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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-02
CHAPTER II.

a Book, Z Dannoet, and Bed.
nLUE led the way straight to the
kh low, dirt rooted stable OF logs and
stopped with his nose against the
closed door. Billy Louise herself was
deceived by the whirl Of snow and
would have missed the stable entirely
/ If the leadership had been hers. She
.patted Blue gratefully on the shoulder
when she unsaddled him. She CROPPED
with her fingers for the wooden peg in
the wall where the saddle should hang,
failed to find it and SO laid the saddle
down against the logs and covered 1t
with the blanket.
Just turn your horse In loose" she
directed the man shortly. Blue Won't
fight, and think the rest Of the horses
are In the other part. And come on to
the house,"
It pleased her little to zee that he
obeyed her without protest. but she
was not so pleased at bis silence. and
she led the way rather Indignantly to-
ward the winking eye which was the
cabins window.
At the sound Of their feet on the
wide doorstep her mother pulled open
the door and stood fair In the light
looking out with IN anxious look,
rs that you, Billy Louise? oh, amt
Peter Howling Dog with your What
makes you 30 terrible late, Billy
Louise? Come right in, stranger. !
don't know your name, but I don't
need to know It. A storm like this is
all the Introduction fellow needs, /
guess"
"what about PeterT Billy Louise
asked. "Isn,t he here7"
"No, and he amt been since an hour
or 90 after you left He saddled up
and rode OF down the river, to the res
ervation, I reckon"
'Then the chores aren't done, I sup
pose" Billy Louise went over and
took lantern down from ito nan.
turning up the wick 30 that she could
light IL with the candle. Go up to
tho flre and thaw ont" she invited the
man. wen have supper in . few
minutes"
Instead he reached out and took the
lantern from her % soon - abe had
lighted It. You 60 70 tine nre your
self, he said. ''I'll do what's neces-
sary outside" :,
"Why-y,,- Billy Louise, her fingers
still clinging to the lantern, looked up
at him. He was staring down at her
with that intent look she had objected
to on the trail, but she saw his mouth
and the little smile that hid just back
Of his lips. She smiled back without
knowing It. ''I'll have to 90 along,
anyway. There are cows to milk. and
you couldn't very well md the COW
stable alone" 81 rs
Think notr
Togsthef they went ont again into
the storm they had left % eagerly.
Billy Louise showed him where was
the pitchfork ana the hay and then
did the milking while he piled fun the
managers. Alter that they went to-
| eether and turned the shivering work
horses into the stable from the corral
where they huddled, rump4 - the
storm, and tho man ljfted treat FORK
lsfuls Of hay and carried y Into their
stalls, whiie Billy Louise hsld tho Ian
| tern hi9h Over hsr hs11 Ike 9 westegn
Liberty. They did mot talk much. 81
IceDt when there was need Tor speech
but they were besinnlns 20 feel L y 4
ifle: Giow Il compa ionshlp by tho time
|, Try NSlQ way u eeilt gey
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-02
MiscELLAllEoUs

Southwest lows Is . fertile neid
the man. with anything'to sell thAe
merit. Seventy I'VE thousand -
IN southwest Iowa read the daily IN
pareil. II ~ the great want I'd f0s4l
OF lhia section. Il = known el*
wide a. 4 producer Of reaulta.
have land or anything else to- i
trade, net Ia touch With soS
lows thru the Ncnparelt
Bluffs, lows. ssS y "a s ssS.S
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WlscON9lN LANDS

For eale-Forty acres rich soil. ten
cultivated. balance hard maple. nice
cottage facing trout brook. Price In
Guiding furniture and farm tools $1,000.
800 cash, 800 annually. Get my new
farm list Tom o. Mason. owner.
Cumberland. Wis.
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Auction Sale Jan. f6.-Holstein dairy
cows and pure bred Duroc brood sows
]. A. Morrison, Green Mountain, Iowa
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block away. Look at 1t any day and
come. Easy terms. Frank Stewart.
owner. Phone 1854. Kendall, auction
eer. Phone 1871.
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Wanted-A lady. refined. well edu-
Gated, would like position as COM
panion or houeekeeper forGnvalid. cid
erly woman or gentleman. Address
A-31, care Of this paper.
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Wanted to know that the
services Of the visiting nurse employed
by the Visiting Nurses Association are
to be had at what patients are able
and willing to pay. or without pay
by those in straitened circumstances.
Clara Britt. I. South Fourth
greet. Phone 1856.
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-
OHIO FARM 8.

Write For Our List-Of Ohio farms In
tho Darby plains and in Scioto. Wal
nut. Darby and Kokosine valleys. This
land Is fully as productive as lows and
Illinois land, and can be bought Tor
S126 to 5000 per acre. G. A. Thomas &
Co., 145 North High street. Brunson
building. Columbus. O.
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MISSOURI FARMS

For sais-Three 1so-acre farms. well
improved. well located, fine corn and
wheat land. flne climate. in southern
Missouri. no waste land. all prairie and
productive. Prices SIS per acre. no
trade. terms on one-half. balance cash.
Charles r. Glenn. Lamar. Mo.
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I KANSAS FARMs ron SALE.

Well improved farms In the corn and
alfalfa belt at $50 to 800 per acre.
Mild winters and sure crops. Write
for list. L. l.. Russell. jackson County.
Soldier, Kansas.
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FOR SALE
TO RENT
TO EXCHANGE

To Rsnt-Furntshed rooms for lsght
housekeeping on car line. 1908 Sumrnit
street. phone yellow 1890.
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WANTED

rWanted-Old false teeth. Don't mat
ter II broken. pay 81 to SIS per SGT.
Send by parcel post and receive check
by return mail L. Mazer, FOOT Souen
FNfth street, Philadelphia. Pa.
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For Sale or Rsnt-six room house
city water furnace, gas. paved street
Phohe George Hines.
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For Sale or Exchanoe-A fne 30
acre farm near Marshalhown. all new
buildings. new silo. this Is a flne Inn
proved farm. and will sell With small
payment down and viii carry balance
back on farm. or will exchange for city
property. general store. or stock OF
hardware, or live stock, Phone or
write us. Plumb Bros, Marshalltown,
Iowa.
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70 Rsnt-Upper four-room furnished
fiat. electricity and water. 3l2 Phone
541 "A
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IOWA IAN 0S.

For Sals-37o to $3.50 per acre for
hest Iowa farms. Large list sent On
request spaulding 4 o'Donnell. Dlma
Iowa.
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FOR sALE-ciTv PROPERTY.

For Sale or Rent-Bernstein garage
near Main street; two story building.
60x6o: splendidly equipped. s. G. Bell.
Telephone 1886.
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g (Continhed on Page six.).
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Wanted-You to know we have one
Of the best equipped factories in central
Iowa for weaving and cleaning car
pets and rugs, We also renovate cot
ton and hair mattresses and make them
as good as, new. Marshall Rugs Works.
office II East State street, phone raj
400 IS
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Wanted-Washings,p phone green 1914.

Wanted-For cash, cheap residence
property. Box 262 city.
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EARN SALE cUNCHES
Farm sale lunches are put up "a
any number Of persons. and at mo-
reasonable prices. Restaurant. Albio1
Iowa. Phone w.
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Wanted-Second-h hand safe>in good
condition. Phone 725.
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To Rsnt-Four-room apartment o.
south side. IS: Also five-room house
on south side. SO. Elmer Collins, 1osM
West Linn street, phone red 1873.
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Wanted-Team to haul fodder for Its
feed, also fodder for sale. George D.
Brown, phone yellow 266, ring one.
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SALESMAN WANTED.

Wanted-Salesmen wanted, to solicit
orders for lubricating oils. greases and
paints. Salary or commission. Ad-
dress The Harvey OIL Co.. Cleveland.
Ohio.
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SWEENEY WEATHERsTRlp Co
weatherstrip and all kinds q ca
pentlr work. floor laying ana cabin(
work. Shop rear OF 100 wsst 1eat1
Phone yellow Ills. Sweeney and 1a1
nard.
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Wanted-Rubbish and ashes to haul
phone red 1919.
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Wanted-A. few gentleman boardew
Also large front room to rent Modern
home close in. Phone green l230.
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Misunderstanding to do at home.
Cal at 113 North Tenth avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
War HIIastens
Many W eddings
Among Society
Dozen Marriages of Impor-
lance Yesterday in City
and Near By

Lent is in no way interfering with
war brides, and almost as many we'd
dings are taking place now as before
Ash Wednesday. Yesterday about q
dozen marriages of Importance were
celebrated, some Of them being out of
town, in which one Of the parties was
a New Yorker, and others taking place
in the fashionable churches or homes
in the city
The marriage Of Miss Claire Wilks
daughter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs
John W Wilks and granddaughter OF
the late Seth Wilks, OF this citv, tc
Lieutenant John Gibson Taylor, U. S
R.. took place last evening in the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. The Rev
Dr. Robert Watson, the pastor, Off
ciated. As the bridegroom expects tt
leave soon for France the wedding wa,
advanced from April II, the date
originally set.
The Lady Chapel of st. Patrick.
Cathedral was the scene yesterday
morning Of the marriage of Miss
Frances c. Fallon, daughter Of Mr.. ant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Vaudeville Star Among Women
Who Rush to War Factory Work

1eorgette Blangy is working for
Uncle Sam now--not the Georpette Of
the pink gauze and the saucy left eve
VINO used to skip across the vaudeville
stage, but a changed Georgette, who
walks with limp and wears a one
starred service flag on her dark blue
serge dress.
However, she was the gayest Of the
crowd Of 500 women who started off
yesterday afternoon for Bloomfield, n.
d. where they are to begin work to-
morrow in the munitions plant of the
tnternatlonal Fuze and Arms Company.
My tiance is in France-you have
heard of him, yes" she chartered in
what is left of a once pretty French
accent after five years of vaude Vile
ne was very great automobile racer
down at Sheepshead Bay, George THE
listed
Il, too, would do-what is it you
say do my bit to beat the Germans,
so 1 Will make bullets. hurt my knee
cap last year. so | cannot dance any
more, but | am strong
at viii be hard work. never
1hought would live to work in fac
tory, but, after all, it is not so hard.
When you have to do the one-night
stands, and you dance all night and
get Up at o. clock in the morning TO
take the train for the next town. work
ing IN 4 nice warm factory does not
seem so bad"
fifty-flve, but Ready to Serve
Side by side with Nile Blangy. as
they started for Bloomfield, was frail
little woman. who listened wistfully to
her young comrades chatter and CON
fessed that she was not sure she would
be accented by the company.
"On account of my age, you know"
she said. THE director told me
might go over and apply. but she would
not guarantee that they would accept
me. | don't see why''-the brown eyes
tfashed-"Im a better woman to-day
than | was when | was thirty, and I'm
fftyfive, but don't look it, do / %
Another candidate was Mrs Sadie
Adams, VINO has four sons fighting
against Germany. and doesn't want to
be the only Stacker" in the family
Alex, her eldest, is in the British Fly
ing Corps; John is a corporal with
General Pershing. and William and
George have enlisted in this country.
Miss H. NJ Scarth, the representa-
tive Of the factory. who has charge of
the campaign 10 enlist i 900 women
munitions workers. had hard time
yesterday finding ways to reject the
services Of many elderly women. who
were filed with patriotic zeal. but had
small appre citation of what it would
mean to work on machinery for nine
hours a day. The hours in the Inter
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NJ usic
Jacob Cegna Makes New
York Debut in Violin Re-
cital at Aeolian Hall

Jacob Gegna, guaranteed another pu-
pill Of Leopold Auer gave his first
violin recital in New York last night in
Aeolian Hall. His tone IL eantilena
passages is rich and full and his phras-
ing often graceful, but in rapid move
ments he PLAYS with vigor rather than
with distinction, and not always with
exact pitch Bossi's Sonata opened tho
programme, which was continued
through many miscellaneous pieces.
Guiomar Novaes is no searcher out
of strange devices. She usually charms
by playing the obvious Interpretation
with inimitable finish. But yesterday
afternoon. playing in Aeolian Hall for
the benefit of the Manassas Industrial
School. she bestowed a surprising va
riety of her limpid aquarelle tones upon
Beethovens Les AdieuX" sonata, OPP.
81, and played Schumann's "Symphonic
Studies" with extraordinary emotional
resourcefulness. A group of familiar
Chopin pieces closed her programme.
Walter Damrosch gave the sixth of
his symphony concerts for young peo-
pie at Carnegie Hall in the afternoon,
with Roshanara dancing as soloist.
At the opera house Aida was the
matinee bill, with Muzio, Homer, Amato
and Kingston the principal soloists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

national Fuze and Arms Company are
from T to $50 o'clock. and it is piece
work, which means speeding up"
The hours are longer than the New
York State law allows for women
workers in factories, but few OF
the candidates seemed to mind this.
The pay for beginners is S1.96 day,
and reaches a maximum of ST for
skilled workers. The average, accord
ing to Miss Scarth, is about $4 a day.
Seamstresses, ladies' maids, music
workers and mothers of English and
Irish soldiers all mingled in the throng
that enlisted. Some told story Of
hard times and the high cost of liv
ing. frankly admitting it was the good
wages offered by Uncle Sam that
tempted them. Others declared they
We're responding from purely patriotic
motives
The problem of housing, in small
place like Bloomfield, threatens to be-
come critical before the entire 1000
needed by The munitions plant have
been recruited, but for the first Corners,
according to Miss Scarth. there are
plenty Of rooms in pleasant houses
The Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation of New Jersey, which has
erected emergency headquarters across
the street from the factory. will pro
vide list of rooming places and will
also provide lunches and recreation for
the girls during their leisure hours.
Start Housekeeping Clubs
There were some, however, like Mrs.
Elizabeth Mcbride, who announced
their intention of going on their own
hook without the help of the Young
Women's Christian Association. Mrs.
Mcbride picked out four of the mos
likely looking applicants and formed
then and there cooperative house
keeping club.
Sure. we'll not be hanging around
any association" she said; we'll have
our own little home. This lady says
she has piano. and this one will bring
over teakettle, and I know how to
raise chickens, so we'll have lots of
fresh eggs. We're going right over to
Bloomfield this afternoon to pick out
little house for the four of US
The enlistment of women was direct
ed by Mrs Olive Stott Gabriel. chair
man Of the employment committee Of
the Mayors committee of women, at So
Lafayette Street.
Candidates for the factory will be
sent over every day in groups of TWEEN
ty-fve, until the entire number Of one
thousand has been put TO work. The
women are to worN on printing ma
chimes, and will be allowed to sit down
all day. The work is not hard Miss
Scarth explained, for women accus-
toned to factory work, but for the I'M
skilled volunteers it will be difficult al
first
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

pital in Leicester, England. Despite
the suffering the news caused him, Mr..
Kingston never sang so we'll. His voice
had lost most of it's throatiness and
became the splendid organ It naturally
is. Mr.. Kingston is fass becoming az
artist worthy of the traditions of the
metropolitan.
Miss Claudia Muzio was beautiful
Aida, and what is better stili, she used
her splendid voice with greater dis
erection than used TO be hers. Miss
Muzio also is fast approaching the
stature of the great AIdas OF the past
Nine. Homer was as ever most admit
rable as Amneris. and Mr.. Anato as
Amonasro in rather better voice than
he has : en- lately Mr.. Ruysdael, as
the King. and Mr.. Rothier, as Ramis
were excellent, and Mr.. Papi conducted
with shirt -
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Mrs Henry Alphonse Fallon, of 555
West 149th Street, to Lieutenant John
b. Golden. Of the aviation section, Sig
nal Corps, Z. S. A. The Rev. Joseph
McQuade performed the ceremony,
which was followed by breakfast at
the Plaza
The marriage Of Miss Millicent Ber-
nice Mahon. daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Frederick j Mabon, of Brooklyn, to
Lieutenant Rochester Burnett Jones,
Z. s. A, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis P.
Jones. of 11S East Seventeenth Street,
Manhattan. took place last evening in
st. Bartholomew Church, Madison
Avenue and Forty-fourth Street The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Percy Gordon, and an informal recep-
ton followed in the chapel of the
church. Miss Doris Jones was the maid
Of honor ard little Imogene Jones the
flower girl. Frank AlmQuist served as
hest man and the ushers were Ashley
Dickinson, Lloyd Robinson, Gilbert Ga
hriel and Dr. A Naeel Lieutenant
Jones is graduate of Williams.
George Henry Payne, of New York,
Commissioner of Taxes and Assess
ments and Mrs Emma James Sturde-
want of Dallas, Penn, were married
Yesterday at inc nome OF me prlde IN
Dallas. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev r. s. Haynes. The bride,
who is the daughter of Mrs. Thomas A.
James. was unattended Robert Emmec
MacAlarney, Of New York, was best
man.
Miss Mary Katherine Dietz, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Dietz, OF
Westfeld, n. j., was married last night
st the home Of her parents to Captain
Medley G. r. Whelpley 305th Field Ar
cliery, National Army. son Of Dr.. and
Mrs. Charles Brown Whcipley, Of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa Lieutenant Allen B
klots served as best man.
Miss Eleanor Virginia Randolph
Chaplin. daughter Of DR.. and Mrs: Frank
Woodruff Chaplin. of New York, was
married on Thursday in ST. Matthew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
To Add to War Chest
Camp Fire Girls Plan Ami
versary Celebrations

One Of the many celebrations being
held throughout the country by Amer
ica's 10000 Camp Fire Girls will be
the "Patriotic Council Fire. on Satur-
DAY afternoon in the list Regiment
Armory under the direction Of the
Camp Fire Headquarters, 81 East Sew
enteentn Street. TO common crate the
sixth anniversary Of the organization
and the com pletion Of much war work.
The proceeds viii be turned into a
$4,000 war chest.
About 1000 girls will take part next
Saturday az the armory celebration.
The directors are Miss Edith VI. Kamp-
thorne. Miss Helen NJ. Buck. Mrs: Hen
delta Baker Low and Miss Mary Tabor
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Opera
Morgan Kingston Sings in
Aida" Knowing His Son
Is Wounded

Morgan Kingston, VINO sang Radamas
at yesterday afternoons performance
Of Aida" at the Metropolitan Opera
House, did so under The strain OF q
message received an hour before the
performance that his son haa been des-
uerately wounded while fighting in
Flanders. The message stated that a
hell fell into the battery o. which
young Kingston is member. explod-
ing and ,,illing seven men and woundin :
2 number Of Others Kingston's face
was partially blown off anG he was
otherwise injured. He is new in hos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

Chazy, N. Y, and AGA Riverside Drive
this city, announce the encag. ment of
their daughter. Miss Katherine Sey-
mour, to Lieutenant Randolph Russell
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph
Russell. Of Livingston, Staten Island
Lieutenant Russell formerly was q
member of Squadron A. He received
his commission at Plattsburg, and is
new serving in France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

ment of her daughter, Miss Agnes E.
Mccormack, 10 Lieutenant Vincent J.
Coletti, attached to the aviation section
of the Signal Reserve Corps. now on
active duty at Gerstner Field. Lake
Charles, La, as instructor OF flying.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

Miss Eleanor Virginia Randolph
Chaplin. daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. Frank
Woodruff Chaplin. of New York, was
married on Thursday in St. Matthew s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

Church, Wilton, Mass. to Lieutenant
Wayne Marshall, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Cooper Marshall, of Philadel-
phia. The wedding, which had been
planned for April, was FASTENED on &C
count of orders received by Lieutenant
Marshall. The bride was attended by
her sister, Mrs. Richard Pegram Myers
Miss Eleanor Brace. of New York. and
Miss Eleanor Ward Stevens, of Green
field Mass
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

Katherine Seymour to Wed
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Seymour, c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10

WASHINGTON, March 9.-Secretary
Daniels to-day announced that the FIVE
mile dry zone order for seven naval
training camps and stations and the
academy at Annapolis will become eff
fective at p. m. March Is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-10
Agnes Mccormack Engaged

At a lunch given Few days ago
at the home Of Mrs. Elizabeth McCor-
mack, $40 Union Street, Brooklyn, an
nouncement was made of the engage
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-16
START THEIR BATTLES
FROM STRIP OF TAPE
lust Like Runners Taking Part
in a Great Athletic
Meet.

The allied armies start their battles
from tape-line just like runners tax
Ing part in an athletic meet. A strip
OF white tape, an inch wide, marks the
assembly line from which the troops
"go over"
The troops gather under cover Of
darkness and await the zero hour"
which Is guarded with the strictest
secrecy. All the watches of the Of
ficers are synchronized. The soldiers
await the word to start. II may be
given at midnight or ut four-hfty
o'clock In the morning.
I've seen an attack started by Amer
leans along the Marne in the mid.af-
ternoon sunlight, but the onslaughts
usually are launched before daybreak,
or during fog.
The British have developed an In
genious smoke screen, which, coupled
with the artillery, battles the enemy.
I've seen troops march silently dur
Ing the night to the assembly fape.
I've heard the boom Of the great
guns and seen the flashes marking
the barrage as a food Of men rushed
forward. Il seems incredible how any
living thing could come through such
lnfernos, when at dawn you trudge
across the fresh battlefield and see the
starting tape lying on the scorched
grass and across mighty shell craters.