The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-09-20
PHOTOS FROM MAIDEN
PLEASED THIS SOLDIER
SNAPSHOTS TAKEN AT HOME
RECEIVED OVER THERE
Youth Regarded Them As Much
Better Than Money; His
Best Grille
FRANK J. TAYLOR

ANANn - AHA6SN
With the American troops in
France, August 17.-[By MALL
This is the story of single dough
boy, but it is a yarn with more than
a million morals.
He was not an unusual doughboy
in any way, except that he was
happy, as happy as bird with its
first touch Of spring fever. You
could tell it by looking at him and
he would tell you without your look
ing at him.
Say, l feel so happy l could almost
reach up and touch the sky" he ex-
claimed, Look at that, wouldn't you
He displayed an envelope.
Better Than Money
Good letter from home, is it?
Somebody must have sent you some
money!"
Money! There's something that's
got money beat a mile," he replied,
THAT is, from a doughboy's point of
view. Want to see what it is?
Sure. Anything that makes people
as happy as you are ought to be
passed around"
He brought out five small photos,
snapshots made by small camera.
Pretty nice, aren't they? See this
one? It's my girl. She's the best girl
going, AMI she knows how to make
hit with this doughboy over here.
She sends snapshots every couple of
weeks of the folks at home. Some girl
isn't she?"
You had to admit she was
She's Great Girl, All Right.
"This is another picture of hers,
taken in her front yard under the
trees. / know the spot. Gee, when l
looked at that picture l almost felt
as though l was back there with her,
and it was Sunday afternoon. That's
where l proposed to her, on that
spot. She couldn't see it at first, but
| won out after a bit 1t sure is
wonderful what snapshots bring back
to you, isn't it,"
Again you had to admit the dough
boy was right.
Here's another one of her, show
ing her new buds and hat. Looks
kind of military, doesn't it? l kind
of like it, don't you? She's got good
taste, that girl of mine, hasn't she?"
Evidently she had, and so had
he. You admired his choice.
"This pictures of my mother" he
continued, "and it's a good one. l
wanted snapshot of mother. She
looks pretty well. Il was afraid she
was worrying too much. l feel a lot
better now, know she's telling the
truth when she said she was well.
Photos are great, aren't they?"
There is no argument to the ques-
ton.
Sister and Baby Too
"This last ones my sister, and her
baby. She got married just before
left. I've been over here for two
service stripes now. I'm tickled to get
this photo It's the only way | have
to telling what kind of a brat I'm
being uncle to, you see Say, what
paper are you correspondent for?"
'The United Press"
That's whole lot of papers isn't
it? Say, you know what you ought
to do? Write a story and tell every
body how much us boys over here
want snapshots of the folks back
home. Tell 'em pictures are the best
thing they can send us. We don't
care if they cut off our packages, so
long as we can get pictures.
"Of course we can't send pictures
of ourselves home, because it's
against the rules. But we always look
the same in uniforms, anyway But
snapshots sure make you feel close
to the folks back home"
The more, than a million morals
to this story are the more than
million doughboys who are longing
for snapshots of the folks back
home"