Grace Shively-Arttficny Day. r
BY BOB JENNINGS. J
Camp Greene, March 15. t,
Dear Grace:?111, convalescent, entirely
well. A sort of"^peeudo evolu- a
tlon, Is It not? Yesterday i arose, ?
stood reveille tnj nrst tning ai uawu,
and went through the drill routine of .
$ :; the day. My commanding officer gave .
me permission to retire at.noon, but
I stuck It out and I'm none the worse ?
~ for it. ' '
' I am very, very happy, Grace, at this
Sjfcr.; time of writing. Happy tg know that
ffij/ your dear, brave spirit Is still high,
that you are as ever firmly entrenched
.In the terrain of your convictions laid
dowh coincident with the outbreak of
t- the war. You seem to grasp the situation
with a certain alefTbess and
aptitude which Only a brave-hearted
and chivalrous woman is able to do.
Unquestionably, as you say, America
must win-^-cannot lose this war. And
you alluded to the spirit of God over
Bp1' the American army. Forsooth?forsooth!
I reply?over the army in
|?|' France, over every cantonment in the
Home of the Free, over every single
person in the land who has done, is
doing, or has yet to do, some service
Bjg- ? for the country.
I sometimes believe that if the Ger- .
man war-lords could see one of our
& 1 training camps, could get a glimpse
of the huge, young^body of stalwart,
clean-minded, clean-bodied ? valiant,
and hard-working and generous Amer_
leans, trained and training to the
evenness of a mechanism?it is a safe
conclusion to say that the Teuton
armies would be drawn back* from
off the soil of France, Rifssia and Bclglum,
and an urgent appeal for im'
' mediate peace forwarded to the entente
allies. Not that I am an American,
but I truly believe there is no
r other tlrmy in the world which approaches
us in comparison. Our soil,
our lemperameiu, our muue 01 hvuis,
climatic conditions, to say nothifig of]'
the preservation of our sacred ideals i?
Jz - ' of popular liberty handed down fo '
us as an indispensable heritage from |'
our colonial ancestors?has fitted usjv
admirably to declare ourselves In this G
'y world war.
And the principle of the "lust for t
conquest, for world domination, is dp- ?
posed to the natural and common laws s
- of human existence. We may peer
jgEj; ' Into 'the pagefe of history, modern, h
flSfey.r' < medieval, or on back through the C
ij . dim mist of antiquity, and we shall J]
\ find that all of them, like Napoleon, *
) . had their Waterloo. There were r
I Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Cae- b
sar. Anthony, Cleopatra, Khan, Alaric, C
, ^ Attila?and m#ny others, ,who each t
sustained as a consequence of his and 1
" her selfish, though sometimes ingeni- *
l''""' ous, labors, an ignominious and untffhely
death. And so, according to '
the mandates of operation and result. F
j%< XT' ??iLast
night every man in the com-js
pany went to the Y. M. C. A. build- i a
ing to view a three-reel moving pic- I
ture. I ,wish you might h;ive seen it, r,
it was entitled "The Woman's Past," a
and it was a worthy illustration of the
' / great task the women of the country I
'J-*1. . are shouldering to relieve the ihtensc i
strain placed upon the backs of the 1
men in these perilous times. Simul- 1
taneous with the scenes of the first t
c'.! episode I thought of you. Yes, truly;
gBgjfe;* Graoe, the heroine of the play, |
thought me of you. She was tall, lithe
?<id very nimble, her hair was light
KSJV - and her eyes were blue, I fancied, as
yours. Jt was her vivacity that par- i
tlcularly' struck me, as she displayed
her art (I shall not digress to outline .
the theme) with never a' slip nor
never a falter. When she spoke, ?tnd
Vj I recalled your own delicate tongue,
jfe.. it filled me with a wild longing for
you. My interest and my ardor in ,
the play became uncontrollable. (
I wanted you by my side, for Just i-j
jy . _ one moment, to whisper to you-ihejj
igp&j'L-- dreams of happiness that w6re mine L
i as I saw beyond the trenches and the |,
field hospitals to the days of victory 1 <
|] and peace, when I should lay my rifle],
aside and return ror the iuinliment or ?
fef j V the promise granted by you Just three i
months ago. Then civilian life, do- ?
fife*' mestic life, once again, Qrace. Then t
j f the life I have so long cherished? t
and .you, too, as you have so often re- i
vealed?yes, marital felicity. I be- t
L'.iv lieve it was London who said that
ft'.- marriage was an institution necessary r
fob the perpetuation of the species, t
Such a summary is an undoubted fact, t
but to me it occurs as a too mechani- i
teal conclusion. It lacks romance, c
glamour and temerity, involves the c
hand of civil tribunals, and is totally J
devoid of the processes consequent ?
upon the' do-and-dare spirit of irh- <
pulsive selection, xne very woras j
"marriage" and "Institution" bring j
home to my mind's door the poignant -i
ST-St - " realization that the instrument of man ]
' designated as law has intervened. The |
|E& very words, or the translation of them, 1
have wrought of the co-relation of the (
Ut-- species a false entity, have dissipated ]
the naturally simplified mating of the l
sexes. Perhaps in my philosophy you <
jgg&&- _ may note a sentiment of -idealism, or j
a breath of the Tiigher anarchism, if j
you please. ?
And, now. after writing much and <
saying little, I have neglected in my
V" , thoughtlessness to hazard an opinion 1
apropos of the conduct of Rod Smith, t
One conversant with our former asso- i
if elation, at school might suppose that i
,v. i ,1 considered the Ignominy of his case i
' /. too-Infinite to Justify the necessity of i
mmWj
ny dsfldonable analyses, Bu^that Is
ntH. maHtrs^ are More mattire ifod >
to&'? disloyalty verified, will I array
tyspff whole-heartedly against him.
any sanguine that the time shall arIve,
and soon, when he wtol cflme by
He true revelation and thus be led
o the light.
I will cease writing, Grace, Inasmuch
s the hour for "light*, out" and
hJlged retirement is at hand. I will
epose beneath the blankets this night,
rith the bold relief of your honest
ace filling my vision and filtering
ack Into my dreams.
All hall' to the Red Cross and the
irlangle!
Tour devoted
ANTHONY.
(To be continued.)
OCR OWN JESSE GRAY.
This likeness-above, kind antk genie
reader of Trench and Camp, Is the
esult of a sitting which was rrangcd
>etween the photographer ana every- ?
>ody's friend, Mr. Jexsc Gray, otherrise
known as "Elder" Cobb," "Low- j
:round," and various -other aliases.
?fr. Gray admits that this reproduc- I
ion of his countenance is not all taat:
t might be, but if it gets by the cen- j
or he is willing to let it pass.
Mr. Gray, gentlemerf, is too well '
mown to nded an introduction to j
?axnp Greene, but for those who!
iave/1" t enjoyed his singing and
laven't laughed ut'his jokes w? sub*
ait the following remarks. He Is as- j
istant carop-secretary for the "Y" in
lamp Greene. His business -is to |
nake the boys have a- good time when (
hey drop in the "Y" huts, and when
le doesn't make good on th<T Job it J
s a snowy day in July, or something
ike that. That'he is one of the most [
lopular men in the camp goes with- i
<ut saying. Ills solos and monologs? j
specially his black face comedian 1
tunts?are of the sort that make his
ludlences yell for more of the stuff, j
le operates in the "Y" buildings, i
ness shacks, and wherever else t&ey're ,
trong for sunshine.
Mr. Gray is from Nashville,"-Tenn.-j
le has a wife back home and a son j
n France, in the marines, rie leu i
lis business to join the forces of the j
(. M. C. ?A. and do his bit by making i
he soldier's life a pleasant Job.
RELIGIOUS DRIVE A T \\
CAMP PROVED SUCCEttJ
\verage of 6,000 Soldiers At- j
tend Each Night Series of!
Meetings at Y Huts.
The great religious drive which
vas carried out in Camp Greene
luring the past week according to
ire-arranged plans by the Y. M.(C.
t. In Camp Greene was a distinct
luccess. Dr. R. H. McKeen, camp
-eligious work director, who had the
:ampaign in charge, says of the
veek'a services: "Wo have roally been
istonished at^the results. There has
icen an average attendance of (5,000
loldiers at these nightly meetings in
he "Y" huts. Several hundreds of
nen have signed the war roll, and
nany others have signified their ln;ention
of leading the Christian life."
As was stated in the iast issue of.
Trench and Camp, all activities with
he exception of the moving pictures
vere suspended at the Y. M. C. A.
luildlngs, all emphasis being placed
in the religious services, which were
:onducted by selected preachers.
Holy , week was thought to - be an
jxcellent time for the presentation
if religious topics to the men, and
10 It proved. The Y. M. C. A. was
freatly assisted in their efforts by the]
lamp pastors, who have efficiently
abored at Camp Greene since its eslablisltonent.
The Knights of Co
umDua uuwuiiiK oiou ? ?
,f Lenten services which were very
argely attended. Several of the "Y"
mts were used by priests of the Cathjlic
church for the holding of mass
md the conducting of Other services.
Altogether there was a fine spirit of
:o-operation on the part of all the
Christian forces In camp.
The interest which was manifested
n all of the services on tho part of
he men for whom they were held Is
egarded as - most encouraging. The
eports which come from the religious
yorjc directors in all of the ,"Y" bulldngs
and. from the K. of C. building
- ^ ^ITING THE GRII
jjjp^
m
Over tlie phone: "I>hl we hit I
From tin- observer: "I do^'i
'til I And it."
fecord that is being made at ( am
Greene by the men who arc laborin
to better the moral and spiritm
condition of the soldiers who com
under their care.
A genuine revival of religious^ Ir
lerest among the soldiers at Cam
Greene is confidently expected b
those who watched the success t;
these services. A large number r
those who manifested an intel-est i
the messages that' were delivere
have signified their intention of Jpii;
liig the Charlotte churches. The pat
tors of these churches, appreclatin
the character of the work that ha
been done, have entered enthusiast:
rally Into the plans for "follow u
work."
Among tho'sc who spoke at the dil
There's no 1
in the Trent
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