Flying With Taking Chances LITTERS FROM A DAUPHIN BOY TO HIS MOTHER Dear Mother—The other day I went to the Y. M, C. A. to buy tome chocolates and would you be lleve it, one half hour wn> required to convince the man In charge X wan an American. 'Finally the old gray halred guardian of young men's morals— and stomachs in this case *—admitted grudgingly that I talked like an American at least, and sold mo the much coveted chocolate, ftpeaklng about eats reminds me that a box of "Phllopenaa" arrived from you to-day, somewhat the worse for wear, and with the usual amount missing. Trust a French man to get his tip. Was flying yith Putnam yester day despite the awful weather. We actually did start a patrol for the lines bnt had not gone far before we ran into a rainstorm- Coming out of that we tumbled Into & snow storm—remember this Is June. Putnam jave up then and came home, for the weather was entirely too bad for any Huns to be aloft, and even he admitted it, though he did want to get just one more Hun before ho left the escadrille. You know, he is an American lieutenant now, but was allowed to come back to his French escadrille neverthe less. It was with his understanding that he joined the American army, so you can imagine how soro he was when ortlers came two days after he came back to report to Americah headquarters. There was nothing he could do but obey, but before he went he wanted to get one more Hun and thus make his official total 10. Knowing how badly he wanted to go aloft I agreed to go along, for one plane dare not go hunting alone. As you see, there was no result, ex cept perhaps to cool him off. Up Karly This morning I was routed out at 5 a.m., but the weather being fierce tve did not get started until 0 a. m. Even then the sky was full of a solid mass of black clouds and as high as we could go was 16 CTO meters. My motor was working very Badly, but it being a very old motor f forgave Its loss of power and con tinued on my way after my leader. That was not very far, for we we r e only half way to the lines when we Tan through a rainstorm, tho like of which I never hit before, and I have rambled through some prattv bad ones. The leader decided then the weather was too bad for flying with lny hope of seeing any Huns-, and Sived for home, passing through Boir.e sleet on ths way. Such things are an every day oc currence with this escadrilie, for we ?o up in anything. Anyway, we all came back to earth, waited for an hour or so, when some blue sky ap pearing up we went again, this time iiy motor working worse than ever. •4V. vain 'y trying to keep up with the patrol, I had to admit the need of a new motor. 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They are the ft"™... original, imported Haarlem Oil THURSDAY EVENING, worked beautifully, with nevei 1 a hitch, and with a crackle and roar that was ""music to my ears. But the motor was singing a different song, and since that is the heart of an avlalor while In the air any weakening thereof is dangerous; so if necessary I must needs turn back. You can Imagine my humor was not improved when the patrol returned with the tale of a fight with two Huns —and my gun# were working so good too! IxKplng in Vain Getting over a little town near the piste I tried a "rrtlio" and a loop. Both pleased me Immensely for that was some loop, but my pleasure was dampered somewhat by the fact that the lady hi whose honor It was dons was sleeping EOtindly at the time and never saw ! them. Serves me right for show j Ing off so early in the morningf In ! teresrtod now. are yon I >d? You \ said It! I sure met a peach? I It happened on ray way Ixtefc from Chalons, where the Y, M. C, A. ( man donbted my nationality, when j the Frenchman with me stopped in at a small shop to. drink and talk —mostly drink. Not carfng to drink and understanding little of the talk, I was not greatly elated with the Idea —that was until I got inside, and then ambition was suddenly born in my breast, for there was cer tainly some pretty girl, and ff wanted to learn some French "tout de suite." It didn't take her long to proudly flaunt her knowledge of American and naturally, my fluent (?) French followed. If It had not been for the inevitable lemon, which always attaches itself to a feminine peach I would have had a grand time. However, I talked French for one solid hour, and was right proud of my knowledge, until I got back to camp, where my commander talked to me for ten minutes and I only got six words. Tile Ijinquist Runs Wild This happened In the morning, and the weather still being bad in the afternoon, little Walter was on the road "chercher" his "petite pro fesseur" "tout de suit" again— Kamerad! Kamerad!! Once again r felt quite pleased with myself, for my French was still standing up un der the strain and the way that French girl could smile and raise those baby blue eyes bid fair to make me do some wild stunts the next time in the air. And now you have the history of that "vrille,"j and loop not forgetting dives, quick turns and spirals. .The latter I don't call acrobatics for they are In use every day but the two first named surely come under that head, espe cially when one Is loaded with two guns and 1000 cartridges. Even if I had not told you the reason for the acrobatics, Datf would no doubt have gueyted there was a woman at the bottom of It. There generally is, you know. Several days ago while on a patrol over our leader sud denly dove down on a bunch of ma chines which looked like Huns. Just as he started down he noticed a speck in the distance somewhat higher than us. Thlnktng it a Hun ho pulled up and endeavored to climb over it. But we were fooled both places, because the planes we dove on proved to be spads, and the speck we climbed Over was a red balloon. The Huns send these over quite often, filled with papers mostly filled with boastings and wild official (?). bulletins of the enormous damage done of their long range shooting at Paris, or their success all along the front. Discipline In the Air * a™ beginning to acquire some discipline in this escadrille, espe cially in the air, for meeting the leader is no haphazard affair as in T56 where the leader said he would meet us at a certain height, after which we all went up and chased each other around the piste for an hour trying to find the leader. They do it different here. The planes are all lined up in a row, the motors started ,and then when everybody is ready are sent off one after the other for all the world like motor cars at a theater. It's a most imposing sight to see all these planes lined up, take off one after another and climb up in a wide spiral, each one in his al loted time, all going at tremendous speed and making one awful racket. Speaking about my old escadrille 156, one of their most liked pilots now 'Us feared he will not live. It was the usual fault, that of IOBS of speed, and in his case it was strange he was not killed outright. It was a Spad he was flying, and with this type plane, one must run along the ground. Therefore when he pulled on his motor, threw his tail up on a level and started down the stretch he saw no thirty meters in front of him a hangar. Naturally, he did not want to hit this, so he endeavored to jump over it before he had hardly enough speed to fly. True, he did clear It, but used ai; his speed In the attempt, and he having not more speed and an airplane, not be ing an elevator, he went off on a wing, crashed through an adjoining hangar and Into another plane rest ing therein. Incidentally, an eye 1 witness told me he kept shooting nil the time, he was faling, and said eye witness should know since 12 bul lets landed 3 feet away from him. This shooting may seem strange to you, but if you knew hoSv our trig gers are arranged the mystery Would be clear. You see, the triggers are right beside one's hand on the "stick," so It's the most natural thing In the world to press them, they being so convenient, and this pilot being Interested in regaining control of his plane forgot he was gripping his triggers as well as the "stick." Of course, he was taken to the hos pital immediately and It was thought he was hurt in no way except from shock. But to-day he has grown worse and recognizes no one. and it is feared his head has been hurt In some way. I do hope he gets well again, because he was a most un usual Frenchman, witty, young and full of fun. He noted, prin cipally for his crown of hair of a burnished gold color, which he wore very long, and of which he was In ordinately proud. For good reason too, as it was indeed beautiful. Looking Swell May Zing still awaiting the new motor, I went to this morning to get a hair cut, pay for some new uniforms and buy a lot of other little things necessary for soldier life, In cidentally "falre la petite prome nade," as the Frenchmen say. I was wearing one of the new uniforms, and the way the Pollus saluted me I must have looked something like a general. It Is some suit, of a dark blue color and with Its gold buttons, my flying badges and escadrille dec oration (the fouragerc) X tramped down the Main street looking like a million dollars, when actually I owned Ave francs and several sous. Fortunately, when I went In the Y. M. C. A. this time the old gentle man knew me only I didn't want to buy anything) but t had no objec tion when thp young lady In charge Insisted on feeding me cakes and dLaJUA* dr. c=2o- ~yyUikL ' ■ ' / I? ' Cre lam in her k° me - I work from morning till night and am glad fif to oit am a necessity to any woman who wants a perfectly clean IrL sanitary home to live in. __— fa'fc'B*"' . 7A. M. Everyone in this neighborhood has remarked how healthy and clean this family looks. Each member sprinkles me in the bath every mmm rooming. I refresh them and brighten the beginning of their day. f• B A. M. Breakfast over, I assisted the Maid in washing the dishes. I cut i-il.ll/ I'lt si I the grease off the dishes, glassware and china. AH kitchen utensils I steril- W< " , i^ i " 8 Di * he * ized and made bright and clean. HrISN 8:30 A M. The refrigerator. I cleaned it thoroughly. Sprinkled in warm ■ ilid Wat L F ?° mlo every nook and corner. I know it must be hygienically clean 80 that the food will be wholesome. I make it so. Cleaning the Refrigerator 9A.M. In the laundry. Ah! here I work with my old co-worker —soap. T , r e ? kn ° WS 1 save half the rubbing and brighten the colors, and make the clothes clean and sweet. Also Laundress is clever. She knows I a Btarch ' 80 this morning in doing lingerie waists ' " M a ... ° f ™ y wa> used intead of a starch. When I got through them they were confections. 1 p°, A " M .' l , he Kin & of the household happy at ten. I washed the . y * Baby s hath I made him cool, clean, and comfortable. Then I AS /*, , m i lk b9ttle * and rubber n 'PP'- I made everything around J wng Baby sanitary. Ml ll A. M. I renewed the gas range. After she dissolved me in water and washed and wiped the old range dry with a clean cotton cloth, the nickel flffltiCArx trimmings glistened, the pipes looked new and the zinc plate looked | | j ' ( dean again. . nC tahlespoonful of myself in a quart of water and the Maid and I cleaned the tarnished silver. . Renewing Gas Range. O D HJf T"! ZTS I j|. lhere were *° me stains rimming the bath tub. You should >J7 . have seen me take them off and without harming the polished surface a A ll Tu ij C i 11 dean a ® a neW pin ' WMe we were in the bathroom, "1 V'f helped disinfect and clean hair brushes, combs and other toilet articles, S „ P ;, M ;, 1 wfent after . tha t garbage can. I deodorized it, cleaned it, killed £ a y eggs de POMted there and rendered this necessary receptacle safe J *° have around. IJ) a ™ la ™ th world's greatest cleanser and the most harmless !""• || antiseptic I purify everything with which I come in contact I save time, labor, and expense.- lam a hygienic necessity in every home. Yours, • ' ''cSiO-Ttlule. sa4*_"Srrn* -v ' ' * J Deodorizing the Garbaga '3 9 . . , - , , ' - i .ii jfe „i -h .&M4 £ ' ■ . ■■ . ' . HXRJUSBTTRG 4SK& TELEGRAPH I American coffee—also fudge. She ■aid she made the last herself and from the way that fudge disappeared one would have had no doubts as to her cooking ability. If the lady only had not been so homely; Really, It took some of my appe [ tlte away; and since my appetite is i as healthy as It ever was, you will | get an Idea how much beauty she| lacked. Tell me! There Isn't a< censorship on the girls being sentl over here is there! Making a Hit Continuing on my promenade, I j went into a store to buy some coat j hangers, having with some dlffl-' I culty discovered the name thereof. | They were situated in the basement • and there I was led by the lady clerk sJfclone Frenchman being the only other person there. She didn't seem much Interested In what I wanted to buy, but she was Inter ested In that uniform. First she ad-1 I mired the Lafayette pin, then the AUGUST 8,1918.' suit and the way it fit and then suddenly declared she loved me. I was so doggoned surprised I thought 1 had misunderstood the French, and before I had recovered from my surprise I had been kissed tyice. Which Jußt shows the difference a | uniform makes! "Golly!" thinks I, i "I better change uniform toute de suite." There's no telling who migbt fall on my neck next—lt might be m homely one!" With this horrible thought in mind I quickly made my purchase—and escape and now, thank heaven am safe In mf esca drille headquarters. War is of dangers and thrills. . 9
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