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Show HELPER HAN TELLS OF' WHAT IS GOING ON OVERSEAS GREAT CONCERN OF THE GERMANS GER-MANS NOW IS FOOD. Feoplo In tho Occupied Territories Are Conducting Themselves Frop-erly Frop-erly and Appear to Be Satisfied With Things As They Are and Have Come to Them Here of Late. By 8ER0T. A. P. AVOIKOS Headquarters the Third Army Corps, Germany. XKrWir.l) OX IIIIIXK, March S Xo drilling. No work in the ufltr noon TliiitV llio Inti'xl tlnpo on iiriuy ordint oxer ben.' lint 1 inn not cffetled b. Miit'li onlent, mx brnnili or Korxiio liuxini; to tin with tho linnilliiu; or limit Wo nn' now ns bux ns wo wore it few montliH uk, llio onl.x dif fenuri' boini; tint IIhii koviii nun hail lo do llio work done now b Ibir t ft II Thirteen ol tit III tho ofhio t'ultiik.x number at llml l'nilmblx jimt lni'Miiie xt'o 1 1 ia ln uxor lure mint her Miiuinor Hut mix way it helH for Nimooiiv lo lake tin hour or mi off once in awhile So I had my thnmo todii.x nnd lien-'n Ihit letter Oh mix, eau iiii nmrmlH'r tho tiny tx lit n the first bo.XN ol Carbon iiiiiiitx imin-hid up Main htreet in l'nro in it Itody on Iheir wnx to filoryf I inj ulor.x. Ye, liiimorlni, bi'tuuxo what tho ynnkit luixo ihuie oxtr hero will lat fonxer, while in wimlii mid .xount will bo for pilltn Who oxpet led lo bo on I lit Kliino I il'lt en moiitlm lnlerf MxM'lf I t'XHi'lt'd lo bo in rrmiio or llerlin, but not litre And hero it tho n'liMiu for thai IT llio (lerimint bail kept on tho doff iiixo litM upritiK niul numitter tilt v would pndmbl.x hnxo bad oiiourIi lon-ot lo hold Ihoir front in Krame this lnt winter, In mat tmo wo would lo in ilitxoiitii in Franco ami Mart our march on llerlin thin ppntiK. Hut llml not beiiiK tho chho. wo fore hmw llio oiid tinning biit rail, itml wo nil xth'tilied our iiorxoft In make Iter liu b Cbrialmitii IiiMphiI or that llio (loriiiHim Miirrt iiderod, bnuiKht nlmut mi 11110X11011011 mill mtlier pn Hint nre oiul of llio wnr nnd wt lion wo lire wait lung llio lllnile. f renieiiibcr the rauix tint on Seplt'iuber lfith, liml, when tho flirt bunch of (leniinn priMinei-, two IhouiHiud of them, were bmiicbt in In their I'm ok. in their elothiw. in their appetiraiiro xou etiiild plainlx m hiiiiimi wnt'kn. Our in-tellifteiice in-tellifteiice xictlnii nM'!it wnue bux iIii.vh thou It .ih no inure u pirM. Wo knew (hat tho morali' mid llio faith ot the (ionium tiiple wait pint Wo knew thai the (linnmi nrinx. wit oriiiiiblnijf. The iudixiiliuil ipialit.x of tho (leriiiiiu wddier wait doubtful mid their tlixisiouit miino wore depleted de-pleted dottii to Hoxeii or oijjht llioii Mind rifle ititiiiit Iwenty-hxe tlinii-wind tlinii-wind of our own nnd othent were tin-ndinblo. When viii won it'k'bmtiiiK o" No-x No-x ember t'tli, in udxtinro, llio hkuihi; of tho imniKtire tho Aiiieriemm ulitrt-t'd ulitrt-t'd thi' Kriiiloiit iinfiuinlit bntllo of the wnr. Tho Soroud Aniuririiii nnnj under tho ttimmnud of I.ieiiteiiant liullaril iniixid forward fnim Vtuvn', hoiiIIi or Verdun on the Mouoo, while tho Kind Amerii'iiu army under torn miiud of Lieutenant (Icneral l.ijcKilt vniKHtl the MeiiHo north or Verdun, fined em. I mid Marled mi vnxflopuiK luoxomi'iit iignuml thu ktvixI (lermnti fort of Motx. Tho entire alliid lino wnn moxinir toruiirtl nipidlx nnd uoth-Iiir uoth-Iiir tould atop tiit. Tho ky wait n-d fnuu tho t bodies of the kuii. Tho nir wan thick with iieniplnmii. Tho nmiln wen full of InMijn inoxiiiK Her-linwiird. Her-linwiird. Triu kn wont niliintr tho shell to tho pin. Thin 11 n'rlovk of I he dti.x And jimt like xou tuni off tho lij:hU, pntitlo nnniKllre. Tlui.o tliiiiK Imve piiHM'd mid, I mipMMe, tho.x nro not mi interentniK, but I meii-tiou meii-tiou thtuii hero jut lo kliow mi how our lixo i'IihiikihI in eonmtpieneo of thth.1' hImixo iiieutioiivd exent. It i KttttutK late mid jut it iumiu an 1 fiiindi tin loiter I am roiuk to my room Itoom, mind .xou Xul a duf out. It i on tho Mfond flror ot an umrluintlHiuie with olvelnt liRht, lint mid etild walor, btnl, oloau ulieeU. Oh, well and mi l.irlh Tin u nen-oral. nen-oral. All tho mddiont Imxo k1 ltlt. DniiiwrtMim, Imlh, thoatriM, oxeur-un. oxeur-un. little work and ihoiv fun. imaum, M'hooU, anil wilorlli Thoo are our oonnH'l hum now. I Iwtxe not "een mid I huxp not wnt-ttm wnt-ttm ni.x many paid lnonds of CnrlaH oount for hi Iiiuk, nnd 1 haxo mi much to wty thai I don't know which lo louxo'und winch to wnto in Him limited limit-ed Hpuott within Ihl limited hour, l'eilmpi it will bo ot aomo mterMtt lo toll you wimothiuir nliout the (Itmnau petiplo. Thoir iiiinn wrr at tin time i ftaid. I wtiil to u Herman who luoked a if ho hadn't hud a wjimro intNtl aineo tho war ootnitwuettl : "I'retly mmiii now Amorieti will wnd food to (lormnny " Ho opwiod his oot widulv. U that truof And brotid, toof" Oh wouldn't thut be nice! Thank (lod The brood l blink mid ha h nustx tithto Moat the.x onl.x K'et onto or twiee a week boup, tmn'd, ohocoluto, tofieo, iuU, butter, nro mil obtainuble at ttn.x prne The pnru of bacon ih eigliteen mark n jMiund Children's nhtio of xor ptair tiuulit tlurty-wglit mark a iimr. Coal i Mild by tho inuiioipnl nutfuiri-tios nutfuiri-tios a! fift-lio murks it ton mid tuil in binall (piuutitle. Mun subrtituttii hu,e been introduced For inxlumc rombt out or wood, lwinp Trom pncr, uilct nnd shoe from wood and eotlon did limp fnuu paper waste nnd so-forth so-forth The food siliintion m Hie di't-irnt di't-irnt win re wo nre in impnixinjr now and the people oxtrt nn nilotniHte niipidx to nuel Ibfir meiU The Mipulnlioii in llio otfiiiued ler-nlontit ler-nlontit m coiiducliiiK ltwll in an orderlx iiiHimer nnd tiein to be Btnlin-fied Btnlin-fied xtith the new order ol' uffiiint. Iliitxoxer, tonwdt nible uneiiimo i felt oxer the im niiMiitf number oi Irike hi the unoioiipieil purl of (lernutn.x Tho renewed tltorla of llio coiniuiitiiMa to ilatili'li the wniel rale mrtt with little !xmpnthx in Him uroH 1'oaco lerm nro wip'rlj nwait-oil nwait-oil Tho boMitxikn from the oulido I who tome in rontnet with tho Ocniuint !tn F.iflirn I'mwin nnd the SiMirtiiiiis Jnun the imiido toiitliirt Mien xipir-ous xipir-ous pniiapundii, wlmli, ronibini'd I with llio nlitirtaRO or food nnd the wekiit"t nnd hesitation of llio pro-ml pro-ml pixernuunt, inn.x throw (lerman.x into tho rlini of anitrrhx nnd then them will be no poxirnnunt to wpn I the iiotito. We uro luixinp lodnx mid tomorrow Ihn Third Arm.x torw hoie hhow, iwhith if nllrnrlmp Willi Ut iiiIitoM-Imp iiiIitoM-Imp tntnot Inp rniwd. I atipMiM wo llutil lodny nl letisl tin Ihouwind klinkt Irlatl xiM'tor. Thox ooiiie in tlunnp 'llio dux on Initka from tho Mirrouiul-jniK Mirrouiul-jniK town nnd n-lurii in the evininp. 'The ninihini'pun earl n-clion vtns ixor pood. The uitijiiiip wpmd niarrh-led niarrh-led lifly iniler, Mo)ikmI. not the pun. Tired ii hhol, mux lit forward another 'fift.x mt tent, Tin-d nnolher idiot, load-'oil load-'oil tho pun and roruuil int tho.x were, mil in twclxe miniilott Sumo fnst work. An axintor wa in llio moan-itiuio moan-itiuio iMTfnnniiip foxoml iitrobiilif Muni. Thin nnother pari, Hip pie-I pie-I lure Inkinp iouiH'lition, wa atlrac-, atlrac-, lit it. The Siiiily-Fiiid Aoro Mpuidrou lltMik picturo of tho hunt' hhotx fnuu Ian aeroplane, dexeloHil them nl its llnlximlory fifltcn tnlliH nwa.t nnd jdflitered b.t neroplnno Iwtnlt-rixo of tin m to tho rommnnilinp penentl in Irorlt-nto iniuuto rroni tin litiie Hie Ipirlunit wore tnktn While wildiennp nl the pri-tnt lime i not ho bad, nl tho niiiic time ,we nro nil mixmuit In pit bntk |