Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-05-29


r tes. The Cinema department for all
5 Italy Is located al Padua and has
: placed scores OF moving picture ma
d chimes aud given hundreds OF films
o to the leading casas. The y s, films
q IN particular are very popular and
. the Casas' or theatres are crowded
I az every show Everything that the
I'll Y provides IL free, but the Italian
D army must find living places and
] free railroad aud common transporta
i ton for all secretaries and detail as
aud assist them. Every Y man In
Italy Is given the rank Of Captain.
t and has all the privileges Of that Off
+, Ger. IN hundred ways officers and
soldiers show their appreciation Of
our work. and treat US with the ut
most respect Sometimes supplies
run short for the A. r. T. IN France
have first claim on all material com
! ing from the United States, II thei
Z. s. boys are short on yolley balls
4 the Italian soldier gets no volley ball
but he is stolcally patient. +
sometimes think the I. S. soldier
kicked on the y because It did too
much for him-he was like good
many American youths-slightly |
spoiled. The Italian soldier receives
two cents day In the peace zones,
lives on hard black bread, rice soup
and little meat. wears shabby uni
forms and sleeps In miserable holes
yet / have never heard him com
plain and | have talked with thous-
ands Of them
After peace Is signed and demoblli-
cation begins most Of the present Y
work with the army Will cease, but
the international Y. NJ. G. A. will
continue work with civilians in Rome
and Milan.
Captain Henry Wikel athletic di-
rector OF all work in Italy made a
tour Of inspection of all the Casa's
in his region last week and spent one
night with the Udine personnel Mr. !
Wikel was captain in the Pitts
burg, n. Y, military training school.
Since the last Z. S. ambulance |
section has left Udine and Italy, our {
secretaries miss the boys familiar !
faces and good companionship and
they also miss the golden butter, .
rich cream. fine canned fruits, meats
etc, from the Z. S. commissary-
which went with them to America.
DIR. j. $. Nollen, general secretary
for air Italy and the Field Secretary,
j. u. Hubbard, spent one night at
Udine headquarters on their visit TO
every center in North ITALY. DR..
Nollen was president of Lake Forest
College, Illinois and has been in Italy
eighteen months. Next week he re-
turns to u. s. to meet John X. Mott
and the International committee in
New York to discuss and determine
some important questions concerning
the future work OF the association in
this part of Europe.
Sec. Ira Passage from Altameunt,
N. Y, is the latest addition to our
force from IT, S. A. He Is assigned
to the Italian army work ait Gorilla.
Mr.. Passage was in "Y" work in
Georgia before leaving the states.
Sec. A. w. Middleton from Provi-
dence Rhode Island Is another late
arrival but has not yet been assign
ed.
Sixteen men from the field came
INTO Udine headquarters for fare
we'll dinner to our business manager.
A. w Hilger who leaves In few
lays for his home near Little Rock,
Arkansas. Mr.. Hilger saw some real
lighting in his five months on the
italian front. The boys presented
Tim with an ivory cigar holder
Sec. Roscoe Ray, travelling sales
nan from Wichita, Kansas, was Just
eturned from his ten day licenza-
leavel He visited Rome, Florence,
'riete and Venice Mr. Ray has
barge of the Casa dell soldatos at
ioggio and Pontebba but is getting
lightly homesick to see his wife and
tx children in far off Kansas.
Our regimental director, e. NJ.
Waite, formerly an architect from
Session, has received word that thre
undred U. S. soldiers and officers
rill enter Italy daily. Only recent
y have they been granted permits
ion to spend their ten or twenty day
cave In Italy. All connected with
dine headquarters will be delighted
D see the army men.
Secretary Lees has gone to his
ONE in Philadelphia, and j. n. En-
lie, second rate insurance man
rom Abilene and Emporia, Kansas,
as been assigned to the Talmazzol
tation, far up In the Carnicia Alps.
There is only one reason l can