Letters From the Front SICK SOLDIERS INCITE PITY OF U. S. NURSE Mrs. Gauge Says There Are So Many Little Things They Are in Need Of The unpleasant task of notifying the families of soldiers who die is the unpleasant task that has fallen to the lot of Mrs. Helen Lauder Gauge, of this city, who is with Base Hospital 10 of the American expedi tionary force in France. Two additional letters from her follow: "July Ist, 1917. "Dearest People: "I had my first letters from you on Friday, one from father, one from Edith and one Archie wrote the 17th of May. You can never realize how happy I was when I saw them; then to-day I had a second one from father written the 10th of June and sent to London. I think that came In fairly good time. It seemed ages and ages watting for some word from' you, but '1 was n.ot the only one—scarcely any nurses, and only a few doctors, had received any news from home. The boys have been getting theirs right along as it was sent directly here. I think the mail will come through more regularly now - , , "We have three of the meanest kind of days—rain and, oh, so cold! I never saw it rain as it did yesterday. We got used to it though, and when we want to go to town, we go no matter how it rains. When we get our rubber hats and boots we will go in better condition. Even the 1' rench people sav the season has been un usuallv cold and wet. I wonder how 1 will manage when it gets what the> call cold here. I believe we are be ing provided with dark blue dresses of rather heavy material to work in, I think I told you Mrs. WTUtelaw Reid gave each nurse a dozen aprons and sleeves. Later we will get a lightweight summer street dress. I would give most anything if I had left all my clothes at home, thev are such a bother. It is abso- ( lutely forbidden to wear civilian | dress at any time, and I believe not safe. Women out of uniform haNC. to have a pass to get within the hos- | pital lines. If they don't have one, i thev are arrested. 1 "We up here are a little, I should say big, town to ourselves —and a very busy one. There are such beau tiful walkJ all around us, especiall> along the cliffs, and the 'l°**™ that prow wild are beautiful. We keep our huts very pretty with them and the patients enjoy them so. We took the train the other day and went to Eu . It's a rather inter esting rlace. The Cathedral there is very pld and wonderful. William 'he .Conqueror was married there nd many old kings are buried there, 'he ri<e is very pretty through such l>autlful trees. *A convoy came in last night, so we wye tery busy to-day. We lost one paiert in the night. He had an am- j PHated arm and he became septic, j It "vgs a gas gangrene case when he | cn in He died a horrible death, j ro>r fellow, and yesterday another * of<Mir bovs "went west." (They all spink of death that way). Poor chap. hi( wounds were very extensive but nm deep or considered serious, but a hrombus developed and he went in * flash. We felt particularly sorry as he has a young wife in England anq of course, she thought he was doi|c well. T always have to write the families of patients who die and it's i hard task. The boys we got ts-dfiy are in a fair condition as to dressing. They are given "flrst aid ' nt the different casualty stations and then gnthe-ed into a train. When ve get them they are very tired and ve let them rest a day before we start to cletn them. I have two fine Scotchman |n mv lot. The Germans fall the Scotch regiments "The vomen from hell" —the are such fghters. "There are so many things that ve would like to have here for the sck boys. T am going to mention sme things and if you know of any one who Is particularly Interested li what we are doing and would like t< help, just tell them what they ctuld send us to help out. Watches, clarets and tobacco we need alwavs. T\prv soap is expensive an.d Miss Thnlap savs we are short of it. Books and magazines are needed. At soon as the boys are able, they red all day long. Then it would ch'er the hearts of the nurses to get cofee—(George Washington coffee). The coffee we get is so poor, we woiild rather drink tea and you know ' ' ~ ~T PIANOS^ PLAYER PIANOS VICTROLAS Instruments of the highest quality at the very lowest pplces. F.asjr Terms If Desired C./v\. Siller*. Inc. *■*" P'ONoa— Victoocas—— SO n; 2^St. - TEETH/s^KS?? 1 enable yo*t to 'JLJ.<* SEJ J?*** wturft know# to den tistry. (M our prices first. HEM, DICNTAL OFFICE lo No*tb Mnrket Square s - „,7 LiNItttKTAKEH iru Chas. H. Mauk'^ll" fwrVATg PHOWI.I j FRIDAY EVENING, what poor comfort tea Is for break fast. Dr. Dlllard has been giving us coffee that he brought with him and we have it in the hut about 9.30. We are wondering how we will get along without it. for of course it can't last forever. 1 mention these things that we need for often peo ple would like to help if they knew how they could, and in giving any thing this way they would know just how and where it was used. I will add more to this to-morrow as It is now growing late. "July 3rd, 1917. "Yesterday was Don Day and the Canadians had a big celebration. In the afternoon they had sports on the golf links. It was quite an affair. Officers, nurses and men all took part in such things as egg and spoon races, needle and thread races, walk ing, running and jumping contests, climbing greased poles, etc. It was very amusing and the day was beau tiful. Later tea was served under awnings. The CanAdian Sisters had baked all the cakes and they were delicious. We also had sandwiches, fruit salad and tea. In the evening they gave a concert in the Y. M. C. A. A minstrel show by the en listed men was quite good. "We read in the papers that our troops are coming over. We are all very eager to know when they will be here and we are hoping to follow them. "To-morrow is our Fourth and we, too, are going to celebrate, so I'll not mail this until I can tell you about it. "July sth. 1917. "The Fourth was a sad failure as far as the weather was concerned. It rained all the previous day and night. Consequently, when we awoke we found It very cold and damp without any sign of the sun. The ball game between the Canadians and us had to be postponed, but in the afternoon we gave a 'tea' in our mess to our officers and the officers of the three other hospitals, together with the matrons, assistants and few nurses. We did not have room for all and even what we had made a crowd. The English and Canadian officers are extremely nice and we always enjoy meeting them The boys had gotten up a play for the e\eiing and we were on our way to it when word was received that a convoy was coming, so the play had to be sidetracked. The convov'came n about 10 o'clock. We got a few* but none are acute cases. A great many were medical ones L? USt at °P thls letter and get it off for you will be wondering whv I write. I hope you are all well and that everyone will write often "Devotedly, ]]Base Hospital No. 10 IIET ' "Fronce.° n Ex P edlti °nary Force, Saturday Spec'l Sale SJ 9 i Saturday Spec! Sale z CIGARS f\f) LL A DRUGS * 8 Havana Tucks Cigars for. .25c M f J • lb. Merck's Sugar Milk ...45c ■ l I I 8 Sliarpcs Special for 25c WL 1 Ib ' Mcrcks s<Klium Phosphate ftJ ■ ■ L^P Steven Cigars for . M. J* J* „ , r , • J #-- U 25c Aromatic Spirits Ammonia. 0 King Oscar Cigars for . . . 1" Mm oz. bottle 6 General Ilartranft Cigars 450 Ess. 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He is sixty eight years old and was married recently. • ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO END THE WAR One of the chief means for main taining justice in the world after we get the Germans beaten, as pro posed by the League to Enforce Peace, was economic pressure. Economic pressure is nothing more or less than a boycott. But no one until this wanis demonstration realized how complete and effective such a boycott could be. With pnly the United States and Eng land*operat!ng a licensing system against a country, even without hos tile military acts, its overseas trade would almost inevitably collapse. Shipping that could not touch at an American port op get American coal nor touch at British ports or use British coal (the British control most of the merchant coaling stations around the American or British goods—to such shipping there would*'be poor cargoes and worse profits. Without either British or American coal, merchant shipping could not cross either the Atlantic or Pacific and return, for In North Amer ica we or the British control the coal, and in South America the coal is chiefly brought out from England. The war is teaching us many things about the possibilities of co-operation with other nations, and one of the most Interesting possibilities is the power of economic persuasion as a part of this war and as a preventive or part of future wars.—The "World's Work." IT ARRTSBURG TELEGRAPH 50,000 Girls Are Camping in Outdoors More than fifty thousand Camp Fire Girls will have spent a week or more In camp by tho end of this summer season. Last year 45,502 dlrls out of a membership of approxi mately 90,000 went camping on money they had earned themselves. The average monthly gain In membership for the nine months previous to the declaration of war was 2G50. After that event the monthly gain Jumped to 3347, and on July Ist the total membership was approximately 100,000. These girls gain pleasure and health from these outings, but they gain other things equally Important. They learn self-reliance, team work and the spirit of co-operation in household work. They undertake the care of their camps, the cooking and clean ing up, turn and turn about, and ab sorb as much household craft as they do woodcraft on these excursions. The camps vary Infinitely. Some are in tents, some in old cabins, some in improvised shacks, some even in their own back yards. President.Wil son is honorary president of this movement which Is giving to the girls health, happiness and self-reliance, and to the nation capable, healthy women, fit to be the Mothers of the Nation's sons. More than half of all the Camp Fires started since the movement began in 1912 are still In existence. An "Orderly" Election, in Mexican Style People who read about Mexico know by name that bright star of Mexican politics. General Candido Agullar. I was in Puerto Mexico on election day when Agullar was run ning for Governor of Vera Cruz against General Gavlra. You would have thought he least a good, running start by being the Primero Jefe's (Carranza's) candidate and en gaged to his daughter, but Candido never takes any chances. He had two freight trains of decanted Constitu tionalist soldiers, armed beyond the teeth, in that town bivouacked around the polls and the telegraph and cable offices. You had to cross yourself and stop over sleeping arsenals to send a telegram. The simple job of that soldiery was to insure a constitutional and orderly election by keeping the Gaviristas from exercising a suffrage called by the new Constitution uni versal. I don't know first-hand just how matters stood In the other towns of the State of Vera Cruz, but on reaching Mexico City several days later I read in the capital papers that General Aguilar had been elected Governor by substantial majorities after a very "orderly"' election.— George Marvin, in The "World's Work." Why the German Was Roughly Handled The following Is an extract from the Journal o£ Hugh S. Gibson, first secretary of the American Legation in Brussels at the outbreak of the "Germans here are having an un happy time, and I shall be happier when they are across the border. Nothing much seems to have hap pened to them beyond having a few shops wrecked in Antwerp and one or two people beaten up In Brussels. One case that came to my knowledge was an outraged man who had been roughly handled and could not un derstand why. All he had done was to stand In front of a cafe where the little tables are on the sidewalk and remark: Talk all the French you can. You'll soon have to talk German.'"— The "World's Work." HOW A|BI>LA.\E! SAVED FRANCE "Had It not been for the French air service." says Burton J. Hendrlclt In the "World's Work," "France would have been destroyed In the first few weeks of the war. For years the French General Staff had expected an attack through Belgium—the strate gic railroads which the Germans were so painstakingly building up to the Belgian frontier could convey no other meaning. Yet the Frenchmen still believed that the main onslaught would come across the French fron tier, and had made their iplans for their greatest resistance in this reg ion. France entered this war with only about one hundred army air planes, but Germany, which had fore seen the part this new instrument was to play, had a much larger equip ment. Yet, a few days after the Bel- Alkali Makes Soap Bad For Washing Hair Most soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use it just plain mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most ex pensive soaps or anything else all to pieces. You can set this at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water ar;d rub it in, about a teasoonful is all that is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out easily. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and tikes out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff. Klan Invasion began, French aviators, flying near the Belgian-German fron tier, saw a sight that Immediately caused a chungo In the French opera tions. The Germans were crossing the frontier In enormous numbers — and tha> fact became apparent that In this section the main attack was to come. This news, Hashed to General Joftro caused that sudden alteration in his plans that made possible the successful battles of early September. Had it not been for this operation, the French army would have concen trated for the Germans in force on the Alsace-Lorraine frontier, and the whole territory, from Belgium to Paris and Calais, would have been left open to the German onslaught. That Is, the war would have ended according to the calculations which 'had been so carefully made In per many," AMERICA'S DEBT AND WEALTH The outstanding debt of the United States will be Increased more than sevenfold by financing already authorized for war purposes. We are going to spend for preparation and for initial operations alone nearly as much as four years of the Civil War A MONSTER SALE Harrisburg's Big "Everybody's" Shoe Store 20th CENTURY SHOE CO'S. STORE IN HER NEW DRESS-NO. 3 SOUTH MARKET SQUARE We release a broadside of Economy Specials for Saturday and Monday—See Our Windows and Our Bargain Tables • A very unusual offer of 250 pairs of Women's Sea Island Duck Pumps, women's high grade shoes —Goodyear hand turned 51.98 Value. Sale welt, Hand turned, in Vici Kid, P f i ce ....980 Bronze, Patent Kid, Gun Metal, Vici Ladies' Combination and Plain Col- Kid —Lace and P>utton $4.00 to $6.00 ored Canvas Shoe —$3.00 Value. Sale Values'at $2.48 Price $1.98 Men's Oxfords in Black and Tan, $2.49 —Worth $3.50 and $5.00 20th CENTURY SHOE CO. E. F. DEICHLER, Mgr. ''Shoes That Wear" South Market Square AUGUST 3, 1917. coat both the North and the South. In addition wo are financing a 3-bll lion-dollar loan here for our allies. All this will Increase our dobt from ap proximately one billion dollars to 8 billion. Yet after all that lncrease.our per capita debt will still be lower than that of any other leading nation ex cept Russia; and If our loans to our allies, for which the Government will hold their securities, are excepted, our debt of less t'han SSO for each man, woman and child will be by far the lowest among the nations. On tho other hand, our national wealth Is estimated at more than twice that of any other country, and is also higher J .S. Belsmger 212 Locust St. New Location Optometrists. Opticians Fycs Kxaminrd (No Drops) llclslngcr Glasses as low as $2. than any other when reduced to a per capita basis. The "World - * Work." NO HEADACHE OR NEURALGIA PAIN Get a 10 cent package of Dr. James* Headache Powders and don't suffer. When your head aches you simply must have relief or you will go wild. It's needless to suffer when you can take a remedy like Dr. James' Head> ache Powders and relieve the pain and neuralgia at once. Send someone to the drug store now for a dlmo package of Dr. James' Headache Powders. Don't suffer. In a few moments you wj,ll feel fine—hea<}j ache gone—no more neuralgia pain. —Adv. 9
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