6 From Baseball to Boches By H. C. WITWER.. By Special Arrangement With Collier's Weekly On Board S. S. . Dear Joe: Well, we are out i-oll in' around in the deep blue now, Joe, and so far everything has been ele gant. We're plowin' along with notli in' to look at but all the water in the world. When I go out on deck and gaze around I cai) realise how Noah must ot felt. The trip has been kinda dull, because we ain't seen a sign of a U-boat or even as much as hit a mine, but I under stand things is liable to pick up when we get in the war zone, and they's a good chance of some excite ment, so we'rs all tryin' to bear up until then. 1 ain't been seasick a bit—that is. not very. But a lot of these guys is wishin' they was some way of goin' across outside of_on a boat, Joe. We sneaked away from the Land of the free a whole lot different, Joe. than the soldiers leaves for the: front in novels and plays. They was' no bands plavin' anil no weepin' and! cheerin' mob to wish us the best.. They wasn't nobody at the dock but] a couple of coppers, and we couldn't: even tell 'em so-long, because wc| hadda keep outa sight till we got out| cn the ocean. Some of the boys felt] kinda bad about that, but 1 guess; it can't be helped. If them Germanl spies knowed we was goin' across, ihey would no doubt date us up with a U-boat somewheiea on the ocean. | We got so much to keep us busy i on the way over that the blues or, nothin' gets a chanceSo hang around | us. The first thing in the mornin' we ■ get settin'-up exercises right out on j the decks. You gotta take off every thing but your lingerie down to your waist and go to it. Every muscle; in a buy's body gets a chance to 11m- i ber up: "One, two. three, four—j one, two, three, four!" sings the cor-j poral, and us doughboys moves arms, legs and everything like the whole 2,500 of us was one man. At- \ ter about a half hour of that with; the air off of the ocean blowin' all: over you, you feel you'd be willin" to! light the German army all by your self in the middle of Berlin: Also, j you get an appetite that would make a Belgian refugee quit. Then the guys which ain't stand-! in" the trip as well as the ship is falls out for the doc to look 'cm J over, and the rest of us goes down: and packs away a breakfast fit for a| king (if they's any ktnps left). They ain't nobody in the world can eat as! much as a doughboy when he's in! midseason form, which is always.] Then comes lifeboat drill. Every-1 body puts on one of them trick life preservers and double-quicks to his boat. Each one of them boats is sup- j posed to hold forty-eight dough boys if they're good and thin. Joe.! if them boats can hold forty-eight l guys at one sittin', I can stop the war! Every man is supposed to go tot a certain iyat and sit in a certain seat, and I'll betelia a ticket specuia-! tor would make a million the first five minutes, sellin' front rows if anything happens. The first day we come up for the; drill they was a lot of kiddin' and joshin' about it. Then the lieutenant! which is in charge of our lifeboat • ome along. This guy's old man j has got two dollars for every fish in J :!ie ocean, and if I told you his: name you'd think I had fell off the; wagon again. He's a new kind ofj u college boy, Joe. He come from - Harvard, looks Ifke a middleweight' champ, and is tougher than any; doughboy on the ship. Also, he's' ; n ace, and, we would row our life boat from here to Hades if he asked us! ' Well, he come up while we're laughin' and kiddin' about the drill., and he says this: "Attention! r want you men to listen very care-1 folly to what I'm going to say, be ause I'm only going over this once. There is very little chance of any thing happening that would cause us! ♦ o take to the lifeboats in earnest — but it might! If anything does hap-' pen. the signal will be five sharp blasts on the ship's whistle. You' will proceed to this deck with your life preservers on and take your boat I stations in an orderly manner. Upon my command, the men assigned to' Dainty Spring in Real Kinney IT~~J Values lj I Ladies' High Lace Boot x' \ In light or dark gray kid. ivory kid. brown Jr J or black kid. In solid colors or combina- JjT* Jr J tions. Either Louis or military heels. J? J Real $6 values for yMr $0.98 • Extra Special Ladies Military Heel Boots, either in black gun-metal with a\V ing '1 ip or Dark Brown Kid, cloth (J QQ top—good looking and stylish Migses' Spring Shoes, in The famous McElwain patent or dulls, lace or but- C i . ton $1.98 and $2.49 oe for Men ' Complete ' lines of new styles and E xtra Special Misses' shapcs . A Dollar a pair ' sav . Dark Brown Kid Lace Shoes, cloth top. Size, l\y> in £ our P nces , to 2 $2.49 $2.49 52.98 53.49 G. R. Kinney Co., Inc. 19 and 21 N. 4th Street FRIDAY EVENING, the cars will board, the men assigned to lowering the boats will take their positions, and the others will take ' I their seats In the boat. There is to be • j no pushing and shoving, no running. ■ and. above all. absolute silence from , the time you leave your bunks until . you enter the li/eboats!" He stops ' and, drawin' hlZgun, breaks it and ' 1 shows us a handful of bullets. "I s want you all to see that my revolver t is loaded with ball cartridges," he , ( says, stickin' cut his jaw, "and the first man that allows as much as a • murmur to escape him will be shot >< down Instantly!" Joe, they was no more laughin' and , joshin' about lifeboat drill from then ' on! I seen the civilian passengers i goin' through the drill the other day. and they was two things I wanna ! tell you about. One of them handed • me a laugh, and the other gimme a pain in the chest somewheres ! around where a guy's heart is. The first was a big fat guy comln' up 11 on deck with a life-savin' suit on ihe had invented all by himself. lie looked like a sea li6n in the thing. 'I and if the ship had' sunk then we '• would all of died laughin*. They ; j was a pocket in the suit for every ;| nickel Rockefeller's got, and he car j ried water, brandy, cigarets, biscuits, ' writin' paper, magazines, money, 'j and—well. Joe. in fact, he was lit j ted up better than the ship was, and I some guy asked him if he could buyj j a room and bath on him in case we j got lilt. It took 'em only two days I to laugh this bird outa that suit, and I from then on he come up without j nothin' to protect him but two life ! preservers. The other thins? I seen was also i durin' the passengers' lifeboat drill. That was a little baby grirl about four j years old and as pretty as Walter Johnson's inshoot. She was goin' j over with her pale little mother to see her dad, which liad got woundedi iin the Canadian army. Here comes that little bunch of peaches and i cream up on deck with a life preser ! ver on higger than she was and takes ; her place by a boat. Everybody went i nutty over her, and she's smiltn' on all comers. Joe. it was both the cutest and I saddest thing I ever seen in my life, i ! Ima gin tliinkin' that little darlin'; ; baby might be in the water any minute strugglin' for her life on ac | count of them German hellhounds ; siippin' us a torpedo! "Well," 1 says to myself, "if thei ! guys in America that don't wanna ■ j scrap could see that little baby just I as she is now, life preserver and all,; •they'd be an army raised overnight I ] that would lick Germany in one af-| ! ternoon! If that's the kind of birds' we're gonna light, I wislit I had got! in this thing the mornin' it started!"! And all the other doughboys feel' j the same way about it! Joe, the little kid comes and hoi- j ■ lers down over the rail to us everyi day, and we can hardly wait till ive ! get to France and get at them bums. Her name's Gladys, Joe, and to day she tlirowed me down a cake, and. believe me, if them Germans ' hit this ship 1 ain't gonna get offl ' of it till I see that kid and her moth ! er is safe and sound In a lifeboat.' . Xot even is Lieutenant makes j good and takes a shot at me! We're in the war zone to-night. | j and if we ever get out of it my nextj i letter will be from France. Tours truly, ED HARMON", ; (Formerly the sensation of baseball). 1 (Next Instalment in an Early Issue.) j ! To Keep Your Skin Free From Hairs (Beauty Topics) It you are willing to spend a few minutes time in your room using a ' delatone paste, you can easily banish; j any ugly, hairy growth without dis-! I comfort or injury. The paste is made ; 1 by mixing some water with a little 1 powdered delatone. This Is then spread over ths hairy surface and j after about 2 /minutes rubbed offi 1 and the skin washed. You will not! be disappointed with this treatment,; \ providing you get real delatone. Market St." Sell Less*—"42B-430 Market St.™™"s I Sweaters I Thread I Gloves I Gloves • I Sheets I Sheets i Cretonne I Voiles I IHr ; I I Isi I saurSiJ? I:?I I ■ | 15c |sU>B | 75c | 77c | $1.19 | IV/zc | 18c | BIG VALUES IN NEW SPRING MERCHANDISE I V, Ready in the Largest Assortments We Have Shown\ I ITTTTTTTTTrrrrnjTTTn ; 11 TOT u ri Qk *P I It It 13 h IS 61 !i A Special Lot of | ■ |J jJx II —-= i; WOMEN'S SILK DRESSES j 1 Up WM CALKINQ =t $6.90 j I Jfeda™ IWGOLDEN RULE DEPT. STORE wll i SSSP S5 11 Qnrtnrf Ci nf c fsee Our Immense Display of Spring Garments! i A OHI Ld For Women and Misses. See Our Window Display ] j a„d { Women's NEW SPRING sJL, Women's NEW SPRING f 1 Top Coats SUITS ffcfi COATS ? In all the snappy new styles and US-**- \ 1° velours, Crepe poplins, Ameri- gjj / Rnv unnrt at CUIL-in's I t^ie est mater ' a^s suc h as P°P" / l/l JDlttr s can velours, wool poplins, Wool i|£ yours ax oaiKin 8 , ins and serges> bclted and plain J /) y-jHJ )/Mb/ 1 velours, and serges. Big cutfs, big El fT you Will oAVb S models and plaited styles. I 7 ' collars and smart belts. '|| / ■ ¥•> SiffiSSma j 29.50 - 24.50 29.50 -■ 22.50 {E 114.50 -12.50 16.90- 9.90jj I KiM t B M T LABfES' NKW SPRING DRESSES I I \ VI II M[ fsTl NNIXt; MOW NKIRTS —In wSj uExm \ /Ffa Bt ■ | ' n silks of the various new I I \ \ I llt I plaid taffetas in smart new mod- fife /Kw 113 1 \ MMm B V M I styles and most fetchingly made I I 1 I \\ S els. These skirts are the cream Sg '(■Kji • I HI \ f for . wear on all occasions. In I I t I I 11 I ft of the new stvles and are won- B'm\ J mfi : - 1 MT f satins, taffetas and greorgette I i __l l\ 1 IjfV derful values that demand your £j® I ■ I crapes, SI 1.,>0, Sl(i.,)(i J24.50 J j1 I j 1 U attention. Special 0Q 1 I I fj/üßll 1 I Cini/I)RK\'S COATS— ( \ \\Tl CHII,I)RKN"S COATS —Made of* S /A ll itflHml j \ f checked materials, silk poplin I J IV\ \ VV I I silk poplins with smart belts and I KjJl 0/ mlfW/il K.# M I trimmed. A largro line to select I \ \ - f\ w\ in all the new Spring shades, ol yj Eif iju// j ' ijfi K 5 J om * ®P ec value J \ extra special value 0Q I 1 L! Salkln'sMlllineryOutclassesthemAli; I j to in at sl ° and SIS . • Supreme Values In Our Style Show /• I A most al * iurin g arra y of the stunning trimmed hats that the best dressers want. We sell for /W * and the quality are right! * IeSS and that ' S wRy WC are ablc to offer such crcations in hi i h class hats at the beginning of the // 4 I Get Acauainted With Salkin's For Hats, ' All the latest braids are represented as well as lisere and all the most ' s&U < M Shirts and Other Furnishings ► .charming colors and trimmings. Be sure to see our window display. W J NEW SPRING HATS. £ j gQ<£ jqq Special Prices To Open The Season | NEW MADRAS SHIRTS 95 C, $1.50 1 NEW LUXURIOUS SILK SHIRTS. IVV U / _ _ 1 V (If 1 MEN'S FINE SILK HOSE AT. PAIR. Q OFT.T/U I MEN'S 25c BLACK LISLE HOSE AT Jg g | T ' W T h Balkia'a Men's llrparlment. IdKht Off the Street, L. SALKIN'S MII LI.VEKV DEPAHTMKXT—SECOND FJUOOR. / Mnin Floor, Separate Door. r I IR I Madras I Poplins I Percales I Seco Silk I Spreads . I Towels Bj Camisoles I Chemise II WHITE DKESS H COTTON POP- H DARK PER- H SECO SILK H BED SPREADS H TURKI&H H SlIJv CAM I- B ENVELOPE I ■ MADRAS—In the LlXS—Plain col- CALES—The best FOR SPRING —All fine pat- . TOWELS Good SOLES— Beauti- CHEMISE ~ Ot very prettiest ors and they are patterns. These We can give you terns, full size, liiK size, very ful styles, pret- tine silk and in a ' H M styles of the sea- wonderful values, are yard' wide, a a great value in extra value, at heavy quality, tily made and most alluring BH son, yard at yard these, yard special at trimmed style, g 22c j 25c | 23>i2c | | 29c | $1.68 | 39c | 65c | $1,98 I SHOES Hosiery j| WAISTS i Third floor Bargains I Great big stocks of the """ W """' °°" - fl 11 • J Save Money $2.38 Jit jfllkinS I wCC ▼V/ xuv/UVJ ters. Haivy or medium weights. hosiery at Salkins and BTip or plain tons. Tan or black. . , , - f * 1 , Prices. |T< learn the value of your | I This is the place to save money. Every person Always at tl.ll *lnd money. Hi should get into the habit of shopping at Salkin's. „, . , , OTT „ Ssr h DRESSES—of percale and CORSET COVERS—very spe- Kj P 4 f fr flTin Boys* All Solid Leather Dress LADIES PL RE SILK HOSE ; IV ginghams, very special, at clal. new lot in the prettiest W A I If I IVI' W Shoes—Vlcl kid or gunmetal —ln all shades, Jjl Qfi % 2.i8, 51.98 and styles, trimmed, extra value, I U I Fi I|W calf; bytton. lace or English ut w 4 •*/- i tJ/lljiilll lj styles; -g A Q / nL/P* f ll *2.98, $2.73 .lll.Mrl LADIES' PURE SILK HOSE jl U •'[mf '■ '(f til fIC t' . at . 'U. rWLEmJi ;k i LACE CURTAINS—In white A , fl Agents for the famous W. L. . i and ecru regular width and KIMONOS—a very fine lot In H Douglas Shoes —All the latest LADIES' SILK HOSE—plain ; length, a pair, $1.48, 85c and , newe , at and prettiest styles; black or tan; $6.00. $5.50, and fancy, . 11*7— ,^(\V — j£?\3£l colors and patterns, 91.18, I —"53.00 " XJ?% LADIES' FIBRE SILK HOSE t|Xr• . ~ .... —all shades. CI7-. I MUSLIN NIGHT GOWNS— 13 Indies' Genuine Hanil TIIMKMI . 57C RPJ. LB ls ano ther new lot I good quality and prettily soUd B Toro- ,n £T\''r% b e^ h ®^ : , and they are w °nders. Be • B P eclal at 81 23 DRESSING SACQUES new ■ fort- sue- /f ■ Q LADIES' FIBRE SILK HOSE sure to see thm in our and patterns and a great assort cial a j —black and white, 40C Spring Fashion Show. PJJT 1*9 ment to choose from at at Another lot of GEORG- I i C * >• O Just received, the largest line , ir >Tirq- T TST e Hrxsir ETTE CREPE WAISTS. of White Canvas Shoes and Ind white HOSE—black spe . ENVELOPE CHEMISE A Pumps in the city, for ladies t 1f C clal at .. POJ7 / I great assortment, all new JJ and children, at lowest juices. al ;A. special lot of CREPE DE sfles, special at 08c and CHILDREN'S DRESSES—aII ■ Ladies Novelty Laoe BOots— BOYS' AND GIRLS' HOSE— | CHENE WAISTS, mark- /m, W styles and in all the beat H Keather Louis heels; black 25c value. in. | ed special, d0 materials of the season. < H vamps with Ivory or gray kid at . 1C at v bZ.a / • Washable dresses that are I SWA SLR ZLII LADIES' PURE SILK'HOSF A new' shipment of VOILE DRAWERS-made of good M*' SI'IS ° H clal P rlce P fancy E WAISTS, very special materials trimmed, very $1..8, sl.lß, iWe, 8C I value, extra special, 70. „f \ t 1.19 rfc A B Salkin's Shoe Dept.-Maln Moor pair, at /OC M UA'IiV WA.W DEPART- - J9C 49C t Salkin's Hosiery Department, - MENT MAIN FLOOR. j Main Floor IMM————l BXRJRISBURG UfMNk* TELEGRXPH MARCH IS, 1918.
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