El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-06
WORK Of THE Y
HELPS SOLDIERS
Corporal Holmes Lauds the
Association; Wants Some
Motherly Women.
Continued from Page ID

and spend your last dollar for pack
age to send to some lad over there
/ After the excitement of lodging
shells and bullets in the front trench
es life in billets seems dull. Tommy
/ has too muck time TO get into mis-
chief. It was at Petite-Saens that
| first saw the Divisional Zones.
I This was a vaudeville show BY 10
men who had been actors in civil life,
and who were detailed TO amuSe the
! soldiers They charged a small ad-
mission fee and the profit went to the
/ Red Cross.
There ought TO be more recreation
for the soldiers Of all armies The
Y. NJ c. A is TO take care OF that with
our boys.
Lauds Work of the Y. VI. c. 4.
BY the way we had q Y. II c. A.
/ hut at Petite-Saens. and cannot say
enough for this great work. No one
who has not been there can know
what a blessing it Is to be able to 90
into a clean. warm, dry place and sit
hear good music. Personally 1 am
little bit sorry that the secretaries
are to be in khaki. They weren't
when I left And il sure did seem
good to see a man in civilians clothes
You get after a while so you hate the
sight Of a uniform.
Another thing about the Y. NJ G. A
could wish that they would have
more women in the huts. Not 1rllly,
frivolous society girls. but women
from IS to so. A soldier likes kisses
as we'll as the next. And he takes
them when he finds them. And he
finds too many. But what he really
wants, though, is the chance to SIT
down and tell his troubles to some
nice, sympathetic woman who is old
enough to be level headed.
wants Women in Y. VI. c. A.
Nearly every soldier reverts more
or less to q boyish point OF view; He
bankers for somebody to mother him.
should be glad TO see many women
of that type in the Y NJ. C. A Work
It is one of the great needs OF our
army that the boys should be amused
and kept clean mentally and morally
I don't believe there is any organlza-
ton better qualified TO do this than
the Y. II. c. A
Most Of our chaps spent their time
sson their own" either in the Y NJ C
A. hut or in the estamients while we
were in Petite Saens- Our stop there
was hardly typical Of the usual rest IN
bilIets. Usually rest means Ihat
YOU are set 10 mending roads OF some
such fatigue duty. At Petite Saens.
however. we had il "cushy."
The routine was about like this
UD at $50 we fell in for three-quar-
ters of an hour physical drill or bayo-
net practice. Breakfast Inspection
Of ammo and gas masks. one hour
drill After that con our own" with
nothing to do but smoke. read and
gamble.
Send CIgarets Very Often.
A soldier is a great smoker. The
Tommy gets a fag issue from the
government. If he Is lucky. OF Two
packets or 20 q week. This lasts MIN
with care about two days. After that
he goes smokeless unless he has
friends at home to send him a sup
plv. I had friends in London who
sent me about 500 flags a week and
lasted. This took off some Of the
curse OF being a lance corporal
Tommy has his favOrite in Tags
like anvbodv else. He likes above all
Wild Woodbines. This cigaret Is
composed Of glue, cheaD paDer and q !
moor quality OF hay. Next in his af- |
fertion comes Goldflakes-pretty |
near as bad
People over here who have boys at !
The front mustn't forget the cigaret !
supply. Send them along early ana |
often Therel never be too many 1
Smoking is one OF the soldiers lew |
comforts Two bits worth Of makinls |
q week viii help one lad make life |
andurab1e It's ehean at the price. |
come through for the smoke fund |
whenever Won get the chance.
French Cafe Life.
Cafe life among US at Petite Saens |
vas mostly drinking and gambling. /
that is not half as had as II sounds
-he drinkinq w7s mostly confined 10 /
che slushv French beer and win blanc /
md citron- Whisky and absintne !
we're barred
The gambling was on a small scale |
-acessa ri1v. the British soldier not /
icing at anv time a hloatsd ulutocrat /
~ the same time the games were /
continuous House" was the most /
popular. This is game similar to /
che lotto" we used 70 NAV rs chill /
zren The backers Distribute csrde /
having IS numbers. forming whaf |
.hev call a school Then numbers /
-ardbnard squares are drawn from |
10 2. the numbers being called out l
when a number comes out which an
-ears on your card YOU cover II win
Numbers covered You call ont "hnuse
inning the not. II there ore 10 peo-
he in at franc a head the banker
-o1ds ont two francs and the winner
vets eight
It IS really quite exciting. as Won /
nav get all but one number covered
- come. Usually when YOU get as
lose as that and sweat over num-
Lar for 10 minutes sor1ah0dv else get
s,is first. Sergeant Wells describes 4
he came as one whore the winner
81 oilers 'ouse and the rest oilers
el1f"
Some Of the nicknames for the dif-
rarenf numbers remind one Of the /
-Iane Of fhe crap shooter. For in
-tance frKa1l-'s eve" means one
ao1iel-efv click" is SIS ''ToD OF the /
-a--sa- is % Other games are 'crown /
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