Newspapers / The Caduceus. / Oct. 19, 1918, edition 1 / Page 14
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I'Sfl llti: :1 14 FOOTBALL FOl^RTH Li ...LORk' ti3 A VAIN EFFORT TO RAISE A fourth liberty loan. PASSING THE BUCK. The Colonel calls the Major When he wants something done. And the Major calls the Captain And starts him on the run. The Captain then gets busy And strives to make it suit By shifting all the baggage On a shave-tall Second Lileut. The said Lieutenant ponders, And strokes his smoothy jaws Then calls a trusty sergeant. To him lays down the law. The Sergeant calls the Corporal, Explains how it must be. Then the Corporal calls a Private And that poor private’s me! —Judge. THE CADUCEUS MANY THRILLS The Base Hospital is very fortunate in having a wealth of material for a successful football team. Somehow or other this has been passed by un- noticed, and as a result, one of the best of all sports ie. at a standstill, it some good live promoter would take hold of some of the boys and line them up, give them some good stiff workouts, and show them some of the finer points of the game, there isn’t any douht but what things coind be made interesting for some of the North Carolina college teams. At present there is Lawlor, Zecha, Mar tin, North, Miller, Vickery, all ot whom have had previous football ex perience, and-others, too numerous to mention, who would work out into good fast men. Surely, this ace of au tumn sports isnjt going to be cast aside and the fall allowed to slip by without a reepresentative team of the Base Hospital being put on the foot ball field. Anyone who thinks them- seelves the equal of Waltem Camp, Haughton, or Warner, kindly step up anad let the boys know when they should report for first practice. SGT. K. J.. DALQtllST.., IT FELL DOWN HOS- “When you refused him my li^nd papa, did he get down on his kjiees.^ “Well, I didn’t notice where he lit. WRITES MISS PARISH OF PITAL CONDITIONS. Parts of letter from nurse now in Prance, to Miss Parish. This nurse is a graduate of the German Hospital San Francisco, but is of American paren tage, and enrolled in the Ked Cross for foreign service soon after the be- gining of the war. * * * Am almost afraid to say I am in France. Yes, afraid I shall awaken and find I have been dreaming. But never in all my life have I felt myself honestly useful until now, and doing just what every girl should do that can,—no matter what her home ties may be. For our boys need care, and need the care that skilled hands can give. Why, when you see these men, you can’t help wondering what it is all about! We are lucky in having Ameri can boys and can talk to them. 1 do wish I couldp tell you some of the talks I have had. I only wish I was working in a ward, know I should klie it better—but the first day on, they elected me head nurse, and there is so much paper work I spend most of the day at my desk * * * by the way * * a couple of. plain boards and a little working in a ward, know I should like boxes were so usefui. I have my office and dressing room all in one, all drap ed in sheets, but tonight its just plain dry goods boxes. We did not gdt any linen, and the boys must be dry, so, all my fine drapings are in good use. ‘ We have more to do with than I ex pected, but at that it is so little— I can think of so much that I have wasted ’» * * but it will never be so ^We have landed in a pretty little Vichy—it is a very fashion able resort, in fact so much so for these times that one just hates the beautifu, gowns they wear. We landed in England, then came to France. Must say I enjoyed every min ute of the voyage, tired as I was, we had fun. No one dared be other than cheerful. We arrived in Paris late one night, and left early in the morning. But the same night we had a bom bardment, an air raid; but the hotel was so grand after some we had been in, that I didn’t care if I had to die, it was going to be in state! I am glad I brought every thing I did, can use each and every thing, especially my straight stitch scissors, they are impossible to get here. The Red Cross is doing very won derful work here. They give us so much W6 could not have otherwise, such as tooth brushes, and they sure ly need them. The first thing I do is to give the poor lads a tooth brush, and I am sure they have not seen one for a long time! I do but little washing these days, lanndry is one of the few things that is cheap here. I do wish I could hdye all the money I want to spend on linens, they are so pretty here, and reai hand work. You know my failing for extrav agance in this. I shall get some be fore I return home. Let us hope it will all be soon over, not for me, but for the sake ot these men. What ' we see daily makes one feel all gone ’ inside—I wili never get used to it. And I don’t want to come home until it’s all over and Uncle Sam does not need me any more. Have had one letter from the States, it came yesterday. Do write me, and I will write often. Good night. HEDGIBi. The Charlotte Laundry Does Our Work Who Does Yours ? THIS GATEB^SIRE RAN 23.000 MILES CONTINUOUS SERVICE WITHOUT BEING REMOVED FROM THE RIM. THIS HALF SOLE TIRE WAS USED ON A CAR OWNED BY RODERICK HARDWARE CO.. DALLAS; TEXAS COST HALF AS MUCH INTERNATIONAL RUBBER SALES CO. 404 SOUTH TRYON STREET CHARLOTTE, N. C. Ill
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