Show YANKS BUY OUT SNIPS SHIPS CANTEEN Bri fisher tired out by americans who purchase everything in sight HAVE WEAKNESS FOR CANDY one soldier spends 15 for sweets and ginger ale and Is only stopped by seasickness discover english money london nest na ext for candy cried the alper of the ships canteen in ia front of his booth Is a long queue of american soldiers patiently aly thear turn to buy tile the sweets and souvenirs displayed on the counter and in the showcases it la is an incident of life of american soldiers 0 on n a transport bound tor for france the canteen keeper Is tired never 71 ills his eXPer experience lence on british vessels has lie encountered such a rush of business ile he has sold his wares in ull nil the seven seas to people of many rationalities nationalities and if lie he were awarding it a prize to the best customer it would be bestowed promptly on the american soldier Bold ler 1 I say he exclaimed to the chief steward after lie he ind closed shop the first day out what a sweet tooth they havel have I 1 at the rate buying roe me there wont be a gumdrop left by the time we get halfway across have sweet tooth on some of the british transports that are taking uncle sams troops to france tire are as many as five canteens tile the demand for chocolates Is so great that the he supply large though it may have been Is quickly exham exhausted saed american chewing gum Is next in popularity ul arity after the home variety of confections confect ions have been sold out the soldiers begin to experiment with british sweets of which toffee wins perhaps the most favor if american pop could be bad it would be consumed in large quantities fulling that the troops drink spanish ginger ale one soldier Is known to have spent 15 for candy and ginger tile ue ile probably would have spent more before the ship reached port but one day greatly to his astonishment lie he became seasick the canteen curios tuch such as shells on which are painted the american nag flag attract many buyers and before the trip is ended almot almost every soldiers kit contains one or more of these treasures on tile british transports the barber shop Is advertised on the door as hairdresser As a rule this sign Is not understood by the american looking for a haircut or n shave ile he thinks it Is n place for women to have their hair dressed and he be pas passes es it by when he confesses to his comrades that lie ho cant find uie the barber shop lie he Is made the victim of a g good 0 d deal a 1 0 of f oda tho joshing from those who have lia v c fathomed m e d the secret the soldiers who patronize the hairdresser find the experience rather bonel not el it seems queer to be sill shaved aved in an immovable upright chair and que queerer berer still but extremely satisfactory to be charged halt half the price one pays in a first class american shop discover english money it Is on the ship that many americans become acquainted for the first time with english money aside from a stray canadian dime they usually have never seen british coins and when in exchange tor for an american bill they are given eiven strange looking pieces of silver and big disks of copper they register in the language of the movies wide eyed interest what are these stove lids for asks an lowan iowan of a texan puzzled and showing some disdain for the big english pennies you put em cm in acock to bean a nun with I 1 reckon replies the southerner hefting eefting the coins or maybe he adds we can use em to throw at submarines A sergeant steps up with information you use those things for tips he volunteers worth two cents apiece a good sized tip in london you fellows the sergeant goes on reaching for the lowans coins better get wise to ahw english dough lie ile holds up a silver coin you know what that Is A crowd has gathered to hear the lecture a shilling says a voice shilling your grandmother that 11 a halt crown its equal to two shillings 0 and a sixpence you want to to be careful not to get it mixed up tip with one of 0 these two shilling pieces nearly the same size now much is a shil shilling lingl queries the texan about two bits says the sergeant who halls from california its equal to two of these sixpences ne ile gives the coins back to thel owner and stalks off followed by ad miring eyes say observes the lowan iowan 4 we g got 0 a lot to learn and when 14 we get t to france I 1 guess well run into some other kind hind ot of foolish money war certainly is hell says the |