Trench and camp., 1919-02-20
| Fable In Slang
BY GEORGE AIDE

ns were al Hes and there were only
0uS OF them and they never had sent
Ep many Rockets in the Towns they
sms from, but the Girl made lust
mach Fuss over them as If they
"a been Douglas Fairbanks and
Aang Albert of Belgium and VIM. q.
MeAdOO and Tyrus Cobb.
Now I'm regard to this Girl. Yes
md No.
!. She did not happen to be one OF
pose self-starting Tiappers with
temon-colored Shoes, a Skirt modest
M concealfng the upper half Of the
neeCaps, and plenty Of Ventilation
tne Neck 80 as to show the Wish
Bone. "A""
In fact. after the Twice-Oyer. IL
Yas evident that she combined the
znaiang countenanee and the resolute
Gye and the abounding vigor of
youth with the matronly Calm Of
YeIl-p0ised WomanhOod.
" isn't every Week that You come
k9oe TO face with One VINO has ali
ne Selected Charms Of q Hudson
H9v@r Debutante and also the serene
Dignity OF an Empress.
what saved this one. firxt OF all
yAe that she seemed to be 100 per
mt Woman.
4 q certain Admiration ID directed
ward the Lady who 10 30 per cent
emale. 80 per cent Talking Machine,
per cent Chief Of Police, Is per
ent Politician, 10 per cent Pugilist.
% per cent Hairpins, but there are
Zines when even o long hatred Man
Nth o White Tie likes to feast his
%yes ON o Specimen entirely Of the
Opposite Gender.
! The Hostess on the day Of the Gar
en- Party was the Kind that every
Rody thought the World and all OF,
@ no one would have referred to
A@P 90 q Baby Doll.
ANY time Real Men saw her COM
nc, 1t was . case of Hats on.
4 There was only one Breed that re-
kmeed to give her kindly Protection
she went about ON Errands Of
Mercy.
She never had been insulted ex-
sept by q Round Head who would
have to be promoted four times In
Dgder to become Hyena.
! 1t just shows that the Eternal
Feminine still has some Drag with
out the usual Stage Settings OF Paint
and Powder and $500 Frocks.
For instance, the popular Hostess
Dn the Day of the Party wore o plain
Costume of White and the only Orna-
ment was Red Cross.
Every time her Guests saw 1t on
the Cap. 1t looked to them like 20 or
30 Tiaras.
It was one Trademark of Human
fly that had stood up during the
Storm.
The reason it looked so First-Class
TO the four Guests at the Garden
Party was that, after they had been
yariously nicked, winged, and auto
graphed by the loving Enemy and
carted to the rear as Goners, this
Woman wearing the Badge of Glori-
fed Service had taken them by the
Hand and led them through the long
Darkness, with Death stalking just
behind, and brought them back to the
Hilltops and Sunshine.
Were they for her? Ask me!
The Establishment at which they
were Honored Visitors had been
called a Chateau back in the Days Of
Wigs and Ruffles, but it was now
hospital.
More definite Information 40 to
Locale must be withheld.
II we printed the Name of the
Place, some Secret Agent in this
Country might put Slip Of Paper
into a Link of Sausage and smuggle
tt into Switzerland, and there another
bpy would put on False Whiskers and
ret across the Border under cover OF
Darkness and finally deliver the In
formation to Ludendorff, who would
Nrder an Air Raid. because the Kul-
turtle is never SO jovial at Eventide
As when he has killed lot Of Nurses
and bedridden Patients earlier in the
Day.
Suffice to say that It was Some
where in q Country that had been get
ting q Fierce Deal and was now pre-
barring to slip a large hunk Of Grief
20 the other Fellow.
The International Quartet consist
ed of a Yank, Tommy, Poilu, and
q Wop.
Upon reading which, no doubt the
Reader will exclaim, "Ah. Some
Cluster"
After setting 'em up to the Fags,
bur Heroine withdrew. knowing that
the Boys had alot of Matters to set
tie among themselves.
The Yank hailed from Beatrice,
Neb., or Skowhegan, Me-, of Merid
ian, Miss Now that you have learned
his Post Office Address, you will un-
Aarafand whv he took the first Shot