The Taney County republican., 1919-07-24
Al Letter ffOm His Chaplain
Mr.. Frank Burns,
Forsyth, Mo.

East will seem like ghostly dream.
Frar ce will be tsr avai--a HemtrV
never TO be forgotten but never to be
experienced again.
And now you are HOMEl We who
are still here love that word and know
what absence means. Perhaps you
will find many changes in the ole town
Some Of your old chums have not re-
turned and never will return, Per
baps even some Of the loved ones have
gone the great long way. Your father
and mother, if they are still spared to
you, will have grown more aged, their
hair more gray and their features more
furowsd with the years oil anxiety,
waiting and perhaps Of sorrow. But
fathers pride will have grown stronger
and mothers smile will have grown
sweeter. And She whose picture you
carried with you all though France
will have grown a woman and perhaps
for a while you will scarcely know each
other You yourself may have changed
much more than you realize. Perhaps
vou will have TO watch your speech as
we'll as your table manners and even
start life over again. It is worth all
the effort you can put into it, Any
thing that is worth while requires Ell
fort, In far away Germany with the
future still uncertain and the Home
Going far distant, I am thinking Of
YOU and wishing Tor you the best that
life can bripg,--a good Job, content
ment, and the happiness OF home and
loved ones.
On my way to Germany stopped
at Metz. Its seven hills are the best
fortified in Europe. In the place oi
the KaiseIs statue stands the French
Pol.u with his loot on a German he'll
met. should tike to see an Ameri'
can doughboy on Won Hindenburg' S
which is bare. LuxembourGh was in
terestinE. Trier interested me most
Of all with its ancient Roman Palace,
baths and ampitheater. While at Cob
Iepz had an opportunity 10 go up and
down the Rhine. At present | am il
the Rhine province west Of Cooleni
Here they mine The famous lava rocl
from which so many Of Germany
buildings are built. There is perhap
more Germru male labor free now thai
there has been Tor many years III
children are hsppy lot, outnumoerln
the French about FIVE 10 one, Amer
caps three 10 one. They are learnip
the American baseball game and inc
deu,ally, few American cuss words
The women work like horses and rel
children. The men have been tn
sports. While the woman sets II
table the man plays his accordion,
even the piano. Sunday evenings
goes 10 his favorite Cast Haus,
drinks his glass Of beer, visits with b
neighbor, plays game Of cards. al
very often brings his wife alon
Every little village has its theater'
am now with the famous regimen
THE Rock Of the Name Regiment
which General Pershipg said wrote o
Of the most brilliant pages ever writ
IN the annals Of military history Wh
II broke the German drive on to Pal
At the junclure Of the Surmelin a
Marne rivers, the natural gateway
Paris, this lone regiment Stood wi
the armies on both their Hanks retrea
and not only held but shattered
divisions Of German shock troo
tina, wete to have marched into Par
few days later. CONSERVATION reig'
IN the Offices Of the Germsn Gen
Staff. They were bsai.nI A
days later this same regiment eros
the Name and began Marshal Fot
famous backward drive TO the Kh
I am glad that you have been
TO 20 home. II can help you at
time, write to roe l should Ike
know what your honest opinion is al
preachers and churches and what
think they ought to do. Are they
any use9 Has the church ever
a help to your In what wayf l