Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-20
FLYINGWITH SHAFFER
Hoping For Better Luck
LETTERS FROM A DAUrHN TO

been spent in camps among men,
and the little time 1 had in the city
didn't give me time enough to see
any thing unusual about the. women.
Not being financially able 1 could
not "chercher" them in the eXpen-
sive restaurants-one naturally don't
acquire a big bank account on $40
month, actually, that is what l
Somewhere in France,
April l 1918.
Dear Mother: Finally dispairing
of ever getting a bath in the city of
Chalons-sue- Marne nearby. l took
one in my room to-day with the
aid of a basin. patience and lot of
stopping. It's the first one in a
month, and for the second time it
made me feel bad, and l am begin
ming to think they don't agree with
me-and 1 thought 1 was used to
sudden changes too. Now l begin
to understand the savages' aversion
to a bath-it was actually painful,
II know, because when that inch
thick coat of dirt is off too much air
gets to one and being so white and
tender he naturally feels it. / am
seriously considering waiting until
the end of the war for my next bath,
but that has its drawbacks too. be-
cause after such a length of time
the shock might be fatal.
Dad, see is beginning to remark
on my silence regarding the beauti-
full women of France, and 1 will ad-
nit he has some cause, for l have
raved but seldom. But you want to
remember that most of my time has
receive. ! take it the stories Dad
H. H. N@1I
ded soldiers, and l don't wonder they
rave about the women of France
being beautiful, for the uniform OF
the French nurse is chic" enough
to make the plainest female an
angel in looks, it being a beautiful
shaped blue cape with veil to match
and this covers a uniform of pure
white, even to shoes and silk hosiery
I have heard stories of soldier:
sticking a hand UP over the trench
to get wonded, and since seeing tht
nurses, I blame them not at all. Th'
! first time l saw several in Chalon:
| was with a French comrade, anC
! after viewing them in silent admir-
alton for several minutes I eXclaim
ed jokingly, Gee! je suis allan
| devenir blesse voute de suite. II
| case the grammar is wrong or m!
| Spelllng, Ill translate II. am golni
to get wounded right away.
Nothing Doing
Another thing Dad says he has ar
| ranged for me to make SOM
speeches when 1 come home on m,
| furlough, oyu better puncture tha
air castle, for there is nothing stir
ring, I'll so up in the air. play leal
frog with the clouds, roll over deat
or any other way you wish and
might even be coaXed in front of
camera but to make a speech, alb
s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y no. Nothing doing
l haven't the blush under contro
yet. and couldn't express more thar
a gurSle in front of a crowd anyway
| The moon is coming UP late
| every night, and since the Boch'
can't see to carry out their night at
tacks without the moon. we don
hear from them much any more
| The sky has been full of clouds TO
many days. which has also helped
/ keep Fritz" at home. However, h
did make the attempt last night, foI
sometime along in the mornins
hours something exploded nearby
| that shook the house. 1t was no
quite severe enough to roll me over
| but I turned over on the other sidt