The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11

y OF 1OO-acre farm last summer 4
q was pronounced success. When Is
= the soldiers first went to the IS
= farm they had the regulation Is
= army tents. Today they have a Is
4 large dining hall with beamed Is
I ceiling, rough hewn chairs and Is
q tables in close imitation of an Is
= early colonial home.
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and tumbled back through the gate
ahead of us as the heraldS of our pro-
ceSSiOn. Seeing that ii was unwiSe for
Mellett and me TO be too diStantly sep
arated, l unlocked two of the girls
and Mellett took the arm of the one
between us, Mile. Berthe Dubauts, by
the way. France never made EN- pref
tier than Mile. Berthe.
Everybody Wanted Two Kisses.
The enormity of what was ahead Of
us was not realized until we were
through the gate. Our heraldS were
shouting The English are comingw
Wave upon wave of men, women and
children bore down upon US and at
times there were collisions that must
have hurt. Everybody wanted at least
two kisses and handshake.
The dear old ladies Of Lille had the
highest average, going at the rate of
20 in a possible 100. The younger
women (and / am not referring to Mel
let's contingency wanted TO do the
thing tenderly and gently and as re-
suit often got only little bump
against my nose or ear, the second kiss
missing fire or ricocheting to one of
my winsome escort.
The only trouble with the escort
was that they could not tell US where
we wanted to go. We just staggered
on, pushed and pulled at from all di-
rections, sometimes almost carried
down by the weight of some wildly
Joyous person who would spring at US,
throw both arms around our necks 20
kiss us rapturously.
AS we were entering Rue des bstes
we heard a booming voice call Sour:
Can help? Just a minute WHILE
get through these blinking girls.Y
He was NJ. Auguste vOnherzeefe
Belgian tailor. formerly Of Loncon.
Because he was sixty-four years gu
the Germans had not forced hp u
work. He had kept his son hidden ior
four years. but, he sid. the little 1901
insisted finally o. getting out ana mao
heen seized pid taken away by the
Germans wien they deported all the
able manhood. even youths in mid
teens, shortly before the evacuation.
NJ Womb eele introduced us to NJ.
Fernand Hnciaus, Lille representative
Of the 0neral Electric company Of
Schenectdy. N. Y.
"WillEou-smack-take us through
-smaf-the main streets-smack-
n tn mayor-smack-and back
smacFto our car tmackT we
begS between kisses.
IL two turned about and talked
yeffast to the mott. A way opened
fofs and we started. All went we'll
! fdtwo minutes, then a fresh battal-
| I(of kisses went over the top and cut
4 Hanciaus Off from all communion
bn with us. We never saw him
gain.
Ribbons, Badges, Rosettes.
We now began to be entwined with
red, white and blueAn1bons- and many
badges and rosettes were pinned to
Us. We also got punches of red, whlte>-
and blue paper flowers.
There was nothing amorous about
the kisses. They were given by old
md young to the good English" One
trim mademoiselle in my retinue
Kissed me once for the allies. once for
England. once for myself and once for
ny wife. (Note-I am not adding this
70 square myself at home. This true
md accurate history Of the great
,asion must be complete In all d.
What happened to the XII
hey had battered their "
parade and finally got
reach? They formed
abreast and danced
Or behind US. singinI
When we got bal
'ound IL indistingui
The British captain
either knee, and hq
between him and
lriver had given
time ago and qui
over his seat In
reach of short or 3
more cheerful to E
The brave BIRTHS
later DID get q,
ion from the city. We e.
-ries when we returned the
heir guns held by girls and H.
licked with garlands and fed W
axes. We saw other Tommies havinI
heir guns and packs carried by Lille
girls II is pity that the first spon1
aneous outburst Of gratitude to tn.
British should have been conferred cd
wo Yank correspondents.
HOLDS THRIFT STAMP RECORD,
Kansas Girl Obtains $500, Which
Makes Her the Champion Of
the State
Hutchinson, Kan.-Miss Marjorie
E. Stsufter of this city holds the state.
II not the national. record for Thrift