Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
BLUE DEVILS ARE
WELCOMED In CITY
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and after hundred informal meet
ings the bulk of the force arrived al
the Civic Club. 1t was an occasion
never to be forgotten. Miss May
Lemer, who spent fifteen years teach
ing in France and who is now al
Central High, proved a life saver
She was helped by her assistant, Miss
Phillips, who is able to toy with
French like Paganinni with a fiddle
Mrs. Wilbur f. Harris, of song fame
sang little French roundelay which
made such hit that the warriors all
asked for copies.
One woman became so excited that
she spoke a word of the terrible
German "ein-mal" in asking a bat
tier how many wounds he received
Never again." she declared. II am
not very expert in either Franch or
German and I got them mixed up"
The Frenchmen thought it a very
good joke and one husky playfully
took out his long, grooved bayonet
which still has on it a drop of Ger
man blood and illustrated how he
killed Boches on William Bailey's
anatomy.
Interpreting STAFF
Mrs. Henderson Gilbert and Mrs
Lyman Gilbert were able to get the
lines arranged through the Central
High interpreting staff and by this
time there was a great gathering
of motorcars. the Motor Messenger
girls in their attractive costumes. Al
accouterment was left in the bis
room upstairs under guard and ther
the foreign fighters were speede6
around to various districts in The
neighborhood. William Bailey en-.
tertained four of the officers fol-
lunch and the others were taker
care of at fine feed in the Civic
Club.
Like America
Everybody who could even stutter
French put in his or her appearance
and the Frenchmcn were swarmed to
tell their individual tales of battle
The most popular phrase was IS il
vous plait," and one lady worked II
so often that she became identified
with that term.
A squad of the visitors who were
shy of some clothing wandered in
to Dives, Pomeroy and Stewards and
caused a miniature riot among the
proper way to show her emotion was
to bestow a kiss and suggested it
whereas sixteen Blue Devils nearly
capsized the lace counter to respond
The firm gave out some black shirts
to the needy lads and also some cell
luloid cuffs which the reporter was
cautioned not to mention. But every
thing goes when Blue Devils hit
town.
At the Chestnut street hall tonight
Mrs. Harris will lead the Seller school
chorus in singing the Marseillaise in
French. The company have been re-
hearsing all day and it ought to be
a go.
The Blue Devils are nearly all
clad in horizon blue, legs wrapped in
gray puttees, Alpine hats cooked on
one side, and fairly covered with
medals. In France these men are
known as "shock troops" men who
can be relied upon to undertake any
thing, however desperate. They are
expert at hand-to-hand encounters
and the grenade is their familiar
weapon. Civic Club women were most
industrious in identifying the various
badges for bravery, one man with
eleven wounds being picked out for
hero in chief. Every soldier was
given bunch of postal cards with
a photograph of the Civic Club and
all sat down Immediately to write to
their friends in France.
do we like American" was the
general remark. "Oh, c'est bon!"
A Big Day
The BLUE Devils" this morning
visited the following towns: New
port, New Bloomfield, Duncannon,
Marysville, Enola, West Fairview,
Wormleysburg, Dauphin, Halifax,
Millersburg, Rife, Elizabethville,
Loyalton, Lykens, wiconisco, Will
Hummelstown and Hershey.
The program for late afternoon
and evening follows:
4 o'clock-Will return from their
tour of Dauphin, Perry and sections
of Cumberland county; and will be
at ease at the Civic Club, Front
street, where dinner will be served
at 6.
Z o'clock-with a band. the local
company of the Pennsylvania Re-
serve Militia, and members of the
Foreign Service and Spanish-Ameri-
can War Veterans will parade
through the streets of the central
city.
f'SV clock-Wlll De received by
Governor Brumbaugh and other
state dignitaries on the steps of the
main entrance to the State Capitol.
o'clock-Will be found in a body
on the stage of the auditorium.
where officers of the BLUE Devils''
will make addresses.
Miss Kathleen Burke. world-fam-
GUS Red Cross worker, will also
make an addTess at to-night's meet
ing, which will lbe presided over by
]. E. B. Cunningham.
The parade of the "Blue Devils"
being scheduled for o'clock, three
hours after subscribers get their
evening newspapers, it has been
DENIED unnecessary to blow whistles
or tap firebells announcing the pa
ada tonight