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Show y THE SPANISH FORK PRESS SPANISH FORK. UTAH After morning, service the family dined, and churches and their procedure came In for criticism. Father criticized the sermon. Mother disliked the blunders of the organist. The eldest daughter thought the choirs singing was atrocious. But the subject had to be dropped when the small boy of the family, with the schoolboys love of fair play, chipped In with the remark : Dad, I think It was a Jolly good show for a penny. Epworth Herald. MISUSE OF ROPE instead of ICalsomine or Wall Paper Pound for pound Alabastino covers more wall surface than any substitute. So easy to apply you can do a satisfactory job yourself. Ask your dealer for colorcard or write Miss Ruby Brandon, the Alabastine Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. . Alabastine a powder in wbiteand tints. Packed in package, ready for use by mixing with cold or warm water. F ull direction on every package. Apply with sn ordinary wall brush. Suitable for 11 interior surfaces plaster, wall board, brick, cement.orcsnvss.Will not rub o & when properly applied. all colors or all rooms Milieu. James EJferbnrcl TeIIs nf ErEpteir-tnnfl'm- b in Histniy ' IIAT does brigade commander think about Particularly If that brigade commander finds himself responsible for the success of a maneuver in one. of the campaigns In the World war? Let MnJ. Gen. James G. Harbor d, who commanded the marine brigade around Belleau Wood, tell you. He knows. You can read his reactions now for the first time in that living record written In the heat of war days with no thought of publication, but only for the eyes of one woman, the wife of one soldier and the dnughte." of another. This Is the explanation with which the general dedicates to his wife the newly published Leaves From a War Diary (Dodd, Mead and Company), which, In the days before he could write "Retired List after his name, were for borne consumption only. You decld to try to straighten out a small In your lines, starts ths general's to ths abova question, or, perhaps, ths Boch decides to do something to you, and tor wbout ons minute of thought followed by a decision delivered perhaps In less than ten seconds You wait for You alt through hours of waiting. ths necessary preliminary reconnaissance; for some artillery preparation; perhaps for the approval of some superior whose mind does hot seem to function quickly; for the reconnaissance you must await the report before you can make up your mind what It Is you wish your action to tell be; the artilleryman must get some data to you whether be can do what you ask; the necee-aar- y matters of ammunition for rifle, Chauchst. all of which or machine-suBtokes, V. B now form part of your armament, must be considered; also ths weather, the Interval to nightfall as compared with ths time It will take to make your operation; what ths enemy Is liable to do; what your own people on either elds of you can do or will do, etc., etc., etc. Finally all these preliminaries are gone through, and your orders srs made, snd your attack Is launched In ths Uols dt Bellesu, or wherever It Is going to be Then comes the hard welting. You know your people have started forward, and ths outcome Is on ths knees of ths gods. You can do nothing mors, but you wish you could, and It Is sometimes hours before you know what Is happening. Ths telephone wires srs cut; runners srs killed; your men srs out of sight and bearing. Eventually, perhaps, an airplane drops a massage at your headquarters as It flies over. An orderly hastens to pick up ths little tin cylinder In which ths aviators drop their messages, and you get ths Information that Americans srs In road" or Amerisight on ths Wounded men cans srs In possession of Torcy. In ths begin to srrivo at ths dressing-station- s Ford ambulance, and aometlmes little you gat your first news from them. Eventually a signal goes up, "Objective attained, or It may be Falling bnr.k" or Ws want to advance, lengthen the Are" (this for ths artillery); or uur artillery Is Bring on us." By snd by. when you nr franllo for news, message arrives by runner, hut la almost illegible snd quits generally very vagus, being written on soma officer's knee with a soft pencil, and carried through brush and shellfire, snd probably written under fire. You wish mors than anything alas In ths world to know the exact position of your troops, snd exactly where ths enemy Is with reference to them; where you can ask ths artillery to place, their further Are; whether or not ths casualties have been heavy among our people, snd among ths snd ths number of prisoners. This Information sometime takes a day and night to snd It la difficult to be patient The telef'cr In,gets rut at critical times, and you cannot phone use It except In code, for the modern listening sets snsbls the enemy to hear, snd ths operators have continually to le cautioned to he careful about revealing confldontlal matter over ths telephone. O.bkors under fire are oblivious to ths paiasg of Fme and forget the Importance of reports. You unle you knew where they are, psnt help themand when. Report com In withhow they arc, out tbs hour on them, snd are worthless, for you Co not know when th conditions reported existed Certainly It Is no txaitReriuinn to say that ths liaison Is of Ih Very highest Importance. Liaison, generally speaking,, conlls In keeping everybody Informed of everything he ought to know. Mcunwhlle you wait, anti wulk the floor, or tinoLe (some play solltulre), or you worry over whether you have left anything undone or Dot, says the general, and adds: A favorite, or rather an Inevitable topic, when on Is welting. Is our relation with our allies, particularly ths French. They ar the most delightful, unreliable, truatworthy, sensitive, exasperating, unsanitary, cleanly, dirty, artistic, clever and stupid Vsopl that th writer has ever known. Intensely academic and theoretical yet eplendldiy practical at times, It wilt be a wonder If we do net feel as much like fighting them ae we do th aermsae an-ew- er nt IT-m- Bellesu-Bouresch- Red-Cro- n, , , . before th war Is over, for our alliance tries human patience American patience utmost to tho limit On sf their orators said In my presence some time ago that all th world weeps tor ths same reasons, but only those who ses silk laugh t ths asms things, snd h reasoned that tho French and Americans srs silk because they laugh at th asms things W do, but w are surely very different Reproduction of maps from airplane photographs Is In th French system assigned to the section of th army. With us our organisation has only gone as far as th corps as yst Our division general staff section t (Intelligence) hns been furnishing us some maps from airplane photographs French staff officers spend a golden hour telling you that It Is not tho business of th Dsuxleme bureau to mak such maps, but of th Section Topographlque dArmes Tho war may b lost, th maps would navsr b made, men die for want of tho Information the maps would have given, but what matters If ths battle be lost or won If the Deuxlem bureau is not prostituted into the making of maps, but unmolested does Its regularly assigned work somewhere back In a saf plac In th rear. ; This Is war as soon and folt by a man who was In the thick of it General Harbord Is hnnian through and through. From his observations of the French you realize the variations of his mnn-l-y enthusiast and manly resentments. But most Important, from the viewpoint of the historian, the general Is a good observer with a penetrating sense of values as to what Is Interesting. He writes frankly with a cnndld tongue, using language to convey meanings and not to disguise them. Time and again he expresses a whole-souleadmiration for John J. Pershing, and when he writes My Chief," we cannot hut believe the true warmth of feeling carried by this phrase. This loyalty and an Increasing friendship with Charles G. Dawes (later of the Dawes plan and of Cool-Idk- e and Dawes), combined with the fullest enthusiasm for the marines, constitute the throbbing, human cadence of Ills hook. Head what he says In June. 1913, after getting Into action with the marine brigade: What shall I say of th gallantry with which thes marines hav fought!!! Of th slopes of Hill Ilf; of (he Mares farm; of the Bole de Bellesu and the village of Bouresches stained with their blood, And not only taken sway from ths Germans In th full tld of their advance against th French, but held by my boys against counterattacks day after day and night after night. I cannot writ of their splendid gallantry without tears coming to my eyes. There has never been anything better In the world. Whst can one eay of men who die for others, who freely give up life for country and comradesT What can be said that la adequate Literally scores of these men have refused to leave the fld when wounded. Officers snd have Individually captured machlne-gun- i killed their crews. Privates have led platoons when their officers have fallen. Many companies have loat nil their officers and been commanded On of my youngby noncommissioned officers. sters, Lieutenant Moore, with the veteran Serman, volunteered geant Quick, a to run sn ammunition truck down a shell-sweBouresches of town ths night w road Into ths captured It, snd did It. Instances of men rushing out and carrying In wounded comrades, which In other days called for the award of i Medal of Honor, hav been so frequent ns to be almost common In this brigade. Here In his picture of General Pershing: General Pershing la n very strong character. He hss a good many peculiarities, such I suppose as vary trong man accustomed to command la apt to develop. He le very patient snd philosophical under trying delays from the War department. H Is playing for high stakes and does not Intend to Jeopardise hie winning by wasting his standing with th War department over smsll things relathough very annoying as they tively unimportant, occur. H I extretaely cautious, dues nothing tints rehastily or carelessly. He spends much writing th cable and other papers I prepare for hint, putting his own Individuality Into them. He Is th first officer fur whom I hav prepared papers who did not generally accept what 1 wrote foi him. It Is vary seldom 1 get anything past him I am obliged to say 1 without some alteration. do Ml always consider that he Improves them. topo-grap- medal-ot-hon- or though often he does. H edits everything be signs, even the most trivial things. It Is a good precaution, but one which can easily be carried to a point where It will waste time that might better be employed on bigger things, but Is probably Justified In the preliminary stages In which w srs. Ha thinks very clearly and directly; goes to bis conclusions directly when matters call for decision. Ha can talk strslghtsr to people when calling them down than any on I bsvs seen. I have not yet experienced it, though. He bee naturally a good disposition and a keen sense of humor. He loses bis temper occasionally, snd stupidity and vagueness Irritate him mors than anything els. H can stand plain talk, but th staff officer who goes la with only vagueness whar he ought to havo certainty, who does not know what h wants, and fumbles around, has lost tlm snd generally gained some straight talk. H develops great fondness for people whom h likes snd Is Indulgent toward their faults, but at th same tlm Is relentless when convinced of Inefficiency. Personal loyalty to friends Is strong with him, I should say, but does not blind him to th truth. Writing of the earljr days In 1917, when the A. E. F. was In Its Infancy, General Harbord found an excellent character study In contrasting the types presented by Pershing and the French commander, Petaln, between whom at this time there existed not too cordial relations. Harbord says: H Is said to b known as Petaln th BrleL among hts own countrymen. H was a lieutenant colonel of Infantry bsfor th war, snd taught In th Ecol d Guerre, sn Institution for th higher training of French officers similar to that revered Institution on th banks of ths Potomae where 1 spent so many long hours last winter. H la a man about I should Judge, blue-eyebald to ths ears, erect In his carriage, and gives the Impression of alertness snd energy. He Is extremely direct In hts conversation, frank to tho point of brusknsss. Though known to his own people' ae The Brief, he did not seem to mo to find the rund of hie own voice at all disagreeable, or to bs particularly brief In getting through what he had to Cay. Perhaps brier would b better translated a brush. H launched forth a stream of terse, concise talk that practically held th center of th stags during th entlr dinner, pausing occasionally for th Interpreter, our Major Frank Parker, who Is on duty at French general headquarters and speaks French, to render him In English. Parker would get about bait of It, snd would sometimes forget hie subordinate role ae Interpreter for General Pershing and reply on his own" to General Petaln. Ths letter's French was so distinct that I was able to follow his conversation fairly well. Petaln seems vary frank and direct In his dealing with General Pershing, but 1 bav not full faith that b regards these exchanges on official matters at social events quit so seriously ns w srs apt to do. Letters that com from his staff to ours, or that are written by them for his signature. ar not always in accord with his expressions st th table. This whole question of our relations with th French high command Is going to be maneuvered by them to ruah our general off his feet If h Is not extremely careful. Later he speuks of Pershing visiting the French front with Petaln: General Pershing Is evidently studying Petaln very closely. Th question of tbs employment of our army Is to com up. Francs hss over n trillion men In th field; they era waning and otr Should nothing go wrong snd the are coming. war contlnu w shall have more than they n year from now. For th present th French attltjd Ws ar Is at times very distinctly patronising. doubtless looked upon somewhat as amateurs, though I believe th average professional Isvel In our commissioned ranks Is higher than thslra Uur numbers now srs, of course, trifling; but we are coming, retain ha sent In several suggestions that have been distinctly patronising, and In which ha has played all around the word order" without quite using It 11 will do well to omit Our general Is that word from his repertotr. very cautious; thinks very deeply; takea no false h and knows who holds steps; knows his ground, use that word In speakthe whip hand, If ons may ing of relations with sn ally. Franc depends on America, snd shs shall not depend In vain. W ran afford to b gensrous, and It shall nsvsr b said that w were not. But our relations, It will are those of cois explainedThto General Petaln, general Is going to suggest to operation. had better generally be him that their dealing direct end personal Instead of by correspondence; that they era treating exactly as equals on th same level; that General Retain' Interests s well as his own, snd tho of their respective countries, will b best served so. I think they will be great friends; that each will probably be a hero In hi own country; and together with Haig they will carry the war to n victorious conclusion; but It bails; no orders, will be on a strictly General Pershing and Qenaral no patronage. Wood ar th only two American generals with whom 1 have close desllnss, that struck me e th part. having th head for won th war so far by beating Tho German hav When th French hav detail. In their enemies gore forward, the British have not; when ths British have been ready,see-sa-th French have been two badly trained It has been a hors, s pulling separately Instead of together. Great Britain I engaged In too n.any subsidiary operah operations ar only Justified In war tions when they hav n direct bearing, on th object of tne wur. The plane to beat th Germane Is where ths Uertnun are. and that I on th western front, not In Bagdnd, Mesopotamia, Egypt, or Sal.inlo. The lighting In those region Is purely Ip th Interest of Britain's political and commercial supremacy In Asia snd Africa. it tie up a tremendous amount of shipping which Is needed to bring us Into th war, all sides nearing realising that with Franc and England th rml of their man power, It I America that must win th war, fifty-seve- d, n, d, aM.gs.g-'!- ! .ter Brown Give a man enough rope and he'll Jonea (chucking a stump) Put out new brand of cigars. nt Doggy Poem Nine little doggies Elzxllng on plat. 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