Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-21

is captain Of the first team. which scored a total of 11OS2 points. James Mullen is captain of the second team. V Eich scored 10146 points. The first prize was won by Joe Senna. who scored 1509 points. the second prize
 b. Ed Kelly, 1477 points, third prize
 by Milton Torse, 1430 points, and the
 fourth prize by Bud Haskell. 1898 points In the employed boys class. | Phil Nowlin is captain of the first team. which scored 12497 points. and
 Leslie Stables is captain of the second team. which scored S36O points The firct Trize was won by Chas Maddern with 1904 points, second prize James Flyer, 1891 points, Leonard Maddern. third prize, 1892 points. and fourth prie. Joe Cain, 11S2 points. The larg- est number of ponits scored by an in dividual of the three classes was Chas. Maddern, 1904 points.
 A relay race will be held for all of the boys in the three gymnasium { classes, and all other members who are under 15 years of age some after noon before the end of the month. The date is not definitely fixed at present. Following the relay race. feed will . be given for all of the boys of the boys department, who are not eligible ' to membership in the Hi-Y Club.
 Secretary Richardson forwards ex- tracts from Los Angeles of a letter he has just received from a secretary | f,fN s, fnh fnl
 "I have seen the Germans in the trenches; l have heard the roar ot the big guns; 1 have been caught in a barbed wire entanglement, and have escaped unscathed. In fact, l never felt better in my life and am ready to do it all over again. This may all sound very heroic 1000 miles away, but so far as I know there is no medal of honor or CroiX de Guerre coming my way Outside of a few little ex- l periences like this We know less about the war than you do at home and therefore have little time to write letters whiob consume many words but say little Some of us are watching with much interest the i'm pact of American life on French peo- pie. It will be still more interesting to know what the result will be ten years hence. Tout de Suite" which | is pronounced toot sweet for short, and which in plain United States means do it now" is one of the first 1 expressions we have to learn and it works overtime. An exasperated Am ] erican with a limited French Yocab- ulary, put it thusly to some local workmen: Here, you, do that tool sweet, and the sweeter the tooter." Some of our men are so intensely 1 loyal to America that they sometimes make unfair comparisons. One of our ' secretaries asked a young soldier on 1 the streets of Paris how he liked the country. Well, l don't think much of it." was the reply. I've been over | several months, have been in most of the cities and none of them comes
 up to my town. There ain't no real
 cities in France, this is the only place
 that looks anything like a real city
 and it looks like a country village
 alongside of my town" Where dc you ive?" was the query. Grand
 Rapids" was the proud reply.
 Some of our engineers are doing things in a real American fashion and
 winning lhe admiration of the French people Tor their ability to put some thing across. Large engineering en- terprises are being completed against big obstacles with a speed that would be creditable in most favorable condi-
 tions at home American business methods are pushing their way in. The use of bank checks, which was
 almost unknown three years ago. is
 becoming familiar. Baseball is now breaking out in such violent form that
 the Association cannot keep up with the demand for equipment. Some southern negro work troops met a detachment from French African ter
 ritory and undertook to start friend
 ly conversation. Je ne comprend pas
 was all the answer they got whereup' on the big sergeant from Alabama
 who was acting as spokesman, turned
 to his fellows and exclaimed, 'Fo de Lawd's sake, heahs some niggahs
 what doan know how to talk dere own
 langwidge' The French children
 have great admiration for the Ameri'
 can soldiers and some fine friend
 ships have been formed with them
 They have all learned one American
 phrase. I have passed through scores
 of villages in our Lizzie vehicle. and
 met groups of children at play on
 their way to and from school. Almost
 without exception they salute or wave
 their hands and sing out cheery
 good night regardless of the time of
 day. They havn't quite learned that
 fine emphasis of finality which makes
 it so effective with us.
 "The Americans have several things
 to learn from the French. Our native
 conceit often leads us to wound and
 offend without anything being said
 in reply as they are too courteous
 and polite. It will be a great thing
 of each nation can discover the best
 that is in the other. The Y. N. C. A
 can be a great factor in bringing this
 about Many Americans are connect
 cd with the Foyer du Soldat, the
 French branch of the association. Tn
 many places the French and American soldiers mingle freely in these huts Many Franco-American gatherings . are promoted by the association. One D of the most impressive meetings have attended was a New Years ser , vice in which the association cooper ated, given by the French to the Am , erican soldiers in a protestant temple