The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-14
Kaiser Bill to His Son.

Dear Son Willie:
| 81 got your letter a leetle vile ag'
by der bostoffis, unit | will answer j
now alretty. Colt nit uns, Willie; So
| listen to vat papa says:
| eyes, it ISIS an offel ting dat dc
American solchers know holdings
j apout war. Dat man, Leonard Wood
I dey say he dels de American poys all
de offel tricks you dell apout, unit to
take aim unit shoot NIT der rifles,
unit neffer 90 backwards. Dit you
effer hear Of such a follish ting? If
de Churmans dit not know how to go
backwards, Willie, yer would dey pc
now? Dey would al pc Diet, OATS vat
'Dis makes me tink apout dem
breast blates you dells me are in der
wrong blaze ven you run backwards.
1t vii neffer do for de prave defenders
of de Vaterland to hat der rear ex-
posed to de plasphemous pullets of
de American swine. Listen to papa,
Willie, unit vii visper to you how to
fix it. Take trench shuffel, unit let
it hang down behind far enough to
cuffer up vat you don't want to be
shooted. Dis shuffel ISIS heffy enough
to stop de pullets, unit you can laugh
at de enemy, unit keep on running.
"Now, Willie, | am sending you
anudder list of late tings on kultur.
Effery Chairman solcher knows vat
kultur ISIS, but desc are some IMPROVE
ments, unit it would be an offel ting
if my own. boy vas not educated in
kultur. Papa would feel like all his
efforts hat peen wasted.
"Read de chapter on how to starve
prisoners, so dey die slowly. Unit
when you run from town, Willie, you
must purn it up, unit smash efferyting,
unit carry off de vimmens. Dat ISIS
vat | mean by dis kultur pizness.
nefer vas so mat in my life as ven l
heard dat de Churmans run away
from some Belchian towns so fast dey
dit not stop to purn dem up. If you
effer necklect your duty like dat, Viii
lie, neffer tarken de door of my dam
pots palace again.
"You say de American solchers use
such offel lankwitch. Dey hat mo
kultur. Don't hat anything to do NIT
dem, Willie. Chuch run as fast as eff
fer you can, unit keep away from de
swine Unit if you get chance to hat
your men drop pomps on de Ret Cross
hospittles OATS fine, OATS kultur,
OATS piziness. 1t vas an exsident, al
retty, hey? l hat whole sauer
kraut parrel full of iron crosses for
my prave airmen who can nit Ret
Cross Hospitle right in de mittle.
"You have ret apout my new
peace offensive hat you not, alretty?
vot you tink of papa, hey? Me unit
iott dit it, but Solf worked leetle at
t. Dat ISIS, he took it down to de
,ireless If de American president
will chust do vat tink he will, de
'aterland may be saved from such an
'ffel ting as hating de American unit
british unit French solchers cross our c
acred porders. Ach, Colt! Dat would
,e an offel ting.
I've want peace, hey Willie? Papa
means a Chairman peace, of course.
Alretty hat cuppel of letters from
e American president. He says, in n
un letter, somedinks apout peace can c
e hat, if | gif de Chairman beople v
lore to say in de cufferment. Dat g
J easy, hey Willie? hay told my +
to let de beople say all dey Il
'ant to, chust so dey hat no votes. II
lot so bat for papa, hey, Willie? .
"Unt den | got anudder letter from :,
e president, unit he wants to know :,
edder | am de cufferment, or de beo-
lie are, unit he talks like he wants me c,
, aptecate from de trone. Vat you W
ny to dat, Willie? Would you always 81
D chust vat papa says, if | aptecate G
n you? But maybe peter not ap- II
cate, till | get some more letters by
: bostoffis. - =,
"De president wrote me an offel =,
ice letter de first time, but de next n
ne vas leetle imbolite. Maybe he a
sked some udder peoples apout it, unit 1.
sy--vat you call it?-putted in. m
Now, Willie, my prave boy, remem- OF
sr papa wants you to Token goot III
ire of yourself. Don't go near dem
lllets, but if you can't run fast v.
Rough, be sure you wear de shuffel, a,
Se | told you. So far, papa's sefen n,
,ys are all safe. Enclosed find an er
ider decoration for walor. nj
WILHELM (X) His Mark. in
"(Worth about 12c now" "