Trench and camp., 1919-01-09
ART OF PRO-
DHOSTESS HOUSE
Nrd Step Under Direc-
ymour, Who Is a
bn Lawyer.

Deing operated on for appendicitis and
ne mad to be with her in the hospital
Soldiers will be pleased to know that
sne is much better and her early re-
covery is expected.
A departure from the usual state of
affairs which. are now happily altered
was witnessed at the Hostess House
last night when the boys of the
! FRANKLIN Cantonment gave an enter
tainment which was in a large meas
ure to the credit of the 18th Service
Company's Band. The boys felt in
debted to the ladies of the Hostess
House for their interest in the affairs
OF the men of Franklin. Mrs Allison.
wife OF Col. Allison. camp commander,
has served many times as one of the
volunteers at the house
There was a big demand for seats al
the main 'Y" Monday, when Charlie
Chaplin appeared again in Shoulder
Arms" Many fine pictures are being
shown there. the schedule calling for
Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and
Sunday nights.
Albert Kali of N block casuals, a
Philadelphia boy. in the 26th Division,
was prisoner in a German camp and
was treated by a German Jew, ia
nous surgeon.
The American surgeon who saw
him after his return from Germany
told him that he was lucky in find
ing such German to attend him in
prison. He said the treatment ac-
corded him generally was good. but
that one German tod him that he
was going to die, and said he would
De buried in sort of potter's field
lie really was given up to die when
ne had the 'fu.' but said he would
live to return. to America He pulled
through and feels very well now.
Several wounded in the base hos
pital were guests for dinner Sunday
afternoon at the Hostess House. They
were Immensely pleased at their out
ing, which the ladies provided They
were taken around camp on an auto
trip. too. Each boy came up to Mrs
S. C. Seymour and expressed his ap-
probation.
Many of these wounded fellows are
absolutely pennileSS. Sometimes they
have nothing in their pockets but a
French coin with which to try to
keep up appearances. One fellow said
he had received no pay for months
and could not even buy cigarettes.
Many of their friends-are appealing
to the government to help them. even
II some unusual way of paying them
has to be devised.
mo Smoking" signs have been re-
moved from the Hostess House.
Games are going on at full tilt there.
Maj Gen William j. Nicholson,
commander of the 157th Erigade, in
which the 313th and 314th served,
spoke before nearly 5000 persons at
the Lyric Saturday night upon invi-
tation of the Baltimore Sun. He
praised the boys and declared that
they we're "never stopped, and that
when the armistice wa$ signed they
keld the line farthest advanced" He
said there were few doctors as brave
as Maj Jackson of his brigade or
aids as Nne as Lieut.. Waters or
Lieut.. Allan Butler.
Fifst-class Cook John Troyanek. a
Bohemian, is no longer a culinary art
ist In fact. his friends declare that
When he has had a good. taste Of
drilling and enjoyed the thrills of
eating food prepared by others he
will never want to do the old job
again.
Troyanek is a member of Company
"A. 32d Machine Gun Battalion. and he
il out to take off weight Look out.
fellows, for this boy! He has been
penned up long time. He can prob
ably handle machine gun all by
himself.
A new member of the staff of the
hostess house is Mrs. Watkins. whose
husband is an officer with the Amer
fcan expeditionary forces. She is
from the .State Of Maine"
Friends of the 10th Division. espe-
cfaIly the 316th Infantry. are pleased
to- learn of the citation of the regi-
ment by Maj. Gen. Joseph +. kunh
commander of the division. for the
part it played in the battle about
Borne du Cornouiller November
and 4:
Gen. Kuhn wrote a letter to Col.
Garrison McCaskey. commander of
the regiment. in which he stated that
the boys showed great valor and ex-
hibited many acts of gallantry and
succeeded in their work so well as to
contribute a large share in the ad-
vance which followed few days
later.
n The "HoWling Howitzer" made its
debut a couple of weeks ago. and,
judging from the number of shells
exploded in the ordnance section of
camp, it must hit the nail on the head
nearly every time.
and Clamp" but as the name too
much resembled that town-topics
sheet Of similar name it was changed