Americus times-recorder., 1919-06-11


NICE-(By MaiD-Nobody
enjoys sunshine more than a
Southerner, so it was no surprise
to find five officers and a Y. NJ.
c. A. canteen girl in a compart-
ment on a train bound from Bor-
deauX to Marseilles, the other
night. Four of the men were
graduates of the officers train
ing camps at Oglethorpe, Ga.
The entire party was en- route to
Nice on leave. All were from
Dixie.
The fact that they were all
Southerners did mt leak out m
til hungry young lieutenant
who had missed getting his din
rer at the stop at Toulouse wist-
fully said he wished he had a
hot biscuit. A chorus of voices
took up the wish, "Hot Bis
cuitw
All of a sudden, everybody
started asking everybody else,
"Where'r you from?" Tennes-
see, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala
bama and Texas were represent
ed in that stuffy little French
coach. In fact, the Cracker"
state had two sons aboard.
Hot Biscuit" was the magic
password that had established
the identity of each.
A few minutes before, thew
had been too dog tired to talk.
The trip across southern France
over that particular line had
much to recommend it, but not
the train service. Even the
French will admit that it is pas
ban.
Talk of Eats"
But the Southerners forgot
to rail against the forty-dog
power engine that was hauling
them and the fiat wheel that
bumped along right under their
pace IN the car and using Hot
Biscuit" as a subject, started
a conversation on "eats" that
ran along thusly:
And wouldn't you like to
have some fried chicken with
them biscuit? Oh, boy! | saw,
and some butter and some sweet
potatoes and some apple dumpl-
ings?"
Yes, and some cream gravy
would go good" opined the tall
Texan in the corner.
How about hot corn muf-
inns? They're not bad" said an
other.
81 say they're not" declared
the two Georgians in the same
breath.
Various and sundry dishes
that the section below the Ma
son and Dixon line has made
famous were discussed as the
weary night hours dragged past.
Nobody slept. They couldn't,
for the conversation, once
started, kept going.
Lieut.. Joe Starnes, of Gun
tersville, Ala; Lieut.. Melton.
of Gainesville, Ga, and Capt.
F. D. Stapleton, of Americus.
Ca, had lots to say about Chat
tanooga. They had spent sew
eral months there with the Sixth
division and were enthusiastic in
their praise of that particular
town.
Much was said ABOUT the God
mothers Association-that or
ganization of young girls who
made things peppy for the Ogle-
thorpe men in the early days of
the war.
If the girls back there think
they have been forgotten, they
are very much mistaken for each
officer had his inning at re-
counting the beauty and charm
VI NlcI SiIGI anu hdtiGIlHG anu
Louise and Josephine and others
till the list was exhausted and
the hearers convinced that the
Paris beauties had nothing on
the fair femmes of the Lookout
City.
Every Man Homesick.
The Sixth is now in a billeting
area near Dion. According to
the officers on leave every man
is homesick. The 53rd Infantry
fellows are particularly home
sick for Oglethorpe, they said,
and a return of the good old
days when the 53rd club was the
mecca for everybody who want
edto have cup of tea and a
good time.
The others on the train who
were not among the favored few