Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-08
Yanks Pale at Pink Ribbons

Yanks Pale at Pink Ribbons
L. N. Schrofer of Chicago, Illinois,
sends the News the following clip
ping taken from the Chicago Tribune
and adds: II most heartily say
"Amen" to it and say wore power to
the boys cover There" May Gods
richest blessings be theirs in all that
they do and after completing the good
work which they have started by trim
ming the dirty Hohenzollern bunch"
may have have safe return home.
Permit me to say that [ wouldn't
miss the Baraboo Weekly News for
anything and as long as money can
procure it, count me a subscriber.
The article Mr.. Schrofer sends reads
as follows:
New York is very dull compared
with Paris. In Paris we have so many
of the brave Americans and we spend
the afternoons sitting in the sidewalk
cafes cheering the blushing Americans
as they walk somewhat shamefaced-
ly past.
American soldiers are grand fight
ers but very poor matinee idols.
When women spring from their seats
in the sidewalk cafes and thrust flow
ers in their hands they look as asham-
ed as a dog caught stealing eggs.
The most awful suffering | saw in
Paris was the case Of a big husky from
an infantry outfit. A lady Of great
distinction had stopped her machine
in the middle of the street while the
soldier was crossing and leaning out,
ad enthusiastically tied bright pink
ribbon around his neck Amidst much
rejoicing from the assembled French
spectators the lady went her way and
the big soldier looked as if was just
about to choke to death, although 1T
was a very thin ribbon and loosely
tied | saw him an hour later and he
still wore the ribbon and had turned
deathly pale and was evidently in
terrible pain.
The Captains Orders
a hoarse whisper, ''the captain said
we was to receive any compliments
given us by the French with smile
and show 'em we appreciate it and
not hurt their feelings by ditching it,
but if I have to wear this pink ribbon
around my neck for another hour I'll
go nuts and bite myself in the leg. For
the love of Mike, do something"
I removed the ribbon from the suf-
fering soldiers neck and after while
he grew calm and quite rational and
he told me some stories of the front
regarding the first assault of the
Americans against Chateau Thierry.
"They can't hold us guys" he said,
when we git started we jest keep
goin.' All anybody says is jest kill
'em, kill 'em, and o boy, you ought to
see our lads go to it. Our fellows are
good three ways. First they shoot.
Yankees Like Bayonets
"Our fellows are trained to get
their eyes on a German and then next
our fellows are as quick as cats and
they certainly move fast. And then
they are new hands with the knife.
Honest, it beats me how our fellows
took to this bayonet thing, We've
never been much on the knife at home
except for eating pie and peas and po-
tatoes with it. Maybe it's because
we're so handy eating with it that
we're so doggoned good when it comes
to easing it into the Boche, but, be-
1ieye me our fellows are certainly
some classy in handling this bayonet
thing. The Dutch are slow and clum-
sy as baby elephants compared with
our boys.
"The Dutch always make head
thrust at us and expect us to throw
up our guns and parry. Well, we do
that. but while we're a doing it we
kick lem in the stummick and that
kinds of upsets 'em and then we
Adams apple EN- and after that they
hain't on the kaiser's pay roll no more
And You Can't Stop EN-
sThere at Chatty Teery the officers
were making an awful boiler about
the boys running too fast and ducking
right through the barrage and not pay
ing attention to nothing except spear