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THE ECHO
OCTOBER, 1944
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Echo.
FRENCH F^RIENDLY PEOPLE
Cpl. Dewey Winchester writes
from France: “ . . . I am and have
been on the move for some time
now. I thought our mail would nev
er catch us, but it has at last . . .
Now for a few words on France
and the people I have been able
to see so far . . . The people, here
are the most happy on earth now.
They are lined along the highways
with drinks such as cognac, cham
pagne and different wines, eats—
best they have to offer— and
flowers. It makes one feel good
to help out such nice and friend
ly people. The way they talk has
me at present, but I will learn.
The country is O.K. but cut up in
to small fields with hedgerows
which are filled with snipers. This
keeps one on the alert all the
time .... I have been under
enemy fire and it makes a fellow
feel funny .... Good luck (Bon
ne Chance—French!) , . ,
Beneath The Pisgah
The Poet’s Corner
Prayer For
Housing-Up Time
BY ELIZABETH COATSWORTH
Now that the birds have flown and
trees are bared.
Lord, we have done our part, we
have prepared
Our households for the winter. You
have seen
Year after year, we bank the sills
with green
To keep the winds out from the
kitchen floors.
And we have put in place the
double doors
And double windows on the west
and north.
And from the pastures brought the
heifers forth.
The young pig’s slaughtered and
hung in the barn;
The sewing basket’s piled with
scarlet yam;
Down cellar all the swinging
shelves we fill
With jams and jellies, pickles
spiced with dill,
And apple butter and a dozen
sweets;
Potatoes crowd our bins, turnips
and beets;
The sheds are stacked with dry
last winter’s wood.
Well-seasoned now and serviceable
and good.
These things we’ve done as we do
year by year.
Now, Lord, add to them peace and
pleasant cheer,
With indoor talk and snowy out
door sport,
To make our kitchens bright and
winters short!
Walk In The Woods
BY CATHERINE H. JACOBS
Let not these eyes, feasted with
green, forget
The beauty at my feet where
cold and wet
Dead leaf and acorn, pine cone,
ancient earth,
Knowing no season, fashion no
regret.
For Which We Fight
BY HORTENSE FLEXNER
Abstractions to a lonely eye
Grow intimate as hedge and
stone;
Democracy, to boys who die,
Wears shorts and eats an ice
cream cone.
A Call To Arms
If you’ve the strength to elbow
And be elbowed in the stores,
You also have the strength to do
Some bundle-toting chores.
Don’t make the trucks deliver
When you’re muscular enough
To save the rubber and the gas
By carrying your stuff.
Just bear in mind each trip you put
Upon their tires today
Is one less trip left in them
As the rubber wears away.
And next year, madame, maybe.
When you’re wearier and older.
And need a bureau sent.
You’ll have to lug it on your
shoulder.
So be a patriotic sport
And use your sense of thrift,
And every time you’re able.
Give your packages a lift.
OuP
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