FLYING WITH SHAFFER A GREAT GAME BETTERS FROM A DAUPHIN COUNTY BOY TO HIS MOTHER Somewhere in France. I Jan. 11. 1918. | Dear Mother: Someone beat you to it with the: Christmas present, as my friends in New York sent me a fountain pen) and a diary, both wonderful and | useful gifts and the latter the most fully equipped book of its kind, j From my short glimpse through it.) I noticed it contained r.bout all the j varied information one wished to ; know—except how to talk French.: That niay be in too, so I'll look again. You see the package only? arrived this evening and 1 am writ- j ing this letter with the pen. Some pen. I'll say! And what was more 1 thoughtful of them, the pen was filled, ready for use. Naturally 1 went right to it. It does seem that only packages! from strangers reach me, and for the irony of fate it can't be beat, for none of your Christmas presents; have showed up as yet. The package I spoke of came from the fellows in the office where I worked in New | York. I have kept in touch with them once in a while, "hey seem to be proud of the fact I once work ed with them and I assure you 1 im proud that I worked at one time in the "Technical Press." The bad 1 weather still continues, it having i rained to-day for a change. It) snowed yesterday, yori know, andi now we arc back where we began j in the slush. The sad part of it is! that no letters arrive—and surely: YOU have written some. One gets' tired of writing letters all the time ; and never receiving any. I GIRLS! ACT NOW! HAIRCOMINGO'JT MEANS DANDRUFF "Danderine" will save your hair and double its beauty at once Try this.! Your hair gets soft, wavy, abundant and glossy at once Save your hair! Beautify it! It is I only a matter of using a little Dan- j derine occasionally to have a head i of heavy, beautiful hair; soft, lus- | trous, wavy and free from dandruff, j it is easy and inexpensive to have j pretty, chairming hair and lots of it. ] Just spend a few cents for a small • bottle of Knowlton's Danderine now ; —all drug stores recommend it —[ apply a little as directed and within ; ten minutes there will be an ap . pearance of abundance; freshness, > tiuftiness and an incomparable gloss j and lustre, and try as you will, you j can not find a trace of dandruff or falling hair: but your real surprise | will be after about two weeks' use, i when you will see new hair —fine | and downy at first —yes—but really j new hair—sprouting out all over j your scalp—Danderine is, we be- i iieve, the only sure hair grower, de stroyer of dandruff and cure for ; itchy scalp, and it never falls to stop j falling hail at once. If you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really is, moisten j a cloth with a little Danderine and j carefully draw it through your hair | —taking one small strand at a time. , Your hair will be soft, glossy and j beautiful in just a few moments—• i a delightful' surprise awaits every* j increases strength of delicate, nervous, run-down people in ten days' time in many instances. Used and highly endorsed by former t'nited States Senators and Mem bers of Congress, well-known phy sicians and former Public Health officials. Ask your doctor or drug gits about it. | | •'What Gorgn* Makf*— (iiirsas t.unrnntees" GORGAS Liver Salt Keeps you in good condition and in a happy frame of mind. Makes your liver behave —Regulates the bowels— Prevents and relieves bil ious attacks, indigestion, acidity of the stomach, flatulence, headache and mental fag. Clears the Brain 50p GORGAS' DRUG STORES lfi N. Third St. and IVnna. Station EDUCATIONAL * School of Commerce AND Harrisburg Business College Troup Building, 13 St. Market Sa Hell phone 4H3( Ulal UU] Bookkeeping. Shorthand, Steno lype. Typewriting, Civil Service. OUIt OlTEll—ltlglit Training by Xpeclalliits and High Urpde Positions. You lake a Business Course but once. The lleat I* what you want. Day and Night school. Enter any Monday. j A Fully Accredited College j TUESDAY EVENING, HARRJSBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 6, 1918. I Yes, I still continue to hunt and I chop wood, rain or shine, but got i tired of trying to make the fire burn to-day and went for a walk to "L Epine" where I bought butter and condensed milk and also this paper. Their butter is something like their ! weather here —it gives me a pain; for the butter sure is strong, tast ing more like cheese than anything 1 know. Eating cheese is one habit I have acquired 0% - er here, whether ; it's a bad one or not is a question. In truth, it's bad smelling at times, but since I neither go to dances or \ to see girls, what does it matter? | One of these days I'll go up after j Boches after eating some of this par ticularly evil-smelling stuff, get tip close to one of them, blowing my breath on him and just naturally I ruin him. In fact. I doubt if these French women would mind any odors the way the male bird of this species fumes himself up. You ! should see, or I should say smell, one of them getting ready to go to town. Instead of plastering his hair flat with water he uses varied colors of cologne. After that, one could trail him anywhere without the aid I of a dog, if the scent didn't get too much for him. One fellow lost his i handkerchief yesterday but had lit ( tie trouble in finding it. and he did | n't use his eye either —the nose was ( sufficient. Whew! Rain and Snow! I have not made any good resn : lutions for the new year, except to resolve to always write 1018 instead | of 1917, and up to date I have not broken it. j You can see lam all out of news, j for nothing has befallen us but the j rain and snow, and then along comes a diary as a Christmas present. Tis true I have oodles of time to write but nothing of interest to write i about, for I have not seen a Boche | plane close enough to be sure? he was German, so I can't very well |.describe what a fearful sight it prob j ably would be. I am not sure I know where the "lines" are even, al though I have gazed down many times on them. About all I could make out was a lot of wriggly ditches which didn't seem to lead in any direction, and worse yet. I don't know which was French and which 1 was German. A nice state of af < fairs indeed, for a warrior bold. eh'J | But then we have so many things i to watch and think about, what with J watching what the leader is doing, for this flying at the front seems to |be a game of follow the leader J "tojours," listening to one's motor. ! watching the compass to get the j general direction, and also the map jto see where one is. Reading that i map w-as a slow process for me, as : r only picked out one landmark | about every two trips. These Nieu i ports cover ground so fast that fly i ing by map in one of them is not as ; easy as in a Camtron—and then, just ! about the time I was getting a line !on a town and comparing a road ! and railroad to the one on my map. i chunk of shrapnel would go off j under or beside me. Right away little Walter would lose all interest Jin the scenery below him. and ap ply himself most assiduously to | dodging those little black puffs j which appeared so rapidly. Of j course, they were not dangerous for ! the cloud or puff don't appear until j after they burst, but they give one I an idea where the next one might burst, and one acts accordingly. Guessing in the Cloud* * It's a great game of guesswork, and although the boy behind that gun is some guesser, I'm pretty fair | myself, and besides, I get the last guess. Anyway, I have the lay of I the land pretty well now, since our patrol lies between two large for ests. and anytime I wish to start for home, all I have to do is head | into the sun. or if there is no sun, 1 fly due south by compass, and I CHILD GtTSSiCK CROSS, FEVERISH IF CONSTIPATED Look at tongue! Then give fruit laxative for stomach, liver, bowels "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm children and they love it A laxative to-day saves a sick child I to-morrow. Children simply will not I take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged I up with waste, liver gets sluggish; i stomach sour. Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, or your child is listless cross feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't J eat heartily, full of cold, or has sore j throat or any other children's ail ! nient. give a teaspoonful of "Califor nia Syrup of Figs," then don't worry because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation i poison, sour bile and fermenting j waste will gently move out of the I bowels, and you have a well, playful | child again. A thorough "inside | cleansing" is ofttimes all that is nec i essary. It should be the first treat j ment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups 1 Ask your druggist for a bottle of i "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Look carefully and see that it is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company." AS T H MA There is no "cure" but relief is 6ften brought by— ffUwS T V K—p Littl Body-Gu*rd tnlbcr Home ' \ Hair Removed BV^ll'iraefe Till method for removing mn pevfluoua 1-alr la totally different from nil others because It attacks hair under the k..iln ns well as on the akin. It does this by absorp tion. Only genuine DcMlracle has a money-back arnarantee in each package. At toilet counters In ®Oe. *1 and 12 sl*es or by mnll from ns In plain wrapper on re ceipt of price. FREE ' ,o °k with testimonials of highest nnthorjtles, ex plains what causes hair on face, neck and arms, why it Increases and how DeMlracle devltnllses It, mailed la plain sealed envelope OR request. DeMlrncle, Park Arc. and 12th Sta New York. should hit near home somewhere. 'Tts very hard to read a map <sn the ground, for the roads and railroads are nearly invisible. I Anally gave up hunting for them arid used the rivers. These are quite easy to see from any height, since thQ thick growth of trees along their course clearly outlines them. It was one of these clearly defined lines 1 thought for several days were the trenches, but I know better now, so won't go shooting up any trees. WALTER. Somewhere in France, January 12, 1918 Dear Mother: Like a kid with a new toy, here, I am at it again, for this sure is some pen and besides its so com fortable to sit here in a big arm chair with one foot on a chair and the other in the tire—that is necessary for you know, since this doggone fire only makes enough heat to keep the chimney warm—and one don't need to bother dipping in the ink bottle every five seconds. The only trouble with this pen is the ink j which is about as near invisible as j any 1 have ever seen. Just as soon j as its empty, I'll get some of thisi French stuff in, which is dark enough j to read through the envelope. You| remember that diary I told you | about? Well, 1 discovered one page: used for identification and I'll say i they certainly did not forget any- j thing. Not only my name but the size of my collar, shirt, shoes, hos- j iery, gloves, hat and even cuffs was: deemed necessary. I did not till in ! the last two, since the hat size, is, liable to change at a moment's no-! tice, and as for cuffs, I never bought j them that way, they always hooked | onto the shirt. It's a wonder they j forget the size of my garter or the color scarf pin 1 wore. There was even a Wank space for my motor- I cycle, bicycle, automobile, and air plane number. Of course, not hav ing all those luxuries I couldn't till them out. but 1 put down'my air plane number, which is something' a lot of people can't do. In truth, | a more complete diary could not be | found. Not only did every page I have a place for weather and ther-j mometer, but in the back of the j book were numerous pages for "Cash account," ending with "cash on hand." That part of the book hail j no "interest" for me, for 1 know , how much I have on hand without I referring to a book, and I never get I enough to start a "cash account." I thought the doggone book was a | Bible when 1 first opened the pack-1 age, what with its gold edged leaves, j and limp leather binding, and I'm j quite sure I did not need unother I one of them. A Timid Pilot Got a little more flying in to-day. | and if I would not have had to wait | for a photo plane, which never came, | I might have gotten more, for the j morning was clear and very good ; for flying. 1 was down on the list I to help protect the photo plane, but | although I missed dinner waiting j for it, she never showed up. Fin-! ally got aloft in the afternoon with j another pilote, which did not suit; me a little bit, for no sooner had i we got near the lines than he beat ■ it back for camp. By the way, the ( pilote was the timid gentleman. I I followed him, since he was the I authorized leader, until he dove! through a cloud in tin? direction of j camp, and then thoroughly disgust- j ed, turned right around and beat it I for the lines again. There were a J number of "sausages" up and I was; curious to get a close look at one, so I headed for one nearby and soon had a good look. In my interest, forgetting to look around for Boche planes. All of a sudden I looked up and there were f#ur right over me. Fortunately they were Nieuports, but ] it showed me how foolish I was. roaming around by my lonesome only 1500 meters high. Any Boche could have made easy prey of me. Besides. I was disobeying orders, for I new pilots are never allowed out | alone, so having been away half an I hour, I beat it for camp. When I landed my leader said hisl machine gun would not work, so he came down. I don't know how he discovered it, unless he uses the same means I do. For whenever I come to the "lines," I point my old ! bus in the general direction of Ber- I lin, and pull the trigger and soon' discover whether she's working or j not. Got a hold of an American paper] the other day. and now I know | what it is to read everything, even | the ads. So send me some old mag-1 azines. I have an awful lot of time to kill here. WALTER. Letter of Walter J. Shaffer. Escadrille, No. 156, Secteur Postal 12 par B. C. M. Jan. 19, 1918. A Wonderful Meal Dear Mother: I don't know whose birthday it is, but we sure did have some banquet to-night—the finest meal I think, 11 ever had in France. Had about 8 courses, and now I wonder if it | wasn't a belated Christmas dinner, i First we had rabbit and white beans i with parsley, next came the old "horse" with baked potatoes. "Well," | thinks I. "this must surely be all," I so I filled up on potatoes, for I had ! flown two hours to-day and was hun- j gry. What was my surprise to see i an omelet come next. Yes, an ome-! let —an onion one at that, too! You I needn't turn your nose up at men tion of the onions, for believe me, if you hadn't seen an egg for two months, you would welcome it in any form whatever, as I did. That made five courses, as vegetables are served as one course in France and not with the meat as in America. And then the champagne began to ar rive and the inevitable cheese also, and the end was in sight for me at | least. I couldn't get the cheese I past my nose and champagne is I against the doctor's orders. I wish I knew what it was all about, for not only champagne, but several other drinks were opened also, and they are still going to it, albeit get ting in a singing humor now. Oh, yes—l forgot, we had apples for dessert, and then not being enough to go around only half of one was allowed. Golly, how I did want the other half! for fruit is one thing that we don't get often, set it's no wonder we regard it .is a luxury. It was only yesterday that I wanted some thing to eat the worst kind of a way and I did not know what it was. All j requests to my stomach came back unanswered, for there seemed no | name for the want. First I thought it was ice cream, but that being an impossibility, I put }t out of my mind as soon as my mouth began to water. Then I thought it might be an ice cream soda, but since that was along the same line, we stopped thinking of that also. And now I know it was an apple I wanted. Strange, isn't it, that the things I deem luxuries now used to be so commonplace and plentiful that they hardly ever at tracted me. It's the same way with magazines and papers. When I was home, I hardly glanced at the headlines— now, gee whiz! I even read the advertisements. You cannot imag ine how hungry one gets for liter ature in his own language. More Bail Weather After a 10-day rest during bad weather, I was sfent out in a pat ronelle with the captain and three others, but it sure was my off day, my flying being simply rotten. Once while making a quick turn I went into a vrille. When I came out, my comrades were nowhere to be seen. And it was some flftefen minutes be-- fore I found them again, as I circled around and around.* Finally, I saw them away off in the distance, aWay over in Germany with shrapnel bursting all around them. Of course, the thought entered my head that they might be Boche planes, but I hadn't seen a Boche yet and this was too good a chance to miss, so I headed for them and then they began taking pot shots at me, and that made progress a little slower, since I had -to dodge the shrapnel, but I finally caught them and then the captain led us down to 800 meters to shoot at the trenches. For once I had a good look at the trenches, as we swooped down through the shrapnel at the wriggly lines below. You see, we had been flying at 3000 irfeters and they cer tainly were chucking shrapnel at us for fair. It got so hot and thick, finally that the captain jumped on a big white cloud, the three of us behind him. As far as getting away from shrapnel, it didn't help much, for j the way they peppered that cloud was a caution. Simply tore it apart, for they guessed at our height and up came the black dots through the fleecy cloud and bursted with a hol low boom. And then down we came back of the cloud and at the trenches. Such a lot of wriggly STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5:30 P. M. O | O Price . . . ! !. bdle 5c I W Xft lj ™l ifc I Price, each". .': 2c o H " FIRST FLOOR ———— FIRST FLOOR H " TUC D A MFD ITDT CAIC 0F GREENE'S STOCK g | InL DAJNIVKUr 1 SALL.CONTINUES TOMORROW J [J Additional New Lots Enter the Big Sale Tomorrow, Thursday! f % Come Early and Share in the Big Savings J U AT KAUFMAN'S, AT KAUFMAN'S, AT KAUFMAN'S, AT Iv AI F )IAX'S AT KAUFMAN'S, |j O &£T Greene's Stock Greene's Stock Greene's Stock &£T Greene's Stock Greene's Stock C) DOne Lot of Women s One Lot of Women s 1 "M O WOMEN'S BELTS ° ne Bi S Lot of HANDKERCHIEFS HAND BAGS W I KKj J[\ S Ruching and Plaitings A Assorted kinds. Greene's Assorted kinds. Greene's Assorted styles and col- Assorted kinds. Greene's £ 2 prices to 10c. Kaufman's prices to 50c. Kaufman's' _ D . T Greene's prices up to 50c. prices up to 15c a yard. Sj VI Sale O 1 Sale -B f\ Two Blg Lots Kaufman's Sale r- Kaufman's Sale • O V |1 Price Z2C Price lUC 483 YARDS RIBBONS Pricc 5 C p^y" rd ZC |] FT FIRST FLOOR FIRST FI.OOK Plain and fancy'taffetas and FIRST FLOOR FIRST FLOOR 7T 't satins, all wide widths. Greene's IFMWS== = A jj . GREENE'S STOCK . . GREENE'S STOCK . g o Women's Hosiery ™£ ta , Women's Corsets ON SALE THURSDAY Greene's prices 5c and 10c. w DIVIDED INTO SPECIAL LOTS fman ' s Salc Price ' 3 c R. & G., Lady Ruth and Other Makes All Ij 2 WOMEN'S WOMEN'S SILK HOSE >a "' "" '' JJ on Sale Thursday Divided Into 3 Big Lots C D BlfcF L 7 I Black onlv. Greene's - KAUFMAN'S , , WOMEN'S CORSETS [ M , . tn T- / _ Assorted stvles and all sizes. Greene s prices A*l 5 g ma e n'rSale PnCe 35c Kauf- JQ Small Odd LotS 69c to SI.OO. 'Kaufman's Sale Price 47 C < II Price IZC man's Sale Price, T • •. 1 , • V' n WOMEN'S CORSETS WOMEN'S CORSETS U wf)MFW\ FTRFT? QTT K HCKF Limited quantities of nuscel- Assorted styles and all Assorted styles and all | O WOMEN S FIBER SILK HOSE laneous items at ridiculously sizes. Greene's prices $1.25 sizes. Greene's prices $2 to g S Black and all colors; 'to $1.75. Kauf- QC $3. Kaufmans J -j 40 2 Sale Price M%JL. j ow prices. man's Sale Price, Sale Price v X • H ' FIRST FLOOR = = FIRST FLOOR - , ,RST , L °°" 2 Qr ( liVll MWS IT l. H,-MV < *'*' (fe UW~ GREENE'S STOCK *" Green *' s Stock [ g A Women's Silk, Kid and Cotton Gloves Girls' 1 hey range from 3 to 12 but- A Remarkable Opportunity to Buy Your Easter Gloves Ska firs cr W tons on a card. Greene's prices . 11 11 D;_ ►JlVdllllii KJC lo EM o from 15c to 50c. Kauf- r- at Unusually Big bavmgs ° £ ft man's Sale Price, card.. 5C Women's Women's _ Women's ff ——" COTTON GLOVES SILK GLOVES Silk and Washable Gloves ° p O R NEXT WINTER I M NOTIONS Two-button clasp. Black Black and white. Two- WINliiK | O ° n ',,ee t sc^u& w^' r p e H only. Greene's prices 50c button clasp. Greene's Black and colors. Scarfs and Caps to Match. Ocard a® to 69c. Kaufin an ' s prices 65c to Kauf- (ireenes prices SI.OO to Stvles and All ColoTs £ one Lot of Hooka and Bye* o t m* man's Sale OP* Kauf- otyies ana °r . vr Groene-s price. sc. Kaufman's .Sale Sale ORr . ? V e , • .SM f to" II 2 Price tOC Fr.ce OOC man s Sale Pnee, K, Greene's Pr.ces, £ | U WOMEN'S KID AND WASHABLE KID GLOVES 59e to 89c. Kauf- | I S OOne Lot of Hnir Sets Greene's . > > o 1 J £ laie e Pric°e c each 15t '" Black and colors; long and short lengths; Greenes <P J 1 C mans Sale H £ Jj n ""'r'ted of coW prices $1.75 to $2.50. Kaufman's Sale Price %t> JL . x Price T \\ || ' ' i "'' S "l''l!tS # J' FLOOH ''' .-...W.. KLOOII ———l IHST FLOOR * O AT KAUFMAN'S AT KAUFMAN'S V£ DTwo Small Lots Auto Scarfs Greene s stock T Small Lots Women's Underwear One Lot or u Women's Auto , One Ix.t of l Women's Auto ONE LOT OF VEILING IW ° omall OIS VV Omen S UnUCrWCdr Scarfs ! Scarfs , One I.ot of 53 Summer Gauze One Ix>t or 81 Summer (>auze "* O Assorted Colors, Assorted Colors, Assorted Colors, Vests \ esls £ Greene's Price up to $1.5. Greene's Priee up to fic. Greene's Price up to 25c a yard. Greene's Price 25c. IHp Greene's Price up to 50c. IQ. J D Kaufman's .Sale Kaufman's Sale 01 _ Kaufman's Sale Prircc, Kaufman's Sale Price, A Kaufman's Sale IVice, l b I "rice IZtC ~r ko AIC M yard OC 1 FIRST FLOOR , IVI |, | A GREAT WINNER! j f O J STKKI, BEDS SrT' • SPECIAL C ' D j fih 2sc 11 O( 4 C Um " mmtl , ' aPße s, * c SELF Electric PotS Hand Cut 1 | 11 IjJ MOP 1/ ,®* SES I [ © I U JQ A ami CQa JL < Hiftß'.ir I 49c SpUw 49c aid wc 4Qr o £ 95f | 1 j $2.98 | ~r*S\, | i o to <>s(. I • 0 SHEETS AMD PILLOW CASES | hm DRY GOODS TOWELS \\ OD ]S 42-inch muslin pillow. Hemmed crochet bed Rioicheil rotton towel Hemmed Turkish Bath #r M cases hemmed, 17 r spreads, full size and Bought fcarly Last 1 car. Now ror I.ess Than Wholesale inf f le ,, " n e " hp 0 Towels, extra good qual- % I % Special, each A#c good quality <t IQQ Prices—Ml Fu'l Size ]P B - 1 OC ty. 10% € I J 42-lnch muslin pillow Each Value, nOVV P" _ Special, yard Each Q % cases, extra good JQ C Kine quality hemmed ttlji QX • Bed ticking in remnant Good Turkish Bath# C 0 \ alue, Giich bed spreads, nil good r • I I lenKthsi all KOOII 1A _ Towels lurire si7P nnH m 5 2 I e"'""" $1.98 $25.00_ value, now I TH I P.ti.rn., yard ... 19c heavy ;,uullty ]S C J f I c^xirr„h ,ca,,,. JSL. szrs. ss 7m v!;®* w Eaßsrarf .— jkstjs "■" M C less - extra value ' 3 - inch good patterns CO QQ value, HOW | Jninr- DiacK ana Bath Towe , B . largc s , ze M A Ihem. (I no Each 96.V0 1<) !)„> Z Wft M X Sdfife Y-ir.l l'C and heavy qual- IQ.f J Special ® " Hemmed marseilles bed * \lwjfjlff fffl jl| each ISfC m W DM 81x90 inch sheets, seam- spreads, satin finish beau- $32.50 Vallle, nOVV ' ,*f. ... Brown muslin—slightly Big heavy Turkish Bath C I • less, linen fiinlsn 3-incn tiful patterns, each. tltQ f i soiled, unbleached muslin, Towels, good heavy qua!- M ■ 5 1 ' 19 n n^ 3 - 69 ; _ -* 12c Sol, spec !"': 25cJ '6:^aSl^a^^ao^3?Bl^aOE^TOß?OPENS 1 85o J 5:30 P. M. § 8 i lines I never saw. Reminded me of a mole on the rampage, or a worm with St. Vitus' dance. They went every direction. Even from 800 meters I couldn't" find "No Man's Land." "Not that it mattered a whole lot, for I had no desire to land there. I am not quite sure about the loca tion but I think we were either over Tahare or Ville, both pretty hot sec tors at one time. Judging from the looks of the landscape, a lot of dirt is still flying. It's strangely colored ground, though, being a sort of white, champagne color. And, by the way, that's the reas9n its called the Champagne country, the ground being that color. Rather pebbly ground, too, the stones being a whitish color also, which sUll fur ther carries out the drinking impres sion, for they are compared to the bubbles. You never saw' such a sloppy place to walk in though. One lifts about an acre of "Champagne" every time he lifts his foot when the weather is mild. Some Kxcitcment For this escadrille I'll say there was some excitement to-day. One American was jumped on by 5 Boches, but they didn't get him, and another American who came to his aid almost got one of them, chasing him clear down to the ground. lie thought he had him sure, but ob servers on the ground say the Hun leveled out very close to the ground and beat it for home for all he was worth. - This afternoon I got up again with three others, and for a change flew very high, staying around 5,000 meters all the time. I'm not crazy about flying that high however safe it may be for it sure is cold there. But one must needs follow the leader, so there we stayed, ducking I shrapnel as usual. The old boy j must have guessesd pretty well to- I day for a shell burst right under me, and gave me a terrific bump, [ bouijclng me 20 meters straight up— j immediately thereafter the "target" ] changed the range. We also did some peeking at the I trenches, but from a considerable ! height—2,ooo meters. 1 wondered ! why we didn't go down any lower | and when I came home the leader ! said there was a Boche near us. Which sure surprised me, for I had | seen none, and I wanted to know 11 how he knew, and then 1 learned ■ | something else, for the French ; shrapnel makes white smoke wlien 11 it bursts, while the German is black. ; And that was the way he knew. ; I Come to think of it, I did notice a ! number of white puffs among the black, and I wondered if they were trying a new gun on us, for 1 am used to the black puffs by this time. Am afraid we lost one of ur men though, tis a Nieuport was seen to tall in names about dark and one man of our patrol has not showed up as yet. Of course, he may have gone on "panne." We hope so, any way. Yesterday I received the sweater Ruth knitted me and it sure was appreciated, being just what I need ed. Incidentally, it got its baptism to-day dodging sharpnel for two hours. The fact that It came from Avord gives me fresh hopes in re gard to the boxes you sent. There was a type-written slip on the tin box it was packed in, which said that the package reached the cen sor it was too damaged to send fur ther, so he repacked it in a tin box. And do you know that the only packages I have received to date have been packed that way—ln tin boxes. However, wooden ones should serve as well, and 1 am look ing forward to receiving the ones you sent with pleasurable anticipa tion. Fearing you may wonder why I referred to "doctor's" orders when speaking of champaign. I better ex pluln thut it wus only a figure of speech. And now the big dinner is having its effect and I'm getting drowsy, so good-night. WALTER. GIVE POSLAM A CHANCE AT THOSE PIMPLES Your friends and associates would rather see you without Pimples. It can only be detrimental to you to tolerate them. Why not be rid of tills cause of embarrassment? You can do so easily with Poslam's help. Get some Poslam to-day and spread it over the Pimples to-night. Con tinue until they have disappeared. You will probablv have some Poslam left over to treat Burns. ItchinK Scalp. Itching Feet, Chilblains, Irrita tions. You will be auiazed to find that it Roes so far and does so much. Sold everywhere. For free sample write to Emergency laboratories, 2415 West 47th St., New York City.—Ad- 5
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers