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Show CHEER FOR THE BOYS WHO ARE ON THEIR " WAY HOME They were busy ladies at the Red Cross Canteen this morning, greoting numbers of transient soldiers and sailors and marines with "a merry ! Christmas, boys, and won't you have a cup of coffee?" and In every Instance I they would, 'if you please." i i That the war is over was evidenced in the casual conversation of the boys 'who sat In the canteen, enjoying the ; liberal hospitality of the Red Cross. "Now, there ain't any pep in anythin' now." said ono husky aviator. "When we thought we was goin' over to show the Hun that we weren't too proud to fight, there was somelhin' doin' all the time. Why, once I tried a fancy , stunt in Galveston Bay and one res- , pected American lady nearly had cause to mourn a revered tho' reckless . son. I came down and couldn't control con-trol that blamed machine worth a cent and I suppose I was about fifty feet out of the water when I jumped for It. Pretty soon a trawler came along and plcke'd me up and I got n glass of somethin" hot and fur coat and took time to profit by my experience. But gee, when they signed this armistice,, well, v hat's the use?" The officers say the "morale of the troops is stead-ilv stead-ilv declining. Well, what would you expect ex-pect with no German to lick and the world conquered. Believe me bo7. here's one of Uncle Sam's servants who is goin' to he glad to see the old home town, and the old Jon, and tho' I ain't religious I'm goin' to pray now and again 'send us no moro war, Lord' " "Some Christmas, ain't it, waitin' In a slrange railroad depot, guess these ' Red Cross ladles would rather be home ! with the kids tho' and they suro do try to help us fellows feel at home, . God bless 'em." |