Letters F rom the Front EXPECTS TO BE IN THE AIR FIGHTING THE BOCHE WITHIN NEXT SIX WEEKS Walter T. Shaffer in additional letters from a flying camp in France to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Shaffer, says that ne expects to be battling the Boche from the air within the next dx weeks. ... Young Shaffer after completing a course in aviation at Ks jington joined the Lafayette corps. He is now learning the :hrilling spiral nose dives, and other feats used in outwitting the German fivers. He tells briefly, the censor will not allow more, af monster new airplanes that are armed with young cannon. Two letters from him follow: Sunday, Aug. 26, 1917. Tours, France. Dear Mother: — 1 Have hung my hat up again and | hope to let it here for at least six weeks, when I am supposed to have, my wings. So the Captain told us. I However I can't see how it will be j done unless they give us a different moniteur or split up the class. 1 lu , moniteur is very conservative and ( won't allow one to take ontrol alone , j Of course. I may be impatient, for i have only had two rides, but what, always did make me mad about double command aeroplanes. Tl } e i movements are so small unci delicate j that the movement of two figures will serve to place the machine in any position. In fact, this type ma hine will tly itself, as the moniteur j thorouglilv demonstrated, running along level with hands and feet off the controls. He did the same thing when we came down to land, only touching the stick when wanting ..o land. Listening tn his (the moniteur) English is actually painful, but one can understand him if one listens closely. It's full of American rs'gu lars here, moth sailors and soldiers, with more coming in every day. Trie; sailors are being trained for sea plane patrol work. The army men, of course, for work at the front. There are also a few French men here, very few, as they are gradually shipping them out as the Americans; come in. Landings Rough No, we have not been taken overj by the Americans and iire stilt stick-| ing it out in the Foreign Legion,! which is not such a hard thing to do in our ne wquarlers, as the tood is very good and plentiful here, at least I it was. To-day service was poor and; coffee will not be served to us here after. We even had dessert yester-1 itay. Muskmelon it was and so sur- j prised me my stomach is still re- j covering from the shock. Candron planes are the only type used here and are very safe. The rough land-! ings made by some of them are sur prising, insomuch that no damage done to the machine. There was one| wild and expert moniteur here whom liwished I had for a teacher, as he gave the pubils the controls first trip. Not onlv that, but he would stick machine into all kinds of dangerous positions, and then turn around in; is seat and bawl the punil out for being the cause of it. The stories told of his escapades with different pupils are very amusing. One of his favorite tricks was to come down in a wheat field and play tag around I the stacks with his wing tips only I -f.eral metrh: or t'le ground. They j tell another story of him catching n\ automobile \ M*h had ran over a, woman outside the school. The luto had a 6-mile start, but he soon l overtook it and telling the student I lie had with him to get the number,, the moniteur began making figure-1 eights around the auto, coming so close to the auto that his wings bare- Iv grazed as the went around. Alter the pupil read the number, the moniteur stopped the auto by threatening to collide with them as i he came hurling down in a nose dive. I happened to know the student that went along on this memorable ride, 1 so can vouch for its truthfulness. This moniteur has gone on his vaca tion and I have been assigned to a different moniteur, which closes the incident as far as my instruction goes. Water is about as scarce here as boys in Dauphin, which is going j some. All water must be boiled be-' fore drinking and it took me several I days to discoyer where the boiling: place was. Meanwhile I drank milk, { which is sold at mess by a woman j for 10 sous (10 cents) a ouart. This Is very good milk and I have been 1 existing on it pretty regular. They! also serve some liquid called cider, which is the cider I ever tasted —and the worst, and now that coffee is cut out, I go back to my milk. Its a doggone shame to go; to war without being weaned. The reason for discontinuance of coffee is that the French Government cannot afford it. I hope they don't discon tinue it in the morning for that is the only thing that keeps me awake, as we average only about 6 hours sleep a day. That is the reason a day of rest is required every once in a while. Even now. some of the fel lows who have been attending class for a week steady are graying tor rain so they can catch tip on sleep. Am afraid their prayer will be ans wered. No, we don't observe Sun day, not even in meals, and if I didn't have a calendar and write a letter once in a while, I sure would get mixed up in my dates. Only yesterday there was a wild argument as-to whether ttie date was the 23rd and what'day it was. Result was that there was a confusion in dates th.-t would have puzzled n mathem tlcian to straighten out. Since I had Room and Bath s l—PerDay AS'D vpwAaa tThe hotel that mads Ita impu tation on it cleanliness and aarvlcc, and held It on Ita excellent and popular prlced menu. A number of cheerful out aide rooma at Safety Firtt — Borvtco Alwav F* NEW S JANOVER Twelfth and Arch Sta. Philadelphia, Pa. Convtnim it to both Pmntvlvanim and Reading Railroad! CLAUDE M MOHR, Manager FRIDAY EVENING, riad nothing to do here for two days, 1 spent my time looking around,, . losing into hangars. The third day. I . these excursions were made a prison . offense. 1 ( Planes Carry Cannon However, I saw some new type' machines, one being so large that a 1 ladder was required to get into the seat, it was armed with several young: cannon and the wind from the: uropeller would blow a man over. { Tis needless to give the name of this machine—lt would not do you any good anyway and might cause; the letter to be held, which I knowj would cause you anxiety. We re-' ceived absolutely new clothing here 1 with a thick wool sweater and heavy! gloves, and Its surprising how heavy clothing I wear around here, con-J -iciering it's the middle of August and i swimming weather. Swimming places there are, for I saw a number where I was a'.oft, but being strapped in couldn't very well drop in. The first day we came here it was very windy. No student work being in order, a moniteur went aloft with a dbuble motored machine and show-, ed us the evolutions this type air plane was capable of. Then he came down and explained to us how easy it was. Not Letters From Home It seems to me its about time 1 1 got a few answers to these letters as I sent you my address a month ago. Did you receive them? We can get permission to Tours every day if we wish, but sleep is 30 important and money so scarce in my case that I have not availed my self of the privilege. Besides it is not a whole lot of fun goim; alone, and if you go with a party, the only s thing they go for is a drink and what goes with it. Incidentally, it don't require a lot of French to pick up one of these French "Janes.'' I have not yet seen a pretty one, which probably ac counts tor my noninterest. They say| they have the luxury of hot baths here. Will investigate this after noon. WALTER. j Lectures and Flying Monday, Aug. 27, IJU7. Tours. 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These ( lectures were started for the Ameri- j can troops, who will be required to I pass a stilt mental examination on ; aeroplanes, why they fly, their de sign, in fact the why and wherefore j of everything pertaining thereto. We, Foreign Legion boys, being Ameri-1 cans too, are receiving the samej course, since the lecturer said that in case we were taken over by the j American Government we would be i able to pass the exams. None of these I lectures were given at Avord. Asj one man aptly put it, they merely turn out sky-chauffeurs there and nothing, else. We are being pre- j pared for more than that, as these j lectures will teach why certain types of machines are built one way and other types other ways. X have at tended three of these lectures and j learned considerable at each one. j Just came back from one at 9 o'clock which dealt a little with algebra. You know. 1 never could get thatj stuff, but by asking different more advanced pupils got the idea all right. We have been having bad weather j consistently for two days now. When j it isn't blowing, wo get some rain, j Might now it's blowing a gale and will no doubt prevent flying instruc tion to-night. I hope we have ! another lecture. Thinking about the things learned there is a very good j way to pass the time, outside of' writing letters. Speaking about let- 1 ters. I'm generally too sleepy to i write. The piano is going now and it sure reminds me of home, for these sol dier musicians surely can play. Sounds as if they have a cello also. Wonder where they resurrected it? Sounds like a hymn, which is liable! to draw this letter to a short ending, j There are quite a number of Ger man prisoners here, who are used in erecting hangars, digging ditiches! i and other useful work. The Anna-1 mites are still with us, too, with j their singsong language and black i teeth. Im sometimes tempted to j offer them a little tooth paste and ! [brush, but 1 tear they would mis understand their use and \ise these articles to polish shoes. Fellow next lo me just finished three letters to French girls and he is complaining about the thought they required. I don't wonder, considering the trouble I have with elementary; grammar in said language. Too bad,! I can't write in French, else 1 might be able to get some girl's stocking; for a cap. Stocking, isn't it, mother?j But then'this is a shocking country,! as you would agree if you traveled over here. Their point of view is different, and for that matter, so ! are their morals. Most of the little I things which turn up daily merely 1 amuse me. That reminds me that I have not received a letter since I came over.' There are too many things of inter-} est to cause me to feel homesick, i however, what with changing my i residence every week or so and wrestling with this language. I as- j sure you its some struggle! Try to pronounce "quatre-vingt-quinze,"; and then try to imagine me under standing a Frenchman shooting it ] at me i none syllable. It's actually] happened you know, and of course, I never could understand It. Simply I handed him one and counted the! i change. It means "95" in English. Interesting Country i During our trip from Avord to I here (Tours) I noticed some pecul iarly constructed houses. These houses in reality were caves with a I wall built in front to give the ap- I pearance of a house, the soil being soft limestone probably being the cause of this method of construc tion. It looked very funny to see I one wall with a chimney on top ant EARRTS9URO (iMAI TEI.EGRAPH no other part of the house In sight | except the barn, which was merely!' a large hole filled with hay farther iup the cllft. Sometimes we would 1 pass whole villages built this way, I with ladders leading up to the dif ferent levels, which reminded one of pictures of Pueblo and Navajo vil lages In America. Did I tell you i about the beds? You know we| have double mattress affairs with two j clean sheets and two blankets. They I are very warm and comfortable, but; |if it keeps on getting colder 1 tear we shall have snow. Another night [ I like last night and I'll need more! ! blankets. However, I always have i my bathrobe and "pollu" overcoat! to use in a pinch. Fortunately, X have hung onto that bathrobe and > ■ you never thought, when you bought j I it that it would travel so much, did | I you ? Darn the music! They're playing Hawaii stuff now and my feet are > getting itchy for a dance floor—, and a girl. Chased me out this morning at I 4 to help line up the machines out-, side the hangars. To hear some of | 1 my comrades whining about the jab, one would think it was hard work, i so r was surprised to find the job I very easy indeed, just hard enough ; i to warm me up, which was a good | i thing as the morning was very cold. | I Ten of us must help do this work | | every morning. The airplanes are j i all lined up out on the field every '• morning, you know, and they pre- i sent a very pretty sight thus ar-1 I ranged. WALTER. j Mrs. Is Recovered by Diver Beauchmont Point. Me. Mrs. | Alexander Fiddle, of Philadelphia, j j stood on the wharf here recently I waiting for the boat to take her to! Rockland. A'diamond ring, valued I lat $3,000, slipped from her finger I I and dropped into the water, twenty-1 I four feet deep at that point. i Mrs. Biddle appealed to Bob i Chase, an expert diver, who came j from Portland at her request. I Chase let himself down into the| water, groped around in the slimy j mud four fathoms down and In just four minutes reappeared on the sur face with the gem. Mrs. Biddle was returning from ] her cottage here to her home In i 1 Philadelphia. j ; NASTY MEDICINES BAD FOR CHILDREN ' It In not often a child requires i medicine of uny kind. If the IIOWCIM I lire rrttulnr nn- B. F. HOFFMAN Imperial Hardware Co., James R. Ryan, Prop., 1202 N. Third St. Distributors For Harrisburg and Vicinity . | receives the chickens. High-grade [dry-packed, dry-picked birds are. . commonly sent to market in boxeii I not in barrels. Twelve birds are l packed in a box which is neatly lined. I with white parchment paper. Each j individual head is wrapped in paper.' j The feet of the birds are clean and the entrails are always In place. Wot| packed chickens are shipped to mar ket in barrels . holding 200 pounds] jor more. The birds in the bottom of j i the barrel soak in water that is filthy | j with dirt washed down from the feet 'and heads by the melting ice. I "Many persons who have found a | bird dry and without flavor attrlbut-l | ed this lack of quality to cold stor , age, whereas the probability is that i wet packing is responsible for the 1 fact that most of the appetizing j flavor has disappeared. Usually cold | stored poultry which is thawed In the | dry, cold air of the ice box Is much superior to the water-logged so j called 'Fresh Chicken.' " | I*l WTATION MEN WANT HIGHER PAY I Honolulu. Hawaii.—A meeting of the leading Japanese of Honolulu j voted recently against assisting plan tation laborers in any attempt to go ron a stiike, should their demands SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. for highet wages be refused by the sugar planters. Preparations are ( now beinr. made by the laborers for a conference with the planters. A spscial committee of Japanese ia to bo appointed and the propel requests for higher will be thoroughly discussed before they are presented to the planters. It is planned to or ganize a society, to be known as the "Association on the Higher Wa?e Question," and its object will be to see that laborers receive adequate wages. The association will not be a 3tri3t- Ij Japanese one, but will be open to all CI.ISFBS of laborers, regardless of rationality. Exploding Pencil Tears Fingers Oft School Pupil Ore on Hay, Wis.—For the second time this summer a child here has been maimed by an exploding pen cil. Saturday Charles Johnson, aged 11, found a metal pencil while on his way home from the Norwood school. He picked It up and when he went to examine it two pellets came out of the Inside, one of them exploding lin his hand. Throe fingers on his right hand were torn off. The lirst accident of the kind oc- curred on July 23, when Ludvina Rosloskl found a similar pencil, whi4h exploded In her hand, causing the loss of two Angers. Police spent several weeks investigating, but to no purpose, and the story wits not given much credence. The second occur rence compels the citizens to take the affair more seriously, and a strict surveillance of all doubtful charac ters Is being kept. A Nutritious Diet for All Ages. Keep Horlick's Always on Hand Quick Lunch; Home or Officer 7