The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-23
AMUSING CLIPPING
SENT FROM FRONT.

That there is a sense of humor run
ming with the American soldiers at all
times is clearly demonstrated by a
clipping recently received here.
One can clearly see that there must
have been a humorist vein with the
boys in the thickest of the fighting.
We are sorry that we do not know
what foreign paper published he ar
ticle so that they could be given full
credit. The following is the article:
Prince Willy Writes Papa.
On the Run, Somewhere in France,
Everywhere in France:
All of the Time.
Dear Papa: l am writing on der
run, as the brave and glorious soldiers
under my command have not seen der
Rhine for so long dat dey have start
ed back that way and of course | am
going nit dem. Oh, papa, dere has
been some offel dings happened here
in France.
First, l started my big offensive
which was to crush the fool Ameri-
cans, but they know so little about
military tactics dat dey will not be
crushed just like l vant 'em. I sent
my men in der fight in big waves. and
ven dey got to de Americans dey all
said boo" as loud as they could hol-
Ter. Veil, according to what you have
always told me, de Americans have
turned and run like blaZes. But vot
do you tink? Dem fool Americans
don't know anything about war, and
instead of running de odder way, dey
came right toward us. Some of dem
vas singing about Eve wont come back
till its V e Over dare" or some odder
foolish song, and some of dem were
laughing like fools. Dey are so ignor-
ant. But dey are offel reckless NIT
der guns, and ven dey come toward
us it vas den dat my men took a no.
ton dey wanted to go back to de dear
old Rhine. We don't like the dirty little
Marine river anyhow. And oh, pepe,
dem Americans use such offel Ian
guage. Dey know nothing of kultuer
and say such offel things right be-
fore us. And dey talk blasphemy too.
Vat you tink dey said right in front
my face? One big husky from a blaze
dey call Missouri, he said-oh, papa;
| hate to tell you vat an offel ting he
said-but I can't helpit; he said: ITO
hell nit der kaiser!" Did you ever
hear any thing so offel. I didn't tink
III OOuy NOu1u ouSD III OIIC tllS W..
1t made me so mad. l wouldn't hear
such offel ting SO l turned round and
run nit de odder boys. Vas I right?
Vat? And, oh papa, you know dem
breast-plates vot you sent us--can
you send some to put on our backs?
You know We are going de odder way
now, and breast-plates are no good,
for de cowardly Americans are shoot
ing us right in der back. Some of our
boys took off der b~reast-plates and put
'em behind but de fool Americans are
playing "De Star Spangled Banner
nit machine guns on dem plates.
Can't you help us? You remember in
your speech you said nothing could
stand before the brave German sol
diers? Oh, papa, l don't believe desc
ignorant Americans ever read your
speech, for dey run after us like We
vas a lot of rabbits. Vot yeu tink of
dot? Can't you send dem some of
your speeches right away? Dey don't
know how terrible We are. Can't you
move my army back to Belgium we're
We Won all our glory? My men can
vip all de vimmen and children vot
dem Belgians can bring us, but desc
Americans are so rough and ignorant.
We can't make 'em understand that We
are the greatest soldiers on earth, and
ven We try to sing Deutschland Ueber
Allies dey laugh like a lot of mon
keys. But We are getting de best of
de Americans We can outrun dem
Papa, if We are not de best fighters on
earth We are sure de best runners.
Nobody can keep up nit us when we
tink or der dear old Rhine, and my
army never did tink of dot dear old
river; let me know right away what
to do by return post office.
July 20 times.
CROWN PRINCE WILLIE.