Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

tied fort, formerly a castle built in
! 1S40, which sure would have tickled
Donald, with its honest to goodness
drawbridge and moat all around il.
Built of stone two feet thick with
Sits here and there for machine
guns and cannons it presented
most formidable appearance. Look
ing through strong glasses we could
see the first line trenches. which on
account of the hazy atmosphere,
looked rather dim and jumbled-and
that was as close to the lines as we
ever got, about three kilometers.
Nevertheless, it was instructive as
well as interesting and after noticing
the boburre lines and trenches even
that far back of the lines, 1 have no
desire to have my engine stop near
by After landing in some of those
fields there would be as much left
OF my machine as Rheims. oh, for
got to say we were shown an instru-
ment which photographed sounds.
1t was a very delicate instrument,
and photographed the explosions of
shells which same photos, by the aid
or angles and maps and innumerable
intricate figures, show where the
Boche gun was located that fired the
shells. Truly, a most extraordinary
invention, seeming more like magic
than actual work of man. One sure.
has to hand it to the French! The
Boche may be scientific, but the
French can't be more than one jump
behind, and sometimes one ahead.
One Thing Missing
AS 1 said before, everything hap
pened in one day, so after we had
eaten supper, we went to see show
given by a company of 25 actors
with haGfY.o nf ionf nj
included) and real stage. This COM
pany has a military standing and
travels up and down the front cheer
ing UP the Poilus as they go. Even
l, who can't understand French, was
much amused and their music was
excellent. The only thing missing
was the women. Not knowing how
big part women play in the life of
Frenchman, you can't understand
how sad it was. Therefore, they had
some skinny-legged men dress up as
representatives of the angelic tribe.
whose appearance and bare-kneed
antics drew roars from the audience.
If unappreciated actors were to bring
their talents here they would grieve,
no more, for not only was the au-
dience large, but appreciative also.
The hangar was simply a sea of
light blue hats, with here and there
sprinkling of steel helmented men
who had just happened by. There
being no admission fee, they natur-
ally walked in. Trust those actors to
make something out of it though,
for they sold programs at one franc
apiece, (the usual Custom in all
French theaters), and they sold a lot
of them too. l would have sent one
home but feared the reproduction on
the front page might shock you,
since the lady was just about to go
swimming and was dressed accord
ingly.
This afternoon we will have
movies by the same company, and
the manager assured us there were
some American films among them
also. Here's hoping anyway-and
that they have some pretty women
acting therein.
The only sad part about leaving
our escadrille was the letters and L
suppose by this time a number are
awaiting us. Just now we are trying
to dope out some plan to get back
there for this mail before we go to-
the next place. Oh, yes, we have two
more escadrilles to call on and If
they have cooks as good as this one,
yours truly is going to look like our
little Cd nurse, Ruthie when he gets
back to his escadrille. Last night we
actually had cornstarch. night be-
fore chocolate pudding, while at
dinner was a mixture of rice and
caramel, truly dish fit for kings
and all this is miles back of the
lines. Indeed this visiting is quite to
my taste. If the other escadrilles show
us as interesting a time we can look
back on this personally conducted
tour as a landmark in our experi-
ences.
According to the papers read that
America has forbidden anything to
be sent to her soldiers unless asked
for, or absolutely necessary. You
know how necessary candy, cake
and sugar are to me, Gas l don't
smoke), so send it along.
/ stop now, not because there Is
nothing more to write, but because
l have the backache and writer's
cramp-besides, 1t is time 1 get out
of bed, since this was written sitting
cross-legged therein, but this is sum
day, and there being no church. as
well as breakfast. one might as we'll
sleep.
WALTER.
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