Show 1 i t r 1 i r et e- e 5 J t- t p s s S fV j t t t 4 l h p l t I d v t I III r m 1 IP I 11 j i lit sz r I i ck i 1 niU h I r rth th VJ r j 1 a s j t. t 4 4 cr td J Mea 1 re i th I I I t I Doar Dear Miss MilS Kaye I have written to you once before and was very very much pleased with tho answer Every night the family family fam fam- amily am- am ily runs for your section of the pa paper paper paper pa- pa per but we all cant can't read it at once so 60 tho the larger ones hold the tho smaller ones while the middle sized ones hang over their shoulders shoulders shoulders ders and get tho the latest I have been looking for the poem called Only a Volunteer but I havo been unable to find it so will you please do it for me and and publish publish publish pub pub- lish it Thanking you v very ry much in ad- ad ad-a ad ad 8 vance vanes I. I D. D What a 3 beautiful picture of oC homo home life lire your little letter portrays I fancy tancy I 1 can h hear ar the purring of oC the tho house cat caton caton caton on the th hearth see the plow glow of ot the soft light on your our child faces as you ou hover about tho the great reat reading lamp for tor the thelast thelast thelast last communion of ot the day for day for the goodnights before you Ou scamper off ote to your little tittle trundle beds and beds and If It the ha has Its little place at nt your fireside I am very happy and proud that it can serve so flO nobl nobly asked aske for tor this Im I'm almost sorry you OU verse I. I D. D I feel teel that Its sentiment is so 80 unworthy tho the spirit of oC tho the bOHot boys bOH of ot whom It depicts the depicts the volunteers But oa nn anyway here it is Why didn't I wait wall to be drafted And be led Jed to tho the train by a a. band Or put In lna Ina Ja claim for tor exemption Oh wh why did I 1 hold up my hand 7 Why didn't I 1 wait waft w lt for tor the banquet Oh why didn't I wait walt to be cheered For tho the drafted dratted men pet get et all the tho credit While Im I'm only a a- volunteer Nobody y gave Ive me a a. banquet Nobody said a kind word The puffs of at the engine the the- grind of at tho the wheels Was Wan all nU tho the good cheer that I heard Then wo hustled to a a. training training- camp To bo be drilled for tor tho the n next half halt year And all In tho the shuffle forgotten For Im I'm only a a. volunteer And perhaps some day in the future When hen a n little child sits lilts on my knee Asks Allks what I did In the We great reat war As his little mUe eyes look up to me I will havo have to look back into those eyes That so 50 trustingly lY Peer And confess that I wasn't drafted drafted- I 1 was only a a. volunteer Dear Deal Miss Miss Kaye I read rud your department of tip tho paper with great interest and a aUt now coming comina to you with two questions questions questions ques ques- of my own 1 Plus Please toll tell me mo all 11 you can about tho the moon which is used to light the tho dance hall at Saltair of what it is made mado how it is lighted and how it is fastened to the coiling coil coil- ing 2 Can you tell me from what I poem the tho following Quotation is taken Fold up their tents liko like the tho Arabs Arab and as silently pass pan away 7 I hope I have not been too much trouble and that I may come como again A. A M. M M. W. W I Tho The Saltair moon Is hi merely a globe Iobe of ot canvas the man In the moon being done dono thereon in colora Inside this canvas ball ban are aro great creat blue lights which give ho the realistic effect Tho The moon U Is py sail held stationary by means of ot a wire by which it is attached to a beam benm In other days It swung from a a. cable h by which it might be bo raised and lowered 2 This quotation Is taken from Longfellow's tellow's very ery beautiful poem The Day Is Done Dono which will m bo be found In a volume of ot his selections a atho at atthe tho the public library library My Dear Miss Miso Kayo i r Will you please answer the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing question We Wo h have havo a book entitled Evan goline written by Longfellow Somehow the tho last lut page or two of this book got torn out and I would like to Have you publish from where I leave off if you will please This is the last that is i. in my book But as He lay in in the tho morning light His face seemed to assume onto more the forms of its earlier manhood Thanking you for your trouble PATIENCE Patience dear I 1 have looked up the tho connection and find that thit to finish Evangeline for tor you would require th whole column devoted to the so 80 I will ask auk that you OU send me a a. self addressed stamped en envelope envelope en- en and Ill I'll gladly COP copy and mall you the tile ml missing portion of ot this beautiful beautiful beau beau- lICul thing thing- Wont Won't that be quite all allright allright allright right 1 |