The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-12
BY Margaret Walter.
Reciprocal News Service

London, Aug. l5.-(By MaiD-
In making out reports for the boy
i visit in hospital if often happen
that / learn their birthdays. Ant
so I've started birthday book an,
yesterday sent off my first batcl
of presents. usually include ;
bunch OF historic monument post
cards with some fancy colored one.
because they tell me that nothing
takes with soldiers like postcard,
with colored roses and pretty girls
faces. Another thing the boys ap.
preciate is a khaki writing pad fit
ted up with letter paper and stamps
and pencil And anybody who
really wants to send treasure to
a friend in hospital will choose a
first class fountain pen. But for
goodness sake get good one for
its easy to imagine results il a
leaky messy pen gets mixed up
with sheets and blankets. There
is ward used where so many ac-
cidents have occurred that the ward
sister has forbidden pens and ink
and quite rightly, for blankets are
far too valuable to be stained up
with ink. The next best thing for a
boy in bed is a set OF nice pencils
with an eraser and a little pen knife
OF course an indelible pencil is good
but they are not always allowed be
cause some boys will put them in
their mouths. At the front they are
pretty generally used.
have on my listcsyrgzptesh Shhr
Slippers are another thing |
have on my list. When a boy be-
gins to toddle about he simply loves
a pair of nice fresh slippers to cele-
brate in and ii he wants to leave
them when he goes away they al
ways come in handy. llanderchlciS
are always acceptable. for the boys
get very tired of the squares of
muslin which are substituted for
handkerchiefs in most hospitals to
avoid washing. And for Il boy who
has been in the service a long time
an ertirely new comfort bag is mach
appreciated. We are now fitting
these with cards of buttons of two
sizes because the great bulk of
hospital pajamaS are now without
buttons and the women who used
to spend so many hours each week
in the linnen rooms of hospitals |
have now gone into all time work.
Lots of our boys who are not seri-
ously i'll are glad enough to sew on
buttons and repair their own clothes
ii only they are provided with the
Papers From Home.
When ! did my rounds today
found several of the boys in such
high spirits that ! wanted to know
what had happened. A big CON
signment OF papers had Just arrived
from the Red Cross library You
might think that a little local daily
paper weeks old would not have
very great value but when boy
wing in hospital in strange lar
off land is suddenly handed paper
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t that bunch OF ads. now: don't
hey stack up with any? And as r
or news, why its live little town y
IL right, and here's the proii." He :
howed me a message scribbled
quite against postal regulations) -,
n the paper, and said. "Iust hand 4
ne sheet of paper, sister, will "
on, and I'll write right off TO this
irl, bless her heart, Just to tell her h
hat | appreciate her kind Words.' u
his boy, like many others is con =,
inced that soldiers letters, as in ~
rance, do not have to be stamped. -
hey tell us at headquarters that :,
hey do. But the girls who have to :,
ay little stamp due will not mind -
erhapS. As a matter of fact every p