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THE ALLIANCE HERALD Thursday, February 13, lilt A CIIAISTMAS LETTER j FROM ASOLDIER BOY Hroftirr of T. P. Koiimim of A Illum e Wrilc f-ui'iil) I cllcr from I'm r it It' fore (IiiIMiiimm with deneis! ,Foch, it Beemed likr the busses were not running,' bo my 'sonietbln wm going to be a-doln " ! partner and I decided lo "hoof it" and Miat came an mighty good iipwd, up to the "V", taking the innlii boule- felt we rouid are the beginning vard. and It waa pome Blgiit to be- f the end.N.ut we Btill anxiously hold, and It was an honor to be a boI- awaltcn the anticipated news on i dier and to be -one in an American Monday morning, Noveinl.er 11, that , nnlforni ; we were saluted on every Robert Kolfson, a brother of TTl I Kolfson, city clerk, on December 22 wrote un Intcrc-Mug letter to the home folks in the U. 8. A. This let ter is one of the bent descriptive let ters brought to our attention and we feel sure that Herald readers will enjoy reading it with us: Talis, France, Dec. 22, 1918. Dear Folks at Home: Well, well, after several days, and also several attempts to write you, I am finally down to where 1 feel like I tan tale a few minutes and com mence a letter to you. So many wonderful things have happened since I wrote you the last time, in fact some of the biggest things I suppose that have ever hap pened In the world, that I ought to have oils or two, and perhaps three things to write you about. In the first place, 1 will say that we are pretty busy people over this way and in this "neck o' the woods," so to speak, and from 'the news I get from back In the good old U. S. A., I guess things are pretty ' much the same "over there." v Of courBe,,you have been watch ing the' war news prefiy close, and you are very happy, I am sure, to think that "the combat with arms" has actually ceased, and that this world of ours is, In a sense, at peace again, and It must seem like a differ ent world to lots of people. As for myself, I don't suppose I will realize the big difference until I am back In the armistice had been signed before 11 o'clock. We all went about our work as us- hund; kissed by the ladles, as well as little girls, and I might add, the older ladies, loo, and It was "vlve la SYSTEMATIC PUBLICITY A BUSINESS NECESSITY liiiHrlAiice of l'roper Publicity 1 .Miown in itcNtt of HrndM reel's of IJukIhc Failure uhI on -that morning, as tbo nothing . France, vlve la Amerlque" on every unusual was to happen; I often look ed out of our ofllce window at the big clock over In the la i ce clock tow t on the Gare de, Lycii (a railroad Klghty-four per cent of the busl- hand. We had gone up the boule- (ai,-ea ' past year oc- luiltru CII1IUUK III 1MB Willi' II IU1IPU IO vard a few blocks when a French advertise. ert i i . . . . a colonel In uniform, accompanied byr"r,,"T- . 1 "1? ""ormaxion is giw hi wife and a little olrl of tier tin lift I "ul ,uc uihubi rt-i-i commercial the good old U. S. A. and "Home .such news; they were waved, cheer disappointment eaine over me as It ha t ben I nno.ii r 1 that we would head a hundred cannon, as well as the pealing of the church bells, al ilie blowing of whistles, etc., but no station ahnut three or four blocks flVe or six years, beckoned us over to .p"r'- l"T importance of adver liming as a business element must two or three minutes to eleven, and a special request to kiss each of Us Pave. 0,en regarded as vital by this ihlngs seemed pretty quiet. A little as Americans. ,They all Beemed hap-If'"1 ,. . . oula "ol navc py, too, that the war was over, rrom i uuuuieus ui rx- the highest officer to the ordinary Pensively trained men throughout "pollu"; the strange part of It was ,ne na"on collecting and tabulating that we never heard Ihp wnrila "Vlve ,n,f Information. Important HB is la Anglalse" or "Vlve la Halls"; on- lne dement of advertising there are sound came; the minutes went by, ly "Vlve , la Amerlque, vlve la nevermeiess numbers or concerns at and I remarked lo my fellow em- France", and generally both togeth- tempting to win success without this ployees In the office that it didn't er. We continued on up the boule- element. They may have good clerks, look ihr.uh ihe armistice was eo-! vard and In time reached the Itenub- ooa salesmen and saleswomen, ex i.iit in he nrnei At this time, and we lloue Square, which is 'also a large I"rt accountants, good window l.eean lo elve un hone that surh square and contains a large raonu- dressers, and so on, but not a soul i.o Hr,n fnr ih iimA h-.ir. ment iii the center on the order of 11 connection with the store appreel we felt perhaps that the abdication the Statue of Liberty In New Yolk ative of the value of advertising or of the kaiser had upset the plana; harbor; It was quit difficult to rav- 'ho h he training that would en alw repotted delays to the couriers Igate on account of the congestion able them to write an attractive ad- who were carrying the messages be tweeu the Huns and General Foch, but at twenty minutes past eleven, "Hoom, Doom," and we knew the "jig was up with old Keezer 1)111" and his gang. The cannon kept on booming, as well as whistles began to blow, and wo seemed to see a new world dawning; everybody rushed to the windows everywhere pell-mell; people flocked Into the streets fren zied with Joy; flags were brought to every window as the people had .been preparing fr weeks, It seemed, for Sweet Home." We don't know when such a good thing will come to pass, and about all we can do is to "Bit tight" as the expression goes, and await developments, and when the right time comes for each of us over here to come back, something will "bob up" to actually make it occur. It Is needless to say very , much about how grandly our boys behaved themselves with our Allies up on the front, and wherever they were placed In the line of battle they showed theinselvcB to bo "as good as there la" and with the boche "better than they are," and there is no doubt but that the efforts that our country, put forth, and tho part taken by our American boys, were the turning point of Ihe war, and perhaps I might speak dellnltely mid refer to the battle of Chateau Thierry; there is no question but what (hat battle will go down hiBtory; where our boys went into the lines at a perilous moment against the crack Hun divis ions who were ho anxious and des perately close to Paris; drove 'them back some fifteen miles in one day, or eo.fast that it s.nggered the (ier mat.e; gave confidence to our Allies that the Hun couldte beaten, and Tlctory upon victory continued from that day up until the signing of the ariyistteo on November 11, another day which wll go down In history. - Of courne, I am not in n position to say much about what actually oc curred over there on that eventful day, except from some of the newa pai er accounts which 1 have read, but I can tell you from actual ex perience, and being on the ground, that something happened over le-re ' In this "neck o' the woods," just the sanit;, and un experience which 1 will never forget as long as I live. If I had my choice, and as 1 look back on thoBe days, I don't suppose I would pick out any other place that I would rather have been to see such a demonstration -than right here In Paris. Of course, the news we had been getting, of how Bulgaria had gotten "cold feet"; then defeat upon defeat until Austria-Hungary fell In line with the Bulgars; then came along "Mr. Turkey", and all of the Allied soldiers, including "our boys," con tinually hammering away at the Hun, made ua all feel confident that a catastrophe was soon to fall upon the head of that kaiser and his "no ble army that could not be beaten". When we heard of that Hun bunch with their white flagB. lining up to go and have their little "couflab" ed, hung from the balconies, etc. Soon the people commenced to pa rade, gathering here and there, and everywhere, one might say, and it almost seemed that business had come to a standstill, and at least the French people, by 12 o'clock, one and all, had declared It a holiday. We in the office continued to work, half heartedly up until 4 o'clock, not be ing able to get down to real business on account of the excitement, noise and Jollification on the streets, and everywhere, outside and below. About 12:30, after I had returned from lunch, one of the younger la dles who takes care of our offices came rushing in, all happiness, with the words "La guerre fini," meaning the war was ended, threw her arms around each of us and kissed us on each cheek (French fashion); soon another grey-haired lady of perhaps 5f. who also helps clean up our of flees, came in with tears in her eyes, with the same words happy and cry ing to think the war was really over; perhaps she has lost her husband, und one or more sons, as they do say there Isn't one family in this country of Frauce that hns not had at least one member make the su preme sacrifice. Sons and daughters, tu fact, all have suffered more than their share on account of this terri ble war, and I don't suppose any of us can even begin to realize what this victorious end really meant to the French people; we all know that If means a great deal to us and our country, but perhaps it means more to Frauce and her people than any other country taking part in the con flict. As I Bald before, we could nt do much in -the afternoon, and at 4 o'clock, we were told to close up shop and go up on the main boule vard of the city and perhaps Bee something that we had never Been before, and perhaps would never Bee again. Mr. Schardt, our postal agent, told us this. So another one of the boys la the office, and myself, hied ourselves out and walked hurriedly up towards the bastlle, a monument Bome 150 to 200 feet high, and about twenty feet in diaineter, and which maks the cite of the old bastlle or prison which was captured during the . French revolution many years ago. This monument la in the cen ter of an immense open Bpace or square and from which space runs several bbulevada and streets, and Is nuite a busy center for bus lines, street cars, the subway system, etc. This Bpace waa filled with people; horn- uo vtoi-ia nlol In rln loa hv I veriisemeni. 1 nosn hUHlnenn r r fi lial f a dozen or a dozen girls and cerns which have won greatest sue quite often young men accompanied cess are those who never neglect ad them. Including French "pollus". and vertlsing. The highest priced em it was necessary to kiss each of the ploye of the firm is responsible for girls who were helping to make the the advertising. Smali stores may circle In order to be released. Well, I not be able to have an employe It continued in this manner on up to whose only business it is to adver- the "Y", and it took us pretty close Use, but no store, however small, to two hours to get up there on ac-ean afford to be without advertising count of the crowds, the jollification I In its local paper. If the proprietor and excitement; well, all I can Bay is I cannot attend to this matter he that what actually took place would I should have at least one person in be ImpoHslble to describe" and you I his employ capable of doing thUsL win just nave to leave it to your lm-iwora, ana tnis person snouia give agination; this city in itself with Its I the matter as much thought as is boulevards, which are wide, together I given to any other department of the with the pretty streets and large work, nor should It ever be neglect- squares, etc.; makes it an ideal place led by press of other engagements or for A celebration such as was taking I he In any sense treated as a side 1s place, and the conditions I described I sue. Its vitality to business success above were similar over most of the I makes it a matter of supreme im portance. TIME TO ACT city, I guess, at least everybody 1 talked to about it says it was the same wherever they were. After going to the "Y" and, clean lug' up a little, I went out to find a little supper, and went to my usual I Don't Walt for the Fatal stages of restaurant, which is a little off from . Kidney HlnesN; Profit by Alii. the real busy section or the boule-1 mice People's Experience varu, aim i iounu n jammed, Din v.aueu my uirn anu alter quite a m- Occasional attacks of backache, tie waiting and patience, I managed ,rregular urination, headahes and re to get nomething to eat, and then .went out for "my night out". Well, about all there Is to say is that ev erybody faradei. Bung, ran, Joined Ii.i.mIk wit'' i.,iy one una everyje-,. went "prison lock-step" fashion pulled German cannon which had been captured by the Allies and were on display in the "Place de la Con corde" to help boost the French Lib- FARMERS' UNION CO-OPERATIVE ASS'N. Carry a Complete Line of John Deere Plow Co. P. & O. Plow Co. Independent Harvester Co. 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Y. of thousands of human beings of ev ery allied country and nationality. And so It went. The cafes were also very busy places, and wine and champagne flowed quite freely, and coffee was drunk by several, Including "yours truly . The cafes in France, and Paris, some of which are very beau tiful, are somewhat different from the ones back In the States; that is, on the outside and in front of most all of them on the sidewalk, and un der the awnings, the proprietors are allowed to serve coffee, wine, liquor to civilians, etc., on little tables, each of which Is surrounded with from two to four or five chairs or seats of some fashion, and on a nice afternoon or evening or special oc casions such as I have been describ ing, one has to wait' his turn to get Into these places. It 1b quite inter esting to occupy one of these seats and watch the crowds promenading by, every type of humanity and from every station In life. During the evening I bad two or three rough ex periences, too, getting in what is called a "jam" or something of that sort, and to describe it is to say that there are too many people tryyig to get into a certain amount of space; one ordinarily alms to move with the crowds but on these occasions the crowds became so dense, perhaps on account of some special music, here or there, or the stopping of the crowd or people coming from every direc tion and meeting at one point, and when thousands upon thousands of people commence to move on a cen tral point, one might soon begin to happen to Bomebody; of course, I was big enough to manage to get out of these two or three places and al most "swore" that I would never get Into such a place again; anyone in such a place Is helpless, and it was pitiful to Bee the women, the smaller men, also girls and children, appeal ing lor help. I understand the pa pers the next day criticised the po lice and administration for allowing such a condition to exist, but no one could do anything with that so-called mob or crowd, and the 6t)ly way to avoid it was to avoid holding any special doin's at any certain point which would draw such a mass of humanity towards one point. Well, to make a long story short, I moved along the boulevards until about 10:30 or a little later and then head ed towards the "Y" and felt like I was ready to "hit the hay". The next day I was at the office ready for tk as usual as though nothing un usual had happened, although every body was talking about the experi ences on the day and evening and night previous. It Beemed like ev ery evening during the week there were little street gatherings Btill wanting to celebrate the advent of peace, or the signing of the armi We Wm I Send Yon p ? jj tfMlMI m Minm mt to IiiIiibi m n m h mm I Mm a imm f v tor m m r Mw to toU'tol UrtlMk htM C MMwMf II to vtoA IM M. 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