oka, My Dear:
[To think of yon with a decoration!
he day the now* came was the
Broadest of my whole life. I am
JMkially happy for oar little daoahJW
and your mother,
itowt.that I do not keenly appreciate
a lMrPlp'tflcance of the honor which
' 'gpw>* my own sacrifice In airing yon
VWtmt conn try appear rery trivial,
flat have yon thought what It will
(mMn to our children, dear? They
TWW carry It all throngh their llree,
I had their children's children will rerlyance
It. Barely It; will be an In
ICz*!l? gooa ufirn a spiena'a
i And to your old mother it Is all she
J has dreamed (or you since babyhood
jni true. Her love and prayers.
iBKnllm upward through earthlness
101 human uncertainty toward the sun,
land now bright fulfilment!
Tour letter was brtef;'do write us
latt about It. As soon as 1 could eolllect
myself after reading, I hastened
over to ask Brooke Thomas what the
pasus with the Crols-de Guerre stands
vlBK.And then I went to your mothler.
* She cried a little, but her cheeks
S fituhed the color of autu.-fip roses
her eyes were like scars. We
UP**00 dearest!
t Wothlng of surprising Interest Is
IfJatepenlng here, excepting possibly
llMCc. people are dropping into a new
wftftttde toward the war. The first
|\excitement has died and thej arc re)
"larding it with quiet acceptance and
i^WWing In to do what they can to
Every man, woman and child
And than I went to your mother.
f^jfurnH to have something to do. It
recalls the words of a' writer in a
"Wtifa'sifiin article 1 read recently. He
Km that Anyone who tries to tell
' Americana we're in a way to be beatV
pn will hare to light u? to u...
haven't heard It talked of much,
L'hnt I continually am wondering what
>tte world will be like when the war
J* over. Can we look toward the fu?lure
without fear of Hetty and Ruth
growing np Into social and moral
{Conditions which may follow this up;pettlog
of long-eatabllshed living?
hfojM course the pariah nation will be
Tghirrnri as are all unclean things,
^till I wonder if spiritual pestilence
may not creep over its border, insidgnaly
carrying on destruction so blatJnntly
begun. I have read that tbe
gfpUTlage bond is no longer more than
? phrase in Germany; that what it
ntwda: for has been abolished offlf
dally. Babylon fell and Berlin will
[-{OP- But when our generation is gone
and the next Is old and edges of
HBjhtfulnesa are beginning to dull,
3guy not such evil assume indepen-1
GERMAN "EJ
By KARL BALI
have broken faith with the laxvs of
ii". Mitu slain as they the crying babes one
^.Ripped up our treaties and scarred the h
WgGjtt hosts went forth to the south and
SV sea became o watery hell for those
flams ran red and Europe bowed I
gS^t joined our force with the swinish i
Kd of this we ask you now to grip
BE stretch it forth from the broken lot
Hjjgn the dying hills of our latest kills
holy soil where Armenia groans i
HL the ocean depths where our victi
Sin Russian steppes where the fetngt
jB$m%olkan towns where the Bulgar i
Wam all of this we ask you now to eta
DKADLY DOPE
Wjfcn Billing np MUP tor tIM Han.
Powder tnd ftssl &nd T. N. T., tooj I
Soldier's Wife
dence of origin and, gathering potency
with time, apread itself in
Tsrioss gmiaea? It seems to me that
we should plan a campaign of education
to offset such possibilities.
Considering after-tho-war America
in terms of Betty and Bath. I am
praying erery day that' we shall not
develop depression of viewpoint. The
i ivv " 1
y t vk, te
Tfif '
: ?
Frequently he passes the Auxiliary as
I am leaving and insists upon
my riding home.
sight of 6ur heroes, blinded, crippled
many of them, might tend to canse
sadness despite plans for an independent
future and excellence of mechanical
limbs and devices the Government
is providing. I know disabled
soldiers of the past, getting on
as best they could, really are past.
Still I feel that much of the work
of successful reconstruction is dependent
upon us women. We shall
educate ourselves to be strong and
patient and tender enough to give our
broken men neither tears nor the
sympathy which saddens, but true
understandlne - to insDlre ambition
and courage. For their scars shall be
the mark of the only real American
aristocracy?heroism.
This is rather a lecture, isn't it,
John dear? Bnt these things have
been on my mind and I so much have
wanted to talk them over with you.
I am surprised that you know Mr
Ballard go slightly. As you write, it
was merely an office association, but
he some way has given me the Impression
that you were specially
friendly. Doubtless he merely feels
good-will toward a soldier's family.
He has a splendid new* car and,
passing on his way home, has dropped
into the habit of taking Betty and
Ruth for a little drive on the Boulevard.
Frequently he passes the Auxiliary
as I am leaving and Insists upon
my riding home. It didn't seem quite
proper at first, bnt as I had no definite
excuse and as he seemed so impersonal
and really kind i have accepted
frequently. You see 1 dutifnlly
am telling you all my adventures.
I hope It will be rostful to
read something about home'.
Rettv remains rather worn out. and
I think I shall send her Into the country
soon. If your mother will go, I
shall send Ruth also. I'd like to be
with them, but there Is the Auxiliary.
Then, too. I feel nearer to you here
among our household lares and penatcs.
The kiddies send love to Favver.
Bettle has written a "letter" which I
am enclosing, and Ruth, with her
hand carefully guided, made the
crosses at the bottom of the page.
With air my love, dear.
Your
HOPE.
1IENDSH/P"
WIN THOMAS
man, who welcomed us to his fold,
ies as the Vjmdals did of old,
I the women left behind,
ands with which the script was sujned.
north and ravaged tall and writ,
tip oh iu breast;
before our awful might;
Turk and reveled in his sight.
our hand again;
ids where we have heaped our slain,
where the embers still glow red,
among her myriad dead. t
ms sleep in long, unnumbered rows,
d wolf growls and the biasing brand
burned at our most high command,
sp our bloody hand!
" MAIL IT TODAY
Erery soldier reader of Trench and
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rejoice to see that America is ready i
as prolonged as necessary."?Marsh;
"To stop short of victory is to compromis
?Lloyd George.
"To our comrades who have fallen we ow
maintaining the reputation which t
Major General Menoher to the Rainl
"Never in this war have we seen keener i
intelligent, highminded men."?An J
to American troops.
"tfhe Hun is on therun. Now is the tim
Davison, head of the American Red (
"A visit to the American front line trenc
simism."?Captain Bruce Bairnsfatl
WIPING GERMANY OF
attil' nJ
JUU Lll lL| MM
ror an effort as great and v''/B
al Joffre. 1 >
* the future of mankind." j|
e the sacred obligation of
hey died to establish."? R
bow Division. jjjS ' Jft.
jr braver soldiers or more
Australian officer's tribute tT Jr\
e to hit hard."?Henry P.
hes is a sure cure for pesler,
of the British Army. JmAws
r Trie MAP. gjfji
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