The Crittenden press., 1919-12-12
Son Of United States Senator
Found France No Place for
Classy Clothes.
ESTABLISHED FIRST K. C. hut
Served 1000 Cups OF Chocolate Every
Mornin1-Had Many Difficulties to
Surmount and Encountered
Many Exciting Experiences.

New York.-This Is the Story OF
dawn in France: of 1000 cups of hot
chocolate; of the kitchen chr that sup
| Piled the chocolate: OF two Tuxedo
coats and twJ evening suits ANA Of
/ Uncle joe" writes owen Couner In
the New York Herald.
The dawn was not The pink sunrise
OF America-it was the ghuslly, gray,
grim break OF day OF gas-hefouled and
shell-torn battlefelds. The chocolate
was the morning heartener served 10
men on their way to face death The
kitchen car was one OF the proud pos
sessions OF Knights OF Columbus war
workers. Uncle Joe" was and Is Jo-
| seph +. Herman OF Utica, \. Y. and
the Argonne. X. Of c. secretary OF
personal distinction and Of envlablr
record for service.
There is a new dawn in France. pink
and rosy now. Hot chocolate figures
largely in high cost OF living tables.
The kitchen car went down TO II,
doom on the glorious pathway opened
by the Americans 10 Sedan. bur II
didn't fail until just nj the very end.
after II had done "its duty noble"
"Uncle Joe" is back in America hale
and hearty. sixty years young. patrol
ling the Bowery looking for and nnd-
Ing soldiers he met on the secthing
rims Of the cauldron Of enemy hate
over there. Oh. yes, by the way, the
two Tuxedo coats and the two evening
suits are here also.
Nicknamed "Uncie joe"
lie wasn't Uncle Joe" until after he
had gone 10 France. He loves the nick
name, for II was given him by Ameri-
can soldiers-in fact he likes II better
than any pet name ever bestowed up
on him in the days he spanked the girls
at old-time dances. However, prom
lsed not 20 tell about that.
Mr.. Herman is the son OF Francis
Herman, once United States senator
from New York. He was appointed an
overseas secretary by the Knights OF
Columbus In March, 1918. To him fell
the honor Of establishing the first X.
of c. hut in France. In May, 1918.
From the start the possibilities Of serv-
Ice OF the kitchen car appealed to his
imagination and he couldn't be torn
away from the front where he had a
chance to work for the soldiers with
the kitchen car as a base OF opera.
ti0ns. After he had opened several X.
Of {. hutS. he went 10 Paris, took pos.
session Of kitchen car and went up
10 Cherry with II. There the Seventy.
seventh division was fighting and II
was the men Of that division who nick.
named him Uncle Joe" He insists
that full credit must be given TO Fred
erick Bundschpu Of Louisville, Ky.
and to Louis Lasage for the able and
devoted assistance given by them
Here is his story as he tells II him.
self:
when ! started for France was
told there would be considerable 'en
tertaining' 10 be- done on the other
side. realized very quickly. once
get foo, In France. that the entertain
ing TO he done was along entirely dit
'erent lines than those with which
had left New York. For example.
started out with several trunks. On,
II them held two Tuxedo coats and
two evening suits. On my arrival ID
France promptly forgot all about
mat trunk. II didn't d, In with th,
scheme Of things ~ saw II with my
pwn eyes. III tell you more about the
trunk later.
Immediately utter landing | went ,C