Show YANKS COLLECT HUN SOUVENIRS Doughboys Pick Up Helmets Helmets Hel Hel- mets Cast A Away ar by Retreating Retreating Re Re- treating Bodies Bodies- With the American Troops Northwest Northwest North North- orth- orth west ot of Verdun Nov No 17 rho 17 Tho pushes b by which the Americans Americana drove tin this enem enemy rearward toward the Rhine great opportunities for souvenir hunting Pretty 1 nearly a rh p. cr very every dou doughboy hbo at the front has be become he- he come como a n Boche souvenir hunter and has annexed a quantity of or excess baggage bag bag- gage sage that In some ca cases casci c Is II appalling I The Tho first impulse Impulso of ot a German soldier who decides to retreat or to surrender seemed to be to get rid ot othis othis othis his steel helmet beautifully or weirdly weird weird- ly Jy camouflaged as It ma may be In any column of ot prisoners to be seen on an any road behind tho American lines Jines not more than more than five in an any hundred still wore their helmets All conned the soft hOft slouch cap that so 50 p detracts from their soldierly appearance The h helmets helmet were dropped thrown away In haste a and anil 1111 all but cluttered up the tho battlefield Nearly earl ery American soldier ol who has been fight fight- in Inc Ing at the tho front either cither ha has hai a German helmet h by now or has sent sont ono one home homo For under tinder a a. new ruling b by general headquarters it is now flOW possible to paste a home borne address aldress on a a. German helmet drop tho the headgear Into th the malt mall box and s send It to mother sister or sweetheart art Just how ml many have t gone gonn home ostensibly as tho tIle personal boot booty of ot the sender It would be lie hard hird I to sa say Many Bocho Boche soldiers have In their theirl l idle lalo le hours painted and camouflaged th their dr h head d pieces until the they ha have han a n weirdly odd appearance The German GermanI I helmet has vastly more moro surface space Brace than tho American n. the tho British or the tho French It has protection for th the cars eau and nock In tho the shape of ot a. a rim 01 or extension HO ajo that quite a little picture can be drawn on It It The rite most popular r camouflage Is a A- series of ot two-Inch two stripes that meet at tho the top of the helmet and extend like the ribs of a fan an outward ol and downward to lo the edges of or the hat In other cases tho thit entire surface space IK lK painted Into squares of or yellow ow green and gray gra or in all 11 the colors of ot the rainbow The flit composite effect effect- hil is hi thing stat Those are the most et co coveted d dor of or nil all souvenir helmets and toe l bo boy who has not nut the opportunity of or ort t finding ois on tho the battlefield gladly gIves I e a sack of ot tobacco for lOl one Shoulder straps make another easily portable souvenir They are nrc also of ot I military value valnie because the they help to tu identify th the units that have hare been opposed op op- opI I posed hosed to the tho American Yet Vet there are ate nough nou h for fOI this purpose and to lu spare and th the they are art eagerly sought by 11 soldier who Ito does not ot care to be burdened burdened bur bur- ened with a a. heavy h helmet In addition to his own I |