The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-06
American Correspondents
Trough 1t" in France, But
Are Seldom in Real Danger
(contnu From paqs

in the filth inning lie died four
months later IN HI, home m New York
Rifle Fire Is Different.
Rifle fire leaves a different imprrs
sion upon you There is something i'm
personal about an exploding she'll but
rifle bullet sent Al you is all your
own The artlllcymcn who sent the
shell were trying 10 kill anybody. but
the rlilcman who sent the bullet was
trying to kill you
Looking through a periScope from the
British trenches in Belgium, unwit-
tingly di,obcycd orders and moved the
top Of the perlNcopc, which projected, %
course, above the trench Within a
fraction Of a SECOND a bullet from the
German trenches passed directly above
my head. The impression that that bul-
let was mine, that somcbody had tried
to kill me, was as vivid as the joy that
he had not succeeded. went to sleep
that night thinking about that one bal
let and It was on my mind IN the morn
ing
His Gatb Prescribed
Before a correspondent goc, 10 the
from. he Is told what clothes to secure
The ally armies are not particular as 30
the exact cut OF the war correspondents
garb, but the Germans have devised an
official uniform for war correspond
cntS, with the assistance Of the CORE
spondent, themselves
The popular idea OF how much
roughlng It CorfcspOndcn, must under
60 IN the present war Is considerably
exaggerated There have been times
Of course, when correspondents were
forced TO take soldiers fare and live
the soldier, llic but such occasions
have been few
Not since the days Of the Japanese
Russian war have war correspondents
lived in tents, ba,hcd in canvas bath
tubs. had their retinucs Of servants and
couriers, chartered dispatch boats
bought horses and otherwise dIs'lpatcd
the funds Of their employer, and lived
up 10 the popular idea OF Nhat war
correspondent ought to be and do All
the wars since the conflict in Man
churia-with the exception Of thu, mild
Villa campaign and the pcrshng ex-
pcdition-havc been fought in the
populous places OF the earth There
have been short stretches OF time in
the great war when certain clusters OF
correspondents lived in freight cars o.
passenger cars. but these have been
rare slept in forty different beds in
Belgium. France. Switzerland, Ger
many, Austria, Galicia and Serbia in a
total OF sixty consecutive nights, and
not one bed was a poor one.
A Valet Just Once.
The only real, honest goodness
valet that has ever hrighteacd my life
and taken care OF my clothes was a
man servant in soldiers clothes who
was assigned to me while | was at
the British front ! think it hurt Fred
to discover that | Rad not brought
enough underwear with me to wear
new layout every day, but had
come travelling light" prepared for
war Every morning at 7 o'clock
| insisted on rising at a most plebeian
hour-he would tiptoe into the room
in the little French hotel, ligh. my oil
lamp, untangle my underwear, fold it
carefully on a chair, with the shirt on
top q was glad in those days that
did not wear combination underwear.
An English valet never series an En-
glishman who wears ccmbn; ton suits,
for the simple reason that no English
man ever does, shake out my socks,
turn them inside out and arrange them