The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1918 Page: 3 of 12
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THE STROUD DEMOCRAT
THE MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.
Gunner Depew
By i
Albert N. Depew
Ex-Gunner and Chief Petty Officer, U.S. N vy
Member of the Foreign Legion of France
CaptalnGun Turret.French BittleshipCissard
Winner of the Croix de Guerre
Copyright, 1018, by Rellly and Britton Co., Thronifh Special ArT9PffPrn'*nt With the Georjr® M&tthrw Adnms Ser.lce
A visit to the laboratory whore this
successful remedy is made impresses
•tven the casual looker-on with tne reli-
ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
■which attends the making of this great
medicine for woman's ills.
Over 350,000 pounds of various herbs
are used anually and all have to be
gathered at the season of the year when
their natural juicss and medicinal sub-
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes in
■contact with the medicine is sterilized
and as a final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
in sterile bottles.
It is the wonderful combination of
roots and herbs, together with the
akill and caro used in its preparation
which has made this famous medicine
■o successful in the treatment of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use of
Lydia E. Pvnkham'a Vegetable Com-
pound which we are continually pub-
lishing attest to its virtue.
To Some Extent.
"Mrs. Gaddy claims that she made
lier husband."
"So she did; she made a fool of
tilm."
When Baby Is Teething
■GROVES BABY BOWUL M Widths H will correct
thu Stomach and Bowel troubles. 1'erfect.y Ii^rrn-
ieua. bee directions on the bottle.
GUNNER DEPEW SHOWS THE P01LUS HOW AN AMERICAN
NAVAL GUNNER CAN SHOOT.
Synopsis,—Albert N. Depew, author of the story, tells of his service
In the United States navy, during which he attained the rank of chief
petty officer, first-class gunner. The world war starts soon after he
receives his honorable discharge from the navy, and he leaves for
France with a determination to enlist.
Like Producing Like.
"It was n great send-off they gave
Jlmsy, wasn't It?" "Yes, and there'll
Hie a comeback, too."
Soothe Itching Skins
With Cutlcura. ISathe with Ciitlcurn
Soap and hot water, dry and apply the
Ointment. This usually a Tirds relief
and points to spo dy lioalim nt. For
free samples nd.lr . s. "Cutlcura, Dept.
X, Boston." At druggists and by mail.
•Soap 25, Ointment an l-rDt'. -Auv.
v
HAD EXAMPLE BEFORE HIM
Lop-Eared Youth Could Not Doubt
That Some People Could Speak
Fast Without Stuttering.
A venerable citizen of the Straddle
Itldge neighborhood ent red a lunch-
room In Polkvllle, dragging nfter hi in
a gander-necked, lop-eared youth.
"What kind o' pie have ye trot yore?"
he asked of the brisk waitress.
"Peach, apple, mince, raisin, punks,
apercot, mince, raisin and cokernut-
custard!" she answered with consider-
able nipidity.
"Ptu!—which?" returned the old fel
low.
The young lady repented the list
with still greater speed.
"Please say that over ng'ln, if you'd
jest as livV requested the ancient
man.
"Say, lonkee here!" demanded the
■waitress. "Can't you understand any-
thing?"
"Oh, yes'm; I understand all right!"
lie turned to the lop-eared youth.
"'There now, Enunett!" he triumphant-
ly said. "You see, it's jest as I told
you; a person kin talk as fast as he
pleases without stutterin', if he'll only
take keer !"—Judge.
A Good Match.
"When I get a car, I want one which
■will suit me." "Then, my dear, you
had better get a runabout."
Otherwise Peaceful.
"Was it a military dinner?"
"Just a suggestion of the military.
We shelled the nuts."
Solid ^'
a *r 1 < c": •£>,. >, y y v&i I v ■
"TTie real food
els menus of
wheat end bap-
ley so made as
io be rich in
sug'ar, end
ready -to eat
from package
wi"bh milk or
cream.7yta£/S
A Substantial
Food
sinrl FrAnAmrnl
CHAPTER III.
2—
In tha Foreign Legion.
This time I was determined to en-
Hat. So, when we landed at St Na-
Kalre, I drew my pay from the Vir-
ginian and, after spending a week
with my grandmother, I went out and
asked the first gendarme I met where
the enlistment station was. I had to
argue with him some time before he
would even direct me to It. Of course
I had no passport and this made him
sosplclous of me.
The officer In charge of the station
was no warmer In his welcome than
the gendarme, and this surprised me,
because Murray and Brown had no
trouble at all In Joining. The French,
of course, often speak of the Foreign
Legion as "the convicts," because so
many legionaries are wanted by the
police of their respective countries,
but a criminal record never had been
a bar to service with the legion, and I
did not see why it should be now—if
they suspected me of having one. I
had heard there were not a few Ger-
mans In the legion—later on I became
acquainted with some—and believe
me, no Alsatian ever fought harder
against the Iluns than these former
Deutschlanders did. It odcurred to
me then that If they thought I was
a German, because I had no passport,
I might have to prove I had been In
trouble with the kaiser's crew befor*
they would accept me. I do not know
what the real trouble was, but I solved
tne problem by showing them my dis-
charge papers from the American
navy. Even then, they were suspicious
because they thought I was too young
to have been a O. P. O. When they
challenged mo on this point, I said I
would prove It to them by taking an
examination.
They examined me very carefully,
In English, although I know enough
French to get by on a subject like
gunnery. But foreign officers are very
proud of their knowledge of English—
and most of them can spenk it—and I
think this one wanted to show off, as
yon might say. Anyway, I passed my
examination without any trouble,
was accepted for service in the For-
eign Legion and received my commis-
sion as gunner, dated Friday, January
1. 1915.
There Is no use in my describing the
Foreign Legion. It Is one of the most
famous fighting organizations In the
world, and has made a wonderful rec-
ord during the war. When I Joined La
Legion, It numbered about 60,000 men.
Today It has less than 8,000. They
say that since August, 1014, the legion
has been wiped out three times, and
that there are only a few men still In
service who belonged to the original
legion. I believe it to be true. In
January of tbls year the French gov-
ernment decided to let the legion die.
I was sorry to hear it. The legion-
naires were a fine body of men, and
wonderful fighters. But the whole
civilized wtjrld Is now fighting tie
Hnns, and Americans do not have to
enlist with the French or the Limeys
any longer.
But one thing about the legion, that
I And many people do not know, Is that
the legionnaires are used for either
land or sea service. They are sent wher-
ever they can be used. I do not know
whether this was the case before the
present war—I think not—but In my
time, many of the men were put on
ships. Most people, however, have the
Idea that they are only used In the in-
fantry.
With my commission as gunner, I
received orders to go to Brest and Join
the dreadnaught Cassard. This as-
signment tickled me, for my pal Mur-
ray was aboard, and I had expected
trouble In transferring to his ship In
case I was assigned elsewhere. We
had framed it up to stick together as
long as we could. We did, too.
Murray was as glad as I was when
I came aboard, and he told me ho had
heard Brown, our other pal, hnd been
made a sergeant In another regiment
of the legion.
We were both surprised at some of
the differences between the French
navy and ours, but after we got used
to it, we thought many of their cus-
toms Improvements over ours. But we
could not get used to ft, at first. For
Instance, on an American ship, when
you are pounding your ear in a nice
warm hammock and It Is time to re-
lieve the watch on deck, like as not
yon will be awakened gently by a burly
gnrby armed with a fairy wand abont
the size of a bed slat, whereas In
French ships, when they caH the
watch, you would think you were In a
swell hotel and had left word at the
flesk. It was hard to tnrn out at first,
without the aid of a club, and harder
«tlll to break ourselves of the habit
f calling our relief In the gay and
festive American manner, but, as I
say, we got to like it after a while.
Then, too, they do not do any hazing
In the French navy, and this surprised
us. We had expected to go through
the mill Just as we did when we Joined
the American service, but nobody slung
a hand at us. On the contrary, every
garby aboard was kind and decent and
extremely courteous, and the fact that
we were from the States counted a lot
with them. They used to brag about
It to the crews of other ships that were
not so honored.
But this kindness we might have ex-
pected. It Is Just like Frenchmen In
any walk of life. With hardly an ex-
ception, I have never met one of this
nationality who was not anxious to
help you in every way he could; ex-
tremely generous, though not reckless
with small change, and almost always
cheery and there with a smile in any
weather. A fellow asked mo once why
It was that almost the whole world
loves the French, and I told lilm It was
because the French love almost the
whole world, and show It. And I think
that is the reason, too.
About the only way you can describe
the Poilus, on land or sea, Is that they
are gentle. That is, you always think
that word when you see one and talk
to him—unless you happen to see him
within bayonet distance of Fritz.
The French sailors sleep between
decks In bunks, Instead of hammocks,
and us I had not slept In a bunk since
my Southerndown days. It was pretty
hard on me. So I got hold of some
heaving line, which Is one-quarter-inch
rope, and rigged up a hammock. In
my spare time I taught the others how
to make them, and pretty soon every-
body was doing It.
When I taught the sailors to make
hammocks, I figured, of course, that
they would use them as we did—that
Is, sleep in them. They were greatly
pleased at first, but after they had
tried the stunt of getting In and stay-
ing in, it was another story. A ham-
mock is like some other things—It
works while you sleep—and If you are
not on to it, you spend most of your
sleeping time hitting the floor. Our
gun captain thought I had put over a
trick hammock on him, but I did not
need to; every hammock is a trick
hammock.
Also, I taught them the way wo
mako mats out of repe, to use while
sleeping on the steel gratings near the
entrance to stoke holes. In cold weath-
er this part of the ship Is more com-
fortable than the ordinary sleeping
quarters, but without a mat it gets too
hot.
American soldiers and sailors got
the best food In the world, but while
the French navy chow was not fancy,
It was clean and hearty, as they say
"With a Fourteen-lnch Gun I Scored
Three D'a."
down East For breakfast wo had
bread and coffee and sardines; at noon
a boiled dinner, mostly beans, which
were old friends of mine, and of the
well-named navy variety; at four in
the afternoon, a pint of vino,' and at
six, a supper of soup, coffee, bread and
beans.
Although the French "seventy-five"
Is the best gun In the world, their na-
val guns are not as good as ours, and
their gunners are mostly older men.
But they will give a youngster a gun
rating If he shows the stuff.
Shortly after I went aboard the Cas-
sard, we received instructions to pro-
ceed to Spezla, Italy, the large Italian
naval baae. The voyage was without
Incident but when w# dropped anchor
in Spezla. the Italian port officials
quarantined us for fourteen days on
account of smallpox. During this period
our food was pretty bad; in fact, the
meat became rotten. This could hard-
ly have happened on an American ship,
because they are provisioned with
canned stuff and preserved meats, but
the French ships, like the Italian, de-
pend on live stock, fresh vegetables,
etc., which they carry on board, and
we had expected to get a large supply
of such stufT at Spezla. Long before
the fourteen days were up we were
out of these things, and had to live on
anything we could get hold of—mostly
hardtack, coffee and cocoa.
We loaded a cargo of airplanes for
the Italian aviators at the French fly-
ing schools, and started back to Brest.
On the way back we had target prac-
tice. In fact, at most times on the
open sea, it was a regular part of the
routine.
It was during one of these practices
that the French officers wanted to
find out what the Yankee gunner knew
*tlbout gunnery. At a range of eight
miles, while the ship was making eight
knots an hour, with a fourteen-lnch
gun I scored three d's—that is, three
direct hits out of five trials. After
that there was no question about it. As
a result, I was awarded three bars.
These bars, which are strips of red
braid, are worn on the left sleeve, and
signify extra marksmanship. I also
received two hundred and fifty francs,
or about fifty dollars In American
money, and fourteen days' shore leave.
All this made me very angry, oh,
very much wrought up Indeed—not I
I saw a merry llf* for myself on the
French rolling wave If they felt that
way about gunnery.
I spent most of my leave with my
grandmother In St. Nazalre, except for
a short trip I made to a star-shell fac-
tory. This factory was Just about like
one I saw later somewhere in Amer-
ica, only in the French works, all the
hands were women. Only the guards
were men, and they were "blesses"
(wounded).
When my leave was up and I said
good-by to my grandmother, she man-
aged a smile for me, though I could
see that It was pretty stiff work. And
without getting soft, or anything ll!;f
that, I can tell you thnt smile stayed
with me and it did me more good than
you would believe, because it gave me
something good to think about when I
was up against the real thing.
I hope a lot of you people who read
this book are women, because I have
had It In mind for some time to tell all
the women I could a llttlo thing they
can do that will help a lot. I am not
trying to be fancy about It, and I hope
you will take it from me the way I
mean It
When you say good-by to your son
or your husband or your sweetheart,
work up a smile for him. What you
want to do is to give him something he
can think about over there, and some-
thing he will like to think about There
is so much dirt, and blood, and hunger,
and cold, and all that around you, that
you have Just got to quit thinking
about it or you will go crazy. And so,
when you can think about something
nice, you can pretty nearly forget all
the rest for a while. Tho nicest things
you can think about ore the things you
liked back home.
Now, you can take It from me that
what your boy will like to remember
the best of all is your face with a
smllo on it He has got enough hell on
his hands without a lot of weeps to re-
member, if you will excuse the word.
Hut don't forget that the chances are
on his side that he gets back to you;
tho figures prove it. Thnt will help
you some. At thnt, it will be hard
work; you will feel more like crying,
and so will he, maybe. Ilut smile for
him. That smile is your hit.
I will hack a smile against the weeps
In a race to Berlin any time. So I am
telling you, and I cannot make It strong
enough—send him away with a smile.
CHAPTER IV.
On the Firing Line.
When I reported on the Cassard
after my fourteen days' leave, I was
detailed with a detachment of the
legion to go to tho Flanders front. I
changed Into the regular uniform of
the legion, which Is about like that of
the Infantry, with the regimental
badge—a seven-flamed grenade.
We traveled from Brest by rail, In
third-class cars, passing through I.a
Havre and St. I'ol, and finally arriving
nt Bergues. From Bergues wo made
the trip to Dlxmude by truck—a dis-
tance of about twenty miles. We car-
ried no rations with us, but at tvrtaln
places along the line the train stopped,
and we got out to eat our meals. At
every railroad station they have booths
or counters, and French (,'lrls work day
and night feeding tho Poilus. It was a
wonderful sight to see these girls, and
It made you feel good to think you
were going to fight for them.
It was not only what they did, but
the way they did It, and It is at things
like this that the French beat the
world. They could tell Just what kind
of treatment each Pollu needed, and
they saw to It that he got It They
f>ok special pains with the men of the
legion, becanse, as they say, we are
"strangers," and that means, "the bast
we have Is yours" to the French. These
French women, young ond old, could
be a mother and a sweetheart and a
sister all at the same time to any hairy
old ex-convlct In the legion, and do It
In a way that made him feel like a lit-
tle boy at the time and a rich church
member afterwards. The only thing
wo did not like about this trip was
that there were not enough stations
along that line. There Is a tip that
the French engineers will not take, I
am afraid.
There Is another thing about the
French women that I have noticed, and
that is this: There are pretty girls in
every country under the sun, but the
plain girls in France are prettier than
the plain ones in other countries. They
might not show It In photographs, but
in action there is something about
them that you cannot explain. I have
never seen an ugly French girl who
was not easy to look at
Wo finally got to Dlxmude, after
having spent about eighteen hours on
the way. On our arrival one company
was sent to the reserve trenches and
my company went to the front line
trench. We were not placed in train-
ing camps, because most of us had
been under fire before. I never had,
but that was not supposed to make
any difference. They say if you can
stnnd the legion you can stand any-
thing.
Before we entered the communica-
tion trench, we were drawn up along-
side of a crossroad for a rest, and to
receive certain accoutrements. Pretty
soon wo saw n bunch of Boehos com-
GOOD NEWS
A Lady in Texas TelU How
She Regained and Keeps
Her Health.
Every household should have at
Hand all the time a dependable rem-
edy with which to light catarrh und
'utarrhal conditions.
The experience of Mrs. M. E. Berk-
ley, No. Kt'J'2 '27th St., Gulveston, Tex.,
Is not unique, hut her letter does car-
ry a vigorous "safety first" suggestion
to every American home: "I wish to
tell you of the good Peruna 1ms been
0 me. 1 have used It five years and
iave never found It other than satls-
actory as a remedy for colds, catarrlf,
ndigestioD and many other ailments.
1 am never without Peruna."
Coughs, colds, catarrh, grip and tn-
iluenza cannot safely lie neglected.
Vny disease due to catarrhal Intlam-
natlon of the mucous lining, whether
>f the nasal passages, throat, lungs,
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder or
other organs, Is to be feared. Catarrh
s always a menace to the general
health and on account of Its preva-
lence must ho fought and fought hard
ill the time.
Thousands place their entire depen-
dence upon the well known time-tried
remedy, Peruna. Dr. llartmun began
selling Peruna for catarrh forty-live
years ago. Try Peruna first and avoid
possible disappointment und expensflb
Tablet or liquid form. Sold every*
where.
No Shortage.
I A few days ago a physician of Win*
j hester gave a small box of liver pills
| lo one of his patients. The pills were
mly partly used and a few days later
ihe patient's wife discovered that her
four .venr-old daughter had found the
| 'Ills and eaten them. Frantic with
I ear she gave the child all the milk
-lie had in the house and then ex-
iltedly ran to the telephone and called
for the physician.
"Is this Doctor ?" asked tha
mother, "Yes," came the rpply. "Doc-
tor, hurry to our house. Helen lins
ni.-n the rest of the Imx of pills you
:ive .leu'; hurry! 1 lmve given her
ill the milk I have."
"Don't worry; come up town and I
- !1 'he you some more," replied thu
l«>> tor. Indianapolis News.
The l.:in.'nroo is a healthy-looking
111itii- lull i! is nearly nhvavs on its
"I Got Wan From Each of Thim Fel-
las."
ing along the road, without their guns,
a few of them being slightly wounded.
Some of them looked scared and oth-
ers happy, but they all seemed tired.
Then we heard some singing, nnd pret-
ty soon we could see an Irish corporal
stepping along behind the Huns, with
his rifle slung over his back, and
every once in a while he would shuf-
fle a bit and then sing some more. He
had a grin on him that pushed Ills
ears back.
Tho British noncom who wns de-
tailed as our guide sang out; "What
kind of time are you having, Pat?"
The Irishman saluted with one
hand, dug the other Into his pocket
nnd pulled out enough watches to
make you think you were In a pawn
shop. "Oh, n foln tolm I'm bavin',"
he says. "I got wan from each of thlm
fellas." We counted fourteen prison-
ers in the bunch. Pat sure thought he
was rolling In wealth.
After we were rested up wo were
Issued rllles, shrapnel helmets und
belts, and then stnrted down the com-
munication trench. These trenches
are entrances to the fighting trenches
nnd run at varying angles und vary-
ing distances upart. They are sel-
dom wide enough to hold more than
one man, so you have to march single
file In them. They wind in nnd out,
according to the lay of the land, some
parts of thera being more (kmgerous
than others. When you come to a
dangerous spot you have to crawl
sometimes.
There are so many cross trenches
nnd Mind alleys thut you have to have
a guide for a long time, because with-
out one you are apt to walk through
nn embrasure In u fire trench and
right out Into the open, between the
German front line nnd your own.
Which Is hardly worth while 1
If any part of the line Is under fire,
tho guide at the head of the line Is on
the lookout for shells, nnd when hi:
hears one coming he gives the signal
nnd you drop to the ground and wait
until it hursts. You never get all the
time you want, but at that you have
plenty of time to think about things
while you are lying there with your
face in the mud, waiting to bear the
sound of the explosion. When you
hear it, you know you have got at lenst
one more to dodge. If you do not hear
It—well, most likely you are worrying
more about tuning your thousand-
string harp thnn anything else.
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Depew gets his ffrst experience
In the front line trenches at
Dlxmude and learns how the
British Tommies "carry on."
He tells about it in the next in-
stallment.
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Itching and > r C
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(TO IIE
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She Earned It.
My llttlo daughter came In with a
penny. I naked lier where she found
It. nnd she said: "I earned It. You
see, Carter called me n bad girl and I
wni going to fight him, but he had
some pennloa, bo I told hlio if ha
would give me a penojr I wouldn't
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Whitmore, R. J. The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1918, newspaper, December 13, 1918; Stroud, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc120522/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.