Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-10-31

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at hold Of a. Then ear salad. VITA
real salad dressing. such a. Francs =
famed for. And best Of all. DESSERT.
uuts. fruit and black coffee. We ring
IN oar little cakes and wind up our
feast In great style Have We en-
joyed iti Get your grub out Of = mess
kettle for a number Of months, and
then ask that question.
Outside the door we find q group
Of little gamin-beausiful little kids,
a. most Of the French children are.
We have a few cookies left. and we
can't resist the temptation 10 divide.
How their brown eyes sparkle A their
little grimy hands close over the cakes.
"Merci bcaucous. m'sieu." The French
youngsters look upon the ~soldats
Americana" a. a species Of demigod.
but little lower than the angels. and
rich and generous beyond all eompre.
hension. It's iust as well TO let them
keep that opinion
One look through the public gar
den, with It's pretty walks and shrub
berry and great central fountain. and
we're ready to go home. Luck is with
US. We run across a second lieuten-
ant from our organization in a young
Ford truck, and accept his kind invi-
tation to ride back with him. Aftes
the first 200 yards, we are almost
sorry we did so. He tore through
those narrow streets as IL they were
not full Of all sorts Of things and peo-
pie, he whirled round eorners on two
wheels, and when he hit the smooth,
straight road that led out to camp, he
opened her up, with results that wOuld
have given Henry Ford some new idea
regarding the speed possibilities of
his little buzz-carts. We can almost
call it a perfect day. Have you had a
nice time? Il may say that this whole
trip took place almost exactly as |
have pictured it, my companion, in
stead Of your self, being a young ma-
stefan from our outfit, a chap who was
for quite a while the organist and mu.
steal director of one Of the big Phila-
delphia churches, and who has played
in a number of the cathedrals here. A
very interesting chap indeed. But
can't help wishing that you could have
had his place for the afternoon.
By the way, l had a most enjoyable
experience last night.
As told you, my dreams are nearly
always very vivid. Things actually
seem to happen. Well, last night
dreamed that you three boys had join.
ed the army. You and Gibby had just ar
rived at our company, and Ed was soon
follow. Gee, how glad | was to sec
you! But, worn luck, / had hardly
said hello, when I walked up. But /.
was almost like a real visit, anyhow
By the way, you and Glib both looked
as IL you had grown a lot.
You would be interested, doubtless
in some of the soldiers music. There
are a number Of songs which | hav,
never heard before, and which arC
special favorites. III give you the
words to one here, and put the music
on another sheet. This is, Of course
just the air, which | wrote down frotT
hearing II sung. You can try 1t on tn,
piano, or horn, or violin, or whatever
thing you have handy. II is called
Keep Your Head own, Allemandp
and Is the official song Of the Ameri
can sniper, watching for boches to put
their heads up over the trenches. "Al
lemand," by the way, is the French
word for German.
Keep your head down, Allemand
Keep your head down, Allemand
You were out last night in the pal,
moonlight,
We saw you, we saw you;
You were mending up your broke;
wires
As we opened up our rapid fires
If you want to see your father in tn,
fatherland,
Keep your head down, Allemand
! may say that the Heinies hav,
learned the wisdom of needing TIL,
warning. The accuracy of the Ameri
can rifle fire is becoming known al
over Europe, as well as the i~rresist.
ible fury Of the American charge.
The other bit Of music ! have con.
led for you is, next to the French Ma
tlonal Air, the most popular tune o.
our ~frog-eating ALLIES. 1t is the fam
Gus "Madelon"-one of the simplesi
and finest marches ever written. W.
have nothing that anywhere approach.
es it among u marching songs. 1t !,
snappy, catchy, perfect in time. an,
when sung by a column of marching
troops or played by a good band, it i
well worth hearing. One of the biz
bands that plays for us sometimes ha,
a trumpet corps of more than 30 men
and they play the Madelon with f.;
trumpet obligato. Oh, man, it's swell
suggest that your talented sister
Ruth, orchestrate this for you. | be.
heve 1t would make a distinct add,
milton to your orchestra group.
tried to find the thing in sheet music
but was unsuccessful, so I'm lust iot.
ting down the air from memory. b,
the way, how are you coming on witt
your singing, or music in general?
know you haven't much chance O,
time in camp but when you're in town
don't forget to keep il up. | wish "a
nave the pleasure Of hearing the tai.
ented "Winans Home Orchestra" II
action again some day, and | don't
want any deterioration in the qualit,
OF the music rendered.
am still pouring ether, and. as
heard Lieut.. M, who is coachin,
me- tell Major J., the boss, that !
was getting real good, you can imar.
inc I'm more OF less tickled. ITS very
bad form to repeat compliments on
yourself but think | may safely do 80
to you). We continue to have manv
funny experiences, which 70 a Ions,
way toward making our life bearable.
! ant resist closing this letter with
one.