The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-14

shrug of the shoulders and a smile of .
utter, abject contempt
To the troops that are billeted in their
homes, they are all that one could wish
for IN hospitality and many soldier
Will long remember the little kndnesses
shown him by the French peasants. The
women and children do most of the
work on the farms and it is no uncom-
mon sight to see the "boys' giving
hand in the fields; just something to
help pass away the time Everyone IN
France is doing their "bit.' 1t is
quite an ordinary sight to see girls
working at the mine heads, driving lor
ries, ploughing in the fields or even act
ing as coal beavers. Little boys of Il to
! t help keep the roads in condition and
they are always great favorites with Il
the soldiers who don t forget to give L
them candies and biscuits.
With regard to the Y NJ G. A. which |
| see you are boosting III your paper, |
all | can say is ''You can t boost it |
enough The ''Y'' without any doubt |
IS the best institution of its kind in
| France. They give concerts behind the |
| lines to help relieve the monotonv; sup |
ply writing paper and most important |
Of all, they oftentimes supply the boys |
with hot tea as they come out of the
line, cold, tired and wet to the skin.
AS to the religious welfare of the |
men | can assure you that the author
tiles give every assistance possible.
| There are "padres' of every demon
nation attached to the different divi-
sions and fellow is constantly meet
ing some one of them, either right in
the trenches, around the billets or in
the Y. NJ. G. A. s.
One "padre' in particular, Canon
Scott Of the First Canadian Division
is one of the finest men | ever met.
When an attack is on. he is always
right there with the BOYS, helping the
wounded, holding burial services, hand
ing out hot tea, cigarette, or doing
ANYTHING he can to help keep up their
spirits 1t 5 nothing to see him nix
ing up the line under heavy shell fire.
absolutely regardless of his own safety;
and he IS only one of many such chap
lains.
After spending some 10 months in
8 the battle area ! was sent back to Eng
land for training with the ROYAL FLYING
a Corps either as an observer or pilot.
: Since coming back I have had a IA
days leave and took the opportunity
! of visiting Scotland. Although / had
. no relatives or friends there | had one
. of the best times in my life The Scotch
. people are very hospitable and simple,
can t do enough to make YOU welcome.
{ Among the cities visited were GLASGOW.
Edlnburg and Aberdeen. Although an
American, | must confess, that Edin-
burg is without any doubt, the most
< beautiful and picturesque city [ have
= ever seen
4 Coming back to London I visited
6 the Eagle Hut (thc American
= Y. NJ. c. Al. 1t is one of the best IN
= the city and is run IN typical Ameri
!. can style; Ice cream counter cafe, read
y ing room, writing room, billiard room
concert hall, a place to check YOU
10 equipment, baths and rooms; but tn,
:, best of all, there is girl hired t
~ play the piano for the boys to sing
&c And talk about singing, If there I
u anything the fellows dearly love to hea
al after a spell in the trenches, it is mus,
~ and often times | saw as MANY as y
\ crowded around the piano at nine in til,
"a morning, singing all the latest rags
IN The Eagle Hut is great place 10
the fellows ON leave" to make thei
~ from all parts of the world, particular
:, ~ New ZealanderS, Australians. Cana
.r dlans and Americans. One morning a
= this hut, had the pleasure Of meeting
~ John La Flamme of Bennington who i
=, now with the American Forestry uni
- in Scotland.
w. often notice III the American paper
=, about the number they are calling II
- for the army and how difficult it is t
: obtain exemption. Well | can assur
-, YOU that the English people are certain
- " getting every available man. Onl
al this morning | read in the paper whcr
= the seventh son Of a family had bee
=, called up, after three of the brothers ha
" been killed, one is in France, one i
90 England training and another in tn
~ hospital wounded
~ While u soldiers life in France
y, certainly somewhat strenuous, il
~ nevertheless we'll worth the experience,
You get to understand your fellow me
,nn better and to learn how happy ma
=. can be with very little, amidst what j
49, ordinary life would be termed hare
- ship.
No doubt many Young America
leaving good home will ask himse
~ if the game is worth the price: if
"a is worth while risking his life to hel
:" rid civilization of the worst band {
~, organized thugs tho world has ev,
,iS known. / think that Colonel John NJ
:. Craze OF the Canadian Forces in the fo
: = lowing lines has made one Of the stront
eN est appeals for every able man to - dc
ny the khaki
ing
md In Flanders fields the peoples bio
a Between the crosses row on row
nee That mark one place, and in the 81
aid The larks still bravely singing, fly
md Scarce heard amidst the guns below
ost We are Dead Short days ago
cid We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset flow
the Loved and were loved. and now we
,ow In Flanders field
low Take up our quarrel with the foe
are 10 You from falling hands we thrc
N 7 The torch-be yours to hold it higl
wn, If We break faith with us who die,
C.c.I,E,