Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
VAUDEVILLE AND
MOVIES FOR BOYS
WITH U. 5. ARMY
Knights Of Columbus Plan This
Form Of Amusement for
Every Division in
France.

A movie and vaudeville theater.
sporting goods emporium and canteen,
all on wheels--that's what the Knights
of Columbus are going to have with
every American army division in
France.
Stars and Stripes, official publica
ton of the American expeditionary
forces, in late issue reports that 10
of these triplicate JOY bringers are
ready to move out now, and will pro-
eeed to their destinations as soon as
official travel permits the secretaries
to cross. The army organ gives these
details OF the program:
Mounted on auto trucks and trailers,
each one of the outfits is going to
move under its own power wi .ther il
iisteth, with tent, three secretaries, a
movie machine, boxing gloves and
base ball outfits aboard.
Once arrived at divisional area
whether up front or in the rear
doesn't matter--the secretary in
charge is going to pick out the most
convenient place to dump the whole
thing; and within half a day thereafter
he and his helpmates land the oCds
are he will not lack for them) will
have the whole blooming Touring
circus ready to do business at the
same new stand.
Then, when the division moves, all
that the secretary and his assistants
will have to do will be to dump all
their stuff on the auto trucks and
trailers again, fall In in their proper
station in the line and move with the
division. The division simply can't
lose 'em, so long as the gas and the
tires hold out and the boche shells
don't connect with the paraphernalia
of les Chevaliers de Colonb, as the
natives call them.
The way divisions are moving for
ward it seems to be a pretty fairly
logical way to solve the hut problem,
say the Knights OF Columbus men.
Canteen Attached.
While this Knights of Columbus
department-store-afoat, this caravel
of cheer, will have regular canteen
attached, nothing in that canteen--
smokes, sweets, paper, reading matter
and what-not--is to be sold. What
ever the Knights of Columbus has is
going to be given away. There may
not be an awful lot, but there'll be
enough to go once around every time
the outfit comes around. And the
Knights OF Columbus further declares
that II proposes to stick to that until
the kaiser's future abode becomes a
.fit place to put skating rink.
As for the men who will man these
portable huts Gents, rather), the
Knights OF Columbus authorities plan
TO send, as far as possible, the same
men to the same divisions--that Is, to
have the secretaries who looked out
for certain divisions back in the states
90 right along up with their old
charges. incidentally, the Knights of
Columbus announce that, until further
'noiiee, they are going to have an aver
age OF so secretaries landing in France
each week.
As far as entertainment goes, the
Knights are going to specialize on
athletics. particularly boxing.
The Knights, on principle, are not
going to send any women workers
into the field. They are going to
specialize on secretaries and chap
lains. With this exception, however,
Ruth Roland and Mary Pickford have
promised to send the movie depart
incnt new films Of themselves every
month. And Secretary Charles Ber-
gen, who persuaded the two women
TO do so, further announces that Mack
Sennetts Keystone bathing girls will
also be over (by proxy, by proxyD,
as will q certain hitherto unheard-of
Anglo-American by the name of
Charles ]. Chaplin.