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New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

selection. It was not enough to get some
thing which would do. The meal would
fall something short Of success if the diner
did not succeed in getting what he wanted
most. No waiter ever hurried soldier
who was engaged in the task of COMPOSING
dinner He might be man who was
going back to the trenches the next dav
and in such a case this last good meal
would not be matter to be entered upon
lightly. After all, if it is a last dinner ,
man wants to consider carefully whether
he shall order contreflet Ia Bouro7ti
g1lon or pouIet d PEspagnoI"
Practically every man on permission
in Paris, notes the writer, is making
love to some one and usually in an open
carriage or at the centre table of a large
restaurant, and
nobody even turns around to look If a sol
der walks along a street with his arm
however, frowned on such exhibitions Of
demonstrativeness by doughboys, and in
one provincial town colonel issued an
order: American soldiers will 10. place
their arms around the waists of young
ladies while walking in any of the prir
cpal thoroughfares OF this town
Still it was not possible to regulate
romance entirely out of existence There
was girl used to pass by my car every
morning. said a sergeant chauffeur, and
she was so good looking that l got man
TO teach me bon jour-" and used to smile
at her and say It when she went by and
she'd say "bon jour and smile back. One
morning I got apple and l handed it to
her and said pour vous" like I'd been
taught She took it and came right back
with ."Oh, I'm ever so much obliged" and
there like chump I'd been holding myself
down to "bon jour" for two weeks"
But TO return to baseball.
"The high tide in the American conquest
of Paris came afternoon in July. / got
out of taxicab in front of the American
headquarters in the Rue Constantine and
found that big crowd had gathered in the
tsplanade des Invaldes. Now and again
the crowd would give ground TO make room
Tor an American soldier running at TOP
speed. One Of them stood almost at the
entrance of the courtyard of the Invalides
HIS back was turned toward the tomb os
Napoleon and he was knocking out flies in
the direction of the Seine. Unfortunately, il
was bit far TO the river and no baseball
has yet been knocked into that stream. Il
was new experience for Napoleon though
He had heard rifles md machine guns and
other loud reports in the streets OF Paris
but Tor the first time there came TO mis- ears
the loud sharp crack of bat swung against
a baseball"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
1t Helps to Poke Fun
L At Your Tragedy

To the thousands and thousands of
mothers and fathers and wives in
America Lieutenant Dawson makes the
statement that the men are actually
light-hearted in the trenches. Courage,
as 1 had thought Of it, was grim affair
of teeth set, sad eyes and clenched
hands," But this isn't so. "1f you can
stand aside from yourself and poke fun
at your own tragedy-and tragedy al
ways has it's humorous aspect - that
helps" And read this:
"The last thing you hear anybody sing
ing out there is something patriotic; the
last thing you find anybody reading is
Rupert Brooke's poems. When men sing
among the she'll holes, they prefer song
that belittles their own heroism Please
picture to yourself a company Of mud
stained scarecrows in steel helmets, plod-
ding their way under intermittent shellng
through battered trench, whistling and
humming the following splendid sentiments
from THE Plea Of the Conscientious OBJ
jector':
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

Send us the Army and Navy, send
us the rank and file,
Send as the grand old Te,vitorials,
they'll face the danger 1cith
smile;
Where are the boys of the old Bri-
gade, qcho made Old England
free?
You may send my mother, my Sis
ter, or my brother
But for GaWd's sake, don't send me-
"a shell falls near them-then another,
then another They crouch for a minute
against the sticky walls to escape the fly-
ing spray. It's quite likely they'll have
bad time o-night-there's smell of gas
in the air"
Think of such d little thing as "spit
and polish" contributing to the winning
of great campaign! "Directly we pull
out for a rest we set to work furnishing
and washing. There's lot in it. The
man who has his buttons shining bright
ly and his leather polished is usually the
man who is brightly polished inside If
he doesn't keep clean in his body he
wort keep clean in his mind"
Yet they are only ordinary boys, these
Of whom heroes are made. "All these
men, whether they're capturing Hun
dugouts at the front or taking prisoner
their own despair in English hospitals,
are perfectly ordinary and normal. Be-
fore the war they were shop assistants,
cab drivers, plumbers, lawyers, vaude-
Vile artists. They were men of no he
roic training. =. Something has
happened to them since they marched
away in khaki-something has changed
them"
For the better, says Coningsby Dawson.
Before enlisting "I had considered my
self in the light of a philanthropist who
might come to the help of the Allies and
might not. Now all asked was to be
considered worthy to do my infinitesimal
bit The great thing about the
war is its spiritual gains The
worst thing you can say of man at the
front is: He doesn't play the game
That doesn't of necessity mean that he
fails to do his duty. What it means is
that he fails to do little bit more than
his dutv-"f
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

<IW ME day after the Americans
w marched in Paris one of the
Il French newspapers referred
to doughboys as Roman
Caesars in khaki,'". observes Haywood
Broun, in his book, "The A. E. F." pub
ished by Appleton. And the city set
itself, he adds, to liking the soldiers and
everything American and "succeeded ad-
mirably" For that matter
Gwen the taxcab drivers refrained from
overcharging Americans very much. School
children studied the history of America and
The StarSpangled Banner There We're
pictures of President Wilson and General
Pershing in many shops and some had
framed translatons of the Presidents mes
sage to Congress. In fact so eager were
the French to take America to their hearts
that they even made desperate efforts to
acquire working knowledge of baseball.
'EXcelslor,' an illustrated French daily, car
ried an action picture taken during a game
played between American ambulance drivers
just outside OF Paris. The picture was en-
titled: "A player goes to catch the ball,
which has been missed by the catcher and
underneath ran the following explanation:
we have given in our number of yesterday
the rules of baseball, the American national
game, of which a game, which is perhaps
the first ever played in France, took place
yesterday at Colombes between the soldiers
of the American ambulances. Here is an
aspect of the game. The pitcher, or
thrower of balls, whom one sees in the dis
tance, has sent the ball. The catcher, or
"attrapeur," who should restrike the ball
with his wooden club, has missed it, and a
player placed behind him has seized it in its
flight"
The theatres, declares Mr.. Broun, gave
the Americans almost as much recogni-
ton as the press.
"The theatres gave the Americans almost
as much recognition as the press. No ru-
sical show was complete without an Ameri-
can finale and each soubrette learned a lit
tie English, give you KEGS or something
like that, to please the doughboys. The
vaudeville shows, such as those provided at
the Olympia or the Alhambra gave an even
greater proportion Of English speech The
Alhambra was filled with Tommes and
doughboys on the night l went. Now and
again the comedians had lapses of language
and the Americans were forced to let jokes
go tipping by without response. 1t was
pity, too for they were good jokes even if
French. Presently, however, fat comedian
fell off a ladder and laughter became gen.
eral and international. The show was more
richly endowed with actresses than actors.
The management was careful to state that
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
ssXY1ell, Didja Like
w the Show?"

And yet we Americans missed the old
patter until there came a breath from,
across the sea. A low comedian came out
and said to his partner in perfectly good
English We'll, didja like the show? His
partner said he didn't like the show. well.
didja notice the trained seals :" persisted
the low comedian and the lower comedian
answered: No, the wind was against em.
Laughter long delayed overcome US then.
but it was mingled with tears We felt
that we were home again. The French are
q wonderful people and all that, of course,
but they're so darn far away
The most elaborate spectacle inspired
by the coming of the Americans was at the
Follies Bergeres which sent its chorus out
for the final number all spangled with stars.
The leader of the chorus was an enormous
woman, at least six feet tall, who carried
an immense American flag. She almost
took the head of Canadian one night as
he dozed in stage box and failed to notice
the violent manner in which the big flag
was being swung. He awoke just in time to
dodge and then he shook an accusing finger
at the Amazon Why aren't you in khaki %
he said"
Restaurants, it seems, as we'll as thea
tres were literally sprinllled with men
in the American uniform.
"The enlisted men ate for the most part
in French barracks and seemed to fare well
enough, although one doughboy, after being
served with spinach as separate course,
complained 4 do wish they'd get all the
stuff on the table at once like we do in the
army. don't want to be surprised, want
to be fed A young first lieutenant was
scornful of French claims to master cook
cry. Why, they don't know how to fry
eggs he said. 1--WE asked for fried eggs
again and again and do you know what they
do? They put 'em in a little dish and
bake EN-
Americans found that the French took
food much more seriously than we do in
America. Patrons always reviewed the
carte du jour- carefully before making a
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Current w ar
Poetry
The Troop Train

A HEAD of them the ocean with its
n devil-haunted miles
Those brown young faces with their
brave, strained smiles!
And l must show good cheer and wave
as they go past
Because Of all their Godspeeds mine may
be the last.
Father Of all free men, bo Thou their
strength and shield
In the perils of the furlough and the
perils of the field.
Clean and strong and beautiful, bring
them back again,
Those dear boyish faces at the windows
Of the train.
Yes, and make mo worthy to welcome
them that day,
To wave to them as gallantly as when
they went away,
Saying Smiling I may greet you, for
I have done my share;
Here have been faithful as you were
faithful there!"
Amelia Josephine Burr, in Every-
body's.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Eree!

HT'M having the time of my life"
He writes. Don't worry for me-"
For it took danger and strife
To make him free.
War gave him the freedom and friends
That poverty cheated him of.
Shells, do not drop near his post!
Bullets, fly safely above!
There's long line of men for your prey;
There are men who have lived more
to hit.
He has found his youth now. Shrapnel,
guns,
Let him enjoy it bit.
Mary Carolyn Davies, in McClure's.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
the male performers had fulfilled their

all the male performers had fulfilled their
military obligations. Thus, under the pict-
ure Of Chevalier, clever comedian and
dancer, one read that Monsgnor Chevalier
was wounded at the Battle of Cutry, when
bullet passed between his lungs. The story
added that he was captured by the Germans
and held prisoner for twenty-six months be-
fore he escaped. 1t did not seem surprising
therefore that Chevalier should be the gay
est Of funny men. Twenty-six months of
imprisonment would work wonders with
ever so many comedians back home
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

Roman Caesars i'm Khaki

<<NNHE day after the Americans
marched in Paris one of the
Il French newspapers referred
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30

sure against the German southern
flank. If they do not, Foch's first
work of prime Importance will be to
save Amiens by direct counter Of
fensive against the German pressure
to the east of that highly important
railway center.
Americans on List.
OTTAWA, Ont, March 30-The fol-
lowing Americans are mentioned in to-
days Canadian casualty list:
Gassed-~
W. L. Linnerty. San Diego, Calf.
l.. Williams, Des Moines, Iowa
Commission for Young Taft.
1By Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March 30 Sergeant
Major Charles Taft, son Of former
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30
ST. Louis Live Stock.

/ EAST ST. LOUIS, March 30.-Cat
tie receipts $50; market steady. Ma
tive beef steers, sS!00@13.50; COWS
S1O0@11.5O; stockers and feeders
SI50@11.25; calves. $7.75M15.5 so
COWS and neifers. S6.oo@I0
Hog receipts $500; market strong.
Mixed and butchers, S17.e5Q17.4u;
good to heavy, S16.35Q17.15; rough,
sl5.25@ 1850; light, S17.30917.4 !;
pigs, s14.25@17.25; bulk. $16.9O@17.40
Sheep market steady Ewes. 1890
@15.00; lambs. S14.50@19.OO; can
ners and choppers, 5000 $3.50; weth.
ers. $13.oo@14.00.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, March 30.-Cattle receipts
1900; market steady. Steers, $1,000
@14.00; cows and heifers, $1,000
HOO; stockers and feeders. $500
1925: calves, $9.0e@13.25; bulls and
stays, s7.75D1o.25.
Hog receipts 1890: market 100
zoe higher. Bulk. $16.25@16.60: top,
$3.50.
+ Sheep receipts 1900; market
steady. mostly direct. Yearlings,
S15.00@16.50; wethers, .25014.75;
lambs. $16.5O@19.2O; ewes, $4,000
1459
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, March 30-Butter-Ex-
tras. 411zc; firsts. 40k@41c; dairy
extras, 3s@40c; dairy firsts. $50
37hc.
Eggs-Ordinary firsts, 33033Ac;
firsts, 34@24sc.
, cheese-Twins. 1aa22c: Young
Americas, 224 @23c.
consins and Minnesotas, s1.0oT1. 20:
fancy westerns. s1.1511.25 per cwt.,
Live poultry Ducks, 30m31c:
geese, 25a3oc; ROSTERS. s1c: tur.
keys. 25@31c.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, March s0.-FTour mar.
ket quiet, unchanged
Pork market firm. Mess. $50 son
$500.
Lard market dull. Middle west spot
S26. 50@26.6O.
Sugar, raw, market quiet Centrifu-
gal test, S60.05.
Sugar, refined, market quiet. Cut
loaf, 1895; crushed. ss70; powdered.
$3.50; granulated, s7.45.
Coffee Rio No. on spot, 91kc.
Tallow market dull. City, 17c; spe-
cial. 1T1kc.
Hay market irregular. No. 1. $3.50
Los: No. 3. s1.1541.25; clover. 95c1
s1o5.
Dressed poultry market quiet. Tur.
keys, 25G3Sc; chickens, 25135c;
fowls. 29@35c.
Live poultry market quiet. Geese.
35c; ducks, 35c; turkeys, 35c; ROSTERS.
27@35c.
Cheese market quiet. State milk
common to special. 16I25kc; skins.
common to specials, 4120c.
Butter market quiet. Receipts a.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30

simultaneously with the return o
the allied diplomats, Boishevik speak
ers intimate a modification of their
own program to point somewhat aP'
preaching that OF the allies.
We won't leave Russia" Serbian
Envoy spolaikoyitch told me.
There is surely no question of any
aggressive plans by England or the
other allies against Russia" declared
French Minister Nutan.
I am able, as the result of inquiries
IN high governmental circles to an
notince that the soviet's policy Is
changing as result of the conviction
that the soviets are sufficiently en-
trenched to begin constructive work.
To this end they are prepared TO util'
ize what they regard as the more I'D
eral element of the bourgeoisie in re-
building the financial and military
structure. War Minister Trotsky IS
among the strongest supporters OF this
change
The American consul at Moscow
has informed the government that the
United States is willing to enter bust
ness relations with Russia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30
Chicago Cash Grain.


CHICAGO, March 30.-Corn-No.
yellow. s1.6o; No. 4 yellow, s1.35;
No yellow, $1.25; No. 6 yellow.
! SL05@115: No. white. S1.35@1.70;
No. white. S1.35; No. 6 white.
S1.10@I15; No. mixed. No. mixed
| S165; No. mixed, s1.20@1.50: No.
6 mixed. s1.05@1.15.
Oats-No. white, 91A@93Ac;
No. 4 white. 92@s2kc: standard.
92A 094c.
Peoria Grain.
PEORIA. ILL.,, March 30.-Corn-
Market unchanged, 15c lower. No. 4
white, No. 3 mixed, $1.50; No. 5
white, S135; No 6 white, 1880
1.3S; No. 3 yellow S1.55; No. yell
low, S14511.50: No. 5 yellow, No. 5
mixed. s1.40; No. yellow, $1,000
133; No. mixed, $3.50; No. s mixed,
s1.33.
Oats-Market 2Ac lower No. 3
white. Gle; No. white, 90Ac; stand
ard, 91092c-
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, March 30.-Hog receipts
$4,000; market steady. 10c higher.
Mixed and butchers, s16.30@17.35::
good heavy, $16.40@16.90; rough
heavy. s15.5o@15.S0: light, s16.7o@
1740; pigs, s12.25@16-4o.
Cattle receipts $500: market
steady. Beeves. ss.60@14.65; cows
and heifers, s6.30@12.00: stockers
and feeders, ss.4o@11.6o; calves.
s10.5o@ 1925.
Sheep receipts 1000: market
steady. Native, s12-5o@16.25 west.
ern, s13.00@17.0o; lambs. s15.25H
1925; western. S15.50@19.50; ewes.
$11.75@15.75.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, March 36-Cattfe
receipts 400; market steady. Steers.
SSoo@14.1O: cows and heifers, $3.50
9125o; stockers and feeders, $4,000
12.75; calves, S7.50913.50.
Hog receipts 1000; market 5@1oc
higher. Bulk, s16.30@16.7O; heavy,
$4,000 1870: medium. $16.45016.75;
light, s16.50617.0o-
Sheep receipts 1000: market
steady. Lambs. s18.00@1900; ewes.
$12.50I14.50: wethers, s8.00@17.25.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30
OUTLOOK rs
MORE PROMISING
Continued froIa page H.

Germany would certainly have far
mere depressing influence upon the
kaiser's subjects than limited coun-
ter stroke by the allies along the
Disc, Somme and Ancre.
Questions such as these must be
fully considered by General Foch be-
fore he takes his decision, which
ought not to be influenced by impa-
tient and nervous home demands for
Immediate action
Won Hindenburg is now concentrat-
Ing what is left of his offensive
strength for the capture of Amiens.
His blows, however. are greatly weak
ened and may come to an end auto
matically through General FocI's pres
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30
Ghoui Squads at Work.
nv Harry Wood TTuitad praSz

Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. March 29.-French
bonn bling planes have dropped sixty
five tons of explosives on German
communication lines and depots dur
ing the enemy offensive.
French ayiators also bombed troop
concentrations both on the fighting
line and In reserve.
Fighting squadrons participate in
every combat constantly pouring
machine gun fire into enemy conveys
filling the roads from St Qeuntin
Ham, Chauny, Nesle and Guiscard.
Prisoners assert the German army
Is accompanied by special "ghoui
squads" whose duty IL is TO strip al
lied and German dead of all clothing,
shoes and equipment. which are ex-
tremely scarce In Germany. Some OF
thess ghouls. taken prisoner, admit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30

afternoon or night.
For Missouri: Fair tonight and sun
day; warmer north portion tonight and
southeast portion Sunday.
For Illinois: Fair tonight and Sun
day; warmer Sunday and west por.
ton tonight.
Local Observations.
March Bar. Their. Wind w,tb,r
20 p. M :. .aO.26 80 NE Clear
80 a. m ...30.16 IL NE Pt.Cdy.
Mean temperature 10Th. As: highest,
81; lowest, "a; lowest last night. SO.
FRED H. GOSEWISCH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30

st. Louis Globe-Democrat:- There
is nothing astonishing in the rumor
that the German-American alliance op-
posed prohibition.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30
RUSSIAN PLAN
CHANGED
Roishevio Government is Modifying
Program in Effort to Build 10
Their Ruined
Country.

LBy Joseph Shapleu, United Press
Staff Correspondent.
PETROGhAD, March 29.-The most
significant changes in the relations
between Russia and the allies appar-
emily are working out
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30
Late Market Quotations

339. Creamery extras, 42c; dairy tub
$50 42c; creamery, held on storage
35@4lc.
Egg market quiet. Receipts 81 SD
Nearby white fancy, 43@45c; nearby
Med fancy, 36@3Sc: fresh, 351s a 39c|
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, March 30.-Bar siIve}
New York, 92Bc.
Demand sterling, $4.T5s.
st. Louis Hay Market.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. March 29.-HayJ
or SO cars inspected, "a were timothy
IA were clover mixed. 10 prairie, 1
clover and 8 alfalfa. No change 10,
ward improvement in any particular
class of hay. Liberal offerings (e1
cessive in fact}, OF timothy and Glow
er mixed. while fair shipping and
light local inquiry continues and
market remains weak, with priced
barely steady. Other Descriptions
drag along weariiy. with light local
sales made at intervals in the best
grades, medium and common stoc4
neglected and no fixed prices quot
able thereon. Sales: Glover mixed-I
good No. l light mixed at SGT; timoI
thy car No. 3 and car scant Nd
2 at S24, 4 cars No. at s25, carr
and part car No. 2 at $28, , cars NcI
| at s2S. 2 No. at $3.50. cars higa
No. 1 at 500, / car do do at $50
prairie car packing at SIS, l ca3
scant No. Kansas at $40, 1 car No. 1
Kansas at $3.50, 1 car choice Kalj
sas at s24 switched: clover carl
ordinary No. / at $24. cars No. 1
at S25 switched; aflafla-part ca4
hot at $3.50, l car No. 2 at s21.5l|
s cars good No. at $50, in part del
Iivered.
Horse and Mule Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March 29.--Horse}
The trend OF the market was mucd
the same as on Wednesday and thd
small offering was cleaned up satisi
factcrily at prices which average
about steady with a week ago Thd
eastern demand Is exceedingly strond
and the call for good. finished wagonl
express aud work horses exceeds thd
supply
Heavy draft. extra ...... S1906257
Eastern chunks ... s5@1J1
Southern horses, choice -. 1350f1Q,
Southern horses, good 49,. 90m124
Southern horses, medium 6oa 81
Southern horses, common :. 40G Z
Plugs ESQ u
Mules--The trade was inactive
again, very few buyers appearing on
the market. Receipts. fortunately
We're light, only 100 arriving. Indica1
tons are that most prices from now
on will be cheaper, exceptions being
miners and pitters, for which there,
is fair demand. and these will. nd
doubt, sustain their present level
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-30

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Sunday; warmer tonight.
For Iowa; Fair tonight and Sun
day; warmer tonight; cooler Sunday