The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-10

child WAS often seen cOnversing witt
q nrivate who had languished OverlOnG
in the guardhOuse. The colonel Wen
bis wav serene and unruffled. After
all what is one adoring feminine voice
in the life of colonel!
American Town Major.
Life on the main street was always
fuu of interest. There was. for In
stance. the daily parade OF the Ourg"-
master and the American town haJor.
Here was one member of the arm! ol
occunation who had every right in the !
world TO have his disposition periha-
monthly soured with the assurance thai |
M other wearer of the American uni
form could honestly put the faniIlhl
oueStiOn. How do you get that way
| He was responsible for the good Ne
bovio- of Germans and Americans
alike-the restriction of liquor safes
RI the men (Which meant thaI
schnanns was verhOten) ; the closing OF
the Gasthoffe at an early hour ana Ihe
enforcement Of the rule againSt ira
ternizing lin public). He administered
1 tho system of fines for dirty StrtetS
and wards. 1t was Il hard life, but VINO
can say that he was not well repal"
nv tbe sight of the local bankers wire
) nainstakingIy brushing away the
: street refuse from before her mouse
each day at the end of stormy siege
of weepingS, prOteStations ana Shfu'
4 6pesP ] was never privileged To ac-
comnany the little gray burgomeistPr
: end the lanky young town major, CIT
= izen from Alabama, on their daily tour
of inspection.
This village Of annroximate'v Nv"
e souls had lost something over ~ OF rs
men in the war. yet what reSenfmon
s. there might have been against th'
D Yankee conqueror was too well con
n cealed 70 command resnect.
le Soldiers Become Socialists.
u All the soldiers VINO really got 10 IN
; front came home SOCIALISTS. "Ou
ie girls are crazy. They believe III
Americans will marry Us. That Is ho
So, is III In Germany everyone IauShe
u during the war When they heard no
Is many little German babies were Dor
y in France. Perhaps there VIII De Ii
HI tie American babies in this town.
NC bastened 10 protest that she had q
entirely wrong iuea OF the America
Ill soldier. She shrugged her shodlde
no with a cynical laugh. VINO hho"
ne frauleinchen? 1t is TOO soon 10 tel
H. NOT far up the road was the maj
&c spring of the village, goOu-slzeu ~
'uo terry works presided over by three pr'
III nervous. rotund and well-groOmed Drot
iss ers I'm the neighbOrhOOd OF %. Ch
lat dren worked in their factory, Il
lhu many. II is true. but enough to Da
sii- ish brecOnceived notions Of German
JUS aIoborate care for her common Peep
reh In this pottery works We're design
OH and manufactured hundreds OF sou
dh' mir mates for the American and ma
lelI olso for the British army. The pla
hhs we're circled with a gold laurel wre'
ant and In the center appeared in torl
N.Y. design tie individual purchase
rlul name. his regiment, division emDi
iihe and the insignia of the army OF oc
lSeu nation. the date, of the divisions
IN try into the war, its victorious
her. ~ oil Novauher IL. 1.
'oio- The tale of GeAnany's humiliation
ms thus Voluntarily served out to her
III mics with no thought, apparently
hcK- vond the harvest of marks real
'hei- Visitors were always cordially
deh- coined TO the warehouse where
COM - Iinad with shelves full
Tue stems and simple potteries. ne
. the herr smilingly explained IN Ere
~ swill 90 to America when the ~
treaty is signed We sell great
- of our goods in America.
~ Spring has come round again.
smiles upon a distraught Germ
fN Perhaps the fears " the burgome
were well grounded when ne gro'
Wv over the bolshevistic mutterings OF
- neorle and prayed that the Amer
soldiers might never he called a
The town crier. red OF nose
warned as to teeth. still rings MS
nerhaps to announce nothing NOR
q r,ous than that "Children have
throwing stones at the horses of A
team officers. This must he stonp'
once or the parents viii he sew
; punished. BY order of the burgo
ter"