4
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
WITH EMPEY
(Gontinuod)
Thar* were nix of us.
"Curly" Wallace was called
"•Curly" because he had the cutest
little Delia Fox, or spit curl, as the
gum ch ewers call It, you ever saw.
Wallace was proud of that curl, and
save It the best of attention and
" care. He was Scotch.
"Happy" Houghton earned his
aiickn&me by his constant smile and
Jiappy disposition. He was English,
ft Londoner.
"Hungry" Foxcroft really earned
Jils title. He took special pains that
our rations would not becom mil
dewed by lying around too long In
the dampness of our dugout. He was
English; also from London.
"Ikey" Honney, duobed "Ikey"
■because In one of our theatrical at
tempts he took the part of "Ikey
Colienstein," and made quite a hit.
•English, via London.
"Dick" Turpin, called "Dick" in
memory of the notorious highway
man. He used to help the quarter
master sergeant, so the name was
very appropriate. He was Irish,
Jroin Dublin.
[ was the sixth. The boys put the
prefix "Yank" to my name because
3 was American and hailed from
the "Big Town" behind the Statue
of Liberty.
The six of us composed the crew
of Gun No. 2 of the —th Brigade
Company. We were ma
chine gunners, and our gun was the
Tickers light, 303, watercooled.
It was a rainy afternoon in June,
•and we were sitting in our dugout in
'the front line trench, about 800
yards from the German lines.
If you should ask a Tommy At
kins "What is a dugout?" he would
look at you in astonishment and,
pitying you for your apparent lack
of education, would answer, "What's
ia dugout? Why, a dugout is a —
Kvell, a dugout's a dugout." Only
Veing a Tommy pro tem.—pro tem.
In my case meaning "for duration
of war"—l will try to describe to the
Viest of my ability this particular
•<ii:gout.
A dugout is a hole in the ground.
■Gets its name because it is dug out
by the Royal Engineers, or R. E.'s,
as we call them. It is used to shel
ter the men in the trenches from
jßhell fire. They also sleep in it, or
"try to. From our point of view, its
HEL 100% MAT
8* FFLBMV IT!
Get a 10 Cent Box of
"Cascarets" for Your
Liver and Bowels.
S To-night sure! Remove the live*
.nd bowel poison which Is keeping
jour head dizzy, your tongue coated,
lueath offensive and stomach sour.
Shouldering the Burden of
War-Time Telephone Traffic!
IFT-ii jju ay before the ne w year of 191 8, a new
W record for the daily telephone traffic over
i our lines in Harrisburg was set Dy upwards
of 85,000 telephone calls being handled
between midnight of Sunday and midnight
of Monday. Moreover, there have been surprising
volumes each day since. A glance at the graphic pic
ture below of the greatly increased number of calls per
day, in these times of strenuous activity, over the nor
mal telephone traffic will show the task undertaken.
NORMAL 55,000
?2i£ESS D 85,000
Three things have contributed to the success in
handling this tremendous, most exacting demand for
telephone service.
First, the Company was fortunate in having fore
armed itself with an ample margin of reserve force
with which to meet the operating requirements of the
situation; second, the splendid earnestness and en
thusiasm of our employes, who count no effort too
great; third—though not a bit less important—the pub
lic has evidenced both a considerable appreciation of
the existing telephone traffic burden and a uniform
spirit of helpful co-operation with those who have
been shouldering it. Such a combination of factors
cannot fail to meet virtually any situation with insured
success.
The Bell Telephone
Company of Penna.
- THURSDAY EVENING,
Arthur Guy Em
main use Is to drain the trenches of
muddy water, and give ua rheuma
tism. It also makes a good hotel
for rats. These guests look upon
us as Intruders and complain that
we overcrowd the place. Occasion-'
ally we give in to them and take a
turn In the trench to rest ourselves.
Our dugout was about twenty
feet deep, or, at least, there were
twenty wooden steps leading down
to It. The celling and walls were
braced by heavy, square-cut tim
bers. Over the timbers in the ceil
ing sheets of corrugated Iron were
spread to keep the wet earth from
falling in on us. The entrance was
heavily sandbagged and very nar
row; there was only room for one
person to leave or enter at a time.
The ceiling was six feet high and
the floor space was ten feet by six
feet. Through the celling a six
inch square air shaft was cut. We
used to take turns sleeping under
this in wet weather.
The timbers bracing the walls
were driven full of nails to hang
our equipment on. After our am
munition, belt-fllling machine, equip
ment, rifles, et cetera, had been
stowed away there was not much
space for six men to live, not forget
ting the rats.
It was very dark In the dufeout,
and, as we were only issued a candle
and a half every twenty-four hours,
we had to economize on light. Woe
betide the last man out who left
the candle burning!
In this hotel of ours wo would
sit around the lonely candle and,
through a thick haze of tobacco
smoke, would recount our different
experiences at various points of the
line where we had been, or spin
yarns about home. Sometimes we
would write a letter, when we were
fortunate enough to be near the
candle. At other times we'd sit for
an hour without saying a word, list
ening to a German over in the ene
my's front trench playing a cornet.
My, how that Boclie could play!
Just to make us hate the war, he'd
play "Suwanee River," "Home, Sweet
Home," or "Over the Waves." The
latter was my favorite. During his
recital our trenches were strangely
quiet. Never a shot from either
side.
Sometimes, when he had finished,
Don't stay bilious, sick, headachy,
constipated and full of cold. Why
don't you get a box of Cascarets
from the drug store now? Eat one or
two to-night and enjoy the nicest,
gentlest liver arid bowel cleansing
you ever experienced, you will wake
up feeling fit and fine. Cascarets
never gripe or bother you all the
next'day like .xlomel, salts and pill#.
They act gently but thoroughly.
Mothers should give cross, sick, bil
ious or 'perish children a whole
Cascaret ury time. They are harm
less and children love them.
Ikey Honney would go Into the
trench and play on hie harmonica.
As soon as we'd see that harmonica
come out, it was a case of "duck
down low," for the Germans would
be 6ure, when the first strains
reached them, to send over "Ave
rounds rapid." We hated that har
monica. More than once we chuck
ed one over the top, but he'd sit
down, write a letter, and In about
ten days' time would receive through
the mail a little oblong package,
and we'd know we were in for some
more "five rounds rapid." We didn't
blame the Germans.
Still, that harmonica had its uses.
Often we would get downhearted and
"fed up" with the war, and
"grouse" at everything in general.
Then Ikey would.reach in his pock
et and out would come that instru
ment of torture. Wo would.then
realize there were worse things than
war, and cheer up accordingly.
On this particular rainy after
noon in June we were in a talkative
mood. Perhaps it was due to the
fact that Curly Waflace had made
his "Tommie's Cooker" do what it
was supposed to do—make water
boil in an hour and a half. A "Tom
mie's Cooker" is a spirit stove, which
is very widely advertised as a suit
able gift to the men in the trenches.
Many are sent out, and many are
thrown away.
Anyway, the "Cooker" lived up to
its reputation for once, though a
little behind its advertised schedule
in making water boil. "Curly"
passed around the result of his ef
forts in the form of an ammunition
tin "half full of fairly good tea. We
each took a good swig, lighted a
Woodbine cigaret—they had "come
up" with the rations the night be
fore and-settled back against the
damp earthen walls of the dugout
to see who could tell the biggest He.
For a few minutes silenee reigned—
no one seemed to care to be the first
to break in.
Then Dick Turpin, turning to me,
asked:
"Remember Burton, of A Com
pany? Think he was In the Third
platoon; the fellow that was rec
ommended for the V. C. and refused
it. Got the recommendation for
rescuing " his platoon commander
under fire."
I answered in the affirmative and
"Dick" "carried on" with:
"I never could see Into that affair,
because they seemed to be the worst
of enemies. The officer was always
picking on him, used to have him
'on tho crime sheet' for the least
offense. Got him several days of
extra pack drill, and once he clicked
twenty-one days' 'crucifixion' —
(Field Punishment No. 1, tied to a
limber wheel two hours per day for
twenty-one days).
"No matter what dirty fatigue or
working party came along, Burton's
name was sure to head the list.
"This Burton appeared to be n
surly sort of chap, kept to himself I
a whole lot, always brooding, didn't,
have many friends in the company, i
either. There seemed to be some
thing on his mind.
"Most of the company men said |
his sweetheart back in Blighty had
thrown him down for some other
bloke."
Happy Houghton butted in:
"That's the way with this world,
always hammering at a fellow.
, Well, I know this Burton, and
there's not a better mate in the
world, so let that sink into your
nappers."
"Don't get sore, Happy," said
Honney. "If you don't mind, let's
have the story. I meant no offense.
' •
Jupt naturally eurlous, that's all.
You can't deny that the whole af
fair has been quite ft mystery to the
brigade. Rplt it but and get It off
your chest, 1 '
"Let's have It, Happy," w all
chimed In chorus.
Happy, somewhat mollified, ll*ht
ed a woodbine, took two or three
deep puffs, and started:
"Well, It was this way, but don't
ask any questions until I am
through.
"You know Burton isn't what
you'd call a prize beauty when it
comes to looks. He's about 6 feet fl
In height, stocky, a trifle bow-legged
and pug-nosed. To top this, he
has a crop of red hair and his clock
(face) is the boarding house for ev
ery freckle in tlio United Kingdom.
But Btrong! Say, that fellow could
make Samson look like a consump
tive when he got started.
"In Blighty, before the war, Bur
ton and this lieutenant—his name is
Huston— went to the same college.
"Huston was nearly six feet high
and slender. Sort of a dandy, fair
haired, lots of dough, which he nev
er got by working; his papa wished
it on hini when he went West (died).
He was good-looking and had a way
with the girls, which made them
think he was the one and only.
Didn't care much for athletics.
Girls, dances and card parties were
more In his line.
"They were in the same class.
Burton was working his way through
and, consequently, Huston looked
down on him as a bally bounder.
Among the athletes Burton jvas pop
ular, Huston wasn't. ' "
"Burton was engaged—or thought
I he was—to a pretty fine girl by the
name of Betty. She thought Bur
ton, or 'Ginger,' as she called him,
was the finest thing out. One day
Ginger took her to see a football
game at the college; he was playing
on the team, so she had to sit It out
alone. During this 'sKtiflg it out'
I she met Huston and the trouble
' started. He was dead gone on her
I and she liked him, so he made hay
| while the sun was shining.
"She didn't exactly turn Ginger
down, but he was no boob And saw
I how things were, so he eased out of
! the running, although it almost
broke his heart; he certainly loved
that girl.
[To Be Continued.]
Young Couple's Engagement
Announced at Luncheon
Armville, Pa., Jan. 10.—At an In
formal luncheon on Tuesday even
ing, Mr. and Airs. Joseph T. Mc-
Gowan, of Lebanon, made formal
announcement of the engagement of
their daughter, Jane Elden Mc-
Gowan to Maurice \V. Blanch, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Blanch, of
Annville.
Miss McGowan is a graduate of
the Lebanon High school, class of
191 C, and was for .several years a
student of oratory at Lebanon Val
ley College. She is a talented read
er. Mr. Blanch is a graduate of the
Annville High school, and is a senior
at Lebanon Valley College. He has
been prominent in athletics during
the school career, having captained
the football team of Annville High
school, and was also a member of
tho varsity football squad at the
college. No definite date has been
set for the wedding.
Earl K. Romberger, New
Burgess of Elizabethville
Elizabethtown, Pa., Jan 10.—Earl
K. Romberger was sworn in on Mon
day evening at a special meeting of
the borough Council as burgess of
Elizabethville. The new councilmen.
A. E. Grove, Harry E. Hoke and
William A. Keefer were also sworn
in. John A. Fauber, a new mem
ber, was absent on account of ill
ness. With Kay C. Cillier, Amos
Walters and George W. Lenker the
board is now complete.
A. E. Grove was chosen president;
Theodore E. Miller, clerk, and F.
W. Riegle, treasurer. The first reg
ular meeting of the new board was
held last evening.
Ii AN CASTER COUNTY DEATHS
Marietta, Pa., Jan. 10. —Miss Em
ma J. Kohler, aged 70, died Tues
day night at her home on the New
Holland pike, after jx long illness."
She was a member of the Lutheran
church. A number of brothers and
sisters survive.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker, aged 90,
the oldest person in the Landis Val
ley, died Tuesday night. She was
for sixty years a member of the
Mennonite church, and its oldest
member. Two children and a sister
survive.
Mrs. Cordelia K. Alwine, aged 70,
widow of John H. Alwine, died Tues
day night. F4r fifty years she was
a member of the Reformed church
and taught in the Sunday school.
She is survived by a son, three sis
ters and a brother.
EVANGEMST HKHR
The Rev. R. C. Harrison, a singing
evangelist, of Baltimore, will occupy
the pulpit of Epworth M. E. Church,
Twenty-tlrst and Derry streets, at all
the services next Sunday. The Rev.
Mr. Harrison will tell the story of his
own wonderful conversion. He is
well-known here, having taken part
in evangelistic services at Olivet
camp grounds two years ago. His
discourse is illustrated with suitable
songs, which make the services
doubly interesting.
OFFICE OPEN 34 HOI ; RS
Begining to-night, there will be a
clerk on duty all night at the Bureau
of Information of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. This will give the travel
ing public good service twenty-four
hours each day. Jacob Eckert will
be on duty at night from 9:30 p. m.
until 6:30 a. m.; Harold W. Eppley,
chief clerk, from 6:30 a. m. until 3
p. m.; William Schell from 3 p. m. un
til 11:30 p. m., and Rufus Schreadley,
all day. •
TO OBSKRVE ANNIVERSARY
The Harrisburg Lodge, 9730, G. U.
Order of Odd Fellows, will hold its
annual reception on the evening of
January 24, when the district grand
secretary of Pennsylvania, Professor
John W. Fields, and W. J. Bailor will
deliver addresses. The occasion falls
on the Diamond Jubilee of Odd Fel
lows. The chairman of arrangements
is the Rev. J. H. Smith, with John B.
Sample and H. Churchman, assist
ants.
BANK OFFICERS
Elizabethtown, Pa., Jan. 10.—At
the annual election of directors for
tho Lykens Valley Bank held on
Monday, the following were chosen:
I. S. Daniel, Fred Gaupp, H. W.
Spacht, Dr. H. H. Collins, F. W.
Fickinger, Michael D. Bonawitz and
John D. Hartman. The board will
organize later.
LITTLE GIRL BADLY INJURED
Marietta, Pa., Jan. 10. Helen
Roath Oneida, 4-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar R.-Villee, was
badly injured Monday night when
she fell and cut a gash in her fore
head. .
CARRIAGE BUILDER INJURED
West Willow, Pa., Jan. 10. —A. S.
Hersh, enmnpt* builder, had fcie
right hand caught In a planer while
at work on Tuesday. Several fingers
were cut off.
SCHOOft TEACHER DRAFTED
Annville, Pa., Jan. 10. Brandt
Ehrhardt, teacher, of the Eighth
grade, did not return for the open
ing of the schools last Monday on
account of his being drafted Into
the National Army. His successor
will shortly be named.
Help TheK.
Your Money •' OltV Policy .* I Built on
Cheerfully Refunded Do It BcttCT Bigger Values
WM. STROUSE
THE MAN'S STORE OF HARRISBURG
Here they are—
The boys behind the sale
that will get the town awhirl
SHIRTS TIES
€J Look at this picture. The shirts are RIGHT. That's why
. . they are in this sale. And the values
II Get an idea of the size of this sale. are EXACTLY what we say they are
If See the oceans of shirts—oceans of A ?° ! Tlore, no J eß8 *
- 'em. Beautiful shirts that are made *| Ask the men who deal here what they
right. And made of the best materials a i ? store and its methods,
that can be put into good shirts at the * e men have attended
• repular prices. Wm. Strouse s sales what they think
of this store.
•I Of course they are less than regular IJ And then ask yourself whether ycu
prices, now. And that's one of the don't think it's time for you to get a
reasons why you should stock up. move on and get down to this SH <*T
But that's not the only reason, by a AND TIE SALE without losing ui
long shot. other minute.
These are the Shirts
1 Shirts 3 85c 3£Q Shirts , 2.85
Shirts 1.15 Shirts 3.15
2 M° Shirls ' 1 -45 5?o Shins
2ff) Shirts ) 1.85 6 jjp Shirts 4.ftS
And these are the Ties
50cji!f „ 35c Ties 1-4fi
1 ■<*> Ties 75 c 2£o Ties 1.85
Ties 1.15 3 -0° Ties 2-15
The New Store of Wm. Strouse—Ever New-—3lO Market St.
JAfftTARY 10, 1918.