Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06
uenCe of Home Girls on Fighting YankS"

eaCn with pair VI ioSo N"
plugs guaranteed against shell shocN
or air conclusions
In camp the five lads tried their ear
plugs. Imagine the ArGonne forest
with it's mystery and horrors ana the
strained twilight preceding night
OF alerts Sterner hearts than these
might soften in presence OF the last
little timd gift of the world OF peace
and good will. Jackson got his pair
in backwards. Stands to reason
observed Beasley. trying to pry them
out of his buds ear. III you load
them big end front, they jam. They're
just shaped like collar buttons
Tatum spoke up. TN use mine as
collar buttons when I get home"
Then Tolliver, after he had traded off
his rose quartz jimcracks for gum.
spoke the word which set each i'm
pressionable boy to registering
silent oath Of fidelity to some girl at
nome They are too much like
jewelry." argued Tolliver II don't
want no discussions with Mamie when
] get back" In the Argonne twilight
the boys dug n hole and buried the
valuable ear plugs.
Ihere are times when you don't
laugh at these things.
one campfire, in a crowd of twenty,
Il company cook broke the silence by
saying: II am thinking about Katy"
as if obliged to get it off his chest.
Nobody laughed. II think about her
all the time he mediated. "Yester-
day l nearly cut off my hand"
Again, nobody laughed: and lest
reader should, 1 give you Jim's cita-
ton. He wears both d. 8. c. and
British distinguished conduct medal:
I'm the attack Of October at
Bussigny. Cook Hendricks. hearing
that his company had suffered many
casualties, left the kitchen and joined
his company, which was occupying
the front line. While there he adj
vanced 200 yards in front Of our lines
under heavy enemy bombardment, and
located and disposed Of two enemy
machine-gun posts. His conduct was
splendid inspiration to his COM
rades."
I asked Yvonne some general prin.
ciple Of it.
-'S>oN' save d summing I'D OF
observation.
At Vincennes Oet us say) there is
prosperous French druggist. His
daughter. a particularly fine girl, was
aiding in an American hospital when
our Army came to France. and she
continued with the a. f. F.
SO she made acquaintance, which
ripened into good friendship, Of a
young lieutenant Of the Medical Corps
from Wisconsin. Howard played the
violin Berthe played the piano and
her father played the flute. or even
lnss they made music. talked about
the drug business and wandered into
cohndential chats about the aims Of
marriage happiness, success and all
that sort of thing. On Sundays they
went to early morning church and
then. all three. father daughter and
Howard, would go touristing into the
countryside for lunch and the after
noon.
You see it? The regular, good, hon
est thing.
Then one day the lieutenant said,
The hospital will be closing shortly.
In two months, perhaps q little less.
We snail embark"
And the way he said it-with ioyous
significance and significant restraint
simply sent the druggist hurrying to
their notary to arrange for making
the girls dot transportable. She had
$4,000 marriage portion. They would
have let 1t go with her and Howard
to America without a tremor. Conf
dence was perfect-as soon as How
ard should speak
Inc girl expected marriage.
The father expected marriage.
The neighbors expected marriage
But Howard did not speak. He
came hurrying one morning bidding
boisterous adieu: and he was gone in
whiriwtnd before they knew what
was what!
That's all. tH.
NOW. tell me-" says Yvonne, ado
you think he will be longing for his
French girl?"
The most beautiful girl in France
sighed.
That's them" she said. (It ia
grammatical in French). .If 7 should
tell you q thousand cases. they would
all be the same" STERILE HEILIG.