The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1918 Page: 3 of 7
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THE DAVENPORT NEW ERA
REIMS CHILDREN
PLAY WAR GAMES
Emerge From Cellars, When
Bombardment Ceases, to'
Frolic in Sun.
ALL HAVE THE SAME SPIRIT
Mo One Ever Saw One of the Children
Down-Hearted or Discontented—
Will Be Great Help in Re-
building France.
Paris.—Only n few months ago
Jteims still sheltered some 000 chil-
dren, although the Germnns almost
•dally bombarded the town.
How these children lived In the cel-
lars and the special shelters while the
•Germans fiercely bombarded the
town Is a pathetic story. Though
these cellars nnd shelters were dark,
dreary and dump, where the sun's
rays never once showed themselves,
no one ever saw these children down-
hearted or discontented. Whenever
the bombardment let up, even for a
few minutes, these children swarmed
out of the cold cellars to play In the
CUD.
Duty and Resignation.
A correspondent during one of these
lulls walked down a narrow street
bordered by the walls • of houses of
the sixteenth century, or such parts
•o.' them as had survived the Ger-
man bombardments. He met a young-
ster standing In the middle of the
street gazing at one of the wrecked
houses. Asked why he was gazing at
that house, the boy answered:
"That house over yonder, monsieur?
1 was horn In that house. When
■war broke out father was mobilized
«nd mother went to live with an aunt
1n one of the houses on the outskirts
■of the city. Once a week I come here
to look fat my old home, or what is
<1eft of It."
"But aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid of what? My father Is at
rfhe front, iny mother Is still here, and
:us long as sjie stays here; I will."
~ This "hlld Is a type of all. All have
the same spirit of duty and resigna-
tion, these children of "the Martyr
•City."
They tell how they received In-
ductions to put on the masks against
the poisonous gas; of how they
played in shell holes filled with rain-
water; of how they used walls which
had escaped the German shells to
play their game of war.
Play at War Games.
Wearing the cathedral, almost com-
pletely gutted by the bombardment,
the correspondent met a crowd of
"hoys playing at their favorite game.
He watched them for some time.
After playing in quickly constructed
a destroyed house, where they had
Ingeniously placed their toy machine
guns, the attacking party was Just
Jumping out of their shelter when the
gas alarm was sounded. All the boys
ifuickly donned their masks aud con-
tinued playing, rather stimulated by
the unforeseen reality of their game.
So interested were they that they
never thought of finding shelter, but
had to be ordered to do so by patrol-
ling soldiers.
Hut these things could not go on.
The youngsters had too much free
time, as all the schools were closed
and days were spent In holldny-muk-
ing. The municipality established
schools In the huge cellars of the big
champagne houses of Helms.
Every day the teacher had to go
through the deserted streets u-der
heavy bombardment, and very often
the school children had to be kept In
after hours when the town was being
shelled. These children, having grown
up unde.- these conditions, will be a
ksplendid help to France In rebuilding
nation of valiant citizens.
WOMEN AS FORESTERS
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STREET SCENE IN THE IMPORTANT TOWN OF NOYON
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English women foresters nre taking
the place of the men at the front.
Here are two of the land workers en-
gaged In putting a sharp edge on
their ax for tomorrow's toil. These
women are showing themselves to be
worthy successors of Britain's lum-
bermen. The felled trees In the back
are a proof of that.
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BACK WITH HER BOYS
Scene li: Noyon, the French town used as 11 base by the Germans and now rccuptured by the allies.
Joyful Welcome Given Mrs. Har-
ing at the Front.
"Godmother of the Polish Army"
Greeted With Cheers by Offi-
cers and Men. \
Paris.—A woman alighted from the
train at what remains of u little rail-
road station very close to the front.
Her hair was a trifle gray but her
cheeks were pink, and she seemed to
be very happy to be arriving in that
place.
Very soon the -reason became ap-
parent. A military policeman was on
duty in the station. He stared and
gave a shout, "Sirs. Harlng."
"I got here at last," she said as
stoe shook hands—a handshake such
as Is exchanged between friends long
separated.
"You're going to be with us?"
"As long as they let me."
Mrs. Haring went out and up the
street, searching for the daily shift-
ing headquarters of the Y. M. C. A.—
for the war was moving with great
rapidity since the new offensive be-
gun.
An automobile containing n cap-
tain and three lieutenants stopped
with a screaming of the brakes.
Y'oung men boiled out of the car to
surround Mrs. Haring as if she were
the belle of the season.
Another car stopped. More offi-
cers. Around the edge privates lined
up waiting their chance. From that
BRITISH CAVALRY HAS BEEN DOING GREAT WORK
the whole American army wanted to
follow her.
It was a happy party, a laughing,
handshaking, congratulating party
that surrounded the little V. M. C. A.
woman. She was back, back with
| the troops she had served and left
j for a time. They were doing their
best to show h< r how glad they were
to see her and were succeeding won-
derfully.
The record of Mrs. Augusta Haring
of New York city Is enviable. She
is a musician. It was Mhe who, with
Miss Myrtle S'*nson of Greenfield, O,
organized the Y. M. C. A. work in
the new Polish army, most of which
was recruited In #the United States.
For four months she worked among
these men—this army which will be
without a country until the war is
over and victory comes to the allies.
tier proudest moment mas Avhen the
commander of the Poles, in a public
manner, bestowed on her the title
of Godmother of the Polish Army.
moment hers was a triumphal prog-
trenches in one of the courtyards of j ress up the street. It seemed as if
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HELPS MOTHER OF SOLDIERS
Yank Takes Woman's Flowers, Col-
lects 540 for Her and Sends
Her Home in Taxi.
New York.—A certain white-tiled
rendezvous, famed for its batter-cake
acrobats, was filled to overflowing
early the other morning with the mot-
ley jinkle-juinble of night birds, semi-
respectables and the curious. The
place Is all that is btft of the pre-war
night life of Gotham. A little white-
faced woman eddied into the place
with Just a few bouquets, soiled by an
evening of handling, which she shyly
tried to sell. On her black blouse was
a service pin with three stars. Ar.
oflicer of the National army alone at
| a corner table washing down a sand-
wich with a gloss of milk saw her.
He did not hesitate. "Come," ho
said, taking her gently by the arm.
"Selling flowers Is no oeeiy>ation tor
the mother of soldiers. Let me have
them." She gave them over with a
look of wonderment. Me went among
the crowds and collected $40 for her
for the flowers, then he put her in a
taxicab, paying the fare himself, and
^ she rolled away, leaving the oflicer at
j the curb with his head bared.
Here are shown seme oi the "'grays" of the British cavalry which have been cited for their wonderful
driving back the Boche.
NAVAL AID TO DANIELS
RED CROSS LORRIES HELP PARIS KIDS
These American soldiers are convalescing from wounds in a London
hospital. They are receiving the best of treatment and seem quite content
-with their lot.
D'ANNUNZIO GETS EVEN
By WARD PRICE.
Italian Headquarters at the Front.
—MaJ. Gabriele d'Annunzio, Italy's
poet-airman, who led the raid on
Vienna, has carried out an adven-
turous personal reprisal for an Aus-
trian night air ruid during which one
«f the enemy machines dropped a
bomb literally within yards of his
sleeping quarters. The bomb did not
explode, but Its impact knocked over
and broke a glass from which d'An-
nunzto had drunk an hour before. The
soldier-poet ga.vly started off In the
afternoon with his pilot In a new type
of a fast, weight-carrying land ma-
chine, flew about one hundred miles
straight across the Adriatic sea to
Fola. the Austrlau naval base, dropped
A14 bombs on the arsenal and re-
turned safely to his aerodrome.
I was waiting there when he ar-
rived amid u round ot cheers from
his squadi'on.
"There was a heavy barrage fire,"
lie told us, "and once 1 thought our
i rail had been struck. But not a
single one of the Austrian chaser ma-
chines got up after us. The Austrians
were very keen to get me, but they
missed a good chain* this afternoon."
D'Annunzlo will wear henceforth in
his fllfchts an ivory-hilted dagger.
This .weapon is the distinctive nmrk
of the Italian iKorni troops, and all
the eight airmen who took part in
'he raid on Vienna have been named
by their comrades "The Storm Troops
of the Air."
Held Captive Four Hours.
Green Bay, Wis,—After being held
captive by the Huns for four hours In
a shell hole. Dr. Clarence C. DeMar-
eelle eVcaped when the territory in
which the shell hole was located was
captured by the Americans. Doctor
DeMarcelle, who is with a medical
unit In France, told of his experience
iu a letter to his father in this city.
HONOR CLEVELAND'S HEROES
Plan to Grow Trees it; Memory of Sol-
diers Who Fall in
Battle.
Cleveland.—The city forestry depart-
ment has adopted a plan whereby each
Cleveland boy who gives bis lir In the
great war will be remembered. As
soon as tree planting time comes tills
fall u liberty oak will lie planted for
each boy killed In action or who dies
, as the result of wounds. The trees
will lie planted along North Park bou-
levard, which will henceforth !:r known
as Liberty Row. Each tree will carry
a bronze marker bearing the name of
a soldier who has died.
WAVES OF HATE FOR. KAISER
League of Opt micts at Given Hour
Daily Will Wish Dire Things
for Huns.
Chicago. III.—A league of optimists
has been organized in Chicago with
the avowed purpose of ilea ti rig the
kalsed by "waves of hate."
Branches lire to be formed In every
part of the Cnlted States, according
to Doctor Sheldon Lenvltt, president !
of the league, who calls himself a :
"holy emotionalist." Here is the Idea:
Twice a day >00 optimists
shall at a designated hour concentrate
Intellectually, grit their teeth, stamp I
their feet and simultaneously wish
ilire things for the Potsdam crowd, i
The enemy shall be mentally unnlhl- j
lated.
The ritual carries with It a "hymn i
of hate." The formula outlined by
Doctor Leavltt is as follows:
"I call down upon the German gov-
ernment disaster, catustrophe, ruin,
disease, pestilence, annihilation and
the plague."
Then nil that remains Is for the ti-
tled armies to crush the foe.
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I'm ian children are amusing themselves on an American Red CroR
iTb . \\1 < h is about to take them for a day's outing through the sunny fields
>!' that part of France where theie Is no bloodshed. An American soldier and
iv <! i/ros* nurse acting as uiaidlans are on the back of the lorrle.
CZECHO SLOVAK MILITARY MISSION
A North Carolinian by birth, a sailor
by nature and cnpuble oflicer by ex-
jHM-ience and training, Commander
i'ercy \Y. Foote, naval aid to Secre-
tary Daniels, is the type of man who
1m helping make the American navy
famous Commander Foote was in
command of the President Lincoln
when st.e was torpedoed and sunk bj
a -ubmarine. His conduct on that
occasion turned for him the high praise
of tin* navy department, particularly
because he saved such a high per cent
of his crew. His present position
mukes It his duty to advise the secre-
tary on all technical matters that come
before him.
INTERESTING ITEMS _
Zinc Is one of the most Importunt Thli Is the military mission of th" Czecho-Slovuk army from Siberia. In
#tel> Vashlngton to report to their commander in chief, Prof. Thomas G. Masaryk.
The United States lias sent 1,000 lo- The original i.tject of their mission was to ask for ships to get their fighters
coruotives to France. to France, but they are now planning moans of getting aid to Siberlu. They
New Orleans Is closing many sa are. left tu right: Private It. Chytll. Lieutenant Danielovsky and Cupt. V. S.
loons for military reasons. _ j Hurbun. ^
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Tryon, W. M. The Davenport New Era (Davenport, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1918, newspaper, September 19, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109497/m1/3/?q=%22United+States%22: accessed June 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.