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RIEF
RIGHT
REE Z Y
BITS OF NEWS
SILVER CHEVRONS '
' FOR ALL SOLDIERS
' Washington, Dec. 11. Officers
' andmen of the army who failed to
. reacji the fjehting front by reason
- ... wM.a.tr aiiiiyvu til till
in this country will not be denied
, recognition of their- service in
winning the war. By direction f
chief of the army, Gen. March.
s chief of staff, today issued an or
der that hereafter such men shall
be entitled to wear a silver chev
ron similar to the gold one for
overseas.
TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS "
Washington, Die. 11. Andre
Tardeau, high commissioner of
Franco-American affairs, has cabled
, Secretary Baker from Paris offer
ing to place the educational re
sources and facilities of the French
r government at the disposal of
American soldiers in the army ot
occupation and of those who will
be delayed in returning home
through the natural difficulties of
transportation.
Special opportunities would be
given American college students
with the army and an opportunity
to learn French would be afforded
all American soldiers.
V Secretary Baker has not-yet re
plied to the offer.
SCIENTISTS ATTACK
CHURCH CLOSING ORDER.
Pasadena, Cal.. Dec' 11. The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, of
Pasadena today obtained an iniunc-.
tion in the superior court of Los
Angeles county forbidding - the
health fficer and chief of police
here from interfering with the hold
ing of church services, which they
had done and were again to do, it
was alleged, in pursuance of the
policy adopted here for tamping
out influenza.
'During the hearing the city at
torney stipulated in writing that
the influenza closing order was in
valid. The cause of its invalidity
was not specified. ,
ADOR ELECTED . '
SWISS PRESIDENT
Berne. Dec' 11. Gustave Ador,
member of the Swiss federal coun
cil and president of the internation
al committee of the Red Cross, to
day was elected president of the
Swiss Federation for the year 1919,
receiving 142 votes out of a possible
188. : v
Mr. Ador founded the world
famous agency of Jhe prisoners of
war, the main" purpose of which
was to act as intermediary between
prisoners and their families or
friends, and was largely responsible
for the exchange of wounded or ill
prisoners by the belligerents.
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEST IN JHE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WEST THAT'S OMAHA.
THE WEATHER:
Increasing cloudiness Thursday,
becoming unsettled at night; Fri
day generally fair. Moderate tem
perature. Thermometer Hfncllniis
8' a. m... SSI 1 i, m H
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WAR BILLMiM ART: THIS RflnREHIMC'
lilllllll 111
CONTINUANCE OF RAIL
CONTROL FOR FIVE YEARS
Proposed by m'adoo
--, , ,
Director General Urges Legislation Tha Will Permit
Fair Trial of Government Operation After Elimi
nation of Unsettled Conditions and Give Na
- tion Time to Form Policy Carefully.
Washington, Dec. 11. Extension of the period of gov
ernment control of railroads for five years- until January 1,
1924, vrt recommended to congress tonight by Director Gen
eral McAdoo.
Advantages of this, Mr. McAdoo said, are that it would
take the railroad question out of politics for the present, give
time for carrying out an extensive program of improvements
and provide opportunity for a fair test of unified control to
indicate the permanent solution of the railroad problem.
"The president has given me per-S-
mission to say that this conclusion
FARMERS TO GET
$1 272,412,01)0
FOR 1918 CROPS
Total Value Exceeds That of
Former Record Year by
$614,380,000; Corn
' Most Valuable. ; ,
Washington, Dec. 11. With a to
tal value of $12,272,412,000 the prin
cipal farm crops this, year were
worth more based on prices paid to
farmers December 1, than in any
year in the histbry of American ag
riculture. Decenfter crop estimates
today of the Department of Agricul
ture showed that this year's total
, itxceeds that of the former record
year, 1917, by $614,380,000. There
also was a marked increase in
acreage, the 355,895,722 total exceed
ing that of last year by 10,700,000
acres.
These crop figures were- looked
upon with satisfaction by officials
as showing that the nation will be
in even a better position to fulfill
its pledge of 20,000,000 tons of food
stuffs to Europe next-year than has
been expected.
Most of the crops are larger, than
the five year average and some of
thqm " established records.particu
laiiy spring wheat, barley, rye and
tobacco. Corn, however, fell below
the five-year average. Today's
estimates placed the crop at 166,
. 384,000 bushels less ' than forecast
in November, with a total of 2,
582.814,000 bushels. That is almost
half a billion bushels less than last
year's record crop.
The w'heat crop is larger than
-the five-year average, and almost
300,000,000 bushels larger than last
year's crop, but it is more than
100,000,000 bushels smaller than the
record crop of 1915.
Almost all of the crops were
worth more this year than in any
previous year because of the' high-
prices paid to producers. Lorn s
value was more than $3,500,000,000,
wheat almost $2,000,000,000.1 hay and
cotton more than $1,500,000,000
nd oats more than $1,000,000,000.
accords with his own view of the
matter," Mr. McAdoo said, in con
cluding a letter addressed to Sena
tor Smith of South Carolina, and
Representative Sims, chairman, ve
spectively, of the senate and house
interstate commerce committees.
Morale in Danger.
Mr. McAdoo explained that to
continue government operation for
21 months after formal declaration
of peace under present conditions
would mean disruption of morale
among employes and officers and
could not enable the government to
go ahead with improvements and
purchase of equipment. Ano'.her al
ternative, the prompt return of the
railroads to private control with
out legislation to permit elimina
tion of the old wasteful competi
tion, would be "hurtful alike to the
public interest and to the railroads
themselves," he said, and the dif
ficulty of obtaining immediate legis
lation providing a permanent solu
tion is apparent.
"There is one, and to my mind
only one-, practicable fhd wise al
ternative," Mr. McAdoo ' continued,
and that is to""extend the period of
federal control from the one year
and nine months ' provided by the
present law to five years or until
the first dayvof January, 1924. This
extension ' would take the railroad
question out of politics for a rea
sonable period. It would give
composure to railroad officers and
employes. It would admit of the
preparation and carrying out of a
comprehensive program of im
provements of the railroads and
their ' terminal facilities which
would immensely increase the ef
ficiency of the transportation ma
chine. It Would put back of the
railroads the credit of flit United
States during the five-year period
so that the financing of these im
provements could be carried out. It
would offer the, necessary-opportunity
under proper conditions to
test the value of unified control
and the experience thus gained
would of. itself indicate the per
manent solution of the railroad
problem. '
Test Due to People ,
The American pfople have a
right to this test. They should not
be denied it It is to their interest
that.it should be done. In my opin
ion, it is the only practicable and
teasonable method of determining
the right solution of this grave
economic problem.
"I am not now and have not been
for the past year interested in prov
ing or disproving the theory of gov
ernment ownership or any other
(Continued oa. Pace 'Two, Column Four.)
Cotton Futures Drop When
Final Crop Report Is Issued
New Orleans, La., Dec. 11. The
Department of Agriculture's final
cotton production report today
caused 'a drop of between $3
and , $4 ,i Jbale in most, act
ive .month of the . cotton futures
market here. During the first five
minutes of trading following an
nouncement of the report prices fell
65 to.- 88 points. .
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Washington, Dec. 11. The total
production of cotton in the United
States for the season of 1918-19 will
amount to 5,595,529,000 pounds, not
including linters, and equivalent to
11,700,000 bales of 500 pounds grots
weight, the Department of Agricul
ture today announced in its final
report of jhe season.
DUTCH PREMIER
SAYS EX-KAISER
HAS SANCTUARY
Beerenbruck Declares He
Came to Holland as Private
Individual and Return
Cannot Be Demanded.
The Hague, Dec. 11. The form
er German emperor is entitled to
the right of sanctuary in Holland
and therefore his return to Ger
many cannot be demanded accord
ing to a statement made today by
Jonkheer Beerenbruck in the low
er chambers of parliament during
a debate on the visit of the former
emperor to Holland.
Came as Private Person.
The premier said the government
would have preferred that the form
er emperor had not chosen Holland
as a refuge but that he came as a
private individual after renouncing
his throne without direct or indirect
lotification of hi intended arrival.
After renunciation of his throne,
Premier Beerenbruck continued,
there could not be a question of in
ternment, nor could the former em
peror's return to Germany be de
manded in view of the immemorial
tradition of right of sanctuary.
Declares Not Unneutral.
The government, the premier con
tinued, must repudiate every effort
to see in this step an unneutral at
titude. Nevertheless, he said, the
once emperor's stay in Holland was
only regarded as temporary. Up to
the present no power had protested
against his visit but any eventual de
mand for extradition must pass the
test of law and of treaty. The gov
ernment, the premier concluded,
would not allow the former emperor
to exercise any influence in another
country.
Youtsey Gets Release
from Prison on Parole
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 11. Henry
Youtsey, who has been serving a
life sentence on a charge of complic
ity in the murder in 1900 of former
Gov. William Goebel, of Kentucky,
was paroled tonight by the board of
prison control, according to an an
nouncement made by Herbert Carr,
member of the board.
Youtsey will leave the penitentiary
tomorrow. .
After Gov. Goebel was murdered
as a result of a bitter political con
test, Youtsey, Congressman Caleb
Powers and several other persons
were arrested.
Strike Also in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Dec. 11. Following
a vote taken by the employes of the
local street railway company it was.
announced late tonight that the em
ployes had voted to strike for an
increase in wages and that the
strike wmld be on in the morning.
OF ALLIES
SETATJZO
BILLIONS
Exceeds Total German Wealth
But Germany Should Pay
to Utmost Limit, Says
Lloyd ' George.
r By Associated Press.
Bristol, Dec. 11. The waybill of
the allies against Germany is 24,
000,000,000 pounds, ($120,000,000
000) according to the British prime
minister, David Lloyd George, who
presented this" and other interest
ing facts before a large gathering
here todav. The cost of the war to
Great Britain was n 8,000,000,000
pounds.
Before the war the estimated
wealth of Germany, said the pre
mier, was between 15,000,000,000 and
20,000,000,000 pounds sterling. So,
if the whole wealth of Germany
were taken, there would not be
enough to pay the account. There
for;; he had used the words: "Ger
many should pay to the utmost
limit to her capacity."
When the prime minister was ad
dressing an overflow meeting, her
said Great Britain would be guilty
of a great folly if she gave up her
navy.
A voice interrupted. "Then watch
Wilson."
The premier replied: "Well, I
hope to meet him in a fortnight. I
will tell him what you say." ";
"Whoever the request,, comes
from, wcare not going to give up
the protection ai the navy, so far as.
Great Britain rs concerned." '
Conscription Must Stop.
London, Dec.: 11. Premier Lloyd
George speaking today at Bristol,
said the English military service
act was passed in order to meet a
great emergency. When that emer
gency was passed the need was.
passed and the act would lapse. He
added there was no intention to re
new it. Whether Great Britain
would require conscription in the
future in any shape of form, Mr.
Lloyd George said, depended not
upon the opinion which he now ex
pressed but upon the peace terms
which were made. Continuinc the
prime minister said:
"What drove us to conscription
was the existence pf conscript
armies on the continent that in
evitably rushed the world into war.
They could not have great military
machines there without tempting
the men at the head of them to try
their luck with those machines.
(Continued on Par Two, Column Five.)
ALLIES DEMAND
DISSOLUTION OF
HUNS' COUNCILS
Threaten to Refuse Foods and
Reserve Right to March
into Germany, Report
' . from 'Berlin.
Copenhagen, Dec. 11. According
to reports from Berlin, the entente
governments intend to refuse to
send foodstuffs to Germany until
a demand they are said to nave made
for the dissolution of the soldiers'
id workers' council is carried out.
The allies, the reports add, will re
serve the fight to march into Ger
many. . '
Representatives of the troops
which are to, guard , Berlin took an
oath in the town hall at Steglitz,
swearing absolute loyalty to the
Gerraan people's republics Inde
pendent socialists exhorted the sol
diers to disarm, but they refused.
Day's Events in Car Strike
Judge Woodrough of United States court issued temporary re-straining
order against interference by strikers in operation of street
cars. .'.-, ,
Judge Day in district court ordered street railway company to re
sume traffic and restrained strikers from acts of interference.
Executive committee of strikers' union agreed to waive union
recognition demand if company will address a letter to its executive
officers, announcing appointment of W. L. Musgrave as superintendent
ff transportation and agreeing not to discriminate against the union.
Company did not accede to latest proposal of the committee of the
union, but stated another meeting will be held this morning when
action will be taken. Company contends that letter to union officers
would mean recognition of union. x
W. D. Mahon, president of the International Association of Street
. Railway Employes, advises the men to accept the judgment of the war
labor board and to return to work.
Jerry Burnett, representative of the international union, saysjt Is
up to him to advise the men to accept the judgment of the war labor
board.
The strikers have called a meeting for this morning at 9 o'clock
when they will .consider both the message of the international presi
dent and also the letter which President Wattles has addressed to the
men. .
Chairmen Taft and Manly and W. R. Mahon wire they will be in
Omaha January 2 for .further hearing of the .controversy, between
the men and the company.
OVERSEAS MEN
ARGUE VALUE OF
"MONKEY MEAT"
v ; I
Wounded Soldiers on Way to
Letterman Hospital in Cali
. fornia Given Banquet
in Henshaw.
Relative merits of . "monkey
meat", (canned meat from Monte
video) versus porterhouse steak,
and "G-I cans" (high explosives)
versus cabaret music were dis
cussed by 62 wounded American
soldiers who were entertained at
dinner Wednesday evening in the
Henshaw hotel by Omaha Red
Cross canteen and motor corps.
The wounded heroes of the Somme
and Cantigny, who set sail from
France the day the armistice was
signed, are enroute to the Letter
man reconstruction hospital in San
Francisco.
Suffered Many Wounds.
A Japanese, several half-breed
Mexicans and Spaniards and several
Italians were in trU party, all of
whom are Pacific coast men who
saw, more than a year of overseas
service.
Some had as many as three wound
stripes. Onnie Wilson, a pre-medic
student in the university of Cali
fornia before the war, was wounded
six times and was gassed several
times.
"That was nothing, though, I
didnt 'even go to the hospital for the
gas," he said. The Germans pre
ceded poisonous gas attacks with
gas which induced heavy sneezing,
to rended the gas masks ineffectual,
he said.
Longed to Dance.
Broken bodies do not mean brok
en spirits, the; gayety of the wound
ed men attests. .
"Only these crutches prevent me
from dancing," exclaimed one when
the music struck up a "jazzy" tune.
"But, oh, boy, when I get rid of
them, won't I make up fop lost
timer i
, Some of the boys had not eaten
pie in more than a year until it was
served to tnem at the Henshaw
last evening. ,
L. J. Healey, whose wife was in
charge of the canteemus, provided
red rose boutonmeres for each sol
dier. After dinner, the boys were taken
to the Orpheum theater. They left
on a midnight train.
STRIKE TIES UP
STREET RAILWAY
IN KANSAS CITY
Residential "Sections Light
less; Company Pleads In
ability to Pay Wages Of,
Labor Board Award.
Kansas City, Dec. 11. Street car
service in Kansas City has been at
a standstill today, many industrial
plants have been forced to close "and
most of the residential sections of
the city are withouut electric lights
as a result of the strike of street car
and power house employes.
The men demand the increase In
wafces awarded them by the fede:il
war labor board which was contin
geu upon the financial resources
of . the Kansas City Railway com
pany. The federal court recently , r
fused to grant an injunction to per
mit the company to charge eight
cents and the street railway officii Is
assert they are unable to meet, the
board's award on the basis of -the
present six cent fare.
"My Journey of Life h
Finished," Clemence'au
Tells French Chamber
Paris, Dee. -11. Returning from
redeemed Alsace-Lorraine to
night Premier Clemenceau deliv
ered one of the most remarkable
speeches ever heard in the cham
ber of deputies.
"For me in this life, which at
times has seemed miserably long,"
said M. Clemenceau, "it has been
permitted that I should travel
over the stage of crime which
has" been committed between Bor
deaux and " Strasbourg. What
has been accomplished surpasses
anything history has -ever regis
tered before.
"The redemption of Alsace-Lorraine
has been the goal of my
life. A young girl to whom I
spoke in Strasbourg said to me,
'We may now smile, M. Clemen-,
ceau. We have wept long enough.'
"I am speechless. Silence alone
could cope with such a situation.
Many times I have felt life not
worth living, but since young girls
from Alsace-Lorraine in the exu
berance of their joy kissed me,
saying 'Savior,' my journey of life
is finished." ' -
President Ben Short Confident Men
Will Obey Advice of Mahon to
Return to Work Pending
War Board Hearing
Settlement of the Omaha street railway strike that,
now has continued eight days, appears in prospect before to
night. , ' '
W. D. Mahon, president of the International carmen's
union, last night wired local strikers to return to work pend
ing hearing of their troubles hee by the federal war board
January 2. At the same time the war board sent messages
to Mayor Smith, the street railway company and the strikers,
stating a hearing would be given in Omaha on that date if -differences
were smoothed out and the strikers returned to
work.
This word followed a day of con
ferences, during which the company
and the strikers appeared to be get- ,
ting on common ground over woo
ing conditions, as a result of media
tion by City Commissioner H. B.
Zimman
' Short Says Strike Off.
Mayor Smith met President Ben
.Short of the local carmen's union
soon after receipt of the telegrams
from Mahon and said to him: "Well, .
Shott, I suppose I shall ride down
town on a stret car in the morn-
,. .. . ' . .
Mr.'. Short replied: "Well, 1 don't
know that you will in the morning,
but the cars probably will be run- .
ning sometime during the day.", .
Members of the executive com- s
mittee and National Organizer Bur
nett ask that every one of the employes-attend
a meeting this morn
ing at the Labor Temple to consider
all th phases of the strike situation
up to date, including a letter pro
posed by Mr. Wattles to the men.
Burnett Says O. K.
Jerry Burnett, organizer of the
international union, who aso re
ceived a wire last night from W. D.
Mahon, asking him to advise the
men to go back to work, said: "Ma
hon is the man I take my orders
from, and whatever he says goes
with me."
President Wattles "of the . street
car company said: "I' have given
orders to have everything in readi
ness so that the men can take 'their
runs the moment they accept Ma
hon's and the war board's proposi
tion. It is a very happy" solution
of the matter and I am very glad to
have it end that way."1
Pickets Withdrawn.
Strikers withdrew their pickets
from car barns last night.
At the close of a day of swift
moving events the board of directors
of the traction company and the ex
ecutive committee of the carmen's
union parted company at 7 p. m., in
the offices of the former, with ap
parently only a techincal difference
between them.
The committee representing the
union agreed to waive their demand
for recognition of the union if
President Wattles of the company.
J would address a letter to Ben A.
Short and J. v. McMiIIian, as pres
ident and secretary, respectively, ol
local union No. 807, stating that W.
L. Musgrave had been appointed
to his former position as superin
tendent of transportation, with pow
ers to negotiate with the men as to
working conditions.
Wattles Does Not Yield
The strikers' committee an-,
nounced, that it would agree to have
Mr. Mif6grave appear before, the
men and have it understood that his
appointment and the letter to Short
and McMiIIian would not bind the
company to recognition of the
union. The strikers, however,
would insist that the union should
not , be discriminated against.
Mr. Wattles held out for "his
point that by addressing the pro
posed letter to Short and McMiIIian
as officers of the union such action
(Contlnned on Tbk Two, Column Two.)
WAR BOARD SAYS
RETURN TO WORK
TO CAR STRIKERS
Message Says Peace Must Be
in Effect in Omaha When
- They Will Conduct
Hearing.
- The following telegram was re
ceived last evening by Mayor Smith
from Joint Chairmen Taft and Man
ly of the war labor board:
"The appeal of the employes
from the ruling of our examiners
is now iifour hands. In our judg
ment the men, by going out on a
strike, have violated the rules of
the board and are not entitled to
have their. Appeal passed on until
they go back to work.
"We are advised by our examin
ers that the spirit of both parties
is subject to criticisruf and .that
had there been accommodation on
both sides and an attempt to car
ry' out the award, the trouble
might have been, averted. The
examiners advise us that the ac
tion of the men is in their judg
ment an effort to secure a rehear
ing 'of the original award rather
than for the construction of the
actual award. Of course we are
most anxious, to secure peace and
justicein accord with the award
or by modification of it that ought
to be made, bujwe cannot take
anv stens in this direction until
peace is restored and the men goA
back to work. . . .
-J'lf the men will go back to
work, theJoint Chairmen, William
H. Taft and Basil M. Manly will
come to Omaha and b there on
the second " of January to' hear
both the appeal and a petition for
a rehearing of the provisions of
the award which seem now to be
in controversy in view of the ugly
situation.
"It is necessary that both par
ties should show the utmost fair
ness in the restoration of the
status quo until the hearing can be
had and therefore the men should
be restored in the utmost good
faith, all of them to the places
which they have left and they
should go back and in the utm$t
good faith- fulfill their duties under
the present arrangement, awaiting
the action cf the arbitrators upon
the appraisal and rehearing, and
seeking no change until that hear
ing results in a decision, which
will be promptly rendered and if
possible before the arbitrators
leave Omaha. i
"We send this dispatch to the
mayor, the company and the men.
!'We have had a conference with
President Mahon of the union and
he has advised us that he has tele
graphed the men to accept these
conditions of the further hearing
by the arbitrators of the award."
MORE OF THE LOVE LETTERS WRITTEN FOR THE BEE'S CONTEST-WINNERS WILL BE KNOWN SOON
. I No. 203.
My Brave Hero': Out of the
depths of a contrite heart I acknowl
edge the receipt of your precious
letter written over there. Words
are inadequate to express the joy
it brought to me ' To know that
my love is reciprocated, loving yon
as I do,. I da not wonder that even
amid the roar of the' cannon and
fire t uns my face appears before
you. Do I not ' to" $ i you with a
relentless - love that knows no
s bounds?; Am I. not in my waking
hours praying for your safe return
How forcibly recurs to me the eve
nings spent with you. They are in
delibly; impressed upon my. mind,
never to be forgotten. How I hope
their swee$ reot$Ua v"A4V M
brave boy, life of my. life, soul of
my soul, I shall continue to pray
that we may meet, if not on earth,
then in Heaven, where.our undaunt
ed love will - be rewarded. . With
undaunted love, 1 - -
. My hero, I caress and embrace
you, Your loving and -faithful,. -,
;; -V . DOROTHY.
No. 333. '
.Dear Sir: Your kindletter has
confirmed what I have lofeg sup
posed, froin your attentive conduct
towards me. I ,think that I have
never given you causeto doubt my
affection for you. and if such should
be the case involuntarily and. reckon
jipon it with the greater confidence
call a)urt'ps si m wjirme$t
gratitude for the affection you enter,
tain for me. I have .concealed noth
ing from my parents, I have read
your letter' to them.- they approve of
our union and leave alt" to myself.
I am proud of the man who is es
teemed by everyone for his rare
merit But esteem is ndt all I feel
for you.. It is the, purest and most
fervent affection. May I.neyer want
opportunities to prove how 'tenderly
I am devoted to you. : tv.
Yours ever1 faithful,
- . . - , "V - DOROTHY.
- A No. 22. ' V
Dear Friend: ; I am glad to know
that, you think' me the cleanest
souled girl in the world, and will be
ii Sli U fill ckaa' and
sound in soul and body, and that
you have not been touched by life's
mud and mire, and then I can tell
you if I am waiting. V
DOROTHY.
:. No. 580. .
; Dear Heart: I used to wonder,
before I met you, how a girl could
care enough for a man to be willing
to share the fortunes and trials of
life wjth him. But now, it seems
as if I would be willing to give my
life, if needjie, for you. Life would
not -be worth . living if I were not
sure that some day we would be re
united. I can hardly realize that
you belong- to me, yet, I have only
,to- close my eyes to hear your won
dwM joke. aid-SSl XSM hit lace,
How sweet of you to remember me
when you. have so many more im
portant things to occupy your time.
Yes, I think of nothing but you; the
knowledge of yqur voice lends me
.courage to overcome my trials and
temptations.
I can see you now as you looked,
your ' beautiful eyes beaming, your
athletic figure, your clean, open
countenance and sthe love shining in
your eyes the daywe parted. Could
any girl fail to be proud of such
a soldier lover?
" , DOROTHY.
No. 150.
; Yo letter, boy, dear, has made
me very happy. So happy that I
around. the
doing the dull every-day tasks,
which we stay-at-homes miist do,
with a smile on my lips and the
song which is only sung once in a
life-time singing in my heart.
After you had gone I knew, that
life could never be the same to
me again, and when I received your
wonderful letter I knew that out of
the bloody trenches, out of the ex
citement and horror of war, your
heart had called to mine, and
though we are separated by miles
of land and water, my owh heart
hr.3 heard thccall and answered
to it. '
It may be year before we meet
again. There may be long weeks and
months in which we cannot even
hear fjoia each other, but wherever
1
you go my hopes for the future and
my belief in you in the present will
be with youv I know that you will
be putting the noblest efforts of
your life into this fight foryour
c:untry and for me.
-DOROTHY
No. 289. ;
My Dear, Dear Boy: If you could
only clasp my hand, you would feel
the warm glow of happiness that
your letter gives me. 5
To be the ideal 'of some worthy
man is every girl's desire and long
ing and it makes me glad and proud
to know that I am this ideal to you.
I, too, have sweej dreams of our
few happy evenings-together and the
remembrance pf you. is a constant
inspiration to me. When nothing
seems worth while, and I find my
self saying 'what's the usei the cards
are stacked then I think of you
fighting so unselfishly and courag
eously for truth and honor and right
and I fight on. trying to be as good
a soldier in life's everyday battles
as you are over there I 1
I hope, you won't find me too
greatly changed when we meet
again and that my soul will be wash-,
ed clean, of all the mud and mire of
life's experiences. For it's what
happens , to our souls that counts,
dear boy, it's soul stulf that love
is made of. and if I see the wond
rous light of understanding in your
eves then I will tell you what voac
love niean to , "01" EIXQ&
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