Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-26

mo-. The pie was mark for half
cut. so we found it rather expensive
eating but hunger knows no law. One
cut was peculiar connection. an I'M
der crust quite black and filled with.
Of all things. Cottage cheese. With
our American taste in. pie you can
imagine we baked. We found that
six marks are equivalent to a dollar.
instead Of four as originally and as
we go into Germany it is steadily de-
preciating in value. l bought
marks worth of saurcrout. and that
is cheap stuff it seems. l had a big
bundle. 1t took one whole newspaper
to hold it. 1t went fine for our sup
per. BY the way it is different from
the American brand AS it is more
like a salad.
In killing time tonight wrote some
poetry 60 parody and sob poem.
Will inflict you with the parody.
Where do we sleep tonight boys,
Where do We sleep tonight,
Will it be billet with fire burning
bright
Or will it be pup tent in the fields Of
frosty white?
o, JOY. o. boy: Where do we sleep
tonight
Colbenz. Dec. 90.
We are getting our mail at last and
; interval it is a tremendous relief to
read your letters and know that YOU
all escaped the influenza. l dreaded
though. to open the first for what l
might find. guess all the boys felt
the same. We are all provided with
, heavy winter clothing and so don't
: worry about me. Leather vests were
issued and they are very warm. We
would like all the magazines you can
send and the K. Us and any other pa
pers. 1t showed here Christmas
morning. the first snow l have seen
this year 1t looked rather good glim-
mering in the early frosty moonlight.
for these days we beat the sun up
every morning.
The night before Christmas we were
sent over to the station to work un-
| til II O'Clock. We we're glad to go as
it gave a holiday on Christmas. We
unloaded candy. cigarettes, cookies,
Red Cross and ~" gifts. Everything
was wide open and we helped our
selves. / received a big box of candy
from Doc kegan and ate myself sick.
At sick cal! this morning was the
biggest line I've seen yet. The sud
den freedom with chocolates and
sweets of all kinds raised Cain with
the men. The natives here are as
eager for chocolate as the soldiers.
and one man sold half ID. bar for
II marks. They will swap YOU most
anything for bar of chocolate.
On our first free at Colbenz in
walking about We saw an intense light
up high in the air. On investigation
it proved to be the Apollo Theater."
AS we were all slicked up. We decided
the best was none too good and in
vested in couple of tickets or Mite
loges. we parted with about $500 of
our money and found when We got
seated that we were in for movie
treat. as it also said variety and or
chestra II Gents we stood an hour Of
it. then left much disguised. The
next night like pair of fool moths
we went into another place but as it
only cost US half mark we did not
expect much. We found a bar and
rows of chairs with long slender ia
bles between. A waiter appeared be-
fore US and by gestures, mostly
asked what we desired "tu essen und
driken." We ordered coffee and the
show started. The musk" was good
as all German music is. The orches-
ira was an odd combiEati ton Of an or
gan. violin and piano. The rest of the
program was all Dutch to us. not ex-
cepting the opera singer, who under
took to sing Drink to me only with
thine eyes" in English. We were in
terested in bill No. II which read
Max" one we'll known Bulldog with
jung pieces but as it was near 10
o'clock and we had to leave. we real
lied that we would never know what
Jung peices" meant. The show bid
fair to last until one or two o'clock.
So we left. but it was worth six cents
at that.
The mark. by the way, is worth
about 1-2 Of france now, it's original
value being decidedly over a franc,
and its value is depreciating all the
time. We were paid off in French
money, but strange as it may seem,
the Germans do not seem anxious to
get it. I guess they think it will come
back some time. 1t might do to buy
up few million marks and hold them
I read in the STARS and Stripes"
the other day that members and rel
atives Of members Of the A. E. F.
should not be too optimistic about
the early return Of the men. The Sec
rotary Of War claims it will take a
year and half to get all the men
home and that a perfect organization
could not accomplish it in less than a
year. At any rate l do not expect to
get home before next fall now.
However, it will be all the sweeter
for keeping.
G. B. L.
IS Pioneer Regt.
UNITY