Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-15

of the deceased authors slightest
wishes. 1t is a fitting tribute TO his
memory.
SOLDIER SILHOUETTES is one of
Scribners late publications. Sill
houettes of Song" one chapter
many would call incomplete, as it
describes only the singing of
hymns. 1t gives the impression that
the doughboys sing nothing else
The author takes the other extreme
of those who hold that the boys sing
only ragtime. ~Silhouettes of Sac
rifice' is one of the best chapters in
the book. In it the author tells Of
his stumbling upon .a crucifiX. in
the devastated area of France, upon
which he finds inscribed the words,
Traveller hast thou ever seen so
great a grief as mine?" This line
the author uses to express the war
spirit of France.
In another silhouette" the au-
thor tells of the fortitude of gaSsed
Americans. He tells how the boys
ioked about their injuries. at times,
calling themselves the First Amer
lean Shock Troops" "Slhouettes
of Sacrilege," brings out the devas-
tation in the war zone in France
and Belgium.
In one chapter the author tells of
aY. NJ. C. A. secretary who abomi-
mated cigarettes, but who, for the
sake of palship with the boys, kept
three cigarettes going for two days
and nights That. of course, is a
record breaking smoke, both for a
man who has never smoked and for
the cigarette.
"SilhouetteS of Sorrow" is the
best chapter in the book. OF sorrow
the author has seen much during
his work as Y. NJ. c. A. worker in
France. The many examples he
portrays are very realistic. In one
place he tells of a great gathering
of German Women at the depot, tC
bid their sons good bye, as they de-
part for the front. The women, he
said. laughed and cheered their boys
on until the train was out of sight
then a moan seemed to pass through
them and dozens of them tainted
where they stood.
That the boys in France more
joyfully received letters from home
than candy or cigarettes, is strong
~ impressed upon the reader in ONT
Silhouette" More letters and les!
sweaters" is what the author say.
is the thought of every man there.
1t is the folks at home that KEEP
the boys fighting, the author says
To them he attributes the keeping
of hope alive in the men in the ser
vice. He calls them the service o
supplies"
A remarkable prophecy is the let
ting down of the bars that max
creeds in churches The war ha
done this. The author believes tina
with the common understanding
gained by workers of the Variou
churches in the present turmoil vii
result in one church. This evolu
ton is already considered.
War is grim he concludes
War is serious. War is full of hurt
and hate, and pain, and heartachC
and loneliness, and wounds. an
mud, and death, and dearth; Blu
the American soldier spends NOR
time laughing than he does moan
ing: more time playing than he doe
moping; more time shouting tina
he does whimpering; more tim
hoping than he does despairing; an
because of this effervescent spirit {
ohholiilAN anu liNS1 llICis LIS HUI Ill
is the best morale that any army i
the history of the world has eve
seen"
William L. Stidger is the autho
He is Y. NJ. c. A. worker wit
the American expeditionary force
REMEMBER JOHN LEE? He wa
the widely known COW man hero
He was found dead in his mountai
The Riders Of the Purple Sage
one of Zane Gray's earlier novel
cabin last Monday. at Red LAX
San Juan county. Utah, about q
miles south of Salt Lake City. tt
/ report was brought in to that eli
Wednesday night. Influenza W;
given as the cause of death. Lee
partner, who had worked with hi
for years, was lying dead best,
him. Lee was Al years old and hi
been a COW man in Arizona al
southern Utah for many years,
practically all of his life