The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-19
WOUNDED PREFER
AMERICAN GIRLS
Recipient of "Sun" Smokes
Admire French Maids, but
Not Too Much.
CONvALEsCENTS WRITE
One Says Germans Talk Of
War to click America"
in Ten Years.

The men convalescing In base hospitals
in France have adopted \ new Line OF
correspondence in connection with what
they have to say to fund donors In
thanking them for gifts of tobacco
through The sun Tobacco Fund. They
have read that the American girls are
Jealous OF the "hit' that French girls
have made with our soldiers and they
feel 1t incumbent to tell the former that
they are not justified.
Il have been over here a year and
In several hospital centres since No
yember and in that time have been
making notes comparing the French
women I've met with the American
women / know: you can't imagine the
points of difference and they are not
all In favor Of the French.
French Fine AZ q Glass.
The latter are certainly fine as a
class. but they live, 1t seems to me,
rather in the present; they don't ever
try to look ahead. But I think that Ia
true of both men and women Of this
nation. They are careful in little
things=so as to be comfortable now and
don't look ahead. These women have
been mighty good to us and appear &c
take the opportunity to help us as 8
privilege. but 1 don't believe many OF
them would care to marry Americans
You see we think differently about sc
many things!'
This encouraging word to the American
women was written by a soldier In Base
Hospital SO. He addressed a youns
woman donor Of The Sun smoke fund
Finds Life in Limoges Dull.
From an officer convalescing at the
Officers Club in Limoges there comes
an interesting letter in which he says
Life to US here is dreary enough. Car
you imagine our restless, active Amer
leans. loafng. hoping, longing and pray
ing to get back home? And this goet
on week after week In which we arr
up against ironclad restrictions at every
turn. It's a fact that the life in tbs
trenches seems worth while in compari
son. There are not many of us left
In Limoges. which makes II that much
harder to pass the time. The tobacco
from The Sun fund has been our CHIEF
stay.
Officers are now stopping here er
route to Nice from Germany. Wha'
they say OF the German people IL in
the people generally are against tn,
war lords" but they still have 6
hankering for the Kaiser and believe
that II he had had his way he woult
have won the war. Also the German.
feel sure that they will recover theii
full strength in ten years, when the,
will launch a new war and lick Amer.
lea
Make no mistake about the feeling
OF the German people said an officer
with level head on all subjects: how.
ever civil outwardly thei are to tho
Allies at heart they are bitter against
them"
Gives JOY TO AZ Men.
w. A. Durward. mess sergeant o.
Company G.. 3rd Pioneer Infantry. wa.
in Limoges January 10. He writes:
Included in our last tobacco issu,
from the commissary were two cartoni
OF Prince Albert with the card Of Mrs
NJ. Abramson enclosed as the dono
through The SUN smoke fund. BY tn,
generosity OF this lady and the faithful
friendship of The SUN forty-two mel
have been enjoying smokes Throughout
the week"
Sergeant Harry Abramson of Com
pany A. l37th Infantry, wrote direct q
the same donor on January % thus
writing on behalf OF the men in m,
platoon ] wish to thank you for tn
carton OF tobacco in which / founC
| your card"
I've just filled my pipe and am en-