieved me It Didn't seem to make them
my more comfortable.
! fingered ut the house for about On
hour after the meal and during that
time q young man came to call on the
,dcst daughter. a young woman OF
perhaps eighteen. The caller eyed me
very suspiclously. although ] must
have resembled anything but British
officer. They spoke Flemish and l did
not understand q word they said. but
l think they were discussing my prob
able identity. During their conversa-
tiOn, l had a chance to look around
the room. There were three alto
gcther. two fairly large and one
somewhat smaller, about fourteen feet
.onG and six deep. In this smaller
-Oom there were two double-decked
beds, which were apparently intended
to house the whole family. although
how the whole twelve Of them could
sleep in that one room will ever re-
main a mystery to me.
From the kitchen You could walk
directly into the cOw.barn, where two
COWS were kept, and this, as / have
ointed out before, is the usual con-
struction of the poorer Belgian houses.
could not make out why the caller
seemed to be so antagonlstlc to me,
and yet am sure he was arguing with
the family against me. Perhaps the
TACT that ] wasn't wearing wooden
shoes-I doubt whether l could have
obtained a pair big enough for me
had convinced him that ! was not
really O Belgian, because there was
nothing about me otherwise which
could have given him that idea.
At that time. and ! suppose It Is
true today. about "a per. cent of the
people In Belgium were wearing
wooden shoes. Among the peasants l
don't believe / ever saw any other
kind Of footwear and they are more
common there than they nre In Hol'
land. The Dutch wear them more on
account Of q lack Of leather. ] was
told that during the coming year prac'
tically all the peasants and poorer
people in Germany, too, will adopt
wooden shoes for farm work. as that
is one direction In which wood can be
substituted for leather without much
loss,
When the young man left. I left
shortly afterwards, az ! was not at
all comfortable about what his inten'
tons were regarding me. For all !
knew he might have gone to notify
the German authorities that there was
a strange man In the vicinlty-more
perhaps to protect his friends from
suspicion Of having aided me than to
injure me.
At any rate, was not going to take
any chances and / got out OF that
nelghborhood a. rapidly a. could.
Tint night found me right on the
frontier Of Holland.
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CHAPTER XVII.
Getting Through the Lines.

Getting Through thO Lines.
Waiting until 1t was quite dark, /
made my way carefully through o
field and eventually came to the much
dreaded barrier.
Il was oil that I had heard about 1t.
Every foot Of the border line between
Belgium and Holland is protected In
precisely the same manner. 1t Is there
to serve three purposes: first, to pre-
vent the Belgians from escaping into
Holland; second to keep enemies, like
myself, from making their way to free
dom; and third. to prevent desertiOnS
on the part Of Germans themselves.
One look was enough to convince any
one that It probably accomplished all
three objects about-As well as any con-
trivance could. and one look was all I
got Of It that night. for while ! lay
on my stomach gazing at the forbid
ding structure I heard the measured
stride Of q German sentry advancing
towards me and ] erawled away a.
fast as I possibly could. determined
to spend the night somewhere In the
fields and make another and more
careful survey the following night.
The view I had obtained. however.
was sufficient to convince me that the
poIe-vault Idea was out Of the cues,
tiOn even II i had q pole and was q
proficient pole-vaultsr. The three
fences covered q span Of atleast twelve
feet and to clear the last baF0ed wire
fence It would be necessary to vauit
not only at least ten feet high, but At
least fourteen feet wide, With the eer.
tain knowledge that TO touch the cleo
trically charged fence meant instant
death. There would - no second
ehancs4 yOu eana 4 GoppG IL ma
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Come Ia me ngaln Inter. The only
thing TO do, therefore. was to offer
him the bill rs though hadn't heard
or noticed what had happened with
the Germans. and / did 80. he said
the same thing 10 me as he had snid
to the officers, perhaps q little more
sharply, and gave me back the BILL.
Later on, he returned TO the table with
a handful OF change and we closed the
transaction. gave him % centlmes
as n tip-I had never yet been to q
place where 1t was necessary to talk
TO do that.
During my first half hour In that
theatre. to say | was on pins ana
needles is TO express my feelings
mildly. The truth Of the matter ls !
was never so uneasy In my life. Every
minute seemed like an hour, and a
dozen times was on the point Of get
ting up and leaving. There were al
together too many soldiers In the place
to suit me, and when the German Of
Hcers seated themselves right at my
table l thought that was about oil l
could stand. As II was, however, the
lights went out shortly afterwards md
In the dark l felt considerably easier.
After the first picture. when the
lights went up again. had regained
my composure considerably and took
advantage of the opportunity to study
the various types Of people In the
place.
From my seat I had d splendid
chance to see them oil. At one table
there was a German medical corps OF.
flcer with three Red Cross nurses.
That was the only time had ever
seen n German nurse. for when was
In the hospital / had seen only men
orderlles. Nurses didn't work 30 near
the first line trenches.
The German soldiers at the different
tables were very quiet and orderly.
They drank book beer and conversed
among themselves. but there was no
hilarity or rough-housing Of any kind.
As I sat there, within arms reach
of those German officers and realized
what they would have given to know
what q chance they had to capture an
escaped British officer. / could hardly
help smiling to myself. but when /
thought Of the big risk was tnking.
more or less unnecessarily. I began to
wonder whether had not acted fool
ishly in undertaking 1t.
Nevertheless. the evening passed on
uneventfully and when the show was
over ] mixed with the crowd and dis
appeared, feeling very proud Of myself
and with a good deal more confidence
than had enjoyed at the start.
had passed a night which will live
in my life, as long as live. The bill
of fare and program and throw
away" bill advertising the name Of
the attraction which was to be pre-
sented the following week which was
handed to me as l came out. ] still
have and they are among the most
yalued souvenirs of my adventure.