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The sun., 1918-10-27
French Marriage Formalities
Most DiSCouraging to Yankees

cons, the Notwithstanding and the sub
scquentlys. We shift and hesitate, and
then when the hour for crossing the Rubi-
con comes the shepherds pipings have of.
ten lost good part Of their charm.
But when we have at last come to the
fatal decision We have to go to the Mayor,
TO the notaries and to the solicitors to get
bundle Of indispensable documents. And
then, after all that, the bans are published
and the ceremony takes place! We are
married in conformity to the law. We
love each other and are happy in con-
fOrmity to the law. And then if every
thing does not go as we imagined we can
only blame the law for frightening Cupid
81 get you,' sighed Sammy. Then he
protested more forcibly:
look here! Suppose meet lady
on the train and | take fancy to her and
she takes fancy to me. Do you mean to
tell me that we could not hunt up the
nearest minister and ask him to marry US
on the spot?'
"'Wc don't go about things in that way,
Sammy
"'Well, you do live in a queer country,
don't your
Il sympathized with his discontinue
and did my best to explain the formaiities
which he would have to undergo in order
TO be legally married to the young woman
who was lodging him. He thanked me,
but then spoke anxiously:
"It's all plain enough. But how
many days is this business going to lastf
"a month, six weeks, perhaps longer
Your sweetheart is a widow, you know
Sammy lifted his eyes 10 heaven.
atm not going to marry her. he con
cluded desperately.
why notr
"'Wait six wecks?' he exclaimed. WHY,
in that time I may want TO marry some
body else"
The sun., 1918-10-27
NIRITING in La Baionnette, Paris

WkirlNd IN La Ba'0""'ffe' a Paris
w humorous weekly, Maurice Deko-
bra makes some interesting observations
on the marriage difficulties encountered by
American troops in France:
"Anglo-Sa1ons are no novelty in the
war zone," he says, 'but just now we are
making the acquaintance of a different
branch Of the same race. l refer to the
Sammies, the brave Sammies who have
come all the way from their Far West to
take part in the splendid fight Of the IA
tons allied for democracy.
"After all our Observation-Disclosures
Canadian unions we are now going to have
some Franco American alliances. The
lucky girls near the fighting line will have
any number to choose from, and Mr.. Eros
is already sharpening his arrows behind
the folds of the flag that bears the stars.
Yankees from New England, SOutherners
from New Orleans, Calfornians from the
land of the orange groves and giant
palms are going TO initiate us into their
expeditions methods of hurryup weddings.
''Said one Sammy 10 me the other morn
ing:
az want to ask your advice about some
thing. I'm going away to morrow morn
ing on a four days leave, but l want to
get married to Madame X before l
start; she's my landlady, You know. Whom
do go to to get the affair attended to
light off I've no time 10 lose, you Sec
"Unsuspecting Sammy! He had no
idea Of the ancient formalities of our
French marriage laws, which make this
business more complicated than the solv-
ing of an equation Of the fourth dinen-
sion,
"'My dear Sammy said I, in France
we are not in the habit Of going about
this thing in a hurry. We regard mar
hinge as something TO be meditated over
for several years. We weigh the pros and
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dowboy like myself over here can get mar
rid and everything and it will not cost
him single Frensh Sue.
So l CUES you can see how much l
should worry about whethe9 girls back
home want to write me letters or not. II
they want to have there heros die without
sending them no word or a look or any
thing like that then we will die ahead and
YOU will not never hear no more words Of
compliant coming out from our seled lips.
Only someday there will come a pang of
remorce to you femails back home and
then you will say Oh why did trete him
thus, but it will be to late then and we
will be filling some heros grave over here
far away in far away Franse where the
daisies grow over our graves and there is
no one to drop a gentil tear over our
graves.
So good by, becaus I am going up to
the front next week and never again will
you be bothered off me. Only just one
dying request and that is that someday
when you amt got no Blue jaekits or
Lether necks to entertain that you will
sigh a quiet sigh for me and think of me
only as filling some heros grave way over
here. Farewell, BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-10-27
GOatShattersYa phank Bonnie SLOveDream

more. But 1 was only kidding about that
old pal becaus I been telling her all
about You and | bet that she would know
you if she just passed you on the street
any place and we amt got no secrets be-
tween us and told her all about what I
was making in the army and everything
like that.
So you better not be surprised Barney
at anything you hear becaus all bets are
off now old pal and if any of these Frogies
pop up and try to steel my little Marie
Bow Pope from me there will be battle
that will make the first battle Of the Marine
look like the charge up San Wan hill in
Cuba. 1 would just like to observe the
color Of the birds uniform that could take
that gal away from me- He would want
to be bigger than one of the Russian
grand dukes and have more nerve than the
Germin crown prinse.
Well old pal you know old Bonnie and
if its anything about wOmin I cues you
don't need to worry any about me. IL
there is anything about this sext that I
don't know they been kidding all Of US
boobs from Adam down.
/ must say, I kind Of feel sorry for
Gertie though. Well so long old pal.
BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-10-27
Baa! Baa! And a Beaut!
FRANSE
Wednesday

FRANSE
Wednesday
DEAR BARNEY: Well old pal got
great SCENE. met girl this morning
who has got flock Of sheep that she lets
eat out here In the country and must say
that she is certainly the most beautiful
woman that have ever saw In Franse,
and CUES that is saying some. And just
leve it to old Bonnie to knock her dead
and push her right offn the Cristmas tree.
Now my SCENE is this old pail am
going to take poor Old Dynamite out there
to the country where this Frensh kid is
and am going to let them lambs and
goats lie down together like the lamb and
the mouse in the Bible. And while am
improving my Frensh along side this hit
tie peach Dynamite will be grazing around
getting acquainted with her lambs and
getting fat and living offn the best Of the
land. l certainly will be killing two sheep
with one stone, eh Barney.
Say 1 even know this beautys name
Barney. 1t is Marie and must say that
is some wonderful name. 1t listens kind
Of Spanish but l CUES is pure Frensh and
it is awful musical when you pronounce
it in Frensh Like l do when 1 talk to her.
And I CUES maybe Gertie will wish that
she had not took no chances with me and
fooled around with lot of camafoged
birds when she hears about this little dame
Marie. I call her Bow Pepe after that old
The sun., 1918-10-27
A Bunch of Pangs for Gertie.


Tuesday
GEgTIE: This is just 10 tell you that l
am going up to the trenshes soon and that
] CUES wont ever come back again so
This is good by, are revore.
certainly never have asked no girl
vet TO write me letter if she didn't want
10 and certainly am not going to start
in now begging people to send me some
male 50 that I can be little happy be
fore l get killed for my country and for
thc people mail and femail who stay back
home and ware silk stockings and spend
there time entertaining Blue jackits and
people ike that who put on lot of gov.
scenery and trop around like they was
winning the war when Of cOrse it is only
the old Us soldiers who are doing that lit
tie thing. / wouldn't even suggest to no
eiIl in the whole world TO write me if she
didn't want TO, becaus in The first place
Franse has got more beautiful wimin than
3 BELGIUM polise dog has fees.
There is millunS Of them everywhere
and YOU can not even put ont Your hand
over here In Franse without touching the
most beautiful femail that you ever saw.
And they have got dow to. There is
milluns of them that viii Pay for the
whole wedding seremOny and there old
man will throw in the welding breakfast
and everything and a pfst,nding young
The sun., 1918-10-27
By FRAZIER HUNT,
Author Of Blown In by the Draft"
Monday

SOMEWHERE IN FRANSE
Monday
l. got Old Dynamite back last night
and must say that if the engineers don't
know any more about building trenshes
than they do about taking care Of goat
maseots that US cowboys is up against a
pretty tough game. Honest Barney you
wouldn't hardly know old Dynamite for
the shadow of his former self. Hes thin
and looks kinda worn and sad like and
CUES probably they been feeding him on
tent pegs and engineering instruments and
a lot of stuff they didn't have any use for.
Cues you remember Barney about me
writing you how bought Dynamite with
my hard earnt dow and how later he
rambled into the Majurs pet garden and
ct up all the fresh vegitibles and how the
Majur ordered me to kill Dynamite and
insed of doing it how I took him over to
Steve Gardner, who is private in B Com
pany Of the Engineers, to take care of I'M
til Gtllloping Bill Gained down. Well late
yesterday afternoon went over and got
Old Dynamite and CUES it was just as
we'll didn't wait no longer becaus if l had
there wouldn't a been nothing left of him
but his horns. As it was he wasn't moth
ing but bones and skin and little baaa
but Barney the old boy is sure still full
of fight. Say, he must of been some wild
goat in his day Barney becaus now after
being Starved and abused by the engineers
for three or four weeks he still had enough
pep to want to but the hand that fed him.
brung him on back to our company
but am keeping him kind of hid so that
the Majur wont run into him to soon. We
got him tied out behind the billet and got
some fresh green stuff that l borrowed
late last night from some Froggies garden
and you should ought to have seen Dyna-
mite go to it. I CUES it was the first green
thing outside Of Engineering Lutenants
that Dynamite has seen since he went over
there to live with them while he was in
disgrace. got an idea that in three or
four days of good feeding that he will be
his old self again and then it will be wowe
10 tue man who flirts with him. Anybody
that thinks he can make free with Old
Dynamite never seen him In. action that is
what mean Barney.
must say old pal that I am certainly
getting a little discussed with Gertie. I
CUES she is so busy entertaining lot of
leather Necks and Blue jackits that she
has not got no time to write any letters
TO soldiers who are offering themselves to
get killed way over here in Franse. l
have not got any male from her for a
oople of weeks now and if she thinks that
she can pull that tempermentil stuff on me
she has got the wrong idea of what the
army is. I would like to see the false
teeth Of the dame who could get by with
that ruff stuff on a Us solder especially
one who has been in the service for almost
q year and know more about fighting
Germins that all the Blue jackits who
ever wore there trousers upside down put
together.
Well old pal, bone swor, as We say in
Frcnsh. BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-10-27

FRANsh
Friday
BARNEY: Well don't care whether the
people back home subscrib for that six
billun Of Liberty bonds or not-Im done
with this war business and all / want to
do is to get arm shot off or something
like that and get it over with and be sent
home. I'm tired and sick Of being made
sucker of by these natif people over here.
Well as l wrote you yesterday | met
little dame that amt nothing but
sherpedis of some sheep and lambs and
said to myself Well here will be good
chanse to learn some Frensh, so l made
date with her to come out where she had
her sheep and to bring Ole Dynamite
along and l was going to let Dynamite
eat some grass and get nice and fat while
l talked Frensh to this natif girl.
Well along in the afternoon l started
down the rode leading Dynamite and
pretty soon l come across this dame
Marie, and there she was along side OF
the rode with her sheep and a lot of lambs
and she had crooked stick over her arm
and then she had one of these Belgium
police looking dogs that was running all
around dizzy as new Sccund Lutenant.
So I sat down and we started talking
and I said Bone jar Madamoisel and abe
said Bon jar Mosure and then We got
going pretty good and everything was ok
and just about this time this damn dog
Of hers come up and begun teasing Dyna-
mite. Well for quite awhile Dynamite
went on about his business eating grass
and didn't pay no attentun to this dog
OF all but after this animal had tcased
him for about ten minutes Dynamite rose
up and started head down for this dog.
Well 1 was kind Of busy right at this
time talking Frcnsh to this dame Marie
and when Dynamite run he pulled the rope
out of my hand and then hellsfre COM
menced to pop. He run after that dog
for awhile and then he got tired and l
CUES he was seeing red he was so mad and
then he begun humping into these sheep
of this danes and pretty soon there was
Some sheep and goat and dog battle
there, l want to say right now. Well In
the mix up some of them new born lambs
rot killed guess and Dynamite run that
dog until his tonge was hanging out way
behind his hind legs.
Then Dynamite began running them
sheep and before the day was done he had
EN- chased all over that part of Franse,
and there was the dead and the dying
and the named and the halted everywhere
as far as the eyes could reach.
Well you can talk about your DANES
being sore Barney you should ought to
have saw this girl Marie. She didn't do
a thing but go right up TO my Majur and
tell him that I had sickcd Dynamite on
her sheep and that he had killed three
lambs and they was worth % franks
apeace. Then the Maiur sent for me and
what he said must have give even him a
headach. And when it was all over he
made me kick in 70 franks to That dame
for them dead lambs she CLAIMED Dyna-
mite killed but I know Just passed away
from heart failure and the heat. Think
of that Barney, 70 franks pretty near
Is bucks in real money.
Talk about Liberty Bonds TO me. If l
had one I would sell it for two bucks Mex
and buy some poison with the dow and
feed it to that sheep dog of this danes
Fine war, is what I mean, don't think.
Yours for piece at any price, BENNrE.
The sun., 1918-10-27

kid story but she don't make me very well,
but 1 and she certainly do understand each
other even if we cant talk much together.
Oh you Marie, Barney. Oh you little
Frensh Bow Pope. BENNIE.
The sun., 1918-10-27
Bonnie "Sines Up" for a Date.

Bonnie "Sines Up" for Date.
FRANsE
Thursday
friend BARNEY; In a cople Of hours I
am going to take Old Dynamite out to
Craze Barney and while he is grazing 1
will be talking to about the most beautiful
piece of feminanity in all Franse. Boy
she is there like the American army
Nothing can stop that dame, at least while
she running on my private line.
1 just got done seeing her early this
morning and give her bow like she was
some femail Prinse or something like that
and then I went up to her and told her
in Frensh that was coming out to see
her this afternoon and made my date
and everything is all fixed up. Of corse she
cant understand me very good yet but the
way We get along with this sine stuff is
something wonderful Barney.
and she is certainly going to hit it off
like couple of humming pigeons old pal
and by the progress that we are making
we will be telling our real names and ex-
changing addresses in about two days
The sun., 1918-10-27
Mama, Meet Mile. Marie.
YMCA HUT, FEANsE
Wednesday

mama, meet vile. uAties
YMCA HUT, FEANsE
Wednesday
DEAR MANA: Well Mama I met an
awful nice Frensh girl over here the other
day and certainly wish that you could
see her Mama. You would fall right in
love with her tell you and bet it would
not be more than three minutes before
both of you would be thinking the world
Of each other.
OF corse Mama there is nothing so very
awful serious between I and Marie yet
but she sure is just about the finest girl
that have ever saw yet. You would like
these natif Frensh girls Mama if you only
knew them and you would say that Ameri-
can boys who did not trete them nice GER
tanly had something wrong in there domes.
They have got the looks Mama and they
are awful kind and lots of them has got
dow TO burn. Gee wish that you could
see Marie. Maybe you will some day
Mama.
Well I am awful busy right now trying
to improve my Frensh Mama and CUES
that in a cople Of weeks more that I will
be able to parley this stuff just as good as
any natif around here. There is only one
way to lerne Frensh Mama, ha ha Mama.
By by Mama and lots Of love Your sol
der boy, BENNT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-22
coASTWISE STEAMER AT GULF
PORT HAD BRUSH WITH SUI

A GULF PORT, June pa coast
wise passenger steamship which ar
rived here late yesterday encountered
a German submarine at ! 80 p. m. last
Saturday off the coast of South Caro-
lima, it was learned today, but made
good her escape because of superior
speed and her wireless calls for help,
which apparently forced the sub
mersible to give up the chase.
Officers of the steamer sighted the
submarine as It came to the surface
less than a mile off the port bow. 1t
was started full speed for the ship,
at the same time diving. The steamer
Immediately was put on a zigzag
course and when the submarine came
70 the surface again II was nearer, but
for some reason did not fire. Wireless
calls for help were being sent out
rapidly and the U-boat quickly gave
UP the chase. apparently fearing the
appearance Of patrol vessels.
Only two passengers were aboard
the steamer
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CIRCUIT COURT
ADJOURNS TODAY

The term Of the circuit court of Is
Gambia county has about concluded lis
labors for the spring term, Judge Camp
bell will hold a session this morning to
clear up any odds and en:s that may
come up.
The people Of Escambia County, il
was stated by those attending the ses-
sions, are to oe congratulated by the
manner in which Judge Campbell facil-
itated the work, and commentator is
due attaches Of his court. And by
putting throulh the criminal and civil
cases speedily, the county was saved
money.
About the last case to be passed
upon was that Of NJ c. BoIey against
Emmons, in which a verdict was rem
dered in favor of the defendant. 1t
was an eiectment suit, involving some
land disputes.
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Keel of First 9,000-Ton
Ship Laid at Pensacola
Continued From Page one.)

ed for both angles and plates and held
in readiness for the actual work of
ship building. Large numbers Of ship
workers have been brought here and
the force Of skilled mechanics will be
greatly increased during the next few
weeks.
While the Officials O. the local plant
are very reticent concerning the pos
sihility Ct Pensacola carrying off the
laurels in the several contests which
the various YarGs arc conducting in
connection with ship building, experts
Who have closely followed the work
already done here predict that this
plant will lead the country and that the
FIST ship VIII go into the water long
before the contract date. which is De-
cembCr 4.
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U. S. GUARDS
IN NEED OF MEN

Few men apply for enlistment in
the United States Guards, and it is be
lieved by the force at the local Army
Recruiting Station that most men do
not understand this branch OF the
service.
For enlistment in the United States
Guards men must be between the ages
of 81 and Il and unregistered in the
draft. EX soldiers, sailors and marines
are especially urged to enlist in this
branch, also men with experience as
policemen, flremen, etc. Men who have
had PREVIOUS service in the regular
army. and have been discharged as
missioned officers can be &C
cepted over the age of Al.
All men applying for enlistment in
this branch # the service must pass a
physical examination before being ac-
cepted.
All men accepted will be stationed
at, or, as near their homes as possible.
The pay and allowances are the same
as for the regular army.
For further information apply at
room 205 second floor, American Ma
ticnal Bank building.
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CHAMPIONS AND READY FOR STAMP
LOCALS WILL PLAY DRIVE DURING THE
A CAME SUNDAY WEEK IN ALL PARTS

The Liberty Legion generals. J. F.
Peele and Morris Bear. Of the War
Saving Stamp Campaign, have APP
pointed their colonies.
General Peele of the treasury di-
vision. announces the following as his
colonies:
Hunter Brown, Of the Signal Corps;
John y. Merritt of the quartermaster
Corps T. J. Hanlon, Jr.. Flying Corps:
w. II. Watson. Rapid Fire Corps:
James A. White, Rapid Fire CORPS and
c. w. Parker, Esprit de Corps.
Colonies Named.
General Morris Bear announces his
colonels as follows:
r. w. Speed. department OF Trans
portation and \. r. Barkdull; J. G.
Holtzclaw; w. \. Ray: Monroe J. Elk
an and Samuel Pasco
Two OF the offers Of this legion.
which is also designated tha -ena.fl
utilities companies have constituted
themselves commands $ q the o. ros-
ing divisions of the legion. and a sood
natured rivalry has developed fer su-
rremacy in bri3S.i.S in the hl re-
suits
They VIII go tn The v--s The east
and every othc" f~C:t. 80 G@ip- ms
chimes and IN ard oat. a3 n oPnl and
through. 10 oljtrcna,al- the oll8er.
CT.ccrs Must Rcpors.
1t was anouuccd ht ateas"a tterve.,
Hancock and Godfrey last right that
all of the colonies and their -apt2ins
must report TO their generals Tues
day mornin@ az 9 O'Clock in tn asdi-
torium OF the san Carlos Hotel and
then march to the rcepectiro sectors.
Navy Flyers Irtercet~-
So much interest has %een shown
by the aviators at the naval air sta
tion in the War Saving stamp work
that It has boon found necessary to
form a new division. known as the
aviation division. These mon an
nounce they want to do their bit"
Mailing Commissions.
Commissions are now being mailed
to all officers and the generals urge
their colonels 70 report % Phone 800
-''e names of the CAPTAINS they have
selected.
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..UhDOCUMEhTED
VESSELS NUMBERED

Under an order Issued by the presi-
dent June I, all undocumented vessels
must be numbered and recorded This
is the order, following that OF the
president, which was issued recently
by tile department Of Commerce and
Labor, and which has a particular
local appl:caticn:
June IA, 1918.
To Require Numbering and Recording
OF UudOcumcuted Vessels.
on June Z. 1918. the President signed
the act to require the numbering and
recording OF unducumcnted vessels.
The purpose o. this law is to give
the government closer supervision over
the use Of these small! vessels on nav1-
gable waters Of the United States and
make it possible to identify the owners
CT such Boats.
Owners OF Undocumented motor
boats Should apply ii the course of a
fortnight to the Collector of Customs
Of the district in which they reside
for these numbers which will be is
sued as soon as the printed forms are
received.
While the penalty fer failure to car
ry tnese RUNNERS does not apply until
SIX months after the passage of the
act the numbers Will be awarded at
cnCe on applicatioI. Of the owners.
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CONvALEsCENTS
GIVEN LONG DRIVE

Convalescents from the Naval Air
Station and Fort Barrancas were
given delightful ride yesterday af-
ternOon under the auspices of the Wo-
mems Committee of the War Camp
Community Service Miss Fannie
Aiken had charge of the arrangements.
The convaIescents were entertained
by Mr.. w. S. Keyser at his home on
the Bayshore. Delightful refresh
ments were served.
Automobiles were furnished by Miss
Vera Green, Mrs. Heron D'Alemberte.
Mrs. F. w. Wentworth. Mrs. J. b. Nc
Neill Mrs. J. II. Sheriff., Mrs. Walter
Norman, Mrs. Max Bear. Mrs. J. Il. Nc
Lane, G. IT. Hayes and Reverend
Melville f. Johnson.