The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-13

and rifle with 100 rounds of ammun
ton.
Privates, corporals and sergeants were
not supposed to have all Of this, but 10y
good management" (most soldiers un'
dcrstand that good management" takes
place usually ON dark nights had se'
cured Il, so we We're all pretty well
clothed.
The "doughboys," as "A rule, had one
pair OF shoes, one blanket, shelter half
uniform, four pairs soN ana two suits
underwear, gas mosl '' rifle,
haversnck and puc' car
fridge belt. As On 'tlon
many discarded sept
only the clothing mask
and helmet and ri;lv o.. .nnunilion,
sleeping In the rain with no protection
whatever; and THEY SURE COULD
FIGHT; but that's getting ahead Of
the story.
Perfumes and Other French Odors.
The Frcnchman whose oats we had
protected invited Us to take dinner with
him that day. but we declined absolute
ly for we had observed him gathering"
meat for that dinner, and had no desire
to return to the condition which ON the
boat we had called scasickness. The
meat" lokcd fat and juicy, alright. ana
tho French were evidently delighted
with the prospect of such a feast, for
ull i'm the village had been out since
early morning gathering the fat ones
they call 'cm limacon. or colimacon,
4f,I ls,I a lint
had been raised TO call them snails. ana
snuils they were ana we just felt that
we couldn't eat 'cm. They stewed them
in iron kettles out in the open, with
carrots. potatoes and other vegetables;
the atmosphere of the entire village
was permoatcd, saturated with the odor
Of that stew and Tll never forget it.
France is famous for odors anyway,
perfumes of wonderfully delicate fra
GRANGE for instance. and then there arc
other odors, and stcwed snails is one OF
them.
by evening we had become pretty
well acquainted with Flavgny and all
had succeeded in finding fairly com
Portable sleeping quarters. We also
discovered that we were in one of the
champagne districts, where some of the
best of French champagne is made, and
since the price per quart was sum
equal to SO American money, we pro.
cecded to do something we can't do now,
since more than 80 states have ratified
the bone dry law. by the way, that
same grade of champagne is said to
have sold i'm New York for $75 a quart
last New Year eve.
The residents of this village told us
Of the occupation by the Huns in 1914.
They said the Germans came in great
numbers, and, among other things which
they did, they broke into the great
champagne storehouses and drank a
great deal of champagne and then when
the French army came the Germans
We're in no shape to fight, so retired to
a position north of the Marine.
Realize We Are in Danger Zone.
The second night we spent in Fla
vgny proved that we had not yet real !
lied we were within the danger zone. ,
our kitchen had been set up on II va
cant space and a great tarpaulin had
been stretched for a roof Two X. P's. /,
and a cook stayed at the kitchen all |
night. kept the fires going and some /
thing cooking for some of the drivers |
who had reported their trucks to Eper- |
nay and were not to return till late.
Although we had had instructions
that there were to be no lights showing |.
the cook had felt that surely we We're
so far back from the front that there /
could be no danger, so in addition TO his
fires he had several lanterns burning
an this, under that yellow tarpaulin, |
must have made target to tempt any
enemy aviator who happened to fly
within ten miles of it.
The next morning we received from
the French commanding officer of an
aviation camp near US very curt or
der to the effect that we would, here
after, show no lights at night; the or
der was accompanied by a verbal eX-
PLANTATION from the courier that our