The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-07
Boys Are Coming Home Full OF
Love of Living.
Comforts Before War Will Be
Real Luxuries Now.
San FARRELL WRITES OF IDEAS
Men Have Formed Peace
Views That Are Refreshing.
Interesting Incidents From
Former Firing Line.

A letter. written the last of October.
from France. by Sanford farrell, has
been received in Topeka. The writer
was optimistically looking forward
then to what actually happened in a
few days, the Acknowledgement by
Germany of her defeat. He expected
the struggle to end in a few months,
Hhei cas- IL was but a few days. He
speaks of the thoro understanding the
Am .,'icans had of their cause, and the
bravery they showed in carrying it to
victory.
FARRELL speaks in the highest terms
81 praise for the work of the Saliva
lion Army. I'll never pass up the
Kettle and the tambourine when l get
Back" he writes FARRELL was former
" reporter on the State Journal,
Ind is the son of Frank FARRELL. in
Red Cross work in Washington, and
Mrs. FARRELL. who is remaining in To-
,eka this winter. He writes:
This evening / am enjoying the de-
lights of an aromatic Ell Roitan cigar.
md indulging in some pleasant medi-
alton. My thoughts, however, are
occasionally disturbed by the bursts
Of shells a few hundred meters away
suit not close enough to make me
cave this pleasant shack to hunt the
lark, damp safety of a nearby dug
Sut. Fritz, who is now at the twi-
light of his military career. likes to
remind us that there is some lie in
he old dog yet.
Predicts Hun Downfall.
~ can see in the near future the
triumph of a righteous cause. 1 saw
by the New York Herald paris -edi-
ion) today. that Austria is omins
lround to our way of thinking. Me-
kinks that the tuneful melody.
Deutschland uber Allies once full
.hroated and strong in the vibration
~ f1 fos 1,..
,arely audible, and soon will die awe y
lltogether.
ut is grand privilege to partici-
pate. in a slight way in this struggle
which will not end until an insolent
tutocracy is humbled, even demol-
shed. The hardships. the suffering.
he pain that we are undergoing now,
md Will furtt0r undergo in the rigors
" an European winter, will only
make US appreciate the ways of peace
when all is ended. do not think the
var will last turnout th9 winter, but
, believe that it VIII be several
months before all is settled and two
'r three million happy Yanks will be
nomeward bound.
THE little niceties of life which we
Ook as a matter of course in the
rears. preceding our entry into the
var. now would be the most wonder
.ul of luxuries; we will know how to
i've as We never knew before. A man
must actually live on the front. under
conditions that are most exacting, to
'ealize the full extent of what war is
md what We are fighting for. The
ioughboy in the front line trenches,
he machine gunner in his emplace-
nent, the artilleryman beside his
pieces. the engineers repairing roads
Ind bridges under fire, the signal
corps men, the ambulance drivers, the
ruck drivers, the stretcher bearers
Ind the hospital men, in fact all of
hem will return home with the sense
hat they have really fulfilled duty
Makes Real Men,
THE war is making real men of
hem. When 1 was a reporter in KAN
ias City, my first assignment included