Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-18

| written Dy DT. y. i. NoTIIS, PdSCol VI
the First Presbyterian church of this
city, now doing Y. M. c. A. work in
France and is characteristic of his
close observance of human nature
old world:
Dear joe
Your brief but delightful letter
| was glad to see your handwriting
again.
4 The girls have told me how consid-
crate you have been and l am glad.
think there is nothing greater CIV
en- to any man than son who beard
his name and his image. l hope you
will be a better man in every way
than your father, and am praying
always that you will be brave where
l have been timid-kind where l have
been cruel-and that you will walk
timidly where l have been too free
that women may trust you, and men
confide in you, and little children love
you; that you may learn much from
books and more from the faces of
men, and most from the Heavens
above you--that all of Gods out of
doors ay be yours to reveal in-that
flowers and birds and brooks and
the stars may furnish the inspiration
for great life here and the promise
of greater one to come.
l don't see why l didn't bring you
with me. Mother could have gotten
along without you, and need you.
believe the sight of real American
boy would do these soldiers more
good than the sight of your dad, and
know they would enjoy having you
play baseball with them.
Dogs Are Workers.
7 You'd be interested in the dogs of
FRINGE. They do nearly as much work
as the women, and that is saying
lot. The smartest dogs are airdales
like Sarge" and the American ne
groes over here are more amazed
at the strength and the smartness of
the dogs than anything else over
there.
| met nice French boy about your
age this morning. He was able to
talk English well. He was going my
way and carrying a violin, and when
ing" he answered me beautifully and
called me comrade, and took my hand
and walked long way with me. He
was as gallant as major general,
and l enjoyed him immensely. He,
however, was we'll dressed and be-
longed to the weather. class. Most
of the boys over here are drawfed
and pale. I've not seen husky chap
like you since / struck here. There is
SO much sorrow-especially in the
faces of the little girls, that cannot
see it without tears. l wish ! could
be a great angel of mercy to lift them
from their lives.
went to French home last even
ing as a guest for dinner. Before
going practiced long time on this
sentence and finally got it off on the
father, mother, and daughters "C'est
une grande plaisir pour mon devious
avoiruncourte, etc" which means ! am
glad to meet you.
I The Singing Vendor.
l heard grand song going down
my street today. Twas tenor solo,
and wonderfully beautiful voice and
opened my windows to listen better,
and 10, it was a man trying to sell
couliflower.
! Yesterday one Of my soldier boys
with Ne toothache came to me for
help and we started for drug store,
and finally found one, and in it the
only person in sight was young wo-
man. l addressed her and gesticulated
and pointed to the doughboy, and
opened his mouth and showed her his
hollow tooth, and she gesticulated
and stormed and ragged at me and
; finally man came from the rear of
the store and explained that the
young lady was his best customer, a
rich and aristrocratic woman. l tried
to apologize and guess did for she
left full of smiles for the doughboy
whose trooth had caused all the trou-
BILE; but it was funny thing, and
your dad talked more Latin and
French and English in few minutes
than he had ever done before.
| am now a regular guide around
Orleans. Several hundred boys come
in here every day on leave, and Il
take them thru the cathedral and show
the maround as tho l had lived here
always. l am glad know something
about Joan Dare. The battle Of
Orleans, when Joan led her men so
lfearlessly, was fought May Z, 1929,
1914 years before New York was set
tied; and Joan worshipped in this
great cathedral that / can see from
my windows, IS years before Column
bus discovered America.
Visits Heroes Graves.
l have been out to the American
cemetery where are 1875 American
graves. l spent a few franc for some
flowers and put on these graves, and
my guide gave me :: typewriter copy
of the graves, numbers and names, so
| if | ever run across the parents of
these boys l can say. decorated
them. The long boy who went with
me said "I'd rather be in one of those
graves than to be live Stacker back !
| in the States"
1t does not get dark here until af- /;
ter o'clock. The first clear night
could hardly find my familiar star.
1t took me long time to see the