Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-17

satseins the cemetery I aearahsd
bat . short tine Whom l caNA|
across the hugo white cross that
marked The resting plAca Of Mr..
SchaAnee'G son. The photoSraDheR
took pictures o. the grave and oe
the cem1tefy. These ! have gtvea
Mr.. 0chadner since my return.
The picture Of the grave shOHs the
cross and the name Of Mr.. SehaA-
ner's son IL easily recognised o.
the crosA"
Duplicates Of the pictures we're
shown . reporter for The, Argus.
who intervisNed Mr.. Do 0sytsr.
Tho picture OF the cemetery shows
tall white crosses in hong, even
rows. but the picture does not
show all the cemetery. Mr. De
Geyter IL expecting moro pictures
a. the photographer Waa instruct
ID to send fail set. He is also
expecting pictures Of the graves Of
his two brothers.
What are the French doing to
|reoonstruot their countryr Mr.. De
Geyter was asked.
Everyone WORKS.
"Everyon@ works n France To-
day." was his answer. Men and
women both take their part Of the
load. The French people say that
they will repair all. property dam
age within - years, bat I do not
see how they will be able to do n.
Retributiop for her wrongdoing Is
coming to Germany. Around Yer
dun there are 1e.eo0 German prisr.
oners at work. Zach receivaS
n cents per day s1d his keep.
They wear their army uniforms
stripped of all tasigaia and the
French stamp large letters on their
backs so that there will be no mis-
, take ~ to whom they are. These
men work six mopths and then ara
sent back to Germany and then
Germany sends 10000 more to take
their places. These prisoners ara
doing The dangerous work Of re-
moving unexploded shells from the
Agricultural fields. The French re-
fqae 70 perform this work. The
prisoners ind the "dud" shells, dig
> deep hole 10 which to bury then
and then explode them by electric
ity.
The French work at fllinr IN
the trenches. However, they only
move the dirt Is the prisoners
Carly the rocks and throw tasn
into the trenches to be covered I'M.
The French are paid for this work
according to the number Of yards
Of trench they can MI in . day.
They make good wages.
mo enc In France works over
eight hours each day. They work
ed 10 and II hours before the war.
After going through the long hard
ships they refuse to work longer
time. that's all.
Great Sorrow.
There is great sorrow in France
but you will not read it in the
faces Of the peeplA Their sorrow
b toe desp for that, and you only
hurt them by being over-sympa.
thetic. They do not want, this and
It b dangerous to be Sympathetic
with them II you are not entirely
sincere. and they know whether
you are or not. The men and wo.
men Of France fear nothing, nov
THAT they have gone through such
hafdships, and the people are cas-.
lily angered when anyone offers
false sympathy. They will fight In
10 minute In these cases. Nor are
their ahaEdships over. High cos,
of living In France makes the
American high cost Of living Z
joke.
! Ne sugar.
I There Is 40 sugar and very lit
! tie milk, - the cows were nearl.
all killed OF during the war fol
meat. Eggs cost Is cents each. 20
tatees eest from two to three time,
more than in this country. mos
Any kind Of shoes cost from SIS t,
~ per pair, and other articles o
elothing and every other commod
: | ity u high in proportion.
"A family is allowed 100 pounds
Of coal q month II it can be foun,
and the family has enough none,
to purchase It. Meat is so cent
!. per pound, and q rabbit costs 3
francs, which 10 equal to over :
in eur mensy. The people pay /
. cents for - grams Of tobacco IN