Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-28

their point of view is Just as amusing
to us. Understand, l don't maintain
that the Americans are all teetotal-
lers; far be it from such, because
they sure do go out on some grand
1amborees. That probably accounts
for their insistent desire for cold
water and more cold water. the
! Frenchman, YOU know don't take
his liquor that way, not all at once,
but just enough regularly to keep
him feeling good. Great is his cry
then when the usual allowance of
''pinard," a cheap kind of wine. is
left out of his bill of fare. 1 hap
pened to be sitting at table with
bunch of Frenchmen at the noon
meal to-day, and, seeing I had no
"pinard," they were very solicitous
about getting me a glass and asking
me would ! have some. Great, i'm
deed, was their surprise when 1 re-
fused with thanks, not that the
principle of the thing bothered me,
but 1 don't like the taste of the
doggone stuff. They had quite a
lot of fun among themselves out of
that. OF course, / caught but little
of the conversation, but I judged
they were making remarks about
these crazy Americans.
However, that don't worry me a
| whole lot, not as long as the food
stays this good and don't get like it
was at Avord. where remarks such
as "Drive the horse down to this end
| of the table" when one wished the
meat, were prevalent. I'll say that
was some lasting meat, though.
One had no need of chewing gum
with "Avord horse meat being
passed out.
Candy From Home
20 ha tr,,@ r
would not believe it unless L was not
actually chewing chunk of it, but
that box of candy from Maine final
ly arrived, wonderfully preserved,
considering it's long and tedious
| journey. 1t sure was a godsend, for
had run out of both money and
chocolate at the same time-a most
horrible state of affairs, indeed, con-
sidering my love for such sweet
meats, which is nearly as great as
my love for pretty ladies' That
| qulck 1t only made me hungry, and
the chocolate almonds which L
shared with my roommate sur
prised him SO much that he could
not voice his appreciation, SO let it
go by saying. Gee, it's too good to
refuse, but l don't want to rob YOU"
II pleased me nightly to see that
they were my favorite brand of
chocolate - the Apollo - and it
speaks well for that firms manner
or packing their capdies that they
j were as fresh and nice as the larger
boxes of that same excellent make
l used to take to certain young la
dies-and help eat. Incidentally,
it's been my personal observation
! that the saying, the way to q mans
heart Is through his stomach" ap-
Plies to the other sex as well-if
one chooses his candy wisely. I
ought to know; I've proven it, num-
bers of times-no, girls; I'm not
married yet. AS for those after
| dinner mints, we had quite an en-
| 1oyable time with them and felt
like millionaires, having such civ
ilized things to eat after a meal at
the 'ordinaire" (mess). l sent a
letter to Mr.. Smith, in Maine,
thanking him for his contribution of
mints and expressed my sorrow
that the mints were not gold instead
OF pepper, also praising his skill as
packer, and innocently giving him
my Paris address for all packages.
hope he takes the hint and
starts some more mints on the way,
Sure. 1 know you'll think that's aw-
ful, but l didn't do anything. It's
merely the way one looks at it.
Here's hoping he gets the right
look. Meanwhile, here we two sit
at a two-by-four table, candle and
bed on one side and wall and candle
on the other, while the mints and
stick candy repose handily nearby.
Yeh, it's going down fast and then
we wonder why we're getting
thlrsty-and there is no water.
Guess we will have TO hit the cider
barrel!
Plenty of Equipment
At this school all piIots are out-
ntted for the front, given enough
junk to fill a large trunk, only big
sack is doled out to us for carry
ing this STUFF. We get everything
brand new, a casque, which one
wears, and wooden headpiece.
which everyone does wear, for it's
cold here, is one of the smaller
items. What had once been ru-
NOR is now a fact, for we have
the white fur rug that used to adorp
our parlor and scare Billy into
spasms. They are very warm, but
the odor coming from them would
no doubt send Billy into some more
| spasms, for it sure is rank
A com bination suit, the same type
| used at Tours, was also given us.
Ihese are complete waterproof
suits, heavily fur-lined and very
chic" in appearance when one
draws the belt tight around the mid
die. Which Just reminds me that
the one ! got belonged to a "mitrail-
leur" (the rank of the man who
uses the machine gun in a two
place airplane) formerly, for his
name is on it, he probably being
killed before he had time to dirty
it. Anyway. have it now and, not
| being superstitious, am very well
pleased with it, for tits wondrous
warm and soft
Need Foot-Warmers
We also were given foot-warmers.
You needn't laugh! One needs them
lat high attitudes. Sad to say.
though, they did not have any
gloves or goggles. two of the most
Important things about airplane
equipment for pilots, / think. How
ever, / traded my poilu overcoat for
a pair Of soft kid gloves and 1
found a pair of goggles on the field,
SO IT should worry!' Throat's ali
right now. WALTER.
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