WRITES OF HUN
AIR RAID OVER
FRENCH CITY
Gordon L. Werner Tells How
Zeppelins Dropped De
structive Bombs
A very lively picture of a night
bombardment of Hun airships is con
tained in the las tletter received
from Gordon L. Werner, who Is with
the colors for the T. M. C. A. over
in France. He 1s writing to his broth
er, George A. Werner, Jr., son of
George A. Werner, 2143 North Fifth
street. Gordon graduated from Tech
■High in the class of 1917. His letter
follows:
Somewhere in France,
Feb. 10, 1918.
Dear George:
Gotf your box of raisins to-day.
You, qulto evidently, arc displeased
with the kind of letters I write, but;
this stupid censprship takes all the
enthusiasm out of a letterwriter. The
things 1 would like to tell you would
never get past a censor. Take it for
granted, however, that the conclu
sions you have drawn some months
ago with regard to conditions here,
are very neu\ !y correct. The Allies
would certainly have "thrown up the
sponge," as a British officer put it,
had not the U. S. entered the scene.
"Well, I've .iust come back from
(censored) and the lines, where six
of us and a lieutenant were detailed
on special sanitary work. My chances
for promotion along this line, I am
told, are Quite fair. I had the op
portunity of seeing quite a bit of the
sensational while here, which shall
always leave a vivid picture in my
memory. One incident I can never
forget, was a horrible air raid. But
it was so beautifully and wonderful
ly picturesque, that I cannot say that
my anxiety was not mingled with
admiration. It all happened this way.
The German Haiti
For some days, an insolent Ger
man prince had been threatening the
city with a night visit. The French
seemed to regard the threat as an
idle boast. On a beautiful moonlight
night, however, we were awakened
by the clang of gongs, and the sound
of explosions. As near as 1 can tell,
it must have been about halfpast
eleven. We put. our heads out of the
window (we were well quartered in
a hotel) and saw a large number of
French soldiers and civilians run
ning in the street below for refuge
stations. A bomb dropped on a build
ing across the way and tore the
whole roof off. At a high altitude
searchlights could be seen glimmer
ing like stars. They are coming
from the direction of (censored).
The French airmen were soon in
their machines, and were making a
feeble show at defending the city.
But they didn't, seem a good show
for the "Zep?." The explosions were
so uncomfortably close to our quar
ters, that we made lor the street and
heat it for the nearest refuge station.
They bombarded this sector of the
city for about two hours, becoming
bolder and venturing nearer the
ground. At last one "sausage" came
so close, that a bunch of French
surrounded him and put so many
punctures in his gas bag that it look
ed very much like a sieve when
grounded. They made the Dutch pris
oners. When the air fleet had drop
ped all their ammunition, (about
twenty tons), they coolly sailed away<
again. The next day, the nervy Ba
varian prince sent word to the
(censored) that he'd visit them again
in about a month. Oh, that was some
night, believe me! Well, I guess I'll
close for to-night. Will write soon
again.
GORDON.
Calls Prison Home;
Goes Back of Own Accord
Chicago—Old juun Robinson and
his seventy-four gray years have
gone home.
Old John's residence is in Joliet.
It has high walls around it and a
look of solid permanency, but to
him the prison is home, sweet home.
For the first time in the history
of Ciiicago, a prisoner goes back to
Joliet unguarded. He went back at
his ow request.
"I've opent most of my life in
prison and I want to die there,"
said old John. "Outside there
doesn't seem to be much room for
me. Over there I'm one of the
bunch —an equal—and I feel as if
T had a right there. lam a lot of
help around the big house, and I
know Warden Mufphy will be glad
to see me back. And when I die I
know I'll get a decent burial."
The old man gazed out of the
window into the street.
"This outside life is all right for
those who like it," he said, "but me
—l'm going home."
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Pennsylvania Railroad Super- j
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U. S. Official. Taster
of Fancy Meats Draws
Line at Eating "Molly"
The man who eats cat meat should i
be decorated for signal bravery, in |
the opinion of experts of the De
partment of Agriculture. He is in i
a class with the hero who swallow- j
ed tile first oyster, they say.
"I have eaten horse meat, hippo- j
potamus meat and other varieties," |
declared Dr. John R. Mohler, chief]
of the Bureau of .Animal Industry; j
"but cat—well, not exactly."
While his division has passed upon |
some of the weirdest types of flesh '
on earth, including iguanas and buf
faloes, tile chief of the meat inspec
tion service of the department de
clares himself entirely unacquainted
with tabby steaks or Thomas cutlets.
"I never heard," he said, "of a civ
ilized or semicivilizod people eating
cats except as a last extremity. I j
should not, care to try the experi- j
ment myself—not even with the j
greatest amount of seasoning. View
ed chemically", the flesh of cats un- j
doubtedly contains the elements nec
essary to sustain life, but it is one
of the carnivores, and as such would
have a most disagreeable taste, in
my opinion."
Vegetarian Told He
Need Not Eat Germans
Galesburg, Hl.—Marshall O. San
burn is a vegetarian. When he ap
peared before the local board with
a plea for exemption he explained
that his vegetarian principles should
be regarded as a bar to his service in
the National Army.
"You don't have to eat Germans—
only kill them," A. O. Lindstrum,
chairman of the board assured him.
So Sanburn takes his place in
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Serves Cat to His Guests as
Test; "Very Enjoyable"
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needn't be afraid of a food shortage
as long as there are several million
cats in the United States.
Cat meat is as good as rabbit, and
if properly inspected, just as clean.
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HAIimSBTTRG TELEGRAPH
according to Herbert Popenoe, assist
ant editor of the Journal of Hered
ity, who has been making experi
ments.
Mr. Popenoe has made five differ
ent experiments with all kinds of
cats —from the high-bred Angora to
the common back fence variety. His
method was to cook the animal him
self and then invite his friends to
dine with him—telling them it was
French beaver, tree rabbit, or just
ordinary "bunny."
"Most of them seemed to enjoy It,"
said Mr. Popenoe, "and after we
had pushed back our, chairs and
lighted our after-dinner cigars, I
told them. Some of them said it was
as good as rabbit, while others said
it had tested funny, and later on be
gan to get sick. Several Government
scientists have been at these 'cat
feasts' and they thought the food
was all right."
Mr. Popenoe's experiments have
gotten him into trouble with his
neighbors. The first time he was
haled into the police court, but Judge
Mullowny could And no law against
eating cats. An attempt was then
made to have his mental status de
termined with a view to sending him
over near Congress Heights.
"MARCH 8, 1918.
"The matter has quieted down
now," he said, "and I shall continue
my experiments to increase the food
supply in case this country should
ever be hard up for food like some
of the Muropean lands are now. My
next experiment will be on dogs.
Then I shall try horses, mules, ca
nary birds, sparrows, buzzards, par
rots and the like."
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SCHOOL FOR ARMY
COOKS AND BAKERS
Manila, P. I.— A school for Army
cooks and bakers has been estab
lished at Fort McKlnley. and detach
ments of soldiers have been ordered
from various Philippine Army post*
to attend the course. The first claes,
now under instruction, is composed
of over 200 soldiers.