New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

baynets, gas bombs and the Ike. In the
dull CLINT OF the moon even seen one guy
sneakin' a bottle Of carbolic acid and some
chloride of mercury outa his pocket, as
they come at me. They was takin' no
chances. Well, TO make a long story short,
/ says III fifteen minutes the field il
strcwcd with dead squarehcads and |
counted ten killed. four wounded and
had took ten prisoners. They was only
a scant two got away. That very night
Pershing all the way from Paris on
a motorcycle to pin the medal on me.
"Joc. when ! got al through not
sound was heard. One Leatherneck took
off his hat and wiped MS brow and an
other looked out the window and COM
mcnced TO whistle. But, joe the guy
which had the medal presented me with
sheer.
"You're yellow he says. If you'd OF
been Marine, them otner two guys would
never Of got away.
"Wcll, Joe, that bust UP the party and
all we seen Of Paris could Of been phote-
graphed enat's
yours truly,
ED HARMON.
- Form'ly car Of the diamond).
p. S.-Joe, after what them Devil Dogs
has did since then,I guess he was right
at that. hey? ED"
Fannie Hurst contributes a story of
drunken Bowery father who is reformed
by his pride in his Marine son, and Cap
tain Harold Miles, war correspondent of
the Salvation Army, writes that II am
told that after Belleau Wood the Prus-
SLAMS made their excuses to the Bava-
rians by claiming that every Yankee Ma
rine was over seven feet tall!'
Montague Glass records the pardon
able mistake Of Morris Perlmutter when
he is told by Abe Potash that Marcus
Grab has taken the New York agency
for big plate glass and marine insur-
ance company. Morris sees a profit in
plate glass insurance; but he considers
that, considering the news from Chateau
Thierry, the president OF marine insur~
ance company would be spending sleep
less nights Abe discovers that Morris
believes marine insurance is insurance
for Marines, and Morris retorts:
"Sure do, and also think that automo-
bile insurance is insurance for automobiles
and plate glass insurance means insurance
for plate glass, which whether they do or
whether they don't Abe, wouldn't make
no difference to the marines, because them
fclers would fight just SO hard if they
didn't carry dollars worth of insurance
health, accident or life About collecting
on their own insurance they don't give q
yr-no a no IA fIT
50 that the claim departments of all the
life and accident insurance companies in
Germany and Austria Will be busy for the
next ten years working day and night try
ing to catch up with their department bust
ness. Yes Abe, when an infantry regiment
of German policyholders GETS in the way Of
our marines over in Franco, Abe, you
don't need to be such a way-up life insur-
ance actuary to figure that the expectancy
of them Germans is going to be .o00OOooo
years, no months and no days. In fact
any ten German soldiers who are up against
only one Of our marines, amt life insurance
risks at alt They're undertakers' certain
tics. and that's all there is to it. SO if
marine insurance companies amt insuriNg
marines no more, and wouldn't take on no
bodv more extra hazardous as golf players
or certified public accountants, Abe, that's
Nd to the marine insurance companies, and
leave it 10 them to judge for themselves
If they are acting patriotic or not in taking
such stand. Am l right or wrong Abe
"You amt right and you amt wrong
Abe declared. "Youre crazy because it is
main to me that you don't know what
marine insurance company l."
"Maybe DON'T Morrs admitted with
= sbruc. but just the same, Abe, if