Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-07
SHRAPNEL.
SideLghts. on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

There is less disease in the Ameri-
can Army than any other
Sales of mourning material are less
in England than they were before the
war started. From this it is Judged
that British women do not believe in
Haunting their grief for lost loved
ones.
This is about BARRIERS The Army
tonsorlal artist is compared to the
civilian:
civilian and military BARRIERS is the
latter. Instead of gently altering the
position of the head. as the civilian
barber does. the military barber
"shoves" ones head about with a
sort, of fiendish ferocity. and drags a
comb through the hair in most pain
full manner. forcibly reminding his
victims that they left the comforts
of civiliZat ton. and. don't forget it.
are now in the Army?
IAN Army barber never seems in a
hurry. He will lather your face. ana
then proceed to discuss the latest
racing and foot ball news with wait
ing customers until the soap has dried,
and YOU begin to despair of ever
really getting shaved. lie will then
lathcr it again, and you are shaved
cur while he pauses for breath every
now and then during the conversa-
ton.
The Germans have failed to strike
terror to the hearts of sailors by
their ruthless submarine methods.
Many sailors have had their vessels
sunk beneath them several times. but
they always volunteer for new voy-
ages.
Discussing soldiers and the impor-
lance of marching. one soldier at the
front said:
that is why trains We're invented. For
n soldier can do without them. and
he is not a soldier until he can. What
then is the difference between walk
ing and marching which makes of
trains. trans and traction engines
almost superf1uity? 1t is simply this.
y platoon. a company. a battalion on
The road is not merely collection of
men. 1t is more to be compared with
an eight-oared boat with each man
swinging in time and rhythm. When
YOU have this feeling of combinedLac
ton about unit on the march you
have something which will make a
cemetery of Inilestones, and will not
find its own cemetery in the doing of
it."
Church authorities in Berlin be-
moan the steady decrease in the num-
Der of worshipers. In four years
nearly twelve thousand persons, who
could have remained if they wished,
have withdrawn their memberships
from both Protestant and Catholic
churches.
In all allied countries women are
sure to assume an important part in
commercial life after the war. In
England the woman commercial tray-
eler is so efficient that she always will
remain. though before the war this
was considered a vocation unsuited to
women. 1t is recalled that Germany
prepared thousands of commercial
travellers before the war and when the
men We're called TO the colors Euro
pean neutral countries were f1ooded
by German goods sold by woman
statesmen.
Here's 4 mighty good story from the
Stars and Stripes. the American SOL
diers' newspaper behind the fighting
lines:
George Washington Jones' n south
crn negro soldier. was making his frs;
trip frontWard on a supply wagon
with not much farther to go-when
from the side of the road, a. camou-
tagged American battery broke forth
thunderously. sending a few 800
pound tokens over the line TO Fritz
The ground trembled from the salvo
but not any more than George, as he
jumped from the high seat to the
road.
''The American artillery officer in
charge of the battery crossed over.
"'Scared?' he demanded.
George ga id a n Sliubt
~ agitated at fust. All suttingly was
But keep right on. OATS the only way
to win this wah-fiah DEM guns
tam detachment is but five feet three
inches tall.
Hidden rifles oftentimes are left in
German trenches To these are Ian
yards fastened to some article which
might be choice souvenir for an
allied soldier. When the article is
picked up the rifle goes off and fire.
quently bullets speed true to the
mark.
A group of American doughboys
their transport over the Atlantic.
Say. Bill. we don't seem to be get
tin anywhere with this here boat.
What's the natter?
Dunno, was the response, unless
we are going through some of those
military channels"
The Germans, like the allies usual
ly station some officer in occupied
towns to care for the billeting of such
troops aS may he stationed there Or
pass through. There is a story of on
of them who had an unusual vein of
humor for n Hun. In the course of a
retreat his village was evacuated, so
he left a sheaf of recently received
instructions on his table, with the fol-
lowing note addressed to his British
succe ssor: Passed to you for infQr-
alton and neceSSarY actian nlaase Us