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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-05-09

Mrs. A. G. Genshow received letter
recently from her grandson. Robt.
Graham, containing . long, interesting
and well written write up Of . party Of
American soldies who were given ten
days leave of absence spent in Paris
and Cauterets. In writing up the per-
sonnel Of the party, the one writing up
the trip says: ''Iowa is represented by
Robt. A. Graham. of Cresco. q mere
but patriotic little cuss. He
quit school at the tender age of eight
cen and joined the colors. He's fight
Ing msax through and through and has
trimmed more men than any soldier
around here 3 the company barber
We all took turns rocking Bob to sleep
every night We also note that Rob-
ert was . member of the ''Mess Hall
Minstrels" presented by the 3llth Sup
ply Co. @. NJ. c., and was one of the
vocalists, singing "Smiles" in the big
first part. -ss..>. :as. -. ,ss
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-05-09

Francis L. Herpelinck, of the U. S.
Marines, stationed at Camp Gievres,
France, writes the Plain Dealer as fol-
lows:
II have been receiving the Cresco
Plain Dealer quite often, and must say
that your paper has given me much
pleasure. l never get chance to read
it only evenings after get through
with my guard duty and it sure passes
the evening. l don't know what I
would do without my P. D. in this far
away country.
haven't the least idea when my
regiment will sail for home, but hope
it is soon. This is an awful country.
We don't see the sun for weeks. l
think most of the boys in the A. E. F.
will realize what a wonderful country
we have far across the Atlantic.
Joe Hayes, of the S75th Aero Squad
ron, stationed at Colonebey, Les
Bellies, France, writes to the Plain
Dealer as follows: "
II receive your paper regularly and
l enjoy reading it very much, espec-
tally when am so far from home. l
am enjoying the best of health, but l
don't know when will be home, the
only thing can do is patiently wait
for my turn, which hope will be soon.
said when landed in France that
would write letter to the Plain
Dealer to publish after had been in
France one year. 1t will soon be q
year now and will send the letter in q
few weeks for you to publish. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18

 xararnx uuQE
LOCALLY WIRE

oh this cratic performer of a wear aro IS the happiest individual in turfdom.
 The big chestnut son of Orroord.lo a weird acting animal as o-vesr-oiS rms was last year. He showed n1arvaIor. Speeu m ms morning workouts. but on race uaFs always acted like crazy horse al the post and wouldn't run trDe
 Al last ms owners, disgusted, put him or tne auction block. Sam Hildreth came yelled Sold ''oieer
 "Hildreth bought a false alarr, " ,h. turf sharps said '7
 For the balance of 1918 it serned that way Purchase did nothing emarlssh1a nothing but a trifle beyond the mediocre He wintered well and was named for sew era! or the big spring races But ETN- in May "o"s
 And ever since Purchase has flashed al, the marvellous speed of which Hildreth nsured him capable And Purchase In purses alone has won more than the s1o 50o that was paid for him.
 The crowning feat was the defeat oe the mighty Sir Barton in the Dwvsr stakes at Acqueduct. The Ross colt hsd won the Kentucky derby, the Preakness. the Belmont and the withers stakes in succession, and promptly was classed n.
 unoeatable' in the 3-year-oid ranks But Hildreth had a different idea.
 Purchase goes against Sir Yar,,c ,r the Dwyer, and Purchase will win" he said 0
 The race, with Sir Barton an odds-on favorite, was run in a sloppy track. s condition that exactly suited Sir Barton. The Ross colt had Johnny Ioftus. ranked as America's premier pilot aboard. And Sir Barton had all the best of 1t on the barriers rise, broke running and quickly jumped three or four lengths to the front. a position that he favors
 But Purchase beat the wonderful Pre- horse and did it easily Purchase en- countered trouble through the first half mile by being behind the swerving Crvs- tai Ford. the other starter The race was well along into the three-quarters before Purchase got clear took second place and swung along three lengths hs. hind the flying Sir Barton,
 Rounding the turn the Ross horse stiu led. but right there Purchase began to run. and how he did move! One gigantic stride after another placed him even with Sir Barton at the mile and from then on-thc race was a mile and one-eighth- it was a runaway for Purchase Ioftus tried to whip Sir Barton back into the lead, used all the superb jockeyship of which he is capable. But Purchase the better horse, won
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 dicats. Incl
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ston scoring and Fish pulling up at third. Pat Duncan then delivered with a luscious two-base clout, bringing in Fisher.
 Crews walked two men in the eighth and Moley used the hook, sending Sig man to the mound. Sig filled the bases by passing a third batter, but the side was finally retired without tally. Atlanta threw big scare into the crowd in the ninth frame wher Dykes, first up doubled to center, but Galloway popped to Peters, Stevenson made a pretty play Higgins grounder and Styles, batting fol Thornburn, grounded out. Hairston to Bernsen.
 SECOND GAME
 Too much Sheehan tells the story of the Baronial setback In the second scs- sion. Sigman came back to the hurl- ing hill and pitched fairly we'll but his teammates supported him loosely and were unable to do much with the enemy artilleryman. The Barons got as far~as the keystone only once in the first four frames when Hairston singled and stole second in the third In the fifth Stevenson led off with double to left. took third on a fielder's choice and scored on Sigman's sacrifice fly. That constituted the Barons' tal- lies in this game.
 Atlanta scored one in the second or a pass to Galloway and hits by Hiz- gins and Sheehan. They counted twice in the fourth when Galloway walked Higgins sacrificed, Sheehan doubled and Reed and Herndon singled.
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To Lefty" Sigman, the eccentric. though capable. hurler, must go the lions share of the glory, for it was none other than he who rescued the wobbly Crews after the latter strug- gled through seven long, nerve-rack- ing frames and then cracked in the eighth. The offensive stars whose hit ting accounted for all the local tallies were Stevenson, Hairston, Fisher and Duncan. Fish" drove in the tying run and Patricia" was the bloke whose mallet showed the Barons in the lead.
 Sammy Crews was in hot water from the ringing of the gong to the time Moley called him to the showers, but Samuel managed to ease out of two thirds of the dangerous places. Reed walked in the first and went out stealing. Damrau and Herndon hit safe, but the side was retired without damage. Dykes hit and Crews error put two men on the second but the
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Barons Split Twin BM With Crackers
Bookmakers Bankrupt When Painted Horse Wins Big Race
Purchase the Mystery Horse of 191S" Astonshes Wise
 Ones by Beating Sir Barton for the Dwyer Stake
By JAMES J. CoRBETT

Horsemen are still laughing over the trick that R. L. Bressler put over on the ''hookies'-a stunt that enabled him to make a $2ooOOo killing. with one race horse and lo-cent can of paint.
 Bressler owns Ally named Ina Wood. which showed great promise early in the year, but was the sort of horse that needed plenty of work to tune" her m. She ran few races with varying sucz cess in the south and then was sbipned to the New York tracks.
 Soon after her arrival Ina Wood began to find herself. and in morning work outs early in June continued to irnnnove Bressler knew that another week or two of training would fit her for a race. Rut he knew that every move of Ina was watched closely by the clockers of the oookies who tab the movements of every horse.
 Bressler, realizing that if the bookies learned how sensationally Ina Wood was working out, they would probably make her favorite in her next start And Biessler didn't want the horse to be made favorite; he yearned for juicy odds. Sc one day report was permitted to cir culate that Ina would stay in the barn for while, and from then on the clock CTS saw no more of the lilly with the olazed face and white hind foot and hook markings peculiar to Ina Wood.
 All they saw for some days afterward was strange steed from the Bressler stable working in sensational trials They tried to learn the name of the Ally which had worked a half in .47-and travelling easily. But Bressler was non- -communi- catiye, as were his stable connections
 short time later Ina Woods name appeared in the entries. The "boolzies'' paid little attention to her. They quoted big odds against her chances for "a horse that has been hanging around in barn for week isn't a horse that can win"
 Ina Wood won the race, simply ran away with 1t. And Bressler and his pals who were fin on the know" nearly sent dozen poolroom keepers into bankruptcy by the coup.
 Yes, you've guessed it. Brcssier painted out the blaze on the face and the other white markings and the strange lilly of the great morning workouts was none other than the camouflaged Ina Wood painted to prevent the clockers from dis covering her identity.
 PURCHASE COMES THROUGH
 Purchase, the mystery horse of 1slS." has come through. And Sam Hildreth, lI EAR
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BIG LEAGUE SCOUT
 HERE TO LOOK AT!

Joe EngIe, ivory hunter for the Washington Senators, was mn inter- ested spectator at Rickwood yes- terday. Scout Engle Is making n tour 0f the league in quest of ma- terial with which to bolster Clark Griffith's aggregation and he has his eyes on several players in this circuit. Just who among the Barons Joe is watching nobody knows, that Is nobody except those who have followed baseball at the local pns- ture, nnd to them it's easy.
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xBatted for Weaver in fourth.

Score by innings:
 New Orleans ......... 900 900 0a1-l0 Memphis ......,..... 301 o10 000- 5
 Summary: Two-base hit, Griffin Three-base hit. Griffin. Home runs Carroll. Sullivan. Sacrifice hits, Car roll, Lewis. Double plays, Weaver to knacpp; Manda to Griffin. Pitching record: Hits. off Weaver, 5 with 4 runs In innings; off Foster, none with no runs in innings 5 on and none down when relieved in fourth: off Fentress. with runs on and none down when relieved in fourth Base on balls. off Foster 5, off Fen tress l, off Lee 1. off Weaver i. off Canavan {. Struck out by Canavan {. by Lee 1. Time, hours. Umpires, Brennan and Campbell
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Score by innings:
 Summary: Two-base hits, Schooner, Ducote, McMillan. Three-base hits, Brot- tenn, Bacon. Sacrifice hit Golvin. Sac rifice fly, Schepner. Stolen bases, Dis tel, McGinnis, Grimm, Golvin, Hengeveld, Frierson, Kinsella. Double plays, Me Milan to Meyers to Golvin; Brottem to McGinnis. Left on bases, Little Rock 12 Mobile G. Struck out, by Utt 2. by Robinson 1, by Beech 3. Base on balls, off Utt 6. Hit by pitcher. by Beech Utt. Wild pitch, Robinson. Time, 2:12. Umpires. Pfenninger and Shibley.
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SUMMARY Two-base Hits-Stevenson Sheehan. Stolen Bases-Hairston, Herndon. Double Plays-Galloway to Dykes to Griffin Struck Out-Sigman ,, Sheehan & Base on Balls-Sigman 3. Sheehan a Hit by Pitched Ball-Reed. Left on Bases-Birmngham 2. Allan ta g..
 Umpires-Johnson and Williams. Time Of Game-1:D
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SUMMARY: Two base hits, Duncan, Stevenson, Reed, Damrau. Griffin. Three base hits. Fisher. Double plays, Galloway to Dykes to Griffin: Dykes to Galloway to Griffin. Struck out Crews 2; Sfgman 1; Thorn burn 2.
 Base on balls, Crews 5: Sigman i, Thornburn 3.
 Innings pitched. Crews [ IS with 13 hits and runs. Left on bases Birmingham 6; Allan ta IA.
 Empires. Johnson and Williams Time of game 1:5o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
SPORTS
Barons Break Losing Streak
 By Winning First Game of
 Double Header With Atlanta
"Lefty" Sgman Rescues Sammy Crews In First, But Is Beaten In Second-Stevenson Duncan and Fisher Offensive Stars-Sheehan
 Invncble In Last Battle
BY BOB McDAyID

The law of perpetual motion vindicated yes terday afternoon when Moeys groggy Barons finally ball from the Crackers the first half of bargain day b might also be mentioned that the local athletes de- feaed in the second but that merely incidental The big evolves about the Barona victory conquest that saved the Magic City representatives from the stigma of cellar occu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
BRUINS SLAUGHTER RUBEN ROBINSON A. N. Utt, the Brazilian Finger, Tames the
 Travellers

Little Rock, July 17.-Poor fielding behind Robinson made it easy for Mobile to win today's game. to L Beech, who went in the box for Little Rock in the seventh, was hit hard. Utt, pitching for Mobile, was invincible in the pinches, the locals having F runners left on bases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

RESULTS YESTERDAY Detroit 5; Philadelphia B Washington 8; Chicago | Cleveland 4; Boston 0.
 GAMES TODAY Washington at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Detroit Boston at Cleveland.
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Virginia League

At Portsmouth: Portsmouth Richmond, rain.
 At Norfolk: Norfolk-Newport News. rain.
 At Petersburg: Petersburg { Suffolk 2.
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MEMPHIS HURLERS HAND II ID PELS League Leaders Get Only Four Hits, But Score
 Ten Runs

Memphis. Tenn, July 17.-Ten bases on balls, three errors and four hits en- abled Ne wOrleans to defeat the locals today 10 to B. Of the IS Pelicans who went to bat in the fourth. nine scored. Score:
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International League

At Buffalo: Buffalo 5. Newark s. At Rochester: Rochester Il, Reading 10
 At Binghamton: Binshamton 5-11 Bal timore 9-4.
 At Toronto: Toronto {. Jersey City :.
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Batting Averages

White Sox Get J. J. Sullivan
 Chicago, Ills, July 17-John J. Sul- livan, left handed pitcher, who has been playing with leading Chicago se- mi professional clubs for several years was signed by the Chicago American league team today.
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South Atlantic League

At Augusta. Augusta 1, Charleston 0 c innings, rain).
 At Columbia: Columbia -Spartanburg, rain.
 At Greenville: Greenville 10. Charlotte O-4
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next three Cracker batters were easy. pass to Damrau, a sacrifice bunt and Mayors single gave the visitors their first run in the third.
 The Barons failed to reach second until the third frame, when Stevenson, first up. doubled to center Peters then flied to short, but Crews came through with single to right sending Steve to third He WAS left on base, however, when Hairston and Fisher both failed. Ellis singled in the fourth but another double play killed the rally.
 Doubles by Reed and Damrau ac- counted for another Atlanta run in the fourth. Galloway singled in the fifth after two were down and Higgins fol- lowed with a hit over second, but Hair ston threw out Galloway at third when he attempted to advance an extra base. Singles by Mayer, Griffin and Galloway showed over the third and last Cracker counter in the seventh.
 In the Barons half of the fifth Webb walked and Stevenson followed with hit past third. Peters sacrificed both runners. Crews grounded b short and Galloway made perfect peg to the plate, but Webb slid into Hig- gins and the latter dropped the ball. Thornburn attempted to catch Crews off first and when Griffin muffed the throw Stevenson sneaked in from third and scored Hairston then popped up to short. Fisher singled and Dun can walked, filling the bases, but Ellis flied to Mayer in deep center.
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American Association

At Louisville: Louisville 5-1. St. Paul 0-4.
 At Toledo: Toledo 3-2, Kansas City 5-1 At Columbus: Columbus 1. Milwaukee g. At Indianapolis: Indianapolis 1, Mime apolis 2.
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DUNCAN AND FISHER
 HIT IN THE PINCHES

In the sixth Herndon made a great running stab of Stevensons long drive to left, robbing the Baron shortsmith of triple The game was won in the seventh after two were out Hairston scratched an infield hit. Fisher hit line drive to right on which Reed at tempted a shoestring catch and the
 ball rolled past him to the fence, Hair
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY Birmingham Al, Atlanta 3-3 Mobile 9. Little Rock l. New Orleans 10, Memphis 5. Chattanooga Nashville, no game sched- uled.
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GAMES TODAY

Nashville at Birmingham. Chattanooga at Atlanta. New Orleans at Memphis. Mobile at Little Rock.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY Philadelphia 1; St. Louis 0. Cincinnati 5; Brooklyn L New York 2; Chicago 1. Pittsburgh-Boston, wet grounds.
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GAMES TODAY

Pittsburgh at Boston.
 Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
 Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia.
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PURCHASE COMES THROUGH
 Purchase, the mystery horse of 1918" has come through. And Sam Hildreth, termed "a boob" when he gambled s12,500
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-02
CORRECT WAY TO SLEEP.
Large Pillows Injure Health and Ap-
pearance

No matter how comfortable a soft
bed and large, soft pillows may be, they
are not healthful, and women especi-
ally would do well to avoid them, for
they assist materially in injuring their
physical appearance. When the BODY
sinks down in a soft bed a considerable
portion of the skin is robbed of its
proper ventilation and the circulation is
interfered with. It also helps to make
the muscles fiabby.
A hard bed will make the flesh frmer
and the form must, therefore, appear
somewhat better as a result. The large
pillows arc not good to sleep ON because
the head is too high when it rests on
them, and this prevents that deep, reg
ular breathing which gives good lungs
and IN consequence a better appearance
to the bust and shoulders.
One ought always to sleep on the left
side, and preferably with the arms at
the back. This may be a little awk-
ward at first, but as soon as one be-
comes accustomed to it she will find it
not only the most restful and easy. but
the position in which sleep is more cas-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-02
NATIONAL SALE OF
SELECTED HOLSTEINS
VIII Be Held in Philadelphia This Week
in Connection with Annual As +
ISOLATION Meeting.

The great national sale of selected
Holstein-Friesian cattle will take place
IN Philadelphia June 5, g, and Z. when
close to 200 head will be sold by auc-
ton under the direction of Sales Man
ager Harvey A. Mover of Syracuse.
n. Y. This sale is an annual event fol
loving the meeting of the Holstein-.
Frleslan Association of America. Among
the cattle to be sold is a Canadian Hol-
stem COW five years old which recently
made the world S record for seven-day
butter production with a yield of over
81 pounds. Three other cows with but
ter records of over 40 pounds are to be.
sold as we'll as a number of wonder
fully-bred young bulls from dams with
records of 40 pounds of butter in a
week and 1000 pounds in year. One
young helfer in the sale is a daughter.
of lilly Alcartra, the famous world s
record HOlstcin from California which
has produced in six years over 10000.
pounds of milk and over 6,100 pounds
of butter
The 1916 national sale of Holsteins
took place at Detroit, where 40 head
sold for $l55,090 an average of 81. 107
head, with top price of $4,000 for a
bull calf. The 1917 sale was held at
Worcester, Mass, 143 head selling there
for $296,570, an average of $2,073, top
price being $50, 300 for a fve-months-old
bull, and two cows selling for $500
and $4,000. Last year the national
sale was held in Milwaukee and IT'S
head brought $425,s10, an average of
s2,433 head, top price being 100000
for son of May Echo Sylvia, the only
COW in the world to produce 1000
pounds of milk in a week. The top
price for a COW at Milwaukee was $l3,-
600 and a number of females sold from
$4,000 to ST., 800.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-02
PROBATE COURT BUSINESS.
Transactions in Eight Estates at Reg
ular Session for MAY,

Business in eight estates was trans
acted Saturday in the regular session of
the probate eopurt for the Marlboro
district, Judge A f. Schwenk presid-
ing.
The will of Kenneth f. Moshcr of
BrattlebOro was allowed and Agnes Mil
bred Mosher and the Brattleboro Trust
Co. were appointed executors. The will
of Sarah NJ. Holden of Nottingham
was allowed and William D. Canedy was
appointed executor
In the estate of Victor j. Lamothc of
West Dummerston the account of the
Brattleboro Trust Co as the admins
traitor was allowed. The account of the
Brattleboro Trust Co. as trustee of the
estate of Charles T. Wood of Guilford
was filed and allowed
The report of the commissioners of
tho estate of Floyd A. Dalrymplc of
Nottingham was filed and accepted.
License was granted w. F. Eames,
administrator of the estate of Eliza
Knapp of Newfane, to sell real estate.
Matte Corsc of Nottingham was
adiudgcd in need of a guardian, and
Amy Chase. Of Nottingham was APP
pointed.
Clifford A. Baker was appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of David G..
Baker of Guilford and f. F. Evans and
Merton Thomas were appointed com
missioners.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-02
Playful Pickerel.

People watching pickereI shown sew
eral days in tank in Brockton win
dow have learned something about the
habits and ways of that fish.
They must be about all in. y ven
tured one observer, noting how the long
slim fellows lay montionless and appar-
emily lifeless. Then man who knows
something of fishing spoke up.
THAT the way of pickerel, . he
said - have seen them doing that
same act in pond There won t be a
movement until some sinner or other
small fish swims close up Then the
pickerel gets into motion like flash
and it 5 all over with the sinner. :
One day a fisherman dropped in to
suggest that while pickerel were shown
IN the aquarium the accompanying fish
ing tackle in the window was of the
sort used in Turing trout. Soon the
pickerel disappeared from the tank and
trout succeeded thern.-Brockton Enter
prise
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-02

Today, D. and ] went to Napoleon's
tomb and to Notre Dame. We didn t
before because it was all covered with
sand bags Today, only members of
the allied armies were admitted We
come under that heading SO got in with
a small crowd. It is very like Grant s
tomb-or rather vice-versa. / like the
light on this one better, Grant s is too
dark. Napoleon s is grand and males
tic, as BELTS his life, but the altar is
the worst / ever saw,-black and white
marble with curly pillars and gilt. The
bronze gates and statues of War and
industry cast from the Austerlitz guns
are grand. Guynemer S ship is out there,
and always decorated with fresh flow
ers.
Notre Dame is freed from sand bags
and brick work, too. The doors can be
seen now, but before when we went
they were completely hidden. The rose
windows SO famous, have not yet been
restored but all the others are a joy to
see-marvels of color. But it can It
touch Rheims.
On Friday fe went on an all day trip
TO see that cathedral and the battle
ncIds. l m not going to say q word
about 1t now for this letter is already
long and ! want to tell you all about it.
That cathedral of Rheims is so exquis-
ltely lovely that it silenced even a col
lection OF Americans-not word was
SAID for some minutes It IS like beau
tltul music, perfect harmony.
We went to church at $50 a. m. on
Easter day like good children.
We hear the mail service is very poor
III Germany so don t worry. III be
good and write and some time you'll
get them. All the Red Cross mail goes
from here to Germany by courier.
Q. | have a service stripe and may
De m not the proud one. VIII write
at once from Treves.