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Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
WANT ONLY ENGLISH
TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS

The local d. A. r. chapter, at the
regular meeting Monday afternoon at
the Library club room, went on rec
ord as endorsing the action taken re-
Gently by the d. A. r. chapter at Cape
Girardeau, in adopting resolutions
that no language but English be
taught in the elementary schools.
The Cape Girardeua chapter thinks
that such a course will make for the
unity and safety of the nation and
assist in Americanizing the foreign
children born here.
The local chapter will buy a 800
/ bond in the Third Liberty Loan Drive
It was announced that fifty nine
members out Of the hundred in the
membership had subscribed 81 each
to the d. A. R. national Liberty Bond,
Discussion Of war activities took
up most of the business session.
time to Red Cross sewing and nine are
making surgical dressings. Three
sweaters, nine pairs of socks and one
trench cap have been knitted during
the last month.
Mrs. R. M. White told of the patri-
otto work of a former St. Louis wo-
man who has been entertaining Mis-
souri, soldiers during their ~furloughs.
The chapter gave S. toward this hu-
name work.
The chapter commended the fine
work of Mrs. Robert Ferris a member
who was chairman Of the w. S. S.
campaign in Laddonia and who sold
$1,000 in stamps.
Mrs Leila Winans Morris of Fulton,
vas a welcome visitor at the meet
ing. Following the business, a pleas
ant social hour, with Mrs. L. NJ. White
Mrs. L. B. Hawthorne, Mrs. Jewell
Null and Miss Elizabeth Parker as
~hostesses, was enjoyed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Increased Substitute Required for
Baners

Beginning April the 14th, bakers
must use $3.50 of substitutes in Vic
tory Bread instead Of 20ss as now re-
quired. This means one pound Of sub
stitutes to three of wheat flour. The
Washington office states the situa-
tfon may demand a still further in
crease later.
Back Ordering Substitutes
WHOLESALERS who sell wheat flour
and substitutes but who have not sub
stitutes on hand may not ship the
four. They must withhold the ship
ment of flour until they receive sub
stitutes.
The practice of shipping flour and
back ordering substitutes has result
cd in abuse and wholesalers should be
advised of this ruling.
New Flour Sacks
Inc Milling Division has authorized
a one-sixtcenth barrel sack for flour
IN addition to the present o~ne-eighth,
fourth and half barrel sacks. This will
enable the mills to put up their flour
! smaller packages and enable deal
ers to sell conveniently in small pack
ages.
Mixed Flours
Mixed flour containing 500 or more
substitutes a be sold. No substi-
tutes need be sold with such mixed
flour. If however, the mixed flour
contains a smaller percentage than
5O% Of substitutes the difference
must be made up by the sale Of sub
stitutes. For instance, II a package of
mixed flour contains five pounds Of
wheat flour and five pounds Of sub
SI'tu'e such mixed flour can be sold
alone without substitutes. II, how
ever, the mixed flour contains five
pounds Of wheat flour and threc
pounds Of substitutes then two pounds
OF substitutes must be sold with such
mixed flour.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
FORD CAR

A Ford car driven by Clarence
Byrns overturned near the office of
DR.. J. F. Harrison Tuesday night,
throwing out and slightly bruising
Mr. Byrns and'h j wife, the only oc-
eupants Of the car and breaking the
Windshield and steering gear Of the
machine.
Ar. Byrns is the son Of Yeaman
Byrns Of the Benton City neighbor-
hood. He was recently married in
Iowa and he and his bride are nov
living at his fathers home. The young
couple were examined by a physician
and were found to be unhurt except
for the bruising each received.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
AUXYASSE ITEMS

Families of DIR. Hume, II. Meyer
Meyer, Shaw Brown, Mrs. Thomas
were Mexico Shoppers this week.
Mr.. ]. J. GarwOod and Mrs. Harry
Henderson expects to visit Edward
Wood this week at Camp Grant.
Mrs. Carlysle, with her daughter
and family, are moving to the omei
Wheeler house in East Auxvasse.
Rev Oaks spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Thomas.
DIR. Emmons reported last week ar
incresase of population in and near
Auxvasse, Of five in twenty-fouI
hours.
Lite Robert Huddeston is quite
sick at his home here with pneu.
monia.
Relates here Of DR.. Roberts, for.
merly osteopath physician here, now
practicing in Arkansas, have received
word OF the birth Of a son Feb. %
and Of course named George.
Mr.. Sam Hatcher who has beer
quite sick the last four days still re.
mains about the same.
The funeral of Mrs. Matte Mar.
tin, who died near here suddenly Tues
day, was he'd at the Methodist Church
and interment at the Auxvasse City
Cemetery.
Seventy delegates are expected
to attend the District Conferenhc
which meets here March Both.
Joe Dudley is in from Oklahoma "a
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. M
Dudley.
DIR. Emmons, who has been quito
sick, is consulting a specialist in 81,
Louis.
DR.. Frank Harrison and Glib,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
ARTHUR |. MANCHESTER
.SUCGEEDSPROF. GUERNE
Head Of the Music Department at Har'
din College Has Been An
nOuneed for Next Term 2
Is A VOICE SPECIALIST
Miss Lindsey VIII Take the Vacancy
Caused by the Resignation Of
Mrs. Richardson, Principal

Among the new teachers at Hardin
College next year will be Arthur L
Manchester, who will direct the con.
~servatory of music, succeeding Prof
Arnold E. Guerne, and Miss Lindsey
who will succeed Mrs. H. NJ. Richard.
son, as principal.
Mr.. Manchester is a graduate OF
the Philadelphia Musical College, and
has studied under Richard Zeckwer.
F. ]. Bussman of Italy, and other
noted musicians. He was at one time
associate editor of The Etude, one Of
the best-known musical magazines in
America, and has taught in a number
Of musical colleges. He comes tC
Hardin from Southwestern University
where he had been director Of the de.
partment of fine arts. Mr.. Manches.
ter's specially is voice, and he has
been highly spoken of by musical au-
thorities everywhere.
z. T. Edge, president-elect, viii
bring Miss Lindsey with him. She has
had a number of years of expert.
onee as principal of girls schools
Mrs. Richardson, who has been prin
cipal Of Hardin College since 1902
has made many friends in Mexico
since she has been here and has ex
erted influence for good upon hund
led Of girls who have attended Thu
college during the sixteen years shi
has been its principal. She will b.
missed at the college and in the town
Professor Guerne is another mem
Der Of the college faculty whose resig
nation has caused genuine regret. A
a teacher his ability was unquestione
and the entire city is better fol havini
had the privilege of sharing in tn
musical treats which have come t
the college through him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
iting in our midst.

ltAuS ia Jul must
Mr.. Robert Davis and daughter
Leila, T. J Jerman and wife ate Eas.
ter dinner with Thomas Brauddus ant
family Sunday.
Those on the sick list are Mrs. Full.
kerson, Mrs. Vernon Smith and Mrs
Hattie Vance.
The measles are thick as hops
around here; scarcely a family has cs-
capped.
Thomas Brauddus is making q nev
cellar. Robert Shock is doing the
concrete work.
Wakefield Showers, Roy stowera.
Miss Knoble and Lota Neyins wer,
Sunday visitors q Lawrence Vim
and wife On Easter Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Berry and children
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

.fsrsa en- re.srlur erxs IN unia'
rzas uoru o.r sni fc1rE tar-l
rzmzicr an wntsFs and foodlnE and
he1ur. afs rous = hs tsriz % b
or<1ny emphasized h ths en-
paiKn Tor mere EnE better rcaluy.
M Ms1oa vi sPssk oreeaily
this time. m ths nrcasity q hath
ing darinr the mesfh q March and
Arn @ produce Protahie water
layers. and Is rlzton with regard 70
Increasing IL anuuai egg Froduetcn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
HEN IS DOING HER BIT.

Have you set your hen for the Red
Cross?
Miss Frances Cunningham has dis
covered this new and novel method Of
doing her bit and while she ISM
counting her chickens before they
hatch, exactly, she still has very
hopes that these particular chickens
will prove numerous and thrifty.
A few days ago when one Of her
black Langshan hens showed sitting
ilclinations, Miss Cunningham de-
eided to turn the inclination into pa
triotism. She therefore put fifteen
eggs under the hen, and in about three
weeks, all goes well, will have fifteen
black Red Cross chickens. These she
will sell and the money will be given
to the local chapter of the Red Cross.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

AmcaE the farmers mp in the Hat
toa hAillu5ck vho are feeding cattle
tbs spring arv thr foiiswing. W. n.
Rsitcrson. 100 bead or nore; Emmett
Moorc. -; C. Il. Dana about 90; Gee
Black. about g; James Patterson. 20
t. 50 heaA Most e these cattle
have been SHIPPED n within the last
ncztA O. six wesH-Arxyasse Re
view.
Won3or BGster. the great $500
Poland China bear bought BY Carter
and V~andeventer Monday at the VIII
bur Wallace dispersal sale. in Buneo-
ton, arrived Friday morning and was
given a Pahhs reception on the pub
lie square by the business men and
other citizens.
While not as large as Gerstdale
Jones, Carter and Nandeventer's &c.
500 Poland China bear, he promises
10 achieve that size eventually. Won
der Buster is 4 t~wo-year-old, while
Gersisle Jones is a three-year-old.
A mule was sold at auction Satur-
day afternoon for the Red Cross and
the first bidder was Governor Simon
Hamburger, Of Utah. The mule
brought SIS and each of the following
alter giving IS for the purchase price,
told Miss Ellen Carter to keep the ami
nal and sell It again for the cause:
Governor Simon B~amberger, of
Utah, Chas Luckie, W. H. Morgan, A.
Pitzer, Dr.. T. H. Tincher, J. T. John
son, G. n. Allen, Joe Wakefield, H.
D. Playtor, J. G. Ford, W. C. Lang
ford, of Kansas City.
John Bybee is the second boy at
Mcmillan High School to make aPpli-
cation for membership in the United
States Boys Working Reserve. John
wants to work on his fathers two
farms, west Of Mexico.
The first boy to make the applica-
ton was Harold Howard Harris. He
is now working on his fathers farm.
Among other boys who have left
Nichols, John Hinton, Frank James,
Fred Dean, and Frank Kunkel. Ida
Vowel, Winnie Settles, Nellie
Vaughn, and Christine Schultz have
also been excused to attend to farm
duties. All these students must pass
final examinations at the end Of the
school year.
Through the efforts Of the Commit
tee three Poultry Meetings have
been arranged for Audrain County, on
April ., 1918 at the following places;
Vandalia at 1000 a. M; Laddonia at
200 p. m. and at Mexico, in Chamber
Of Commerce building at 500 p. m
Mr.. Ralph Mason, Extension Poul,
try Husbandman of the U. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture is cooperating
with the University of Missouri il
carrying out a systematic and thor.
ough campaign this year to increase
the poultry production in Missouri
Every farm should have a flock o.
100 to 200 bords this year. Not only
is it patriotic, but also profitable.
Early Matching, combining the moth
er hen TO a brood coop; producing in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
GNTUENS

EveEao1y Ela6 &c have r1=
Easter, hope 10 ca E5-s e b.
Most evIy1lE has Ez sZe gar
G. and planted saZe p1z
The eEE ruzE - Vas he's
last SATURDAY Ig II Nez-r Sn
pasture WIS largely ar15e1 R=
JacEsun vas CO. WORKING 1 bzE q
Wa Savings Stzup ans VA Sal
for TIE Hospital ETeE1e rp~-s
a nee tine
Sorry 70 hear e the 6a43 q IL.
John Paris
HuSh Smiley CT Kansas Cry. Is vs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
FOR THE CHICKENS

Feed Purina Chicken Chowder and
Chic Feed TO baby chix. Double de.
velopment guaranteed in 6 to s weeks
For Sale by shrout & Ryan, with
Mexico Poultry and Egg Co. wilt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
UNDERWEAR

for the whole family, and its new
merchandise, too.
J0HNsoN'S VARIETY STORE.
'Peh alter supper. d2-w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

made a professional call here Friday
night.
Five more of our boys left Tuesday
for service with Uncle Sam.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Pollock have
moved to their country home north
cast Of Mexico, after spending the
winter in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
CoUNTY BOARD z E

Tie County Board Of Equalization
net Monday when the Andrain Coun-
y Court eoavened Nothing was done
with the matter Of changing tax as
SSnentS Con Roach, Of the Tax
COzzission, was called on the long
distance telephone and he suggested
tsr1hst 10 action be taken until he
lad something definite 70 report.
This delay viii be a matter Of a week
O. ten days
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

G. G. Madison, of independence.
was the guest Of Mexico relatives
Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
FOR THE CHICKENS

Feed Purina Chicken Chowde, and
Chic Feed to baby chix- Double De.
yelopment guaranteed IN G 70 S weeks.
For Sale by shrout e. Ryan, with
Mexico Poultry and Egg Co. wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

Szzy E3 hE p1rza NJ
AM Ms Ez--E EEzL
Dr. EzT E15 wfe e RcEanz q,
Ez= Eu1E wh D.. Fukz-
son And FANNY
Tas cas- are olz1- 70 ard looking
1T En EveyO1e p CIT q lzrg.
s-zre this Ia Whez. locking
~ uaurng tie ay weather.
Bro Ni1zgsau flied his regular
zFpzst SHAY At Gnove Chap
pal
Y 4 MEreI Of Ean5zEa. Vas II
Epvt-a Tuaz5aw
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

OieVe Smith left for Toledo, Ohio.
wednesday and will bring home 45
new Overland carr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

NOTICE or FINAL SETILLHT an,
Notice is hereby given 'n'' '
settlement of the estate Oh ...d
John b. Basket, CcoI) p' A
will be made at the nc nI,oiN Coun'
the Probate Court Of A'dt''I nsde,
ty, Missouri, to be held ., ,,a1,, b
Missouri, on the scc0n'
May, 1918. ,.,,c ,col) Adm.
GEORGIA G. BAShblL C.d
ist insertion Apr D. 1918
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

at the Mexico Hospital, has returned
Miss Hazel Thomas, superintendent
from a short isit at her home in Bis
marck.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

Frank P. Atkins, Of Cincinnati n, n Il
the guest of his brother inc w ~s%
Pcarco Atkins, in this city W'l'''
day. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

MISS Jessie Mexican visited her sis.
YER MRS f. II; Thomas, at Auxvasse
Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

Miss Florence Loften went to her
home in WeHsyille yesterday after
being operated On at the Mexico Hos
pitaL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
PRESBY-

TEKIAN CHURCH
The following annual report Of the
session Of Bethel Church comprises
the work Of the church for the year
ending March 81, 1913:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

Mrs. Ivan AshEorth, Of st. Louis.
VIII spend the month Of April with
Mexieo relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

NJ. L. Travis, Of Laddonia, was in
Merieo Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
STATEMENT or THE 0WNES
SHIP, MANAGEMENT

Mexico Weekly Ledger, puOD'D !,
weekly at Mexico, No. required "
the Act Of August oath, 1917
Editor, R. M. White; Business man u
ager, L. M. White; Publishers =
M. White G. Son, Mexico, NO. V""' q
R. M. White, Mexico, NO. l. :
White, Mexico, Mo.
Known bondholders, mof.s'
and other security holders hOIa'uS /,
per cent or more of total ari0On a,. -"
bonds, mortgages, or other ''Cu''''''
None.
L.. NJ. WHITE
April /, 1918. BusI'Co, ,r.u
(Seal) r. r. D' ,',i,,iu
Clerk Of the Circuit Court oil Ao''
County, Missouri
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

Mrs. Roy johnson is spending the
week with her father a alton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04
FARMERS EXCHANGE

Ads in this column cost lh
line each insertion. SiS word, to a,
line.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

aW FOR SALE st. Louis pispr
factory has a piano near Meyu
Party is unable to finish payments
VIII turn the piano over to party WI,
will pay cash or terms for balance dus
Write John GIeiber, iii Olive St.
St Louis, Mo, IS G vii
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

WANTED-Nurse to care 70,
invalid lady. 414 North CLARK.
d2-wlt-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

s@ FOR SALE Thorougbbre
Ancona eggs for setting. The bs
laying strain. To see them is to wan
them. Bert Sims, phone rs.
SS-f2t-w2t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-04-04

WANTED - Girl for re,,,,
house work. Small family, 200
wages. Mrs. George Lee, SOB Sop4
1clIersoh Street, d2wlt
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CALL MEN TO MAN SHIPS.
Nearly $4,000 seamen Required t.
Handle Newly Launched Vessels,

Americas armada of seventy four
vessels launched on the Fourth OF
July furnished 999,944 tons to the mer-
chant marine and a problem to the
Emergency Fleet Corporation Of as
sembling the $4,000 men needed to
man the new craft.
Forty two of the vessels We're OF
steel construction with total ton
mage Of S7,4s4 while the wooden
ships launched were thirty tive with
112 .500tonnaga. Eleven wooden yes
sells were ready to be launched on the
upper Pacific coast, but frcshets in the
COMMUNICATIVE prevented 1t is eX-
rected that these ships will be sent
into the water within few days, as
soon as the frcshets suhside.
Two other vessels of wood are near
~ ready for Tie water while eigl,
wooden craft were launched several
days before the Fourth to prevent any
obstacle to the progress Of essential
work. When TIC program has beeer
completed, however. the feet corpora
ton will have added ninety five YES
sells with a total tonnage Of AGA
and will. require $4,000 men to supply
full complement for each ship.
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same time. After making highly
successful reconnaissance flight, the
seaplanes returned to their base. hav-
ing sustained but slight damage. inc
return trip was made in six hours and
thirty three minutes of actual flying.
On April s5, Potter vas killed In
fight with seven enemy single
soaters He was then second pilot to
a british air force captain who was
with him when lie shot down the Ger
nan plane in March. Two British
planes had fown to n point SIX miles
from Hinder Light wnca two enemy
panes w,rc sighted heading towards
them. TIC British planes closed upon
the nearest German and opened fire at
close luuEe. Two more hostile planes
then Appeared overhead. and attacked
vigorously. Three others passed astern.
The two British planes dived and
specdcd westward under continuous
volleys from the rear. One of the
Germans disappeared. Four more
enemy machines now appeared In
w" formation. OF the seven Ger
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exports. including supplies sent by the
government, will aggregate. In round
tons, t1O0,O0o000 against $4,000. 900 In
1917, $26.O00,000 in 1915. $4,000. 900 IN
1915. and less than $3,000,000 in the
fiscal year 1914. all of which Immediate
ly preceded the war.
The bulk Of this large and rapidly in
creasing expectation Of dairy products
goes to the men in the trenches. OF the
400, 100000 pounds OF condensed and
evaporated milk exported in the nine
months ending with March. for which
detailed figures are available. 17S,000,-
900 pounds went to Great Britain. when
1t was presumably passed to the men on
the battlefield: 70.000.00o pounds direct
to France. 100000 to Belgium. 11.000,-
900 to the Netherlands. 100000 to
Cuba. 100000 to the Philippines. TO-
000,G 900 to China and Japan and TO-
900, 900 to British South Africa.
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UkRAlNIANS PLANT LITTLE.
Fear Land Will Be confiscated or Grain
Taken, Declares Farmers.

Correspondence Associated Press.1
Vologda, April 25.-Information has
reached the American embassy here
that the peasants in the Ukraine dis
trict. whence Germany expected to oh
tain the largest part Of her new grain
supply. are sowing only enough grain
for their own needs.
Fearing that their land will be con-
fiscated or divided or their grain taken
away from them, they arc putting in
very little seed. In fact, in many cases
the seed itself has been confiscatcd
either by Germans, various dictionary
armies or rowing bands Of soldiers.
In some of the villages which the
Germans occupied they seized all grain
excepting four pools Ola pounds) per
inhabitant. which must last .he people
until the late fall harvest.
Conditions thruout the Russian
wheat fields, according to reports to
the embassy, are similar to those Of the
Ukraine. Land troubles, wherein VII
lage fights village for the land, and alb
sence Of workers from the fields have
contributed, as well as fear Of seizure,
to the failure to SOW more than so
or 40 per cent of the fields.
AS conditions of actual starvation
have prevailed in many Russian COM
munities for several months, actual
famine is facing millions of Russians
next winter
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Shortage Of Men For "
War Cause of Great
Worry in Germany

Paris, July 9.-The question Of Ger
man effectiveness continues to occupy
a good deal of attention here, anil It Is
believed that Won Kucnlm.tnns implied
assertion that Germany was unable u
expect victory by arms WAS prompted
by the fact that the Lterma.l govern :
nent has begun to raaaHe that 1t is
almost at the end of its tether for
men,.
In 1916 the Ce. mars wec, h"ie to
increase their output Of munitions by 4
civil mobilization which also released a
certain number of men for the firing
line. and the same year i certain NUM-
Der OF other civilian workers were OBJ
tanned, from Poland In 1917 further
supply Of man power was obtained
from the Glass Of 1912. the greater part
of which wa; sent to the Russian
front to relieve trs ined Mon, who came
back to the western front.
Russian Supply Exhausted.
This year, however, as Colonel DE
Thomas,on points out in the Petit
Journal, Germany couli not repsa. 1n's
effort with the 1920 class, which was
called up in February, as there were
no more men on the Russian front
which they could use''ully rep.ace.
To some extent however, this has
been counterbalanced by the return
from Russia of some $4,000 Germans,
who had been held there as. prisoners
but many OF these, as was Omitted IN
the reichstag recently, are suspected OF
being infected with bolshevism and diff
ficult to mix with other effectives.
Greater Scarcity Expected.
Colonel De Thomasson estimates that
during the current year Germany may
bring at the most another 100000 70
GOO. 0CD men from the depots OF the in
terror. Of which he asserts 100000 Will
be youths of the class Of 1919 and the
remainder returned prisoners and
wounded who have been cured.
While pointing out that this does net
imply that the Germans will not be able
to make very powerful efforts in the
next few months. Colonel De Thorn
asson argues that it will not be long be-
fore the storage Of men will make it.
self felt as cruelty among the Germans
as.the present shortage OF food.
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TT expresses the attitude OF our boys
toward us better than any word o.
mine:
"'To our women who sent us forth
with courage instheir hearts and tears
In their eyes.
".To our women at home who arc
sacrificing all that we may win.
ITO our women over here who give
their own lives that we may live.
"'God bless them, and damn the
man that does not respect them and the
coward that does not protect them.'
"Over 5000 American trucks. al
heavily laden, have passed our front
door In this last big drive. Every man
in charge came in for rest and re-
freshments and little chat with one
Of his native tongue, then with the
smile of the soldier and wave Of the
hand in farewell, Goodbye until we
meet again.
"a splendid general came in the Other
day and he was a sight. His clothes
were white with dust and his face
black for want Of shave. The can
teen was packed; 1t was one of our busy
days. The general wanted to shave
and wash up before eating and the
only spot vacant aand available was the
small private dressing room used ex-
clusively by us American women. We
excluded all the women, put the gen
eral in our private dressing room, with
hot and cold water. and on the outside
Of the door we wrote a note and pinned
it up reading:
"'Beware-Girls stay out. The gen.
eral is shaving
when our guest finished and came
out he saw the sign. and doubtless read
it with amusement, because he wrote
| just below it;
"'Girls. your guest has finished. Many
thanks to Gods greatest gift to, man.
an American woman
"And then he signed his name and
that is one of our choice souvenirs