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make it so hot for the secretary
that he gets a moving order ant
no ought to have one. You woult
be surprised at how many secre
taries are sent home. But ther,
Is almost unanimous praise fol
the work. l saw a captain, maj
of about As, walk into the Y
here In town the other day. HI
walked right up to the Y. womal
behind the counter, a .wOma,
much older than he was an,
said. "You certainly do lool
good to me 1 have been righ
10 the trenches for six week:
and ] havn't seen an 0"honest t
goodness" American women il
SIX months. II looked up ane
theirs: were tears in that bis
strong fellows eyes as he began
to talk Lof the great work tina
the Y. N. @. A. was doing among
the soldiers. Then we all gath
cred round and he talked abou
his wife and children and home.
So when you hear anyone from
this side saying anything agains,
the Y. M. c. a., you may know
that it is an isolated case. d
course. there are huts and tents
and dusouts right up to FROM
line trenches and many of them
are not pearly SO we'll equipped
as the One I have nentl1ed
and some of them with .pfacti.
cally nothing to work with but
they are doing the best they can
/ would tell you that l was not
assigned as close to the front
as l wanted, but most of you
would not believe 1t, because
You cannot really understand
how 1t is over here. Whether
you believe it or not. everyb body
over here is scrambling for the
front, Y. M. c. A., men as well
as soldiers Men who enlisted
in the quarterEaster's corps and
other non.combatant organizations
are now trying every way in
the world to get transferred to
active service, 80 they can get up
front. Something just gets into
your blood over here. l saw a
fellow here yesterday who was
just recovering from dangerous
shrapnel wound in the neck and
he was just crazy to get able to
rejoin his company at the front
Men have told me that they
have seen fellows who were held
back, possibly sick or for some
Other reason, cry like children,
when their company marched off
10 the front. Who would not have
thought this of peace loving
American citizens a few years
agOl / must tell you something
OF the work in the larger cities.
i have been IN two or three lie
sides Paris in which the Y. has
rented hotels and furnished the
boys rooms and meals at a rea,
sonable rate with walters who
can at least talk enough English
to serveoyou a meal in good old
American style. In Paris they
have at least four or FIVE such
hotels, besides in all the large
ports of entry aud other cities
where troops are passing thru
or stationed. You cannot ina.
CINE how much even this means
TO q man 10 a foreign country.
The larger cities and especially
Paris We have a man whose bust.
ness II is TO organize sightseeirg
parties for soldiers 10 the cities
aud around for amounts just suf-
hcient to look after transporta
ton. The man who does this
work in Paris Is an expert at it
and q soldier party in Paris
learns more about the things of
interest there In one dav than
the average tourist used DO do in
q week. Is not this wonderful
work and where would those boys
likely drift in the great wicked
city Of Paris were il not for these
parties and hotels and wholesome
entertainments furnished by the
Y. n. c. A. And the boys never
forget L. 1 was walking down
the streets with one OF the
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