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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24
~ Orchard Homes.

: The dinner given by the Orchard
Homes Social circle at the clubhouse
last Tuesday evening, was counted a
great success. Covers were laid for 35
members and guests. Mrs. III. S.
Bates presided as toast mistress and
called upon all the gentlemen present
for . few words Of greeting. Each one
expressed his appreciation Of the good
accomplished by the Social circle in
the interests Of the Orchard Homes
Country Life club and said in effective
phrases his 'Thank YOU for the en-
tertainment OF the evening. A vocal
solo was rendered by Miss Irving with
accompaniment played by Mrs.
SchOOnOver, also saxaphone solo
played by Shelley f. Schoonover with
piano accompaniment. An informal
social session concluded the evening
with music furnished by Miss Irving
and +. j. Erfert.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24

University Of Montana were guests at
the home OF President and Mrs. f. o.
Sisson on Maurice avenue Friday eve-
ming. Faculty members, Professor and
Mrs. +. C. Scheuch, Mrs. X. w. jane
son, dean of university women, and DR..
X. H. Jesse, dean OF men were invited to
participate with the students in the
happy function. A buffet supper was
served, Mrs. Scheuch assisting Mrs.
Sisson IN pouring coffee at the service
table. The four young women gradu-
ating from the home science course.
Misses Beth Barrows, Vera Black,
Esther Larson and Nora Kapp, also
assisted Mrs. Sisson in serving the COM
pany OF 65 young people. The class
colors of red and white were used with
flowers and ribbons for decorative pur-
poses while the class numeral, 1918,
hung over the supper table in red. The
ev ening was concluded with games
and music.
Easter Ball.
The Order of Railway Conductors
and the ladies' auxiliary will give their
annual Easter ball Tuesday evening,
April 2. The event will be held at Elite
hall.
A Birthday.
Miss Helen Putney was hostess at
a birthday party on Monday afternoon
at her home on South Fifth street west,
celebrating her seventh anniversary.
| She had the members of the Little
Girls Knitting club with a few other
friends making a company of Is to sit
about the tea table, where pink and
white place favors shared honors with
bouquets OF pussy willows that had
been gathered from the river bank.
For Miss Snyder.
A group OF friends gathered at the
home of Miss Nellie Snyder Tuesday
evening to celebrate her seventeenth
birthday. The evening was spent with
knitting, games and music. with re-
freshments served by Mrs. J. A. Miller,
sister of Miss Snyder. Many pretty
gifts were received by the guest OF
honor, including a shower of post
cards from the clerks Of the Woolworth
store, Those present were Misses
Jewell Dennis, Eunice Fernald, Gale
Rogers. Cora Kennedy, Margaret Stick
ney, Zelpha Dennis, Margaret Snyder
and Daisy Snyder; Messrs. James Mil
tler, Fernald and Snyder.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24
W. r. c. Does Honor.

The local post of the Womans Relief
corps paid honor last Tuesday after
noon in special session to Mrs. Mary
Hellinser of Bozcman, Mont, depart
ment president Of w. II. C., and to Mrs.
Fields White, IA member of the corps
who will leave early lin April with Mr..
White for their new home in Nebraska.
Mrs. j, l., James spoke for the corps,
presenting a handsome linen lunch
cloth to Mrs. Hellnser as visiting
officer; while Mrs. 7. c. l.. Moeller,
president of local post, made pres
entation speech. giving a set of spoons
in community silver to Mrs. White as
a remembrance of Missoula.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams Entertain.

Mr.. and Mrs, Williams Entertain.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Williams enter
tanned Il company of friends at their
home on Toole avenue. with music.
dancing, a game Of cards and a chilli
supper. Guests from out of the city
were Mrs. Ira Clark Of Abortion and
Mrs. A. NJ. Benjamin OF Filler, Idaho.
Other guests present were Messrs. and
Mesdamcs l.. STEERS, T.. j. Freund,
Harry Blakney, l.. +. Dore. II. II,
Stevens, Clyde CARRIER, w. +. Hanson,
b. w. Jemison, Frank Taylor: Mes
danes A. h. Frazier j. l. Ratney,
Carrie Maher, Clara Gingras. Fred
Caine, Maymee Game, Schmidt, War
wick. Blay. Brill, Denton, Moore, Har-
low and c. Il. Newton.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24
Maraudprs Invade.

1t was discovered that the Orchard
Homes Country Life club building had
been forcibly entered and damages
done at some time between March Is
and March 10. This has been done be-
fore. but the matter was kept quiet.
Club members have now decided to
keep the clubhouse under surveillance
and to have prosecuted to the full ex-
tent Of the law any person found tam
pering with the locks or injuring club
paraDhernalia
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24

Seniors Are Guests.
Members Of the senior class Of the,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24
Shower for Bride. Elect.

Miss Gertrude Hassler and Miss
Florence White were hostesses last
Monday evening at the home OF Miss
tHa4sler on South Third street, the oc-
casion being a shower for Miss Ruth
White. bride elect. Misses Mary Con-
Ion, Gladys Olson, Marian Dundas, Jo-
sephine Moore, Irene White. Mollie
KeArney, Katherine Riddle, Ann Olsen,
Katherine Mills, Coral Willis, Mrs. C..
G. White and Mrs. w. N. Hassler
Joined In presenting great basket Of
choice and acceptable pieces Of linen
and silver with the best wishes for the
happlness OF the young couple. Miss
White left Friday for Palo Alto, Cal,
where she viii be married on March
IS to DR.. Marco Hanson. formerly of
tho Northern Pacific railway hospital
In this city and now first lieutenant
In the medical corps at Camp Fremont,
Cal.
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A. You Like Il Club.

Mrs. Allen G. Fuller will be hostess
for the AS You Like 1t club Tuesday
afternoon, at her home, 239 South Sixth
street, east. The program will include
q paper upon Russian Art and Art
lists" by Mrs. Hugh Sloane, with select
ed readings from Russian drama by
Mrs. NJ. J. Elrod.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24
Orchard hemss wom.n's Club.

The Orchard Homes Womans club
will meet in regular session next
Wednesday afternoon at $50 o'clock,
at ihe home Of Mrs. Joseph st. Ger
main, on South Third street. The pro-
gram topic will be 1.-THE Modern Play"
with Mrs. ]. c. De Jarnette program
leader.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-24

Easter Ball.
The Order of Railway Conductor.
and the ladies' auxiliary will give thei
annual Easter ball Tuesday evening
April 2. The event will be held at Elit,
hall.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25

In France the American soldier is
allowed to drink the light wines and
a good many Of the boys are pretty
frank with their francs in this re-
spect.
AS a rule you can get hold of a
bottle of wine but candy and sweets
are very scarce. A fairly good bottle
of port wine may be bought for a
ten franc note. We miss u little
sweets we used to buy in the States.
When we ask the old Frenchman
at the counter for chocolate, five
times out of ten he answers, Gin
nee." "Finsh?" you ask, "Oui, oui,"
he SAYS. And that is about as far as
the conversation goes unless you
have a little knowledge of French.
Those of the boys who remember
their Latin can often make them
selves understood as the Frenchman
knows Latin too.
I have not had a letter from the
States since l came over. Trust the
mail will be coming in in a few days.
Private S. B. Townes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
MIR. Paul Cogburn Writes Inter-
esting Letter From Camp.
Camp Gordon, Ga,
September Is, 1918.

Dear Mr.. Minis:
I have been wanting to write to
YOU ever since 1 got here but l have
been so busy. We don't have any
time to write much.
l get up every morning at 5:2o
o'clock and am on the go all day long
drilling. l hate to get up so early. l
get UP every morning rubbing my
eyes, so sleepy can hardly hold
them open. We have breakfast at SIX
o'clock and then go out and drill un-
til eleven-thirty. We come in and eat
dinner at 1900, then go out on the
drill ground again until 4:3O. Then
we come back to barracks and have
retreat and supper at 500. We nave
about half an hour and then study
hour at until 9 o'clock. We have to
be in bed by 9:45 so you ian see l
haven't much time to write.
l have just finished reading your
paper and l enjoyed reading 1t. l
went to Atlanta yesterday afternoon
and wanted to stay until this after
noon. but l had a skin. They call a
loa,or;+ - c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
Private Geo. M. Kilgore.
Earl Prince Writes to His
Mother From France.
August 90, 1918.
Ny Dear Mama:

My Dear Mama:
l know you think that Pm not go
ing to write to you any more, but
have not had a chance to write for
the last few days. This leaves me
we'll and doing fine and hope it will
find you all the same.
We landed in France all right and
I like it fine. We were in England
when I wrote to you before. hope
you got it all right. l would like it
better here if l could tell what the
people say. 1t looks so funny to see
them trying to make us understand
what they are saying.
How is Son getting on? Fine, l
hope. | wonder if he is still at Colum-
bia and l certainly hope he has been
home before now if he is. How are
Olive and the others getting on? ]
guess John Henry is doing some SEM
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
Letter to Mrs. G. M. Bailey
From Her Soldier Son.

Dear Mama and Home Folks
l am writing to you to let you hear
from me. l am fine and hope you are,
too.
Don't worry about me for l am
all right and trying to do my best.
We sleep fine and have plenty to eat.
1 am trying to make a good soldier.
Of course it would be great pleasure
for me to be at home with you all
but l love my country and freedom.
l am trusting God with all.
Just as 1 was bidding Papa good
bye" at the depot, Mr.. j. l.. Minis
handed me a nice little bag contain
ing so many useful things. This was
from the dear ladies of Edgefield.
l am in the artillery and like my
officers so much. They r kind and
nice to me. l am now in my uniform.
It fits nicely and l wish you could
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
Grady Manson Has Arrived
Overseas.
August 16, 1918.
Somewhere in France.
Somewhere in France.

My Dear Mother:
l wonder how you all are at home
today. All right, l hope. l am getting
on fine and taking things as they
come.
l made the trip across all right. I
was not even sea sick. In fact | en-
ioyed it all the way. We were in Eng
land several days. We passed through
several large cities and saw q good
bit of the country. l liked it fine.
Large crowds came out everywhere
as we passed.
We are now in France. From what
l have seen 1 like it fine. Where we
are going or how long we will be here
l do not know.
Have you heard from Winton late
ly? l am going to write to him and
hope I will get to see him some time.
l guess by the time you get this
the old sunny South will be getting
white. 1 hope the crops are good.
am in good spirits and anxious
to get after the Huns now. Will be
glad when the time m to get a
chance at them. l don't think it will
take us long to finish it up when we
get started.
l won't write much this time but
will write you more later. Listen, did
YOU ever hear from Lois? | suppose
YOU have. Mama, you must write me
as much as you can. l will rl"e"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
A Group Of Interesting Letters From Our
Soldier Boys.

see your old boy in his khaki suit. All
of the Edgefeld boys are separated
except Earl Hammond and me.
l took my incubation once and 1t
made me right sick. On Monday
had my life insured to you and Papa
as l thought it best in case of trouble
ahead.
Do you all have family prayer as
I requested? l have three Bibles.
carry the one you gave me in my
pocket and read it regularly.
l am so anxious to hear from home.
Well, I must close. Tell Robert and
Leon to write and you all write, too
Take care Of your dear self, Mama
Remember me to all the friends,
white and colored.
May God abide with you all IS my
prayer.
Your loving soldier son,
John Tillman Bailey.
Battery B, 9rd Regt., F. A. F. D.
Columbia, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25

--~rp."S uP Tile
floor, peeling onions and potatoes
and I wouldn't get back to Atlanta
in a month.
ne have about a thousand men up
here. l see Stanley Crews nearly ev-
cry day. I think he likes it up here
fine. I like the place fine, too, but
they don't fail to work you. l don't
mind that a bit, though.
We all can't have easy places now.
Someone has got to bear the burden
of this war and when l say I am one
of the boys to help win this wan |
am honest in it. l hope some day to
be back at home with you all and l
will be able, l hope, to tell more than
I am able to write.
Well, news is ear so | will close
for this time as | don't want to bore
you to death.
I am going to walk over to Cham
blee, a station about a mile from
I'M for exercise, so l will be able
to- stand the work tomorrow. l had
q shot in my arm yesterday and it is
swollen up today but l hope it will
be all O. X. tomorrow. | have got
two more to take on yet and | sup
pose the last one will put me in the
hospital but l hope not.
With my kindest regards to you all
I will bring this letter to a close.
Your friend,
Paul Cogburn.
18th Co. c. o. T. S.
Camp Gordon, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25

I will write you a few lines to let
YOU hear from me. Am Somewhere
in France" and getting on fine.
e. This is certainly a beautiful piece
of country, and you a "bet your
life" we U. S. A. boys are going to
help the French keep it.
Well, Mr.. Minis, l have seen a
few wounded soldiers and a few Ger
man prisoners but it doesn't brighten
us boys to see a few wounded SOL
diers every once in a while.
l received your card a short while
ago but just haven't had time to
answer it. I know you will pardon me.
The people are very smart and &C
tive over here. They have good land.
They work it well and make good
crops of grain and food stuifs. The
women folks take the places of men
on the farm and also in other things.
They certainly treat the soldier
boys nicely. They do all they can to
teach US the French language. Of
course we teach them ours in return.
But | tell you right now, the hardest
thing we have hit since we came over
here is to learn the French language.
Please send me d paper some time.
I hardly ever get to see an American
paper. l get to see plenty of French
but ! can't read them very we'll.
Write and tell me all the news.
With best wishes to you and all my
friends, l am,
Sincerely,
Private Geo. NJ. kilgore.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
MIR. -Townes Writes From
France.
France.
August Is, 1918.

Editor The Advertiser:
a few days ago a detachment OF
E men were sent up near the front
TO do a little electrical work in a
village behind the lines. In going
there we traversed a portion Of re-
gained territory and what was mo
mans land" The fighting in some
places was terrific. Small trees were
shot to shreds while the larger ones
had their trunks pierced and branch
es broken.
Around No Mans Land wheat
fields, u~nharvested, lay rotting by the
acre. In these fields, covered in the
shell holes, shell-reaped harvests of
men. too, rot away. Aside from the
traffic on the roads there is no sign
of life-not even a bird or an insect
to be
Several small towns were 'demolish-
ed by Allied fire in driving the Ger
mans back. When a village or section
is out Of danger of the enemy's guns
the civilian populace moves in again.
One old lady with a pack on her
shoulders and her child walking down
the street of a certain little town now
out of the danger zone, stopped at
the doorway Of her old home and
laid down her pack. 1t had been a
long while since she left it-before
a certain Hun drive. Now on return
ing she stood before a pile of stones
and crumbling building on all sides.
With the innate fortitude of her peo-
pie she gathered up her belongings
without a murmur and with her
child went on her way to find a lodg-
ing for the night.
Comparing the Frenchman with
the American we must yield to him
in the matter of economy. He is econ
omv personifed. He utilizes the chaff
from the wheat and the odor from
the roses. But it seems that what he
saves in means and material he loses
in time for he takes his own good
time about his work.
He must have his drink, too, from
champagne to coffee, according as
his pocketbook is flush or flat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
Mrs. Fannie PeeIer Receives
Letter From Husband in
France.
August II, 1918.
Sunday evening.

SollNcs
NV Dear Wife:
l received your kind and welcome
letter this afternoon and was more
than glad to know that you are well.
l Just got back from the trenches
Saturday morning and l was certain
ly glad to get back to camp for did
MT feel safe up there at all. | think
it will be some time before we go
back to the trenches for we are going
to take some more training before
going back. l hope by that time the
war will be over and | can come back
home.
Tell Mother Burnett that l will
send her one of those cards in my
next letter for l can't get any OF
them lust now. I would have sem
her n when ! sent you and Jamie
one but couldn't get the kind | want
ed.
l want you to send me one of the
baby's pictures just as soon as you
can for l am anxious to see n OF
them. I haven't seen Jimmie since
got bacl from the trenches but will
go to Sc m just the first chance
get.
Fannie, write as soon as you hear
from Tomm;~ "~i
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
Mr.. w. F. Manson Writes
From France to His Moth
ef.
August 9, 1918.

My Dear Mother:
Your letter of the 9Th of July was
received On August 7th, this making
the second received from you since
arriving. l was so glad to hear from
YOU and to know you were in such
good spirits.
l was somewhat uneasy about your
health and was certainly relieved to
know you were all right. Of course
I know you are not strong at your
best. | am also so glad to know that
Papa is all right. 1 know "Bubber'
will do his best and | feel proud that
my beloved, parents have someone to
be with them. l do hope he will be
able to stay with you through the
war for | know he is the only son
left. If he were not needed at home
! would say for him to go the front.
l think two out of three sons should
be enough, and a just share to fur
nish.
l am glad to hear that the crops
are doing nicely. 1t will mean SO
much to all if we have a good yield
from the crops. 1 guess Papa and
"Bubber" are having some rest now.
II know they appreciate it after a
hard summers work.
Mother, I was at the front when
1 received your letter and now l am
at a rest camp. When the mail came
to us we were eating supper. BY the
way, the upyr was cooked by an
old Edgefield boy, Walter Crifis, he
being the mess orderly for my Sec
ton at the time. We draw u rations
on the front very differently from the
way we do in the rest camps.
Two other boys from home are
in my company whom you know be-
| sides Walter Grif1is. They are Gordon
Johnson and Bill Byrd. All are doing
fine and they make good soldiers.
! There is also another in the company
whom l had forgotten. He is a son of
Mr.. Whit Dorm. / am not as personal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
Mr.. j. B. Reel Writes From
France.
August %, 1918.

Dear Mother:
I guess you got that notice and
my letters. We landed safely IN
France and l am feeling fine.
Don't worry about me for l will
come back home all right. We have
lots Of boys over here to help. l
wish l could write you all the news
but they won't let us. will come
back and tell it to you instead. l nave
not met a boy yet that l knew, but
1 guess l will.
We are having lovely weather. If
1 could only speak French it would
be lots of help. All the buildings are
made of rock. l didn't like the first
CITY we landed in but l like this one
much better.
I hope all are well at home. Now
don't worry about me for | will take
good care of myself and come home
safely.
With lots of love,
Your son,
]. B.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25

Well, as I have no new l will close
for this time. Don't worry about me,
for Pm all right. Pm just as well
cared for as l can be. The govern
mcnt is certainly doing all they can
to take care of US. So don't you wor-
ry. l will write just as often as can.
Lovingly,
Earl.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25

mall IMAM you do for l write you two
letters every week. Well, l will close.
With love to you all.
Your loving husband,
E. E. Peeler.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25

ing now.
Have you all decided what you are
going to do another year? hone Won
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Berlin Report
Claims Capture
OF II Americans
American Casualties North
of Toul Heavy; Asser-
ton Doubted

LONDON, March 2.--rwelve Amer
cans were captured in the raid on the
American line northwest of Toul yes
terday, Berlin announced officially to-
day. The statement also asserted that
the American casualties were heavy.
Doubts on the correctness of the
enemy claim of prisoners were ex.
pressed here in view of a dispatch from
correspondent with the American
army, which said at the most the Ger
mans might have taken two or three
men from a listening post, and it was
thought no men had been captured.
The part Of the German official state
ment dealing with the operations on
the American front was AS follows:
Between the Meuse and the Moselle
infantry, accompanied by pioneers,
penetrated the enemy trenches north
east of Seicheprey. Americans who
were manning the trenches suffered
heavy casualties and lost twelve pris-
oners."
The French official statement of last
night said that at two points Germans
specially trained for raids had come in
contact with American infantry, in
both cases the enemy suffering heavy
loss, the Americans taking prisoners
and maintaining their lines intact
These two points referred to may be
the Toul sector and the Chemin -des-
Danes sector (whcre two columns of
Germans were elected from the trenches
after ten Americans and a few French
had been captured), or the statement
may mean there was a double attack on
the all-American lines in Lorraine not
otherwise reported.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-03
Germans Cut Off Petrograd:
Capture Kiev; u. S. Plans
No Interference in Siberia
Rumanian Farley
Has Failed, Paper
In Berlin Reports

AMSTERDAM, March 2.-Ac-
cording to the "Vossische Zei-
tung," of Berlin, the peace nego-
tiations at Bucharest, Rumania,
have failed. St is understood
King Ferdinand's reply to the
Central Powers was unsatisfac-
tory.
Other German newspapers say
the negotiations were interrupted
because DR.. Won kuhlmann and
Count Czernin, respectively Ger
man and Austro-Hungarian For
eign Ministers, had been sum-
moned to Brest-Litovsk. A semi
official statement issued in Berlin,
however, denied that they had left
the Rumanian capital.