Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-20
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 Paris. April 5.-(By MaiD-When
 be bells of old clutches in France and
 ,c,pied Germany sound the advent
 Easter, 100000 American dough-
 ovs who won't be at home to observe
 in the old way, will have their own
 aster service with some of the lead
 bg churchmen of America.
 Since they cant go to the home
 ,rches. the Young Mems Christian
 ssociation has brought the home
 hurch to them. France seems full
 distinguished American clergy
 nen who come from almost every
 art of the United States to speak
 10 the boys on Easter Day and each
 teamer adds to their number.
 When Easter morning comes, in
 yery area where American troops Ire stationed these clergymen will be- kin such day of speaking as prob- bbly not one ot them has ever under
 aken before. The "" huts will be kheir churches and the platforms where everything from a minstrel show to boxing bout has been staged at one time or another, their pulplts. They will interpret the message of the first Easter Day since the end of [the fighting, to congregations in Khaki, while at home congregations lin Easter array will hear assistants and supplies.
 Speak Many Times.
 They will speak from five to ten times this Easter Day. There aren't enough of them to go round among 1 the thousands of "Y" huts in France and the Rhineland, so motors will be used to rush them from hut to hut, 1 that they may reach as many as pos sible And with only two or three miles between the villages where the boys are billeted, or encamped, 1t has been established over here that an itinerant speaker can make ten huts day at the maximum, with properly driven motor. A mong those already in France, with this riding of the circuit in prospect, the the Rev. Dr. Harold Pattison, of New York City, the Rev Dr. w. A. Billings, of Buffalo, N. Y., the Rev. Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher, of Los Angeles, Cal, and the Rev. Dr. Will fam Owen of Baltimore, Md, all Baptists: Professor Herbert L.. Will It of the Divinity School of the Uni versity of Chicago, Christian, Rev. Dr. Judson L. Cross, of Fitchburg, Mass, the Rev. Dr. Herbert A. Jump, Of Manchester, N. H., the Rev. Dr. and Rev. Albert Jones Lord, of Mer- iden, Conn.,, Congregationists; Bish- ops C. B. Mitchell, ot St. Paul, Minn., M!aethodists; Professor Charles B. Erdman of the Princeton Theological Seminary, Presbyterian; and Pro- lessor Robert s. Smith of Smith Col lege.
 Speakers Prominent.
 mere are more, many more, and others are still arriving or scheduled to s arrive in time for Easter. Among these latter are the Rev. Dr. Hugh Black of the Union Theological Senfi- nary, New York; the Rev. Dr. Edward holyoke, of Providence, R. l., the hey. Dr. Cleveland B. McAfee, of the McCormlck Theological Seminary of CShicago, and the Rev. Dr. Warren took, of New Britain, Conn.
 put Easter addresses by speakers hc"ly arrived from the homeland will not De the ony homelike feature of .llis years Easter observance among ,he troops. Most of the boys of the A. E; F know and rather long for the ,amlllar leaflets of Easter carols that velcns to the festival at home. The T, n' M' C. A. has met that longing too. % noi "eks hundreds of thousands of noe.er song sheets, prepared and printed In Paris, have been shipped uul rom the religious work depart tneIll m the Rue Boissey d Anglais ~ the most distant point ill Frane or uo' many at which American men are s'1a'ohed T and "Y" but maintained IT, mere are no lustier singers among 1he fighting forces of the world than ,ne ,,l soldiers of the United States, and ana maslV or the clergymen just come osoi VIII be given a new conception b a congregational singing when the 'o's iel go on the Easter songs.
 r, Expect Large Crowds.
 H. nat every hut will be crowded for i.s i.na Easter service goes without say llns, TOT the Easter crowds in the avaae ov churches are like the every day mlowds at the Y. NJ. e. A. religious hmeellngs hn' The doughboys throng the ha hu.s to tn doors and windows. Men aase ,has;. been known to walk from neigh ptSollhg tSg village, ,tl1tee or four miles. thaogh thhfough darkness and mud, to attend 'hese meetings.
 fol tasted Day, too, /ill have it's time lvr hnu, Lacter greetings to the folks at nIn' ,'D',ie' The 'Y" has thought of that arn 'c than l,00D,000 Easter postcards tho ao neing packed and shipped from inc nu 5aris headquarters to the writ Era E,s uesks in every Y.M. c. A. hut in carn a"ce andon the Rhine, ready to w maa apersonal as we'll as a printed sweetheart ei VI "A0 o- ;n Easter spirit will not be undimmed th. h the a "4" huts, Newcomers from e Mea, n,tates bring word that the Young arc en $ 5 Christian Association at home Eas4p E planning to devote part of their apter observance to a tribnte to the