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iWWRICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS
m FRANCE. SepL 27. , M
Upon tho ancient glass and aice-aUInfa
kroyles of a thirteenth century church
th hnrvent moon throw weird shadows ai
. correspondent plcned tneir way os
Mktkened street In a city within tho army
. There was silence evorywnere. nw
.,, lnl lltrht Ihrnliirh the CrSCK Ol
'"toTakutter Indicated llfo within the houses
'- jmtmA upon the way. It was nearly mid-
wtht. and after 8 o'clock, this city, as Ml
,, others and lnded vlllaites throushout tho
none of tho army, was In darkness.
Three times during an hour's walk wo
passed pollus of France, their hobnailed
shoes echoing upon the cobbled way. A
turn In the street revealed the outline of
. Viaduct and beyond It railroad tracks and
i. tho vagus form of a station. The street
'here took a sharp down grade, and as we
descended we camo upon a French sentry,
who mechanically saluted. Knterlng the
,wlde door, through which wo could see a
smoking olt lamp hanging upon a grimy
(.wall, wa passed to a vast waiting room,
. where a similar light revealed a hundred
form huddled In sleeping postures upon
hard benches. They welio soldiers In lion
6n blue, with a few peasant women waiting
for early morning trains to take them to
their destination. We passed out and to
the platform of the station, where, after
tumbling over piles of cinders and tho
whole paraphernalia of a battalion ot
French Infantry, we saw an open door. It
was wide and barred by a canvas curtain
Weighted nt the bottom with an Iron rod,
thus permitting brilliant lighting within
and throwing but faint shadow without
Entering, we found ourselves In tho first
' American Red Cross haso canteen In
France, only recently opened, and which we
were told would nevor be closed at any hour
of tho day or night during the war, even
until tho last American Sammce returns
from the trenches after final victory over
ths Boche.
The room was crowded with Sammees,
several hundreds of them. Their kits lay
In bundles and heaps In varied corners.
They were en route from one point In the
sona to another, and their train would pull
out In an hour. Meanwhile they were form
ing In rows before a whito tiled counter
With their mess kits in hand, Behind the
counter were gentle-faced American women
in white capB, embroidered with the cross
of red, and great white aprons. As fast as
lightning they wero pouring coffee and
handing out sandwiches of white bread and
sliced ham to tho khaki clad. There was
the silent rumbling of many voices and the
steady munching of food with the oc
casional touch of cup to cup.
POILUS INVITED IN
A French troop train passed and stopped
beyond the station for one of tho lnex
plalnable waits common to tho transfer of
fighting men along the line. In a few mo
ments tho pollu territorials from tho train
looked within the canvas-covered door and
wero at once Invited to take part In the
refreshments offered. They entered In a
silent wonder nnd mechanically took coffee
as It was handed them. But their eyes
opened wide when they saw that the sand
wiches given them Wero of really, truly
white bread, for white bread In France,
aside from the product of American army
bakeries. Is a rarity Indeed.
Present?!- tho French troop train whistled
and tho pollus departed with many thanks
expressed' In many ways. And then tho
Sammees were given order to fall In and
entrain. In thirty minutes the canteen was
deserted save for us two men and the whlte
'"garbed women.
Instinctively we saluted them as we heard
their tale and their nimes. Names are
taboo In connection with correspondence
from the army, but the rule applies only to
the brown-c'.ad, bo he private or colonel or
brigadier general. But these women from
homo do not come under the ban. Also,
they havo had their names In many a paper
before, but always In the society columns.
Here, "somewhere In Franco," as simple
waitresses. It would soem to me their names
should stand out In bolder type and In
nobler connection than when associated with
teas or receptions or balls or any society
function.
For they have packed away their evening
Crowns and left them at home In exchange
for the white uniform of the American Bed
Cross, voluntarily exchanging comfort for
the hardships and Inconveniences connected
with humbly serving food and drink to tho
Sammee from over the sea. or the pollu from
the North and the Midi. They are pa
triotically performing their share In the
ffreat adventure, and It goes without say
ing that their work Is appreciated to tho
extreme by the American army, Individually
and collectively.
All over the zone these canteens are to
Ve established. In every part of It, before
and during the days of fighting to come, the
'American women, with others still to ar
vjrtve, will be on the Job, early and late, al
ways with the smile of welcome and the
word of cheer for the fighting man from
America.
NAMES FOR SOCIAL CALENDARS
In this canteen I found names known In
all society circles In the United States. From
Philadelphia there are Misses Sophy Norrls,
Mary Scott Montgomery and Henrietta Ely ;
Misses Margery Nott, Anna Mitchell, Ruth
Carroll. Mrs. Emma Sword and Mrs. John
Corbln come from New York; Miss Serena
Cogswell, from San Francisco, and Mrs.
Boyd llerrlck, from Minneapolis, to men
tion a few,
I was told that before the end of the
year thirty of these canteens will be In
operation, and that the Red Cross will
build and equip, In addition, a series of
dormitories, whre thousands of men can
find canvas cots for the asking. There are
to be also more shower baths than ever
Franca heard of before, with barber shops.
clothes sterilizing plants and bombproof
movies. Everything will be free, including
-. Wffee and sandwiches for troops coming or
. jpotng to destinations.
If fJPHO
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keeps skins clear
in spite of every thing
The smoke and duit of city life,
the tun and wind of the country,
Ifce steam and dirt of housework
11 ipellrutn forgood complex
ion. But the regular use of
Rasinot Soap, with an occasional
appjlcatjpnof Rejlnol.Ointment,
beep the skin soxtean, clear and
frtsU that it simply cannot help
twfef beautiful
All Hnmiv mH sUrfool Smp xA OUt-
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ALLA FRONTE 1TALIANA
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.tPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 191T
30,000 Austro-Tcdcschi Rimasero
Uccisl ncH'Attacco contro
l'Altipiano di Bainslzza
IL NEMICO E ARRESTATO
Centlnala di Ufflclall Italian! Conva
lescent! Negli Ospodali Chiedono
di Essore Invlatl alia Fronto
ROMA, 2 Noycmbre.
II Bo Vittorlo Emanuele cd il prtsi
dento del Conslgllo dei Mlnlstri, ono
rerolc Orlando, sono oggi giuntl alia
fronte dl battaglia.
Lo notlxls che glungono sono sempre
plu confortantl e la sltuazlone alia nostra
fronto puo' dlrsl rlstablllta normalmente. I
contingent! dl truppe anglo-francesl mandatl
In rlnforzo dell'eterclto Itatlano sono giuntl
sulla nuova llnea dl dlfeea del Tagllamento
e fraternlzzano con 1 combattentl Itallnnl.
E' stato ufflclalmente annunclato che la
ritlrata dello trupple Italtane sut Taglla
mento l e' compluta regolarmente al co
perto delle retroguardls e della cavellerla
che valorosamente hanno saputo tener testa
al nemlco, rluecendo ad arrestaro 1'avanzata
dello forze austro-tcdesche.
La prima o la seconda divisions dl caval
lerla, e spectalmente I regglmentl "Novara"
e "Oenova," si sono coperte dl gloria In
queata ritlrata e sono state segnalato dal
Comando Supremo come merltevojl del
I'ammlrazlone o della gratltudlno dclla
Nazlone.
Anche git avlatorl Italian! sono statl In
stancablll ed edlcacemonte contrlbulrono ad
arrestaro lo orde austro-tedesche.
Ecco II testo del comunlcato del generalo
Cadorna, pubbllcato Icrl dal Mlnlstero della
Guerra ltalla.no:
Sconvolgendo II piano del nemlco con
la rapldita" del loro movlmentl pronta
mente declsl e con la valorosa rcslHtenza
del nostrl contingent! dl retroguardla, 1
quail hanno rltardata 1'avanzata avver
sarla, le nostre truppe hanno ordinata
mento ultimata la loro ritlrata sulle po
sizlont del Tagllamento. nonostanto lo
dlfflclll condlzlonl strateglche o loglstlcho
Inrontrate. , .
La Terza Armata o' quasi al completo,
esemplo mlrabile dl forza e compattezza,
Ia prima o seconda Dlvlslone dl caval
lerla. o speclalmente gll erolcl regglmentl
"Novara'r o "Oenova," e l'lnstancablie
corpo degll avlatorl vanno segnalatl
all'ammlrazlono cd alia gratltudlne del
paese.
Durante la scorsa notte aeroplanl ne
mlcl hanno bombardato brutaltnente al
cunl centrl abltatl Indlfesl, lontanlsslml
dalle llneo dl comunlcazlonc, facendo
dello vlttlme tra la popolaxlone civile.
Secondo personatita' compotentl la sltua
zlone mllltare all fronto Itatlana e" sorla ma
non dlspcrata. rresentemento rla-utl dalla
prima soprcsa o con II pronto aluto dcgll
Alleatl gll Italian! si prep-irono, senza dub
blo, nd opporre una furlosa reslstcnza al
nemlco nel punto scelto da Cadorna.
Quantunque un certo numero dl Itallanl
sla stato preso prlglonlcro purtuttavla la
forza dello armate del generalo Cadorna
non e' Indevollta. Non blsogna dlmentlcare
cho l'ltalla ha sotto lo arml plu' dl tro
mlllonl dl uomlnl o cosl' puro 1 cannonl
che gll austro-tedeschl dlcono dl aver cat
turato non rappresentano altro che la
produzlono dl pocho settlmano nella fab
brlcho dl munlzlont degll Alleatl.
L'Armata ltallana e' prattlcamente In
tatta. Intanto le truppo francesl ed lnglesl
sono In parts glunte alia fronte ltallana ed
e' stato annunzlato che II conslgllo del
mlnlstri francesl. In una rlunlone tcnutasl
domenlca ha preso tutte le necessaries mlsure
per rtmmedlato aluto alia fronte ltallana,
ma non e' stata palesata l'estenstone e la
natura della cooperizlono degll Alleatl alia
detta fronte. La Btessa questlone fu anche
conslderata luncdl' mattlna In un conslgllo
del Comttato dl Ouerra con la presenza del
Presidents Polncare.
Anche 11 governo Inglese ha preso Imme
diate mlsure per I'aluto agll Itallanl, e tutto
lndlca che 1 rlnforzl francesl ed lnglesl
sono giuntl In tempo prima che le forzo
austro-tedesche completassero l'lnvaslnne
della planura del Friull. Intanto, nell'at
tesa degll eventl, l'oplnlnne pubbllca at
traverso la gravlta' dell'ora e l'angoscla
del colpo sublto si mantlcne calma c ferma,
La stampa unanimemente rltlene che I
prosslma battaglia sara' 1'ultlma grande
battaglia della guerra.
SI calcola che gll austro-tedeschl rlmastl
uccisl nella prima glornata del loro at
tacco contro le poslzlonl Italians sull'altl
piano dl Bainslzza ammontlno a trenta
mil. Ft I Mortl s4 ,troTrbbro u t
nerall comandantl dl division).
La stampa estera cons lata che II dlsastro
ull'Iionzo ha eoppresso In Italia tuttt gll
antagonlsml politics e che tuttl vogllono
resplnto l'lnvasore. Tulte le rlserve d!
truppe e dl materials da guerra sono stato
utlllztftte per scopl mllltarl.
Centenala dl umclall convalescentl negll
ospedall hano fatto Immcdlata domonda
per essere Invlatl alia fronto dl battaglia.
Soltanto a Roma quests domando arrlvarono
ad ottoccnto.
I corrlspondentl dl guerra constatano cho
la Terza Armata ltallana con I suol can
nonl e materials e' In salvo, pronta per la
futura battaglia, L'avanzata nustro-tcdesra
e' stata arrestata, essl dlcono, o la concen
tration delle truppe ltallana nel plant del
veneto procode senza confuslono.
STATE REPORTS CORN CROP
ABOVE TEN-YEAR AVERAGE
Rye nnd Oats Production Increased nnd
Potatoes Normal in October, De
partment Shows
HARRIffBURO. Nov. 2. The bulletin of
the State Department of Agriculture, In re
viewing tho corn crop conditions, says that
twenty-five counties report Indications ot a
batter crop than usual and that Cumber
land, Philadelphia nnd Adams report the
situation favorable to a crop 10 per cent
abovo the average for tho last ten years.
The prospects for tho State at largo In
tho matter of the corn crop aro given as
95 per cent, as compared with 85 per cent
nt this tlmo last year. Tho production of
shelled corn to the acre last year averaged
thirty-seven bushels.
Tho bulletin says that the nvcrago pro
duction of rye to the ncro In Pennsylvania
In 1917 was 17.3 bushels, as compared with
16,9 bushels last year, and oats 35.6 hush
els, aa compared to 31. Lancaster ted rye
production and Delaware In oats. Tho
quality of oats Is above that of last year.
The potato crop Is said to havo stood at
the average of ten years early In October.
Receivers for Water Company
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 2. Chancel
lor Curtis has appointed Herbert H. Ward,
Jr., of this city, and Jnmcs S. Qlassmyer.
of Reading, receivers for the Delaware
Water Improvement Company. This com
pany supplies water to the tcwn of New
Castle nnd some of the lighting. Two of
the stockhllders declared It was Insolvent
and that action was necessary to save the
company.
Tons of Tomatoes Rotting in the Road
MERCHANT VILLE, N. J.. Nov. 2.
Many tons of tomatoes are lying along ths
Colestown road and between Colestown and
Vlncentown, thrown there by persons who
could not soil them to the cannery to which
they wero sent On the Llpplncott farm
they are several hundred tons of tomatoes
that wero not pulled becauso of a lack ot
transportation facilities.
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