TR VT L e T B e o i"" = s P it % NRy PR g R Tet B e R "FLU” IS PRODIGAL SISTER '_ ““ OF DUTCH CLEANSER KIDS @3‘. A Aoo crs Jest as Step.s Are Take,n to Stem % ;-f:_idemic Tide—New Use for Cus pidors—Camp Notes. - i RN e T e —————————— “ “Mr. Spanish Flu.” ~lgw .. Spani . - K H. PURVERE, Dental Infirmar B" 4 ?;,p:t " Ne. 1, T-60. ’ ”’f"‘"fit’& germ came into camp, (AN pame was Spanish Flu; ; .Mm a friendly little pest, R%m called on quite a few, " :’.”‘— > 2Te i ite friendliness was doow, R jfl‘wn:t gre:tad Wnl‘;:l a frown'.‘ : . ! 'JM ut us u r quarantine ” “gé?hd ltore our pass to town. h 34 -{‘!“ eh“d t‘e “ys' ‘-l “la‘b"r"." . .. Now what are we to do? " . The only thing that ean be done 7 ‘" Is to fight the Spanish Flu. " Having work to do, the staff of V bloek Y, M. C. A. squared their shoul een.},m,led the implements of their arions missions and dared the “Span {sh demon” to show its head. Letters ‘weré written i the usual proportion, ‘the same number of laughs passed over the desk, and volley balls were tpatted back and forth more furiously | than ever before. What mattered such ‘@ little thing as the entertainment ban? Likewi®e, in days past, the mountain refused to come to Ma met, but Mahomet journeyed to the i oun},ln, Spanish “flu” drew quar anting lines of .temporary effective s about V hut, so V hut extended service to the affected barracks. ‘ ivery limitation brought a new and . @ffective remedy, and before many ' §ours ‘had passed V hut had estab . Hished many branches throughout the | hidway section. ‘,‘ The additional effort was requited iin fu Energy fast exhausting was ‘guickly réstocked by high lights of igood mnatore and gems of wit. Cau fion and deflance walked hand in ‘ domand when the American soldier histlés in time of doubt there fly ~j#parks of humor enough to illumine | (¥he day kest peried of anticipation. flz' lu* was discussed in full in the “|parragks of the newly formed divi- R onww train. One group of the - ew @ TS were especially loud in - defiani f‘g{the scare.. “Why,” re- B i ig Pennsylvanian, “three fourths of the men in the field ‘hos i', tals have only plain colds and, the ‘lgther fourth is getting away with '{Bunk fatigue.” . S :'3 At this point in the speech of de i flance’ "4 member of the group i lgoughed. Changing his attitude, the ! Pennsylvanian continued, ‘“Listen i Bere, if you ‘are getting that Spanish Buensa,” he cautioned. “It may be “o the hospital as fast as you can go. Btill, ‘you can’t tell me that there is “finy such disease.” &g In the camp quartermaster detach gtent. quarters George Rifendifer was Hjctusing a circle of subsistence men. (Don’t €all, the epidemic Spanish in llence)”* he cautioned. “It may be ifluelicé of some sort, but remember fihat Spain is still neutral.” 48 Passing the room of Shorty Collins, gptimist, on. his way back to V ‘St the secretary heard it remarked ‘QRat “Spanish flu” must be a prodigal fister of the Dutch Cleanser family, Apcause its appearance has freed the { |id k__‘,;_.‘qetion fPem visitors’ rubbish. *.l "Why not use the pots now serving _@s cusSpidors for. the geraniums this Wwinter?' asked a soldier in G hut, , When he saw the new articles order " ¥4 for the building by the military au- Shorities. It so happened that all the . #ißcretaries could get in Baltimore was ‘@Rwer pots. The geraniums are really A -‘fi:}ty and the suggestion is a " AR 7y ¥ % i':Y" at the base hospital, just J§ sned last week, was véry busy. \J /rax . had Gens. Carter and Gaston -} fmpletec .their speeches of accept jce wher the hut became filled with , aidical men, who were overworked - % ‘:',%%3 long strain -of attendance “§fiot the sufferers with the “flu.” Seeretaries Clair and Shunk are not Rin any opportunity to be of serv e R a8 P 3 i {¥oroced to Take New Quarters. 8 _}_,};;% Bn. of the 154th Depot R ;fi is gleeful now. In turning over -;% irracks to the slightly sick of the & f‘ 'L Batidnts they were forced to quar- SV i the reconstructed stables of the IE 308th Engineer pack train and the g'e st bles were turned over to the 3 -toms. - S fhieytre telling a corking good one 3 iSesgt. Brown of the 244th Field ; 88l outdit. It seems Brown was Aaileiton .the other night to assist in B ypeetinc a number of boys for “flu” W GHARLIE FLYNN H e “’x T /3'%"4’@ Y fi;fi:}igfif’”f R 2::5,-: R SRR G P ig}‘ 5- 1 TS e A v o N T ey TR Ab 2 e W e % i R e '{.,,_.f—?e" b 14 o z 3 ”’ii >% : "R 0 ";.f"."" -i 5 . . | " 5 "i Y . ;. ;’?m‘;{ B SRS L e R e ————————————— Suspects. The work from the s kept every one on the jump. but in & little while, with its pling up more and more, Brown began to get a bit ex city. After Brown had been scurrying hither and thither for some time he was ordered to report on his taking of temperatures. ‘lmagine the sur geon's surprise when he saw Brown place the wrong end of a thermometer in a chap’'s mouth, thereby taking the temperature of the room instead. Thé Double C “Y" ha by order of depot bfl&%’éfi,’é’,fiififfi.’ ters, last week Tuesday night, wWhen the boys began to inquire as to when the doors would be open again. The depot brigade order closing all wel. fare buildings in its area, came like a shot out of the sky ,and just when the Double C staff were in the midst of an extremely busy evening. In less than fifteen minutes the building was in darkness and plans were being formulated as to how still to serve. The closing was a bit inopportune from the standpoint of several hun dred new n&ln whoshad only arrived in camp when the closing order came through. Since shutting the building the can teen business has been carried on through the front windows, where the same hours for business are as strict ly adhered to as hitherto. ! As one chap put it, “We never real ized what the ‘Y’ gave us until it was closed,” expressecs the sentiment heard on all sides of late. And an inquiry heard as often has been, ‘“When are you going to open?’' These sentiments are peculiar of the entire depot brigade section at present and the secretaries of the CC building are as anxious to have things running at top speed as are the boys. HIS VIEW OF INFLUENZA. Secretary Reed Sees Less Scare in Camp Than Outside. ‘Secretary Reed in S-Hut says: “You no doubt reca!l the once popu lar song, ‘Fiewey, Flewey, and are -also’ familiar with the slang phrase ‘he has, gone up the flue;' also the lnnocent} lie you tell the children about Santa Claus coming down the flue as well as the “Rookies” watch ing the malil carrier passing over the camp at noonday, after which they hike to hut. purchase cards and write home telling the folks the largest bird he ever saw in all his life just flew over the camp. But listen: This “Spanish flu” stuff has sure got them all-beat at the one-half pole. Every one Knhows what massed singing means, but not until this ‘fiu’”’ came among us, have we ever heard of “massed” sneezing. The boys of the 63d gather fin groups and sneeze solos, duets, trios and quartets. Then in blows the 72d and they pull all the stops— use the loud pedal—and away go-°s the ‘“massed” sneeze, after which fever sets in, joints ache, stiff shoul ders, pain and the bunch is off for the - “Base.” Yesterday a couple of chaps from Company A. 63d were in the “Hut.” One, after coughing, under took to expectoraté in the cuspnidor. but missed it. The other suggested he go back to the rifle range and take a few lessons in aiming at cus pidors. The boys of the 62d Infantry (Cal ifornia) stood in grours and reminded a westerner of a bunch of ostrichs on a ranch, just after plumes are . plucked. Many funny incidents are the order in barracks and “Hut.” Take it all in all, éven with the side of pathos in a few instanccs, we are inclined *to believe there is more scare outside the camp than there is within. for these soldiers have only one d sire, and that is to go over there and assist in finishing the “jeb”; and, take it from me. these chaps of the 63d and 72d have the tabasco sauce stuff in them to do it.” The bovs surely enioyved a real treat last Sunday evening at the song service, while during the Sunday school hour, Private Edwvard H. Lan