New Britain herald., 1918-04-19

Eagle Hut, the American Y. M. G. A
post exchange on the Strand in Lon
don, there was stopping, several
weeks ago, ST. Lawrence Henri, who
bears the double distinction Of being
the shortest soldier in the Canadian
army and one of the bravest and
most ready-witted. He was born in
France but was taken to the United
States as a baby and brought up
there. When the United States en-
tered the war, Henri volunteered,
but as he is only four feet eleven in
height, he was not accepted. Deter
mined to get into the fight anyway,
he applied to the Canadian authori-
ties and was accepted. At the Eagle
Hut he met a friend from the
States who had been accustomed to
poke fun at Henri's short figure and
full-fedged soldier.
you sure are luckier than my
brother Joe is" said the acquaint-
ance; che couldn't pass muster al
though he is a much bigger man than
YOU" Taller. you mean, as Napo
leon would say replied Henri.
Young Artist Sc1llps.
Pietro Ciavarra, q member of
Company f. SIS Infantry, at Camp
Meade, Nd, has modelled q head of
Christ in bronze plaster and has pre-
scented it to the Young Mems Christ
ian Association there
While Company + was quarantined
for short time Ciayarra used his
spare time to model this head of
Christ, q tablet for Company f, and
a seal for officers quarters. The head
of Christ now hangs on the chimney
above tho fireplace in the "S'' bunga-
low of the Young Mems Christian
Association. The PLAGUE for Company
F. is placed over the entrance to the
barrack. Col. Rosenbaum, Conlman-
der of the 315th Infantry. has the
seal in his office.
Pietro Ciavarra is a young sculp-
tor from Philadelphia. The one
thing he wants in the army is to get
into the camouflage corps. Before 60
ing to camp he was assistant to the
sculptor Giuseppe Donate.
Ciavarra has exhibited in Philadel-
phia at Mem oral Hall. the Academy
OF Fine Arts. and the Graphic Sketch
Club, and in New York City at Cor
hams and the Academy of Design.
He studied in Philadelphia at tho
School of Industrial Arts and under
Fine Arts.
The Darkey or the e-Punp"
The next time friends of the divi-
sion at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga,
send push ball to camp 1t will be
taken to the nearest garage and at
tached to a tire pump. This state
ment has the unanimous and unqua1-
fled approval Of Sambo Brown and
Lincoln Lee Jones. two Georgia dar-
kies who attempted to blow up that
pushbal and landed in the post hos
pital badly blown. Only the prompt
arrival Of George r. Fleming, Y. M.
G.. A. physical director, prevented cas-
ualties as Sambo and Link were per-
sistent and we're thoroughly serious
in their intention to finish what they
had started.
Sam and Link are volunteer work.
ers at camp and when a bundle con-
tanning a pushball arrived from Will
Transport, Pa, they opened it in the
absence Of Fleming. Upon discovery
of the tube through which it is
blown UP, they conceived the idea Of
alta ching their own human bellows
and completing the job before the
return of Fleming.
In relays they worked and their
early success inspired them to great
err efforts as they saw the formless
thing take definite shape. For two
hours their lungs were way stations
for the draughts of free ozone which
they imprisoned in the push ball.
Lunch time came and went and still
Sam and Link inhaled and blew into
the tube until it seemed that their
enormous chest expansion must
burst from their efforts. Great drops
Of sweat fell from their brows like
rain. They became extremely light
Of head. but still they stuck to their
elf-inlposed task.
At two o'clock they had reached a
state of collapse, and the ball stood
five feet high but was too fabby to
push. Another foot and the ball
would have been a perfect sphere, but
Sam and Link were spent They
were breathing SO fast that they
would draw back into their lungs the
air they had blown into the ball be-
fore they could remove their lips
from the tube.
They became actually groggy. and
would have been blowing yet if the
human machine had not refused
longer to function. Apparently both
passed out together. for when Flen1-
ing returned at four o'clock he found