The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-15
BY CLARENCE 8. HOLLAND.

and he sided up TO them. Pretty soon
he was sitting on an end Of their
bench-and they didn't notice him any
more than II he had been IN extra
cootie.
1.-The -th have got the best ball
team in France" he said positively,
apropos OF nothing.
"Huh," said Bill Jones.
"They can clean up anything In
France. I've been down there q week,
and that outfit Is class"
Huh said Jack Stevens.
aOflcers keep EN- busy. Say, where
you fromY'
Michigan" said Bill.
NEW York" said Jack.
"Met some New York and Michigan
men with the --th." said the little mar
casually.
"Who?" said Bill and Jack at once.
The little man named half q dozen,
with their towns Bill knew some and
Jack knew some, and before they re-
allied 1t they we're in the middle of q
conversation about Detroit and Utica
and Lansing and Long Island, and
politics and the -th regiment.
MESS CALL" said the little man.
Saint hungry" said Bill.
"Don't want to eat" said Jack.
D~ispeIIinu the Gloom.
Reminds me of Tom Judkins of
Pontiac" said the little man. always
getting Off his feed. Know P~ontiac?'
he asked of the Michigan man.
"Played football there"
"Judkins used to play
"What yearr
"About fourteen"
"Bet I played against him"
And so on and so on, talking about
the home localities and the home folks
and giving the boys a chance to men,
tion towns and streets that lay close
to their hearts. You could see them
straighten up; you could see their
eyes brighten I: you could feel a differ
ence In the air that surrounded them.
Bill stood up.
Guess I'll go feed" he said, and
banged Jack on the back.
"Pretty hungry myself" said Jack.
"Gimme a light before you 60" said
the little man, without enthusiasm.
One Of the boys held a match over his
pipe and then both strolled off to the
mess tent with a bad ease OF home
sickness operated on skillfully and re-
moved without pain-removed by a
man they had never seen before, but
who would always find a welcome I'm
their locality thereafter-just why.
they would lever be able to tell you
-. And they didn't know, nor would
It have mattered If they had. that the
little man In uniform, wearing a Red
Triangle, was that imposing and awe
inspiring dignitary known as Bishop
Of the Church of England back I'm
America.
That's his Job In France, just talking
to the fellows. He has put In months
Mt II. Sometimes OF a Sunday, or In
the evening he breaches, but mostly he
just wanders around looking for cases
OF gloom and inconsistencies and talk
ing them back to the cheerfulness and
enthusiasm which Is the quality that
Is almost the outstanding ~characteris-
tic Of the A. e. r. In France.
important Job With Army.
Curing or heading off inconsistencies
IL an important job in an army three
thousand miles from home. Officers,
from the new second lieutenant up.
will tell us that an army which sits
OF benches and bottles up gloom is
not an army that will fight. They say
any q Is liable to an attack, but
they say, too. that the number and vio-
lence Of attacks is amazingly few
when n considers the circumstances.
Judge Galloway of New York said
the other night, "The Job Of the Y. nj.
G. "A. here Is not so much. with the
morals OF the army al with the mo-
rale."
The Judge claims to know. For
mouths he has been travelling around
France from camp to camp, night after
night, almost without rest or relief,
talking to the boys about France. His
Job has been to interest the fellows
In the country where they are guests
and welcome guests.
The army declares that the "y'' has
bitten on q large contract. Officer at
ter oficer whom you meet on the
streets Of Paris will tell you how Inn
p0ftant he believes the 'sYs Is to the
effectiveness Of our military-and then
he will point out where the "Y' is fall
Inc down In his estimation. Almost
everybody you meet can tell you where
the ssY' Of the commissary or the Red
Cross or this, that and the other, is
falling down. In this country you
hive 70 earn praise, and to earn It you
hnve 70 work for It.
~ instance. : part Of the services