Evening star., 1918-08-04

Dear Folks:
Three times Of late has . certain
party in this section. signing himself
Fred Phlafr. writ an asked Lon If
he didn't consider It turrible risky.
OWN to tn shortage O. gasoline an
curtailment O. production. for any
nut to take a chance on purchasin
a new car, an as many times has tn
kid publicly give him some corkin
good advice why he oughta buy now.
so. yesterday. when a fourth letter
blowed in from tn still undecided
Fred, demandin' to know on whose
authority tn kid based his optimis-
tic advice, poor Lon nearly tainted.
an. last night, with q tremble in his
voice, he pleaded with me for just
one more opportunity to answer tn
poor fish, SO tn folowin' has been
arranged especially for Fred Phlaf:
Dear Fred:
It's quite evident from your per-
,i.tency in askin' about tn advisable
ny Of buyin' a automobile durin' this
uncertain period that you're either
hipped on tn subject o letter writ
in. else are one o them musn-
rooms" what derive sensation from
seein' your name appear IN plln. nm.
tn "boat'' If you've got enough
"kale," an now you wanna know on
whose authority / SO advice. To be
perfectly frank, Fred, heretofore l
ain't consulted nobody but old MI.
granted that tn thickest of skulls
eueht By this time appreciate what
Ali important essentials tn automo.
bile an motor truck arc IN wtnnin
th' great war, not only on tn battle-
fields O. Europe, but right here at
nome. where transportation OF every
description is absolutely dependent
nnon both styles o. vehicles, an
where tn government, after tn keer-
fullest kind o. scalculatin' has come
to th' conclusion that tn automobile,
Of ali our great industries, must be
left until tn last before BEN nam.
pered, but as that kind o reasonin
neig ighborhood as yet, I'm gonna hand
YOU liz special dope OF my own.
which I trust will be tn means Tor
your either purchasin' a gas-cart or
le+tin' me alone.
Treat this confidential. Fred. put
between you'n me, tn big boche has
bIowed! Th' Hun is halted. TIL all.
nowerful "weinerwurst" has met tn
,noster how-wow! o. course therell
be q whole mess O. fightin' before tn
Great scrap is over, but tn morale. tn
spirit, tn indiscribable III sometnin ;
ners along tn broad road O. life, has
went! TIL front horse has shot his oolt!
Th' toe-hold has took! Tn head team
has slid! Th' wallop has landed! An
hothin' yet knowed to human ingenu-
ity is gonna be able to make IT cone
back! In short old spark-piug. ars
tn beginnin' of tn end!
For when Germany's world-famous
hghtin' machine, well trained, PAD
soldiers, which, for half century;
has been suckin' the life blood OF tn
empire, an which for tn past -FOUR
Years. after devastatin' poor unpro.
tected Belgium, has been slowly out
surely Wearin' down tn man power
Of both game lii France an sturdy
old Great Britain, came face to lace al
th' banks Of tn River Marine with a
small body of free-born, clean-livin'.
1ihertv-ioyin' American citizens, from
a 'non-military country. thank Cod
for this war will prove when tn last
shots fired that tn greatest army In
tn world amt one whit stronger
than its yallowest streak-it teamed
uears' nreparation, all of its gigantic
snv svstern. all Of its tricky. under
handed Diplomacy, all of its rotten.
four -fiushiIs nobility, all OF Its uI-
mentionable crimes against God
fearin' peoples, an all of its natural
scientific ability had been throwed 70
tb' winds an would now count for
naurht. which proves beyond any
nnestion of a doubt that no matter
Where YOU stage th' scrap Right will
Ennck tn livin' daylights .outa
Might any day in tn week!
But. pray don't misunderstand me,
shurrah" kids what make q bee-line
for tn trolley at tn end O. the 18th,
an that don't fully appreciate that
victory is. gonna be won at a tur-
rible cost. an that it's up to us stay
at homes more'n ever before to come
across big whenever our great chief
saws tn word, for now IL tn time
whom every true-blue American
oughta go tn limit to prove to them
bySye lads oyer there. who'ye r1sked