Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 172, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 23, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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CHICKASHA DAILY EXPRESS CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA
HEADING OFF HOMESICKNESS IS
v IMPORTANT JOB WITH THE ARMY
' Work of the Y. M. C. A. Is Not So Much With th3 Morala of the Men
as With the Morale How the Bishop Broke Up Case of
V. Blues Son of Idle Rich Finds His Job
- Pershing's Men a Fine Clean Bunch. v
By CLARENCE B. HOLLAND.
Bill Jones and .Tack Stevens lnt
of the United Slates but now of "some-
where In France" sat on bench.
'Jhey just snt. They didn't talk they
lidii't smoke they didn't onss. You
: could reach out your finger iiml touch
the gloom that exuded from llii'in.
They weren't bunkies or fownmalcs or
liitiiniltps of any sort but Ihey bad
bolh gotten Hi) with a gloom and bad
Inevitably sought each other out. It
was Just before mess call.
A little man with a wrinkled fare
find n cane and a uniform aud eyes
that twinkled watched John and Bill
at their occupation of being homesick
and be sidled up to them. J'retty kooii
be was silling on an end of their
licnch nix! they didn't notice him any
more than if lie bad been an extra
cootie. '
"The th have cot the best ball
team In France" be said positively
Apropos of nothing.
' Huh" said Bill Jones.
"They can clean up anything In
France. J've been down there a week
(i nd that outfit Is class."
"Huh" said Jack Stevens.
"Officers keep 'em busy. Say where
ou from?"
"Michigan" said Bill. " W
' "New York." said Jack.
"Met some New York and Michigan
men with the th" said the little man
casually.
"Who?" said Bill and Jack at once.
The litlle man named half a dozen
with their towns. Bill knew some and
Jack knew some and before they re-
alized it they were In the middle of n
conversation about Detroit and V.'tica
and Lansing and Bong Island and
politics and the th regiment.
".Mess call" said tiie little man.
: "Ain't hungry" said Bill. f
' "Don't want to eat" said Jack.
.' Dispelling the Gloom.
"Reminds me of Tom Judklns of
Pontiac" said the little man. "Always
getting off his feed. Know Pontiac?"
lie asked of the Michigan man.
"Played football there."
' "Judklns used to play." ' ' " "
.' "What year?" :'rVV'
' "Abont fourteen." "' I " j
P.nt T nlovor! ncrnlnct him " ' "
And so on and so on lulkiug about
the- liome'TornTlffes1 flnd the-tiome-follts
mid giving the boys a chance to men-
tion towns and streets that lay dose
to their hearts. You could see them
straighten up; you could see their
eyes brighten; you could feel a differ-
cnce In the air that surrounded them.
Bill stood up.
"Guess I'll go feed" he said and
hi nged Jack on the back.
"Pretty hungry myself" said Jack.
"Gimme a light before you go" said
the little man without enthusiasm.
One of the boys held a match over his
pipe and then both strolled off to the
mess tent with a bad case of home-
sickness operated on skillfully and re-
moved without pain removed by a
man they had never seen before but
who would always find a welcome In
their locality thereafter just why
they would never be able to tell you
. . . And they didn't know nor would
It have mattered If they had that 1he
litlle man in uniform wearing a Red
Triangle was that Imposing and awe-
inspiring dignitary known as Bishop
which the "Y" performs for the army
Ik running those country stores which
pass under the nonis tk guerre of post
exchanges ami canteens. Here Is a
fertile field for crllltlsm sporadic and
local uud inillvidus' criticism but criti-
cism which must be answered before
the highest efficiency can be reached.
Then Bill Gets Sore.
Bill Jones goes to bis (piarlcruiasler
and buys a package of cigarettes. He
pays for it less than he paid In Amer-
ica. Next morning he drops into a
"Y" canteen and bays the same sort
of cigarettes. He pays a trllle more
for it than he would pay in America
and he js sore. Not only is he sore
but be exerts the fine old American
privilege of kicking about It and of
airing his soreness. Tfle burden of
bis complaint is that the "Y" is try-
ing 1o make money off him.
The Investigator hears of it and asks
the reason why this should be so. The
"V" purchasing department tells you
that the army commissary department
transports supplies to Its posts free
of charge. It pays no freight on
steamers from America; it pays no
cartage or truckage in France. That
huge Item of cost does not enter into"
commissariat considerations. This
cannot be so with the Y. M. C. A. It
lias to pay for freighting Its commodi-
ties across the ocean and freight rates
are not on the bargain counter at this
writing. It has to pay railroad freight
in Fiance; it has to pay for its motor
transport. The wonder is we are told
lhat chocolate or cigarettes or hand-
kerchiefs or what not can be had as
cheaply here as they are had. The
regrettable point Is that "Y" canteens
have to enter into competition with
commissariats which possess all the
advantage.
The commissariats cannot begin to
supply 1 lie demand. The "Y" canteens
nrii fi iwcpsltv Rnlh live Kellini? at
the fienr which to each Is the lowest I Tt's e"ipr BO broke for liberty
possible so when your son writes home . uuu ;ko blind
and tells you it looks as if he were foe-
favor last night. I was bound for n
trip to in Bad. Any Jlme yon want
anything of me Just dp around."
The Idle Bioh youag nmn made
tracks for headquartersj
"I've found my Jjb.V he said. "1
can make friends with men."
"Go to It" were his 'orders and lift
went to it. New lie is omewhere re-
cuperating because he"1 .wore hlnaselt
out working for Ills boys.
This lift been about men up to
date. Nonif there ore' inen In .America
who think' women -sbovld not be sent
to work with th A.JE. I In France;
among those who have seim what Is
going on then-: ttt 'few of them.
Did you ever step into a. big bare
111 furnished room may be 4tu uncom-
fortable room and suddenly see on
the will a beautiful picture or on a
shelf n wonderful piece of old china?
That little object Immediately made
that cold uninteresting room a plncn
V'here you desired to be. And that's
bow it is with the right kind of wom-
an in a canteen In France. All she
has to do Is to be there be statural be
Ii"tcrsnnal and she litis made of a
hundred men better fighters for democ-
racy. Bejt of Chaperon. V'
One big thing that tnnst be 1m-
press'd on folks bark home Is that
these wcuraen are safe safer than In
their own liome town. A wnmnn In a
canteen lias a whole rerfment who
inalce It their Job to look after her..
There never was an old m;ild aunt
who boulid chaperon a youuij woman
the wa;v regiment of Yanks can do
It. Soiueliow she represents so much
to them. . She Is not girl lit a sym-
bol. She- means to them all they left
belli nd iiD (heir homes.
One imtjmrtant point to remenibe!
back bonnj Is that the A. K. F. is tho
finest most; upstanding two-fisted ag-
gregation f regular men that tlio
world has .ever seen In an army. A
few fortunately very few -havo llie
Idea that our army is surrounded l).v
depravity. "otliing could be farther
from the truth. '
The army is prirad of itself and re-
Bents Imputations against its decency.
Officers resent It and men resent It.
A captain In ihe regular establishment
said (lie other day: "Kvery mother lu
America might to know that her son
Is safer In our army than be ever was
at Iwme." Which was not more than
bare truth.
' i .
' FULL OF WISDOM '
f MEMAjMMMLE I
ing slung by the "Y" canteen just
think It over and you will see.
Personality That Counts.
Then it comes to the matter of Ihe
personality f the man who is running
the canteen. There are men in Franco
.wjio.bave tho ability to get so close to
f fhtrsolfllors that whenthey say "Jack
this Is the fact. We've got 1o do it so
because " Jack believes him aud is
satisfied because Jack knows that man
is on the Siot to do everything in bis
power for 1 ho soldier.
But there are exceptions and there
must be exceptions when thousands of
men are picked hurriedly for emer-
gency employment. Men land in
France without fully understanding
what Is expected of them and without
It's wjinting the last word that keeps
most of the arguments going.
Selfishness Is the hardest obstacle
the cause of freedom has to meet.
The biggest ambition any man can
have Is to be the good' father of a
good son.
T
A woman niay love her husband even
though be isn't lfleh but she can't help
wishing that be was. .
Tu this war our observation Is that
the gold givers are still a long way
behind the boy givers. '
One of (he false notions some men
understanding France or that splendid have I that they can be patriotic wlth-
orgunization the A. E. F. They coma out It costing them anything. They
with enthusiasm but without definite : can't.
knowledge of what the army wants of
them and until they adjust themselves
to conditions they are apt to come to
much grief.
One thing few men realize until they
have been here a week or two and
that Is that they are an integral part
of the A. E. F. and that they are work-
ing under t lie authority of the military
not as they suspected on their own
hook or for the Y. M. ('. A. Their job
Is to do as they are told and to do It
of the Church' of Bngland back in quickly and exactly. That they can
America. ' ( learn and do learn or they hear the
Thai's his Job in France just talking approaching footsteps of grim retri-
to (be fellows. He has put 1n months bution. Most of them learn more
nt it. Sometimes of a Sunday or In they learn what reul service means
the evening he preaches but mostly he Tht r learn to forget their own egos
Just wanders around looking for cases nnj 1o jove humanity as exemplified
of gloom and homesickness and talk- v Hn army of bully young men in
Ing (hem back to the cheerfulness and khaki.
enthusiasm which 1 I tie uoaliiy that. Hundreds of men are landing here
Is almost the outstanding character!- mmiihly to take up some service un-
tie of the A. E. F. in France. .1 Jer the Bed Triangle. They are of nil
Important Job With Army. ! .sorts and from all environments. It
Curing or headltig off homesickness approaches the marvelous how they
Is an Important Job in an army three BI1 made to fit. Preachers have nr-
thousand miles from home. Officers rjVed fiwi arior (o evangelize
from the new second lieutenant up 'j'iey fim ti.jr trim service can best
will tell us that an army which sits ie dime by driving a motor truck
on benches and bottles up gloom l Bankers come and speedily find om
not an army lhat will fight. They say tnnt they can do the best job getting
iiny man Is liable to an attack but 1( entertainments In some lonely hut.
they say too that the number and vlo. j Finds His Job.
lence of attacks Is amazingly few lue rich and useless bachelor struck
when one considers the circumstances. ths( srPS fiiP(i wit the desire to 1
Judge Calloway of New Tork said Jo something. int alarmed at his pov-
tbe other night "The Job of the Y. M. env f jijijpR.
C. A. here is not so much with th ..'. .. roB1hr i0
There are two kinds of profiteers.
One is making money nt his country's
expense and the other Is saving
Money at his country's expense.
A woman can get along on bran
bread and corn muffins and all other
Forts of Hoover substitutes but when
she gets a desire for a new bonnet
only a new bennet will do.
After a woman has been married for
a few years she realizes that jt Is Just
as hard for her husband to be good-
natured all the time as It Is for her
to be good-looking every minute.
One of the things we are not. going
to try to do this year Is run a farm
by long distance and twilight. We dis-
covered last year that to be a success
ful farmer requires more than 40 min-
utes' work Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
WE HAVE OBSERVED
Thot the man who thinks he
lacks time generally lacks en- J
i ?v
That a fellow doesn't have to
morals of the armv as with the mo-
rale." The Judge claims to know. Fo
mouths he has been traveling around
Fiance from camp to camp night aftei '
night almost without rest or relief j
talking to the boys about France. Hii
1b has been to interest the felluw)
in the country where they are guesu '
and wplcome guests. j
The army declares that the "Y" hai
Mtten off a large contract. Officer a!
ler officer whom yon meet on tht
"No."
"'an you sing?"
"No."
"'an you run a motor ctr?'
"No."
"What can you do?"
"Nothing that I know of. I'm Just
one of the bile rich."
"Go out and fuss around a few davs
and then come back" he was told.
That night h met up with a west-
ern sergpant ho was in Paris to sea
1he town and w ho had started to view
streets of Paris will tell you how im ' iho Rih lhr!ru th
ponant he belieres the " s 1 th. Flils). He hlf SPf ovpr am.
effectiveness of our military snd thet Ujoi 1o snhn)orfi(( Thp- mPm.
be will point out where the "Y" i fall l)er of R!(.h ..; lm n.
to conversation furnished him ciga-
ergy.
he a Marathon runner to belong-
winded.-
That no amount of enltnre will
make a fat man stop snorting In
his sleep.
That In the constant sifting of
life men generally land about
where they belong.
That there are lots of men
with Just enough knowledge to
be nuisances.
THE FINEST OF
PUMPS AND
OXFORDS AT
About Half
Sp
o
OSl
Fine Silk Dresses Reduced
15 Dresses worth up to $25
will be sold at $1298
Ad:
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s
THIS
WEEK
One lot consisting of 15 Dresses worth from
$20 to $25 will be sold at your choice for
35 Siik Dresses Will Be Sold at Almost Half
. . $12.98
Included In the above lot of dresses are Crepe de Chine Taffeta
Plaid Gingham and Foulards.
20 other Dresses in Satin Georgette Crepe Crepe de Chine and Taf-
fetas will be sold at almost half. We have priced these dresses with
the object of selling all of them this week.
Do not wait until tomorrow but come at once and pick your dress
We will not make alterations on. these dresses at prices they are marked
20 Voile and Tissue Gingham Dresses will be
included in this event prices will range from
PUMPS AND OXFORDS
THE VERY FINEST
TO BE HAD
$3.95 and up
JUST NOTE PRICES
Pumps and Oxfords
' ; HIGH HEELS
7 pairs White Kid Pumps high
heel'worth $8.50 to be sold at.S5.95
3 pairs Light-Gray Oxfords high
heel. worth $8.75 to be sold at$6.5Q
10 pairs African Brown Pumps
high heel worth $7.50 will be
sold at S4.85
2 pairs Black Oxfords high heel
worth $5.75 will be sold at S3.95
14 pairs Champagne Pumps high
heel worth $8.50 will be sold at S4.95
3 pairs Gray Pumps high heel
worth $6.75 will be sold at $4.85
5 pairs Black Pumps high heel
worth $5.75 will be sold at S3.95
13 pairs Brown Strap Pumps
high heel worth $4.75 will be
sold at S3.45
12 pair Black Strap Pumps high
heel worth $4.75 will be sold at $3.45
Pumps and Oxford
MILITARY HEEL
2 pairs Black Pumps military
heel worth $5.50; will be sold at $3.95
G pairs Black Oxfords military
heel worth $4.75 will be sold at $3.45
8 pairs Dark Tan Military Ox-
ford worth $6.95 will be sold at $4.95
7prs. Dark Tan Military Pumps
worth $6.50 will be sold at $4.45
3 pairs Military Pumps black
worth $3.95 will be sold at -$2.95
9 pairs Black Oxfords military
heel worth $3.95 to be sold at$2.95
SHO
POur Windows
50 New Fall Suits just in this week. We start our
all wool Suits at
TONIGHT
$26.50
This price is as much of a surprise to us as it is to vou. We never
dreamed oi sellinan all wool New Fall Suit at anything near this price
COME IN AND LOOK AT THESE SUITS
9
survey s
Corner Fourth and
Chickasha Ave.
fi YANKEE COLONEL AND
ln; don-n in hi estiniatioa. lni
pvprylKxIy you meet ran toll you whn rotten
the "Y" or th ronimH-nry or th R"i
Cjo or t hi s that nnd the othr i
falling down. In this country yo'
hare to eum praise and to earn it y
linve to work tor It.
a rrt of the serrlc
That a homely fare ksvps a
Ionian from hearing a lot of
rank nonsense. l.oston Tran-
srript.
ft
FRENCH PIG NEIGHBORS
clean un the street in frput of their "Antonette" from Broadway and the
colonel s billet they ' made it the ' French family true to democratic
June 18 (By mail.) "Antonette"
S'xieen hundred students attending . is a familv nie of a French house-
Fummer .chool at the Central' State hold living in a little town close to
..t .it ai r.umonq nave voted to do
-: . . v . . . i
"iiumii ijphi ptoaucis ior tils term1
'and loneer if necedna-v Ar-tion i reglnient
I taken followinr & taa-"h r n b "Antonette" Is more troub'': than
and a livht. 1'retty soon by
sheer liersonality he persuaded tho
man to co to bed without finishing off
bis evening artistically. In the morn-
Injf the scrcant eam around and cor-
nered tho lrllo T?ici Von
"Co." said he. "von' lon me a ' '1 aianuistralor for Oklahoma a whole German division.
- :' V r .- .county' . -..- j . In the village th eboys decided to
r- .' vm ; mo:;t spotless street in France and
(By I-rank J. Taylor tinted Press :
I men namea it broadway.
"Antonnette" cither likes an Amei
With the American Army in Kranee. ; ioaI .Ipnpi .. . sho iLoa
the bright light of Broadway which
meats says tne pigs hav as much
right on Broadway as the colonel.
Staff Correspondent.)
is good French sunlight and nothing
more. "Antonette" brought her
the front where is located a certain brood and the entire retinue insists
in living not on but in Broadway (
right in the middle. ;
CAUSE OF DESPONDENCY
Despondency is often caused by
indigestion and constipation. n1
quickly disappears when Coluber-
Iain's Tablets are taken. Thete tab-
Coaxing shoving prodding beating j lets strengthen the digestion and
and pleading have .failed to remove move the bowels. dw Ad.
SritUEOXS agree that in cases o
Cut Burns Bruises and Wounds. lh?
FIRST TREATMENT is most impor-
tant. When an EFFICIENT antisep-
tic is applied promptly there is no
danger of infection and the wound
begins to heal at once. For use on
man or beast BOROZONE is tho
IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEALING
AGENT. Buy it now and be ready
for an emergency. Price 20c. Cic
$1.00 and Jl.r.O. Sold by Wren Drug
Co.-Adv. 2td-ltw
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