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T eße ASR LST MAI i R eTo oB R el ST ”_v,x o N g ¥ “,\.,, . <5 B ‘}‘,A, N ‘ ‘ jmo. M: : - ! The news that yow are coming home has made Betty and Ruth the Rappiest youngsters in Cleveland. You write it will be for oaly & day or two, which has mitigated my own delight. You see, I know you will be on your ‘lt is the most wonderful thing “which ever has come into my lite— your going Over There. I still have “Hours of fear o.n:l upatriquel.':labe!- 4lon. - But_your six weeks of training & Camp Sheridan has been that much ~trdining for me also. And I am-glad . you are to go. : gk -1 thigk, Joha, that my outlook be m " to change the day _Brooke came home. His mother, you ffemember, has been almost lfke my -OwWn, and when he joined the Foreign Legion not long after the beginning _of the war, it was as mach a shock to me as to her. | _ He was wounded, and after a long ‘time in a hospital has been sent home ‘ to recuperate. : -1 went there expecting to find him “bitter and his metker imnconsolable. N? at all!- What I could see of him n bandages-—hg still ‘has pains in head—was radiant. - And- Mrs. “Thomaes locked as if she saw angels. He won a Croix de Guesre for some spectacular act, and she didn’t put it down a minute. It reminded me of "xn?c:' hted Bae s and , attemp Sympal , &l what do you think ;h.afi&? She "W‘]’lww old head and her . oyes. b R AT : "%‘imm "‘3 <be well emough 10 take.-atother crack at those Huns!” v Amd Brooke od. and said: #Oyer the top, Mother!” ~ " Jt'was a strange expprience. ' .~ -Then Margery Clarke came back “from a holglm somewhere near the front. You'll recall her as one of the aaturally happy sort, always glowing 88 1f a light\were turned on inside. -~ Bhe’s not so now. There are gray ADairs _rouad her temples. and she <doesn’t smile. ] kmew why when she \fi story after story sbout things Sha Bad seen. Some of the stories fifl:t;:‘boht little children like Ruth 2 ! b, % o - And this was a strange experience. s iQuite before I kmew it, the war hokfil{ler::}. < It didn’t m} :lo ~BBNGCessary far-away and fabled. “Jt “‘was rather persomal, aimost as if It were my war. Perhaps that feel ing is because of youy: otherwise, I ~would bave no direct contact. -"A FATHER'S ADVICE TO HIS. SOLDIER SON | G s o T e———— 7+ Here i 8 a letter which E. H _Hoar ;fim‘w his son, Corporal éamm ‘Hoar, 48th Regiment, Massachusetts ‘Volunteers, during the Civil War. Tt “f just as good foday as it was then. “No soldier of today can read it with _“One of your first duties as a sol *&flfl be to take all the care you “gan ‘of your health. The firmer that 18, the better you' will be able to.do ‘Ally Service or undergo any fatigme ~roquired of you. To preserve your ~Boalth, you must try to lead as reg niar and temperate a life as is pos “aible. - I hope you will not try to ~avoid your. full share of labor, dan ger or exposure where either is neces “sary or called. Take every proper _occasion for bat:g:g your whole body ' #-and s¢rupulously regard your per “somal- mnm-, R 0 matter howl much trouble it may give you. H.ve] “mothing to do with spiritwous liquors of any kind. Take your food as reg “ularly as you can get it, and neither -gat immoderately nor go a long time “without food, if you can avoid it. Es . pestally be careful not to eat to ex #:W long fasting. ‘ /773 hope you will never disgrace . yourselt by any profameness or “ob gractiosd or allowed. - - pry to preserve a.cheerful and " eohtented spirit and encourage it in . gtheys. © Bear hardships . without grum , and always try to do more, “rather than less, than your daty. You _will have occasion to be patient much o pr than to bé brave. : . *“The duty of a soldier is unques . PHYSICALLY FIT MUSY FIGHT _ . In sccordance with the, War De partment’s man-power policy, an or ~@ler was recently issued by the Chief éfi bzsce restricting serving in the . Ordnance Department, Ordnance De pots ‘and contratt plants in the Uni “ ted States to men physically disqual ~ified for peneral miljtary service. Men ~ phys “and otherwise fit l;pr gen varal military service are no long=r to -B& snlisted or inducted into the mili “{ary service for duty with this branch "of the army, exception being- made in ‘the cases of arsenals and 'provinzi 4 e-> o - P e w v B 3 NRRAN Te T r- - . - R e . 187 eAR 4 -f‘::-,a;::,-_;pé:.-;.‘-;:.:.-_-,.,’._::j: - A¢TR IR Ity ¥L DA TR TR~ 435 yorpep . ekl bt~ M Sg o set " ; R T ee e PP il e i e Y e .g, .0.-1 eeRA e e _.J.'j iy v, Tel<. PRI LNET [-oyst t 4 Jur, tee ot T pat ezt o earrons B i, —e X -+ [y ’ . - . %2, eg et ] & 7 X o . torss - sßt R g e > ——— ] > -14 ,i { 3 hos @Y i 5 eT gl ,/, ~Lo PR = ',’\_g‘. -g g = g - . S ——————_ A 2 F = o for o'y . RN v e —r FR . S - (MR g /0. -\ iy e o e o B S e e e s 3 i A F Cal™ ] St = - 5 Pe - 5 et g SFn e ] T S NSI S e .. 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' After you've -come close enough to .understand cg.a | and purpose you never again will;be| afraid or doubtful. And being sure of success helps g lot!” .. -] know that 1t Belps a lot. '} be- Heve.that confidence is like & wirejess message, traveling' wherever there] are aims attuned to the sender’s.” . .. You will be inderested to kmowi| that I have vamquished the Janitor. | It happemed accidenmtally, baut none the less effectively. He'd been. put ting up awnings, but for some reason skipped our windows. Onme oxtmc)y {hot day I invaded his lair to ask why. | He was evasive and surly. 1 finally lost my temper. o o o He's been perfectly -lovely ever since, respéctful and obliging. : The superintendent, I judge, is dif ferent. 1 wanted new screens, you see, and he was non-committal, as only superintendents can be-—until i 'muedo ..' 3 . - Funny—isn’t it?—one you scold and the other you cajole. What do yo'; think of me for a )u?m au? Did you believe your wife capa ble of smiling at a fat, bald and asth matic superintendent -so that the| houss might be blessed with ‘new: screens? TR R i I}qmt to say that the daughters and I a little cry wm ings were up. We. out a .chark;od p:lneo-—_-ramzu‘the,w g: summer. It t such keen real-. Pmm of your sbsemcs. .We evel ound’ the pipe-apd cri ‘th.'mt&f The household machinery is rus- I have mwmhfw In pect of belig R g .nn eficient maid, hawéyer, and 1 shalli |. John, dear, we await " home coming, ¢ounting the houfsi. lam planning to go on to New York with you, to remain till you-saél.: °© = Ard when pext I write you &N in France. , HOPE. tioning obedience—but, beyond this, I hope you will cultivate a kind, re spectful and considerate temper to ward your officers. . . . - : “] hope'you are going with a love for your country amd your cause, and with a deterniination to be faithful to every duty you have gudertaken. My | boy, you bear the ntime of one who, to the end of his Nonored life never shrunk from a duty however painful} nor Mli a B.dm, &;‘ whizl%" dug ed him. sure you do not | | discredit it, neither by cowardice, by falsehood; by impurity, by levity nor by~ selfishness. - mm;r alwa your home and your friends—those| {who will welcome ygur return with pride and. joy if you shall come back }in virtue and honor; who will chbr ish your memory if, faithful and true, |you have given up your life; but to whom your disgrace would cause a pang sharper than death. Remember {yorrobligations to duty and to God;, land may these thoughts keep you | from temptation and encourage and {strengthen yom in danger or sick “Apd mow, my dear boy, I com .m{nug'w‘ to md--“ nd::,fl!a mc}d of His grace.: ess you an |Pa in health and in sickness, in | {joy and in sorrow. Go to Him for | strength and guidance. You arewery} dear to our hearts—and your n’ynen:g jleaves a great place vacant in’our e juiay you.come to.us’ ety g".fin—— t _whatever is before| us, may His mercy and love be ever ‘with you and His grace be sufficient :mr y@‘.” " ; : . . COOTIES | The American Army is a clean | _Bat there are some cooties in it— | Don’t walt for ‘em to bite—kill {’em now. ; You can hear ’em buming ’round -Af yow’ll listen. : it | They're out for blood. Don’t let {’em get it! Kill ‘em? Report anything suspicious to your | company commander. | - Taken from Bulletin Boord, Signgl {Corps Troiming Camp, Fort Leaven worth, Konses. 3 N ?‘5 ! f ‘ff {fifi ’?}}}'}?}?{Et‘i?ffi')’}'))'isfé:i!fa.’.- By e 0 Y 3 ‘ 2 ! i "(;!o'\}:,‘:‘]".‘ { C%} 1 l -ma(nfl,}.fil%n"&af e Jeterersiiil il ?iiylflflf"\'ifl.“‘} ook EXT LTV NS o o - ",""‘rs MARTIAS> o 1 !',i.'!?”")‘r‘c‘\’af"'-‘.‘,*" -~ Rlrt. ‘H} R SARL RS sA () Ht LESrsA GHoL LI ""-r“ ¢ $ - : 5 7 : “Let uste:fiy nerve onne}vcsa’d b‘hnly mu{ntah ‘fluQ sacrificial “tt Ig'sot s case of American, Eaglioh, French, ldian o¢ lialia | %MM.R is 2¢°nse of civilisation yv.and Ch _marching out agaimst barbarity.”—Liewt. Choyce, of the British Army. o " “luluG':rn- _ us they must pay the bill in men, cither {0 us _-or to our N:E”-‘-—Hajor James McKenna, of New York, who was: . recently killed in battle. .2 ; | Gz o “Americans are idealists, but they are also splendid warriors.”— %ifiarl of Reading, Brwh t“:flfiudor to the é/ nifed S “h‘::m _ sangfroid, latelgoncs sad ua-a‘y,"—rm’ te paid to an Amer.’ i< scan lieutenant by the Bmgm : et R Y “‘mxaisgah:'u new Minis o‘fls?“he,int what Germany "flbc 18 4: w '“w 4 A -' 4 o ' ~; fi Eflugg ‘fifigq@%" u-.&.' RS 4407, .‘M‘rsfl_ SSOC G : ~_Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. .~ """ "~ .~ aplil. 2 “The Americans fight with an ardor that js unsurpassed.”—General - Humbert of the Fremch Army.-. . %r . - ~ % oo o & “It is my Delief thtfith—a-fib? iean arimy dt.mmmfit: ; li!.-“v under one -If= sWe CAR ¢ ‘ ; : . German line Wherever we p "G eneral P.'}f:wc. March. 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