The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1918-10-04
sosTH IS OVER THERE

Colonel supplee Tells About Trip
on the Great Ship Leviathan. Some
Theatrical Successes.
New York, September 14.-Many
readers Will be interested In learn
inE that the SO8th United States
Pioneer Infantry reached France
September ". The regiment embark
ed cn the Levfathan, formerly the
Taterland, the largest ship afioat
Organized of drafted men at Camp
Meade. MA, mostly from Pennsyl-
Tania, Maryland and Virginia, Az Tad
only been in the service about six
weeks when sent over. Colonel
Kinnison. commanding, and all the
field officers are regulars; the line
officers are graduates of officers
training camps Captain Hewes,
regimental adjutant, was formerly
sergeant major of the 4th Infantry,
Maryland National Guard. Most OF
the officers, including First Lieuten-
ant Cochran Supplee, are from Mary
land
The manner in which relatives and
friends are notified of United States
transports reaching destination IL
well planned. Every soldier is gwen
postal cards by the Red Cross; on
the address side ~ printed Soldiers
mail INC postage necessary ON
tine message side il printed The ship
on which \ sailed has arrived over
seas Name organization, Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces. These
are dropped in the ships postal box
es, taken to the postofice before
sailing and when the cable is recer :
ed of the steamers safe arrival the
postal cards are released in the mail
and promptly delivered. 1T is an adj
mirable Feature OF the American Red
Cross.
Lord Miner, British war minister,
has recently appealed It'd America VIZ
hurry up and send overseas more
men. The shipment XIII IA regiment Of
300 men fully organized, armed and
equipped in IT, weeks IL an answer
tO such impatience. W. are sending
100000 men a month and have 1,8O0,-
600 now in Europe
Zip, Yipl Yallark is the name of
a musical show staged by the men
of Camp Upton at rapport, N. j. 1t
was given to raise money for the
community house at the camp. It's
success has been phenomenal and
its run has been prolonged week after
week. Thousands we're turned away
and spectators sold So tickets for
Sd. More than 200 officers and enlist
ed men participated, and the book by
lnTr bro TMrTr
composer oH Broadway musical hits,
with its military hits and soulful
songs cantured the town The tor
ical air was There's Always a Little
Sunshine at the " M. C- - Morally
touching and devoid OF an cant, it
thrilled singers and audience.
The recent silly statement from
the German General Staff that ST.
Mihiel was abandoned, not captured,
by the American Army has insulted
the intelligence of the world by its
mendocity
In Zip Zip there Is hit somewhat
appropos of this Teuton habit Of
falsehood The interlOcutOr says to
tine blackface end man Private
johnson, am told YOU have been
over there with our army
Yassir.t Sergeant, Fse been in
France
aWhat service AID you do at4 TIE
'front.'
itI buried ZOO In one day
That was a good job. Quite a
days work"
Yassir; I sure buried" 'em, and
one of .em said he wasn't dead, but
buried him just the same. ;"
Private Johnson, do you mean to
tell us you buried man alive?"
.Yassir, Sergeant; you see he was
a German, and they lie SO you can't
believe anything they say
The unexpected has happened
Jack Lat. former night police re
porter, of Chicago. now of New York.
has had the nerve tO write "A comedy
town has stood for it One of Us
h. packed THE new gem Ut N play
house the Eliou Theater, Forty-fifth
street, west Of Broadway and the
house il sold ahead for. weeks 1T
was the part Of wisdom 10 have
brought out the play in the West. and
its six weeks run in Los Angeles,
CAL. showed it had the humor touch
that upset locality and sectional bias
Himself theatrical critic, here was
a chance for the reviewers to start
like a full pack in pursuit They
were tempted to exclaim unto Job.
rob, that mine advisory would write
VA book Well, he did, and the book
iS thu best thing in the play and
keeps thu house in audible good hu-
NOR through three acts.
The cast XII the play fitted to type
perfectly works a. smoothly a. "A
well-oiled machine David Strong,
Jr., well interpreted by Arthur Ash
ley, yells at poor Joan Grey and
knocks her about until he gets on
the nerves of his feminine auditors.
They wish in some scenes that he
would not go quite so strong on the
poor thing, even if he does love and
intends, to marry her Unless all
signs fail, One of US will more than
hold Its own here against nine spy
plays and larger number OF must
cal shows now running.
HIRES hoping. that Tony Watson,
prototype in the play of Jack Lait, may
continue for a long time to put across
One of w.t..
J FRANK SUPPLEE
Two British Flyers Capture cd Huns
And March Them I'm Without Leav-