Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-03

looping where there is plenty of sky
loom. Sad to say, there are two
enormous mirrors, also, so / snail
do considerable suffering, since
every time l see myself / get pain
Wonder If others see me thus? Oi
course. / know you don't, but moth
ers always are prejudiced.
The former occupant of said room
certainly had a perverted idea of in
terror decorating, for the walls were
plastered with nothing but fashlon
plates from La Mode.
The Demon Flies
And you should see our dining
room. It's nothing more or less than
the village schoolhouse, with SEN
tences still on the blackboard aud
charts for the medical class huns
everywhere. Judging from the hun,
ber of flies, they must nave moVeu
in when the children moved OUT;
Golly! / never saw so many III an
my life! Yesterday, while eating
my soup, 1 laid a small piece OF
bread down near my plate TOT use ~
the near future, but when "hhleu =
it / could not find it, so well was /,
camouflaged by hungry fnes' anu
that isn't all, either. Many pees are
in evidence and several Frencnrneh
have already been stung. 1t may
sound strange, but l have not SUI
fered in that way yet-yes, nave
NV fingers crossed and am knocslnS
wood. for I have not forgotten now
much they loved me in my younger
days.
Hun Loops the Loop
NV hunting range will now extend
around Soissons instead OF Rnelms,
and from reports it's quite hVely
sector. The first day out a patrol oL
our escadrilie got in hght Win d
biplane and one of them got the sur
prise of his life when he got on me
Roche's tail and began shooting ana
the Boche did q loop. Tne heAt
thing the Frenchman knew ne "ds
being used for the target. ,.
1 give this instance because II oS-
ceptional for a biplane--a heavS'
two-man plane-to do any aIa"
battles. It's not only dlliiSutS ~
dangerous, as the wings are ,iao," ntroi,, -.
come off with the unusual straih.
The Roche Eiplane as a rule makes
n straight dive for home when al
tackled. but it looks as II the ruie Is
NOT followed here. Anyway thls
morning my commander knocheu
down one Boche, and q neutenah'
another. What am doing Null
inc at present, but waiting TOT my
nlone +o he ready. You see, 1t was
having it's motor changed, and l
went to fetch it to-day from tne :;
place where l had gone 'en panhe'
incidentally, 1 got lost on the way
here and nearly landed in larls. 1t
was my own fault, OF course pelns
so cocksure that l knew the route
that | paid little attention to my
man. with the result that L went
sailing over Chateau-Thierry with
hardly q second look. Soon dlscoV-
ering I was lost, | came down near
an aviation field, loaded up with
some more gas, found where J was,
and stars@~ hack, soon arriving at
my proper 1oost.
Chateau -Thierry After
Bombardment
If was when we went in the autos
to the place from which L was 10
fly my plane that ! actually saw
something that looked like the re-
suits of a battle, for we went by way
of Chateau-Thie Thus we mad a
chance to see the results of shot and
she'll in this hotly-contested sector.
We not only saw it, we had it duly
impressed on us, for many OF the
shells had landed in the road and
the newly-fiXed holes gave us some
Terrific bumps. Hitting a bump with
a truck-or a Ford-is nothing
amusing, epecially when it happens
often. It's not like getting bump
in an airplane. There you bounce
up and stay up. but in an auto there
is always a comeback. When you go
u pyou always come down, and the
seat is sure to meet you halfway
every time. However, the novelty or
the sights along the way were worth
the discomfort. Shell holes there
were everywhere, and villages were
mostly debris. Trenches zigZagsed
through the clover, oats and rye
fields, and apple orchards were moth
ing but barbwire entanglements.
while all along the road there were
numerous places for battery en-
placements. Piles of empty shells
lay in numerous places, and yet in
direct contrast to all this, the farm
ers were cutting their oats and hay
as if nothing like battle had ever
occurred. oh, yes, the Huns left
the grain, because they were in too
big a hurry to leave to take anything
along.
Trees All Destroyed
The saddest thing 1 saw, I think.
were the mutilated, dead and dying
are noted for their good construction
but they are also noted for the trees
that line their sides. This not only
makes travel cooler for the autoist
but is pleasing to the eye as we'll.
Sad to say, many of these big trees
were cut clean off by bullets. Others
were shot up so badly they died.
while some of the small forests
we passed through were literally
stripped of branches. so terrific had
been the hail of bullets. Which will
give you a vague idea of what the
American troops went through to
win that battle, which Harrisburg,
Dauphin and Marysville helped to
celebrate.
Hunting Trouble
Finally got my plane ready yes
terday and tried it over Chateau
Thierry. AS was at 1000 meters
took a good look around the country
in order to get the lay of the land,
as this Is an entirely new sector to
me, and since there are no trenches
4 n pttida an aviator q n tho nnSifinn