FLYING WITH SHAFFER
"OVER THE LINES"
LETTERS FROM A DAUPHIN' BOY TO HIS MOTHER
Somewhere in France.
Dear Mother:
Two t>L' your letters received to
lay.
Army life has not affected me one
way or the other, and I imagine
I still weigh the same. My pictures
seem to have given you the im
pression that war bread agreed with
me. You were away off in picking
Ihe cause. Flying agrees with me
and not the bread, for I don't eat
much of it You know, I am realiz
ing a lifelong ambition now, so why
should it not agree with me? Out
side of freezing my nose yesterday
while flying over the lines at 5,000
meters. I am a pretty healthy speci
men. 1 will write you about that
little trip later, just now I want
:o answer your letters.
From the tone of the firs*, letter,
I must have been at Avord train
ng on Nleuport and I sure did have
i lot of hard luck there, some of
t my fault and some the machine's,
or they were a punk assortment to
JC sure. Good enough for training,
jf course, but nothing to -compare
to the little silver baby I fly now,
nil spic and span with her new
instruments and shining brightly
ifter her wash down, for she gets
nore baths than I do, and hot ones
.00. I have been here 15 days now
ind have not even taken a cold
>ne. Can't. The wash bowl won't
lold me and I am not Eskimo
inough to enjoy ice water. I know
have been here 15 days because
t was paid to-day. It seems im
jossible time could fly as fast, but
lews and interesting things serve
o pass the time very - quickly. The
10 francs I received looked very
WHES YIELD
TO TANLAG
Suffered With Them For Years and
Got No Relief I'ntil He Took
Tanlao
"1 suffered for years with chronic
leadachcs," says George Stewart, a
lorter at Kresge's, who lives at 1124
lerr street, Harrisburg, Pa.
"I suffered a lot from indigestion,
00.
"But Tanlac's the great stuff for
t fixed me up in two shakes of a
nmb's tail. Headaches and every
filter ache just melted away; my
toniach woke up and my appetite
ame back and I can now pull up to
he table and eat with the best of:
hem.
"And sleep! I sleep like a log and
iake up in the morning as fresh as
daisy. Fine medicine that Tanlac. |
Everybody ought to use it for what!
ils them."
Tanlac is now being introduced
ere at George Gorgas Drug Store.
Tanlac is also sold at the Gorgas
)rug Store in the P. R. R. Station;
n Carlisle at W. G. Stevens' Phar
nacy; Elizabethtown. Albert W.
'ain; Greencastle, Charles B. Carl;
.liddletown, Colin S. Few's Phar
nacy; Waynesboro, Clarence Croft's
-harmacy; Mechanicsburg, H. F.
'"-unhouse.—Adv.
Fhese City Physicians Explain
Why They Prescribe Nuxated Iron
o Make Healthier Women and Stronger, Sturdier Men
NOW BEING USED BY OVER THREE MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY
;y enriching the blood and creating I
flesli, toneless tissues, and pallid
creases the strength of delica
T is conservatively estimated that
over three million people annually
i this country alone are taking Nux
ted Iron. Such astonishing results
avo been reported from its use both
v doctors and laymen, that a number
i physicians in various parts of the
ountry have been asked to explain
rhy they prescribe It so extensively,
nd why it apparently produces so
mch better results than were obtain
rl from the old forms of inorganic
on.
Extracts from some of the letters
cceived are given below.
Dr. Ferdinand King, a New York
iiysician and Medical Author, says:
There can be no vigorous iron men
ithout iron. Pallor means anaemia.
"Anaemia
leans iron
eficien c y .
he skin of
na e m
i ii ■ s |H [
ick
ags and
ic memory
ails and
lie.v become
eak, nerv- Dr. Ferdinand King,
us, irrit- New York Physician
b1 e , de- and Medical Author,
pondent
nd melancholy. When the iron goes
•om the blood of women the roses
o from their cheeks. ,
"In the most common foods of
merlca, the starches, sugars, table
•rups. candles, polished rice, white
read, soda crackers, biscuits, maca
>ni. Spaghetti, tapioca, sago, farina,
"germinated corn-meal, no longer is
on to be found. Refining processes
ave removed the iron of Mother
arth from these impoverished foods,
id silly methods of home cookery,
\ r throwing down the waste-pipe the
ater in which our vegetables are
>oked. Is responsible for another
rave Iron loss.
"Therefore you should supply the
on deficiency in your food by using
ime form of organic iron, just as
iu would use salt when your food
is not enough salt."
Dr. A. J. Newman, late Police Sur
?on of the City of Chicago and form
■ Ilousr Surgeon. Jefferson Park
ospltal, Chicago, in commenting on
uxated Iron, says: "It has been my
irtieular duty during the past six
■nrs to assist In keeping Chl-
M r . a ,S 0 ' a . "ve
t no u b a no
'. A. J. Newman. Inte pr o m pfed"
nice Surgeon of the through an
ty of Chle aK o and endorse
rmer House Surgeon, me nt of
nerson Park Hospital, N uxated
Chicago. Iron by ITr.
, Schuyler C.
ques, Msltlng Surgeon of St. Ellz
ieth s Hospital. New York, to give
a trial. This remedy has proven
rough my own testa of it to excel
THURSDAY EVENING,
big, but when one considers that
20 of that "goes In the pot," as they
say when the escadrllle buys extra
food besides army rations, and say
10 mote to buy flowers for dead pi
lots, it don't loom up so big. Sure,
it's Just my luck to land in time to
help decorate somebody. The mor
tality rate seems to be low in this
section, only three men being killed
last year, and two were accidents,
and 32 Boche were brought down.
Pretty good record, eh? Of course,
my escadrille has only been in exist
ence for several weeks, so we don't
come in on any glory.
DangiTs of landing
You don't >have to tell me it's the
little things that count, because I
know it from experience. Luckily,
the experience has very seldom been
bitter. And I don't forget to fasten
my safety belt any more, although
one is in very little danger of fall
ing out while flying. It's surprising
I how many stunts one can do with
| out the belt aiding one in staying
with his bird. It's in landing where
the danger is. for if one is not
strapped in and upsets he is in a
bad way. However, I have a very
good belt now, adjusted just to suit
me, and the two belts which pass
over the shoulders and the other two
which go around my waist most cer
tainly make me a part of the "zang"
(airplane). The beauty of all these
safety belts are that they can be re
leased instantly by pressing a but
l ton—just like pressing the nigger
I baby and hear him say "Mamma,"
| for the button is right over one's
dinner basket.
Prayer Helps Him
I Considering how great is your be
\ lief in prayer, I am surprised my
I description of the happenings at Pau
, caused you any uneasiness for me.
! Anj'way, here I am still kicking,
thanks to my own hustling around,
and maybe your prayers. Whether
it was more of the latter than the
1 former I don't know, but the com
| bination seems to have worked
pretty well to date, so I'll keep
hustling and you keep praying and
we'll see how quick we can end this
; war. The way I talk you might
; think I was the whole army,
wouldn't you? Was wondering
i whether those cards I sent from Pau
; would get there. The sad part of
it was, they did not do the scenery
; justice. One had to fly over the
| country to really see its beauty. One
could sec sfttnuch in so short a time
; that way.
That's rather amusing* about
measles and mumps breaking out in
| camps—the soldiers must be rather
! young.
' Gee Whiz! the way you write, I
I am still a little boy, hoping I may
grow t obe a good and noble map.
Do you realize that I am due to have
another birthday soon and I'll be—
say, how old will I be anyhow? It's
been so long I've forgotten the date.
I will do my best to please you
though, but just now I am so busy
trying to ( learn the rules of this fly
in? game without the aid of the
French language that I have no time
for anything else. There are an
enormous number of little things to
remember while flying in formation,
and owing to my ignorance, I broke
another one, yesterday. Naturally
got in Dutch again, since the Cap-
was leading the party
—there were eight of us.
Sky Climbing
(All new pilots at Hie front).
thousands of new rod blood cells, it ofen quickly transforms the flabby
checks of weak, anaemic men and women into a glow of health. In
ite, nervous, run-down folks in ten days' time in many Instances.
any preparation I have ever used for
creating red blood, building up the
nerves, strengthening the muscles and
correcting digestive disorders."
Doctor E.
S a u
Boston
p h y slcian,
who s,
both in this
and
in Kroat %JSE3™
E urop can
Medical In
utions.
have said a _2r
h un .1 r • il
times over
or g a n i c
iron is the p r> 13. saner, a Boston
greatest of ]• hylc In n , who has
all strength H tudled In (irrat Kuro
builders. If pean Medical Instltu
people tlonN.
would only , ..
take Nuxated Iron when they feel
weak or rundown, instead of dosing
.themselves with habit-f.orming drugs,
stimulants and alcoholic beverages, I
am convinced that there are thou
sands who might , readily build up
their led blood corpuscles, increase
their physical energy and get them
selves into a condition to ward off
the .millions of disease germs that
are /almost continually around us.
It Isl surprising how many people sur
fer from iron deficiency and do not
know it.
"If you are hot strong or well you
owe it to yourself to mafce the fol
lowing test: See how long you can
work or how far you can walk with
out becoming tired. Next take two
five-grain tablets of ordinary nuxated
iron three times per day after meals
for two weeks. Then test your
strength again and see how much
you have gained. I have seen dozens
of nervous, run-down people who
were ailing all the while increase
their strength and endurance in from
ten to fourteen days time while tak
ing iron in the proper form. And
this, after they had in some cases
been going on for months without
getting benefit from anything. Many
an athlete and prize-fighter has won
the day simply because he knew the
secret of great strength and endur
ance which comes from having
plenty of iron in the blood, while
many another has gone down in glor
ious defeat simply for lack of iron."
Dr. Schu
aWMBHMiMBMDHnnvI >'' rr C.
Wques, Visit
ing Surgeon
of St. Eliza
beth's Tlos
ol t a 1. of
New York
city. said:
"I have
never he
fore given
out any me
dical infor
mation or
advice for
publication,
as I ordl
nari 1 y d c
not believe
In It. But In
Dr. Sehnyler C. Jaqnes the case of
YUltlag Surgeon, St. Nux at e d
Elisabeth'* Hospital, Iron I feel
New York. I would be
remiss i n
my duty not to mention It. I have
taken It myself and given it to my
patients with most surprising and
satisfactory results. And those who
wish quickly to Increase their
strength, power and endurance will
find It a most remarkable and won
derfully effective remedy."
Everything went along lovely, and I
sluyod In my allotted position quite
easily while we climbed to 6,000
meters and then 1 began to get
mighty chilly. First ono finger got
stiff, and then another, and pretty
soon I only had throe or four use
ful ones left. But orders were to
follow and I kept right on follow
ing, despite the fact that my face,
and nose particularly, wore begin
ning to feel rather numb. This
didn't worry me any, since 1 thought
It was merely getting that healthy
glow I recommended for the girls'
sallow complexion. I had never been
up this high before, and It never
occurred to me it might effect my
breathing until I began gulping for
air periodically, about once every
two minutes. And then I looked at
my altimeter and saw It was be
ginning its second round of the dial,
since It only registered up to 5,000
and I was past that and still going
up. We were over the German lines
then and still headed for Berlin,
when I noticed the man I was fol
lowing suddenly turn and apparent
ly start for camp. That didn't sujt
me a little bit, as the newness of be
ing so high and looking down on the
pock-marked ground of "No Man's
Land" was wearing off and I was en
joying it. furthermore, I was cur
ious to see a German plane and
since there were four Nieuports fly
ins above me, I climbed up and
followed them. I don't know what
the big idea was, but they kept zig
zagging up and down and across,
and every which way for all the
world as if they were being shot at
with shrapnel.
Ix>st In the Clouds
Naturally I followed suit, although
I could see nothing to dodge as I
saw no shrapnel breaking anywhere,
although several times I did feel
myself bounced up as if by a sud
den explosion beneath me —and then
my engine began missing something
fierce, and T feared it would stop.
"Well," thinks I, "I'm pretty high,
and I might make camp, at least
I won't fall in the trenches." So I
turned right about and with the
motor giving about half her power,
started down in the general direc
tion of Rheims, for I was not quite
sure where I was, and I knew if I
found Rheims I could find camp. I
soon found that city, got my direc
tions from land marks below and
headed home. All this had taken
but a few moments, and no sooner
had I noticed a plane high over the
city being shrapneled to a far-u-well.
Apparently, he was headed my way,
so not knowing whether he was
friend or foe it occurred to me it
wouldn't be a bad idea to get my
gun ready. This was quickly done,
by shoving a safety lever which con
nected the gun with the motor, this
timing the shots so the propeller
would not be hit. And now that I
was ready. I wondered whether the
doggone thing would actually shoot.
Nothing like trying it so pointing in
the general direction of Germany, I
pulled the trigger. She worked all
right, and then I looked around
again for the suspicious plane, but
it had disappeared apparently, so
my motor picking up again, I de
cided to learn somewhat of the topo
graphy of the country, and most of
all was I curious to see actually
where the lines were. They were
drawn on my map. but I'll be dog
goned if I could find them. All this
time I had been coming down, since
one can't see anything from 5,000
meters, and was getting a line on a
number of towns, picking out rail
roads and big roads, and following
them up until they came to where
the "lines" should be. but still I
could find no well-defined "lines."
By the time I had reached 2,000
meters I was right over where the
"lines" should be and then I nearly
Dr. T. Alphonsus Wallace, a phys
ician of many years' experience in
this country and who has been given
many honorary titles in England,
says: "1 do not make a practice of
recommending: advertised medicinal
products, but I have found Nuxated
Iron so potent in nervous, run-down
conditions, that I believe all should
know of it. The men and women
of to-day need more iron in their
blood than was the case twenty or
thirty years ago. This because of
the demineralized diet which now is
served daily in thousands of homes
arwl also because of the demand for
greater resistance necessary to off
set the greater number of health
hazards, to be met at every turn."
Dr. James. Francis Sullivan, for
merly physician of Bellevue Hospi
tal (Outdoor Dept.), N. Y.. and the
Westchester County Hospital, said'
"I have strongly emphasized the
great necessity of physicians making
blood examinations of their weak
anaemic. run-down patients. Thou
sands of persons go on vear after
year suffering from physical weak
ness and a highly nervous condition
due to lack of sufficient iron in their
red blood corpuscles, without ever
realizing the real and true cause of
their trouble. Without iron in your
blood your food merely passes through
the body, somewhat like corn through
an old mill with rollers so wide apart
that , the mill can't grind.
"But in my opinion you can t make
strong, vigorous, successful, sturdy
iron men by feeding them on metallic
iron. The old forms of metallic Iron
must go through a semi.digestive
process to transform them into or
ganic iron—Nuxated Jron—before
they are so ready to be taken up and
assimilated by the human system.
"Notwith
standing all
that has
been said
and written
on this sub
ie c t b y 1 j
Well - known
!> hyslclans, t T J
thousa n d h f
0 f people I- jM
Insist t ,
in dosing \ 1
themselves JKfil /
with metal
lie Iron sim_ '
ply, I sup
pose, be
cause it Dr. Jniun Francis Sal
costs a few llvan, Formerly l'hysl
■cents less, elan of Hellevue Hospl
-1 strongly tal (Outdoor Dept.)
a d v i s e New fork, anil the
readers in Westchester County
all cases, to Hospital.
get a physician's prescription for or
ganic Iron—Nuxated Iron—or If you
don't want to go to this trouble then
purchase only Nuxated Iron In its
original packages and see that this
particular name (Nuxated Iron) ap
pears on the package. If you have
taken preparations such as Nux and
Iron and other similar Iron products
and failed to get results, remember
that such products are an entirely
different thing from Nuxated Iron.
NOTE—Nuxnted Iron. which Is
prescribed and recommended above
bv physicians- Is not a secret remedy
but one which la well known to drug'
gists everywhere. Unlike tho older
Inorganic Iron products. It Is easily
assimilated, does not iniure the teeth
make them black, nor upset the
stomach. The manufacturers guaran
tee successful and entirely satisfac
tory results to every purchaser <r
they will refund your money, ft Is
""ersert by a" *ood druggists. Croll
Keller, O. A. Oorgas and J. Nelson
Clark.
HATUUSBURG TELEGRAPH
had heartfailure, for the engine be
gan missing again and from the way
it sounded was going to dlo any.
minute. Thoro are nine cylinders on
my engine, but the way it sounded
then, only one was running, so once
again I headed for camp with the
engine coughing and spitting all the
way, and me expecting any minute
to havo to pick out a nice soft forest
to land on.
Being all alone this way and with
no engine to speak of, I knew I
would be easy prey for any Qerman
who happened to see me, so 1 kept
a sharp lookiut, as I had been doing
all the time, and Ilnally reached
camp all right, only to lind 1 had
busted another rule on the calendar,
for the Captain was sure on his ear,
and wanted to know from one of my
American comrades whether 1 had
been drinking the night before, and
was I all there in the head, for he
sure thought I was lost. Not me
though, I had a compass, map and
the sun. And I'll say I had quite
an interesting hour and a half all
by my lonesome. . The thing that
made the Captain so sore was the
fact that I had left the patrol with
out giving any signal of distress, and
then to crown it all had stood right
j on my nose in my anxiety to reach
the earth. The first was correct,
owing to ignorance on my part,
since I did not know what the signal
of distress was, but the latter I was
not guilty of, and it turned out later
it was another plane. The latter was
caused by the Captain's anger, be
cause he had called me down once
before for peaking too steeply. This
morning I made it a rule to have all
the rules translated for me, although
I could read some of them myself.
And this afternoon a number of
typewritten papers in English were
given lis, which sure helped a lot
since it told me a lot of things I
never knew before. Indeed, it's no
wonder time flies so swiftly since I
am always guessing as to what I am
supposed to do. Now that the pap
j ers have been given me, I know,
and can devote more time to learn
ing the French language.
Walter.
Somewhere in France,
i Dear Mother: It sure is cold here,
there being six inches of snow on
the ground. Also, since it's so cold
on the ground, you can imagine how
cold it is at three or four miles
above it. I say you can imagine it,
but I know, for that's the height I
have been flying the last three times
I over the lines. The first time, I
. froze my nose and now there is a
little black spot on each side of my
nose where the goggles rested. If
| you didn't know I was an aviator,
I you would think I was a school
i teacher and had left my iron-bowed
I spectacles on my nose too long. The
I second time I froze two fingers ab
solutely numb, and my, oh my! how
[they did hurt when I had descended
jto 3,000 meters. Strange to say, at
I that height my hands and nose al
| ways warm up. I don't know why,
I but they always do. You remember
: I told you about that trip with the
| Captain and my motor went bad and
|he thought me lost. The way ho
i raved around one would think 1 was
; real valuable. The next day he led
| us over the lines again, and in order
i to.keep an eye on me placed me on
j his right. However. I stuck by him
this time despite a frozen finger and
j trouble in regulating my motor, for
at high altitudes I always do have
trouble with the motor regulation.
The air gets thinner as one goes up,
you know, and this has a decided
effect on the power of the motor,
since so much air is required to mix
with the gasoline to give the requir
ed power. Naturally, one must so
regulate his motor as he climbs
higher so as to get the necessary
amount of aid. This I find very
hard to do, but hope to get the hang
of it soon.
A Tough Landing
To come back to the Captain, I
was right by him all the time, and
when he peaked for the ground I
was still near him, for all the world
like a baby hanging onto its moth
er's apron. No, I did not break any
rules that trip, but I did break the
"Becky" and hent an axle, for I
made the most awful landing I ever
made in my life, leveling out ten
feet above the ground and landing
so hard I knocked both wheels
knock-kneed. The funny part of it
was, the landing was made right in
front of the captain, who had land
ed before me. I don't know whether
he saw the joke or not. At least, I
did not get the calling down I ex
pected. You see coming down from
high altitudes, the distance to the
ground is very deceiving and to ac
custom the eyes to the change one
must make a circle of the field at a
low altitude. I had done this, and
as I circled around and saw the Cap
tain sitting below waiting for a me
chanic to start his' stalled motor,
thinks I "I'll land right beside him,
and show him how to make a good
landing—without stalling the motor.
And so I did, for I Handed beside him
all right, but oh, what a landing!
That's where the joke came in, for
I was so busy watching whether the
Captain was noticing the beautiful
landing I was going to make, that
the first thing I knew I lost all my
speed and sunk like a stone. Here
after, I'll watch the ground and not
the Captain, and probably "Becky"
won't suffer so much then. How
ever, the Captain had troubles of
his own, which probably explains
why I wasn't told about it. since he
had two fingers frozen also, and had
to depart as soon as he arrived, for
a distant hospital, where one of our
men was wounded. The other pilots
and the head mechanic sure did kid
me about that breakage, saying that
if I drank "pinard" such things
would never happen, for the fact
that we don't drink "pinard" sure
does surprise these Frenchmen—the
other American does not use it
either—. However, I came right
back by reminding one of the pilots
that he had taken a whole wing off
while making a landing. It was the
truth too and he is the heaviest
drinker in the crowd. That come
back sort of stopped the kidding
that "beaucoap" pinard would help.
My habits sure arouse a lot of cur
iosity-on the part of some of my
countrymen. One fellow, after
studying me for a week or so, and
noticing that I neither drank nor
smoked and did not know how to
play poker, was certainly astonish
ed. And wanted to know whether
I enjoyed life. My prompt "Yes, In
deed" surprised hlrn as much as my
habits, for it was utterly beyond him
to understand how it was possible to
enjoy one's self without painting the
town red. Of course, I did not sug
gest the fact that enjoying life his
way, cost a lot of money, for he, be
ing rich, would not have under- •'
stood.
Out on Patrol
Had to stop to go on patrol work, j
Am glad to say our escadrille Is
finally in existence, with its own
Captain, office and work, and this
afternoon the whole escadrille was
working. My nanrje was at the top
of the list, which means 1 would go
out on the first "mission" that re
quired protection. Unfortunately, It
wp.B cloudy all morning, which made
taking photographs impossible, so I
dod not get a chance to help pro
tect one of these machines. But the
afternoon was clear—and cold, as
usual —so we were sent out In groups
of threes to patrol the lines and
clmse any Boche away which inter
fered with the work of observation
planes, which direct artillery lire.
We only liew at 2,000 meters, so I
did not mind the cold, but Golly!
how they did bombard us with
shrapnel. It's the lirst time they
have ever came real close to me,
I have been shot at before.
Tire first one I saw In the mirror as
it broke some 20 meters behind me
with a loud bang and a puff of black
smoke. Right away I began doing
the ocean roll up and down and'
cross-ways with black puffs appear
ing now on my right and now on my i
left. As far as I could see about all
the damage they did was to pol
lute the atmosphere with a few more j
clouds. However, none broke over
me, else I may have changed my
mind about their harmlessness. One
time though, that old boy below
was getting my range pretty close,
as half a dozen black puffs appeared
under me, and two seconds later
half a dozen more bursted along side
of me with a loud boom. It was
then I began changing my direction
find altitude and to lose my con
tempt for the man behind the gun.
All he could do was guess at my
height, but I always got the last
guess; and as soon as he got the
range I changed my altitude, . and
then he would have to begin guess
ing all over again. We patrolled up
and down the lines for an hour and
a half, being shot at four different
times as we passed over certain hot
sectors. It's quite a sight to see an
airplane being bombarded with
shrapnel, and to see it fly in, out and
around, the innumerable black and
white puffs. Reminds me of some
one throwing eggs up against a
barn, the way those black puffs
splash around the sky. The other
American in the escadrille was up
to-day and saw them pumping lead
at us and according to his account
they certainly were burning up a
lot of powder. It is while on these
airplane are called that one gets
airplane are colled that one gets
bombarded, and I was remarking
to-day that I had never seen shrap
nel break real close to me.
Gets Taste of Shrapnel
However, I got a taste of it this
afternoon so it won't be anything
new when I do go on a "mission."
These photo-taking planes go away
behind the lines to take their pic
tures and naturally get bombarded
to a far-u-well, not to mention being
chased by Boches sometimes. Have
not been lucky enough to go on onfe
of these protecting trips yet, but
now that our escadrille is organized
I hope to soon have a chance.
One of our men was killed the
other day while on one of these
"missions" being shot in the back by
a Boche. Badly wounded as he was
he came down in a "vrille" from
4,000 meters and made a good land
ing. For this coot-headed work he
was awarded the "military cross and
Croix de Guerre," but unfortunately
he had lost so much blood that he
died in the hospital soon after.
Which accident makes my grudge
against the German much move per
sonal than heretofore, since he was
the liveliest fellow in the escadrille,
and incidentally was the man that
led me through my first shrapnel
fire. I called it an accident because
so it seenird to me since the fel
lows with him said the Boche was
fully 1,000 meters behind him. Eith
er that Boche was some shot or his
luck was with him. The escadrille
bought him a crown of flowers, the
five francs of which I do not be
grudge. The saddest part of the
death, I think, was the fact that
seven letters arrived for him the day
he died.
And now the last candle has gone
out, so I'll have to stop, as one can't
very well write by the aid of an
open fire place.
Received a package from the
Misses Kelker yesterday, which cer
tainly was a surprise as well as
appreciated, especially the "Wash
ington coffee." None of your pack
ages have showed up yet.
Walter.
Somewhere in France,
Jan. 10, 1918.
Dear Mother: I flew an hour
yesterday, but it was very bad wea
ther at that, the clouds being very
heavy and low. First we have a
little snow and then a little rain,
which makes hunting wood rather
sloppy work. Since all five pairs of
shoes are wet I went hunting itj my
wooden shoes, which was more diffi
cult than successful, as I found it
nearly as hard as skieing, for there
were no hobnails in the soles to give
me a grip as with the army shoes.
They kept my feet dry though, and
we sure have some fire now!
A new pilot joined the escadrille
yesterday and it was most amusing
to watch him shiver with cold as'
he ate in our fireless dining room.
I say amusing, because wc have I
grown used to it, which goes to show j
one can get used to anything if he
has to.
You should have seen said pilot I
out hunting wood to-day. He was I
a most ardent hunter indeed and
was not shivering as much during I
supper as of yore. However, after j
the meal I found him in our room J
with his feet resting in the ashes of !
a dying fire, in a vain attempt to
warm them —the feet, not the fire, i
A Queer Bird
The saying that aviators are queer
birds is certainly proved by one of
cur members, who is learning to toot
the flute in his spare time, of course
we have other music also, but that
occurs regularly twice a day and I
have grown used to it. but 1 will
suffer from the flute. Fortunately,
the cold freezes up his footer when
he has no fire, and since his bed fel
low refuses to furnish any more
wood, we haven't heard from hint
for sometime. Indeed the man him
self presents an interesting study to
me, for I never have seen a more
timid man and my wonder grows as
to how and why he ever entered
aviation. Just an instance: We
live some two miles from camp, and
one day, he, another man and I were
starting for camp, when a truck
came along, stopping nearby to un
load something. Naturally, wo asked
for a lift and got in. We had
climbed aboard and the truck was
getting under way when the timid
gentleman caught up with us, since
he had gotten some distance behind
as he picked his way over the slip
pery rood, instead of jumping on the
GAS ON STOMACH
SOUR STOMACH
INDIGESTION
HEARTBURN
Instantly Relieved by
IN 5 GRAIN TABLETS
AM) FOWIIRR FORM
BISURATED MAGNESIA Is Mag
nesia especially prepared for the
safe, speedy and certain correction of
dangerous stomach acidity. It comes
only in the form of five-grain tablets
and powder In sealed blue packages.
Do not confuse with commercial mag
nesia, milk of magnesia or citrate or
magnesia. Look for tho word BIS
URATED and get the genuine from
DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. G. A.
Gorgas.—Advertisement.
step behind and climbing over the
endgate as any normal person would
do—what do you think he did?
Actually made the driver come to a
dead a|top while he carefully got
aboard.
Frozen Hands
While flying the other day one of
the pilots froze four of his fingers so
badly he-had to have medical aid.
You should see him with his hands
all bandaged up, looking as if some
0E30E3 STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5:30 P. M. aOBO
j A STIRRING BANNER VALUEDAY §
] or ne Only--To-morrow, Friday J
1 Store Opens At 8.30 A. M. O
8 | f&ur/ws IJ COME EARLY 8
* I To Avoid Disappointment—Quantities Are Limited J
Tfxi samc rccor< i f° r extraordinary value-giving gained 1 )
VAu UL; in our previous Banner Value Days will be sustained in 1
this one which takes place Friday. We promise economy J
! j T\ A"W" seekers a most unusual feast of money-saving- oppor- ,
tunities. d
> All These Items For One Day Only j
| | No Phone or Approval Orders Accepted J
D® Women's Suits Men's Handkerchief s Fancy White Crepe ©
Worth 10c 25c white
(ft fc S I Und 1 H dotted crepclOl |Jj
Vf JSAWiO.. novelty W Han d k er- _ |fl JWwai. 27 in wlde . ■ M a
W ?i oth l ln Kl si!! , e chiefs; only VV -I?" 1 - extra goodiu7r
"5 I_iio * 16; 1 black l_ffc I about 150 to Plfe <j. value vd " M *
-r" 1 -erge size
i Ze IV 1 Fay oxf< > r <J. P a?lwool 1 Flmt Floor Uargrain Baaeinent 0
n Size 42. Second Floor. V __J V /
3 17 Winter Coats—> W^ 8 „ J™ dke " h 1 iefs Bed Shee j ) U
n .95 feiirKVi' 2;c 7q_ 8
ill te'f yj'.rj 4= -fr- ° iiy"A'k ivc
!© *"'"cjasr UE-24 • 5
S'rSa tJVaSUW , H
Second Floor. |
229 Dresses , Chain Ra * Rugs 1 H
tl i" 0 pairs r* to $1.98 _
8 tfe r \F AU B,zes L^2s^" 3o^)s, ' nchpß - 2
x First Floor It n renin Banemcnt
Second Floor. v v BI
S Women's Skirts Wo^ n \it°r JL'" 5 " Rubber Door Mats | ©
U Worth irz-rAt gift I fiIWUB [ B-i "Ph ara / U/> 39c rubber /"fc a
5 SdT 1 -95 cales to the Ijl 1 I U
O W *wST sßi- I -tt - new Spring JVWO. ' 14x2 t0... /%P C
M ' VSure tures and A t r style. Ltmtt- • £*. P°od O
[N, k oxford sale of 80 dreßses - Ma n/j and quality. M
'■viiH ■ cheeks. Splendid value. Second Floor.
U _ V, > llarstio Buonent J IS
Second Floor. p."
fl 18 Girls' Raincoats Cocoa Door
0 jfi^jioTni^ 6 as-$i .oo ' 25c l^| aoo d m r : cn q
H ftP®' sorted col- | = • ffc S' f n °d hMP
" ( ° r a%,y CO fr A 104 - 2 to 6 ycars O
111 . Second Floor. , Bargain Wmctml
o Children's Stockings U ° Turkish Towels 1 2
™')nTv'° !S f\ T KuJMsTlmadc of fast "J bleached
IkumMß Tpairs to sell U/t 1 JWWDO I color per-fcirif purwili U"ki r sll PJj
r° f i ,a b 8t b b, rS UC .iHSW&t UX/ te e b ,r h 171 C
CH -ffc 01 - Stockings. ■4l7^o ad t p „ s: s .T full - ° n,y Ho l readsr r ° r JL£?r M
n L^.sU~n 0.1,. r,L. [j
First Floor V / Bargain Hnwement
266 Women's Waists Cut Gtass j Laundry Soap M
I] ■ '>•'s 1.95 c, k 11.
H : sorttnent otlr I Mma.- sugars and _
0 fe 1= .•. ÜBS "a.: w a
h tt 7 . S-Std cm,..s,„. 18ES
• up to 42. Kariraln Basement ||
U Flreit Floor Itnrenin Basement a
a v /
H Bath Slippers U P S Saucers \ Boys' Odd Pants — |
y j P uia r dVeo n r- *1 A /lOn O
(ft j w omen's I J sttion of first 111/% 1 \1 ad e of
8 sy.f' I .IJIC UJC ft
0 O ToV, r ,• 8 ™w.-lQ cia '- "Noon khaki cloth. All
1 I i i■ a bath h1 ippf-r.M fn us- 4 t Beams taned W
U sorted colors. All slies. Bnr B In Basement ' J " T ' A
a I'lrst Floor First Floor U
O V J V II
D Women's Petticoats ee Perculators Boys' Rompers >|J
73e Valoo _ iTiiminnm & Oeepcra. ft,
o jda 5,® 'lll Air raarJr," iA g
n wafisissu.™" d ia : II
IJ Second Floor. Bargain Basemn( 'First Floor
0 57
DSO Women's Waists Cedar Oil >1 Boys' Blouses ft
Tr V e't'?v or 15e bottle _ " C: IA
O fclmaV." 'o'i 2S(! |te?lVor ar floors Qp mL'ra" (Ol 4-Ql* O
D fel r. hn s S- ,u p- yC 8
"4- 10 onlr ' • tapeTesa''m odefa. M
O First Floor Bargain Basement Ftrat Floor 5
.j \. ___ Jo
D Women's Waists — White Voile \ Men's Pants >|l
• tA A Worth 12,00 A_ a* II
8
Q -F^a ß s£d Z S!jr i C l ~ n
H l^ rll U^_ 2 2 Speclal ' yi - -£.4 SRS'WWSas H
| Klrat Floor n.r..,- Ba.emo.t KZt J O
STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5:30 P, M,
' .. ' !. . . 4
FEBRUARY 28, 1018.
wouid-bo nurse had been practicing
on him. He had been up at 5000
meters for an hour with only one
pair of gloves on, so I don't wonder
ho nearly froze. The wonder is
there were not more frozen. Fortu
nately I was flying at 2000 that day,
and one feels nice and comfy at that
height, although not safe, for the
way they chuck shrapnel at one Is a
caution, not to mention the danger
of a Boche come pouncing down
from 5000 meters, shooting as ho
comes. Have not seen a Boche ujJ
yet, at least not close enough to rec
ognize him, although I have flown
somo 14 hours over the lines. How
ever, I have hopes, for peace looks
about as far off as my packages.
They have been on the road so lon
that my mouth has stopped water
ing. and 1 am getting so used to the
cold that I won't need the clothins.
either. WATjTER.
5