The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-14

hoy. A red-headed, freckled faced
boy. For once the committee was
stumped. Nowhere in all Of France
could such a child be, found. Fin
ally someone made the discovery that
there had been such boy in France
but his father had taken him back to
Ireland. So they selected blonde.
BY the way, i have new pal to
cheer me up and for me to make life
miserable for This one is a genuine
Filipino He is we'll educated young
man, a good pianist, a good sport, d
faithful pal, and perfect gentleman.
He speaks English, French and Span
ish with equal fluency. He is very
popular with thefmademoiselles here,
but assures me that he prefers my
company to any one Of them. And /
am cOnceited enuf to believe him, be-
cause he is a square guy and sincere
about everything he says.
You asked me If i had acquired any
additional marraines in France. No,
but ! came mighty near 1t once had
gotten as far as the stage where she
insisted on doing my laundry free Of
charge and inviting me to dinner
about three mites a week. Then all
of a sudden everything went sky high,
It seems her kid daughter (age four
teen and very pretty had become vio-
lently in love with a young pal of
mine. He in turn became just as
fanatical about hated rival of the
Kids. Somehow the old lady seemed
to think was responsible. She was
under the impression that he was a
nephew Of mine or something. When
l strolled that way one balmy evening,
blissfully unconscious of impending
disaster, she lit into me and ooh, Ma
ma" l only got about six per cent
of every third sentence. but it left no
doubt in my mind as to what the old
lady thought Of me. The best of it
was did not introduce the kid around
there. "a He introduced me- After Mad
anne had turned her back to indicate
that the interviewer rather, mono
logue--was ended, made the usual
bow and uttered, the conventional,
Bon Soir Madame" and emerged
a homeless orphan once more sC'est
la guerre! Seriously, though, the
mothers in France, from what have
been able to observe, are the most
patient, patriotic, affectionate and in
dustrious mothers in the world that's
saying a great deal when I stopped to
consider what, some of the American
mothers have done. They are moth
ers. indeed JH
And so Mademoiselle has decided
to 60 to college. Fine, kid, fine. Any
one who has both the opportunity and
the inclination is in luck l suppose
you will be away at the university"
when we retoin from licking the Col
mans" Pardon that last sentence.
That's what hear every day
There's a little guy here who says he
used to woik in a shoit factory on
Th0ity-thOid street before he was
drafted into the Soivice His brother
used to woik in a foiniture store which
boined down. He has a 'goil in Joisy
City and he used to 60 to see her every
Thoisday. He doesn't know much
about n. Dak., but he had hold quite
a bit about it. He did travel as far
as Boilington once. He thinks the
Cinel is fine slider, and he says
when he gets to Bolin that he won't
show the Goimans any moicy. See
this weeks issue of the STARS and
Stripes" for more lessons in the Am
erican language. guess I'll have to
close tout suite r.
Your old and sincere friend
BILL.
June 80, 1918.