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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS, SPANISH FORK, UTAH, Were roosevelt .sleeps his last sleep , f" ' vr; wt tf , v ' - - n UmMSt 1 -- 1 f ' , n - 1 7 ftA W v i , i JE i ' m 1 7 w , 4 " ' C Wnorti ' ' - .a e if ? f,A ' 4 ,) laatefc" kW - Ap t Awt A , 4 f . oW a e ' - '" ' f , , , ' f f ' I I expr I ttod f1 re we Ur. !J Roosevelt was Inte This Is Voiing's Memorial cemetery at Oyster Bay, N. V., where the body of Theodore Christ Episcopal clitmh, vA of E. Dr. Rev. of Talmndge, pastor Is a George services. portrait after simple conducted the ceremony. Tsai (hs, In-a-- t f0 tdy I ATTHtcowr&t orrM wewcm J?D CX035 CANttt HALLERS SOME OF GENERAL POLISH TROOPS v 7 UKRICAN women as well as American men were at Chutenu-TlilerrTo be bare, It was no longer the very front Itself, but It was just at the back of the front and through It passed all day long supply trains and men moving up towards the trenches and men and empty supply trains coin lng back. In 1014 an American woman, Fran ces Wilson Ilunrd, watched hundreds upon hundreds of refugees stream along that road toward Iarls. Four years later a little group of American canteen workers were in Chnteuu-Thlerr- y watching an procession In the other direction. The town for the possession of which so many American lives had been laid down was safe at Inst; so safe that the authorities asked for women to run a Red Cross canteen there, and thus It came about that a little group of us were able to follow our own troops Into the famous village. We set up our kakhl tent on the lowif of the chateau and from there we saw the whole panorama of war go by. It was a strange sight to women, an unendurable sight. If one could not feel that In some small human way one was of service. But our canteen, with its huge sign American Red Cross, drew troops from tho road as a honey pot draws flies ; and with the villagers who bad coine home, we were almost os popular as the foun'nln across the way. So we came to know that we were of use a stimulus to that weary but Indomitable fellow, the polIn;n kind of cross between diversion and oracle to the villagers; and, best of all, a bit of home to our own men. Gee, a young artilleryman said to me one day, youre from home, aren't you? But I dont suppose you come from Indiana. For the first time In my life I would have gladly disowned my own state, If only I could have honestly told him that I came from In- PI eel "II A t I I) tint use :ou flit rid dl th Ide. Th at le 1 fnrd e ent iter ever-cnutlo- , diana. From our duties fit the marmttes, cache or counter, we could look out upon the cross road and the fountain of the little village, two years ago unknown to most of us, now an unforgettable word In American history. For us who have been there, If Is an even more unforgettable rnenibry. Martial Splendor Lacking. During the period of reconstruction, when we were at the village, a motley stream of soldiers passed over the dusty road every day. One man who visited our canteen, excited by the color and variety and gayoty of the passing show, likened it to P. T, Bar nums greatest show on earth. But we women who saw It day by day, who In however slight a measure ministered to the bodily needs of hungry American hoys, tired poilus in faded blue, slender, picturesque chasseurs Alpine, big black Senegalese, yellow Annenses of the salvage corps, beautiful bronze Moroccans with red fezzes, ,and an occasional group of grave young Annies, swearing, singing Tommies, or hulry Jocks with kilts aswlng and bonnets atilt, we who saw It all day and hour by hour, could see nothing of the circus about It To be sure, the smooth rood, winding into the little village between shattered trunks of once stately poplars, was often vividly alive with color and movement and comedy. But of martial splendor, In our old sense of the word, there was not n trace. No muaxles sic but the grinding of hard-wortinder grimly camouflaged Held pieces, or the creak of dusty wagons plied n The Old Gardener We were talking, as he instructed me In simple work about the garden. I narrated that a famous Japanese said this war was to be the destrucIt ts tion of European cl vllb.ee Win. the fulfillment of It." the gardener said. It Is the best It can do," I went ahead wdth the hoe. "A golden age Is corning," he rambled on, "but d not yet. This war la n picnic with the times llm Ho abend, com-pa.e- ( t t le ever-movin- g , I V On crstJArxYand aid fvziYERYzerucar high with the paraphernalia of comp kitchens, or the screech of a motor horn or a madly whizzing motorcycle. Even when the road was clear of vehicles and long lines of Boldlers moved over it to the front or clumped drearily back, there was no sound of compact, marching feet "Route marching was the way the Americans came, while the French poilus, with queer bundles strung about them at all sorts of unexpected places, seemed fairly to stroll along. But they were going up to the front these men, and however they might feel about it It was no circus for us. Not that the outward appearance of the moving troops was depressing. Far from They went by, to quote Ian ITay, scattering homely Jests like hniy Some catue singing and I shall never forget the first day that American boys came Into the village. The Americans are coming, sent us flying out of doors; and "les Americans echoed the French about us. Around the bend of the road by the church they came. We could hear them singing before we could distinguish the words and then "until my dreams all come true." It was The Long, Long Trail," which brought back to some of ns vividly the first summer of the war ot home, when we had danced and to the music played and said good-bof that song. Present From Headquarters. One morning I looked out from the canteen upon a new scene, a surprise. Several groups of very feeble old men and women were seated upon the luwn of the chateau. A ennteener dashed In breathless at this moment. The old people, according to her hurried account, were a present to us from G. II. Q. They had been living up near the front and some action was planned that might prove dangerous to them. So the French authorities, with charming confidence, simply shipped them hack to tho American Red Crosjj canteen to he sheltered and fed for 24 hours, until they could be sent on by train to their flna destination. The day before we lmd been eaten nearly cut of house and home, by a number of hungry French Infantrymen. Now, as our camion had not arrived, we were looking forward with dread to running short of rations for the afternoon contingent. Every available ennteener was rushed out into the byways and hedges, and In an Incredibly short time the villagers had contributed enough from their own poor stores to give the old people a hearty meal. Pitifully dazed were these old folk. They hud clung it y through which we must pass before the world accepts the lessons of the Master. There shall be lack of raiment, food and coal, and every mans hand shall be raised against his brother. As I often do, I expressed a riouht whether our country could make the transfer to another nlto InNo nation," the gardentelligently. er said, "Is Christian enough to avoid the chaos that Is to precede the better day. It Is written.", Then the gardener and I went on with hoe and spade, I wondering, he calm lu the fr to their homes thaough Invasion ana shell fire for three long hard winters ; and now It seemed Incredible that their own people could turn them out Cest ' la guerre. A house near the railroad station was procured for them and the next morning they were speeded on their way by a group of young American girls who rose early to see them comfortably off. Attraction for Kiddies. The children of the neighborhood found the canteen a fascinating place. They were with us all day long, slipping In and out, being shooed out remorselessly when we were busy or Ine Here are some of the Polish troops under General Haller who are combating the Germans on one side and Russian bolshevikl on the other. They were trained by the French. , tin, "J )unl HONORED DOOR OF THE KAISERS DUGOUT BY FOUR My he NATIONS foke lea truth dwells. lie's. in which Norman he Is confident Hapgood, In he Les- Completely Lost. a stevedore company, after attempting vainly to hold converse with an Algerian, entered his hnrraeks with this announcement: "llenh, you fellers. Outside Ah done got n nigger who donn know who ho Is or whnh he's from, I done think I was loss in France, but dls boy done got sunk widout a trace." A member of tl v AV frS;-.- A ' ; er v y 1 Mr haul s 7- .. 1 I .id irn "Tl ergs ay. ' 14 ld y, 1 topj lain ( welcomed when we had time to play. Very early In the morning little Pierre came up the drive with our milk pall. Then, after a cupful of hot chocolate and a hunk of bread, we watched him set off sturdily for home, eight long miles away. Pierre was always our first visitor, but before the dn.v had ended, there were a score of others. ' Not far from our ennteen, the Smith college unit was doing Its splendid work : The members of It dropped In on us occasionally, but we heard far more of their doings and sayings from the children. "The play teacher" was a special marvel and we watched with Infinite pleasure her successful efforts to tench these small people, who had learned hard lessons In the school of war, the Joy of play. The doctor, too, was a source of endless comfort and amusement to the To hear them talk, you children. would gather that they preferred to he sick rather than .well. In order to get her attention. Some of those under her on re, made unheard of Journeys to distant hospitals and dispensaries, After five whole weeks of absence, Andrea, tho prettiest, frailest child In the village, returned from Doctor Baldwins little Red Cross hospital nt Nesle minus tonsils and adenoids and plus several pounds of soft pink flesh. She had been entirely revolutionized by that Institution and startled her mother by demanding to be bathed, bathed every day. When the much harassed woman came to us for advice, I am sure she went away marveling nt the madness of Atnerlouns who believed In soap and water for Indites, even In the winter time. So from tho canteen at Chateau-Thierrour little group of American women were privileged to see war In all its aspects. Color and excitement, comedy and tragedy, till of life we watched as wo worked. l A.13 urn i hid lire lam! ml ( I '7 "I XX(5j, X57- - le s uwn r is lit ,4 'S.' 7 7 s5vl kVsU4 is li tfy. 4 ret jig, idd iuei lie V-- j Vv . .V.'..iS . - j , , 77 s. V' I , ..V,..,. ' V.'.' ...... "LI Hike .. .. It lent an aek This heavy steel door, which 1111 American officer Is examining, was taken from the entrance to the kaisers private trench dugout In Spa, Belgium, which for some time was the Germnn great headquarters, hut Is now the y meeting plnee of the international armistice commission. I w iece feel MRS. T. R., JR., AT AIX LES BAINS, FRANCE 19 j ' 77.; - r 1 sat I Wrulsrn Nwwipnoef --I'"' 3 Wearing decorations from Fra."' Russia, Belgium nnd Montenegro, Nina Larrey Duryea, president ot f Duryea War Relief In France, come home. Mrs. Duryea was the d American woman to cross the but' fields of the Sotnme, Argnnne nnd She returned to this couri to stimulate the interest of the org Izations 72 brunches throughout Inlted States In the greatly Ineretis nei- -l f the impoverished French P, I pie." liest iUl-- ( ith ung Sn mt s mnk Wll red uw feid n 1 fumy hi 01 As ilkln f Fire Prevention. A of a government Investd ho , report Ct tlon of the dangers of explosion ft lust nhout grain elevators nnd sin'1 , mise Wli establishments contains the follow In conclusion: Let us not. A"! through sheer carelessness, continue? um I rlNk the loss of our elevators and nt j 10 w "W with their valuable stores of wla ie?" flour and other food products, ami I t lives of the employees of these p'7f How snfo rules these by following lloy Construct the plant of fireproof nf ' in. f un 2, Keep the plant dean j torlnls, ulke ; as free ns possible from amuuiilatw of dust. 3, Install an efficient dn re nilik collecting system. 4. Prevent the nnd production of flames and M,llj Hy f of any kind, f. Prohibit smoking 0 Hllllg h n In center of above photograph Is Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (knitting). carrying of matches. 6. Install 6he recently returned to this country from Alx les Bains, one of the T. M. C. 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