Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-04-24

set it down as a lack of common
sense or case of sleeve shortage.
Don't! Don't call a snow storm a
blizzard. 1t is not blizzard unless
the temperature is below zero, the
wind above thirty miles per hour, and
the air full of snow crystals. The
storm that came last week was not
a blizzard by several degrees and
miles and most of the snow fell in
flakes almost as large duck feath-
ers- Likewise, don't call a tornado
cyclone. A cyclone properly social
ed covers a territory hundreds of
miles in width. A tornado is a twist
ing storm and usually affects mar
row path only few rods or less than
mile in width.
We have read so much of faultfind-
ing in connection with the war, and
especially so much criticism of the
E|Y'', that we are glad to hear little
commentator for a change. A nep-
hew of the writer, on construction
work in France, recently visited Paris
on leave and wrote to the home folks
about his trip as follows: EEThe Y. M.
G. A. is doing some fine work for the
fellows on Paris leaves, in providing
hotels and trips over the city. I went
around on my own guidance mainly
as it is not terribly difficult and the
subway system is fine. The Red Cross
is doing great work in furnishing
meals at about IL canteens over the
city at 10 cents for breakfast and Is
cents each for dinner and supper. The
| most homelike place I found was the
| Soldiers and Sailors Club, founded by
John Wanamaker and supported by
private contributions. It is club
room where only enlisted men are al
| lowed and where American men and
women, American newspapers and
magazines, and a general homelilxe
spirit make it spot of real U. S. A
| in Paris. Ice cream is sold each day
and Mondays and Thursdays it is
furnished part of the regular even
| ing meal
| A Trego county lad who is helping
the seth division to keep the peace
over IN Germany recently wrote to
| the Dictagrammer as follows: eve
all have had some great experience
since we left home Our division did
| three months of hard fighting without
relief and won third place, graded on
number of prisoners taken, number
of machine guns and cannon captur-
gone through hardships on the front,
sometimes cold and hungry and could
not move out of our dig-ins without
attra citing the attention of a sniper
or calling a barage, but since it is all
over L feel that we are pretty well
paid for our efforts. We are located
comfortably now wherever we are
The Dutch have to take US into their
houses and give us beds, and Uncle
Sam has good chow for US. We find
all kinds of Dutchmen. Most of them
treat us very nicely though some of
them camoufage their feelings One
old fellow protested against our COM
ing into his house but what Uncle
Sam says goes over here and SO a
little later he made room for us Just
as if he liked it and has been very
good to US ever since. At first I rath-
| er pltled the Dutch but CONSIDERING
everything, and the tough game they
| played us for a while, it is our turn
now and serves them right and
can't feel very sorry for them. I was
transferred to the Military Police
company of the division March 1st
and have been studying military law
and trying to learn my new duties and
think will like the work when I get
used to it; don't have to drill so much
| as he II