The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-04
DAY BY DAY
IN METROPOLIS
Of ENGLAND
From Reciprocal News Service.
13 Queen Anne's Gate, London,
S. w. /.
By George T. Bye.

By George T. Bye,
Thursday.-I am cramming lit
tie more French for my next trip
to the trenches and Paris. | hope
to get through without any embar-
rasSments this time. On my last
trip to Paris | was able to rattle off
my orders in the restaurant OF the
Hotel Regina with shoulder shrugs
and eyebrow aScensionS all at the
proper instant, impressing great
many of the newly-arrived Ameri-
cas-. 1t wasn't long until | became
appetite interpreter for a party of
u. 5. A. signal service officers. And
distinguished was my position untll
one fatal night when lieutenant
from Cheyenne, Wyo., asked me to
acquaint the parleyyoo dame in the
hall with his ardent wish to have
a bath towel. rang for made
moiselle. She responded amiably.
| chose my words carefully and
tried to send each one humming
out of my nose, as my tutor has
disciplined me. That drafted girl
gave me a lifting "Merci monsieur
and brought around to Lieutenant
Cheyenne, now in abject need, a
napkin
Friday.-Tried to get my army
shoes heeled for the trenches.
bought them to wear on these trips
to the front, but found 50 much
comfort in them that | have been
wearing them every day. Many an
American soldier and officer has
told me that hereafter he will wear
nothing but shoes modelled after
the shape of army kicks But
couldn't get them heeled in time
All the shops say they have thou
sands of pairs on hand for repairs
with not enough workmen to prom
Use any work within two weeks, anC
then the promise is not guaran-
tee.
Saturday.-I have delayed get
ting new passport photos taken tor
my military permits. Today is the
last day, and | had hoped we woulC
have an extra good breakfast tC
send me beaming before the cam
era. Nothing like having a good
Jolly important look on these per
nit pictures. 1t all helps to i'm
press officials. Sad to relate, on
waitress skunk up to our table hi
morning and, with a sob, dcpositc,
a cold little sardine in frone of me
You know, our hotel is in the so
called fashionable West End, an,
the food controller has decided tina
the workman of the north and cas-
of London town shall have break
fast bacon, but for us plutocrat
and aristocrats in hotels there
nothing more available than one q
two-inch cold sardine, two Y
pieces of toast and one (D cup q
coffee slightly contaminated wit
weak milk. At the photoe
rapher's | decided that my feature
this morning were about 10 degree
hang-doggier than in the last pass
port pouts | had taken, so | had
dozen of the old ones reprinte,
r Woe is me. There shall again /
| filed at public offices all over Franc
the likeness of a doomed wretc
who seems to have been photo
! graphcd just before being chaihc
and dragged off to the dungeons.
, Sunday.-That rare good fortur
of hearing an inspiring talk in
, church came to us today upon OF
| visit to the popular Farm Sire
Church, which is in a stable allie
> called here a news. We were a,
dressed by famous old Father Be
e. nard Vaughn, who has takcl b.
y fore the war -wearist soldiers al
/ moved them with the same simp
, eloquence and elucidation of cor
mon sense that gripped us, He TO
, of the indiyidualism of religion, no
i in finance a man was but an an
{ mated bank check, in society an er
d graved visiting card, in political Ii
y but vote, in the best hotels on
Il a number He carried this on, Al
=, finally brought out that in religiC
i each person was a soul to who
c the message of God was personal
I addressed.
: Monday, 10 a. mat Americ;
X consulate to have passport wise f
) France. Was told it had expir
X and would have to be extended
u embassy. l0:45.-Embassy exten
d passport for two months and a
IS yiseS me to apply for new one
a different kind is now being lis
S and the old ones are to be ca
'r cclled. ll:30-ConSulate O. X
y, passport for France. l2.-Obta
warrant for railway and steamsl
passage to British headquarters
France from foreign office. l2:
Lunch. 1.-At British militia
J. permit office in a crowded waiti
a room and my number is q. AT
the guard sings out "27" and I
upstairs before army official W
asks me if | am myself and co
pared my worn face with the pa
RS port photo and sees some rese
bIopce q n, oi,,nu ha coyatad =,