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I • f It it’ THE CADUCEUS MAKE VICTORY COMPLETE Merry Christmas, you have done your duty well, although we are classed as a non-combatant organization, we have almost daily faced germs that are. as deadly as machine guns. I believe that the medical corps men will be given the same honor and credit for helping to win the war as those who went over the top. It is now our duty to continue the battle until the boys in France are % It must be with conflicting emotions that many a small boy reads of the latest events in Paris and realize's simultaneously that both Wilson and Clemenceau were once school teachers ■Thinking of the Woolworth building, which was reared upon profits of the 5 and 10 cent store, I wonder when the war profiteers will begin to build their skyscrapers safely home. Captain William W. Cornog to Bet. Med. Dept., IT. S. Army Base Hospital, ■ Camp Greene, N. C. LAWFUL GLEANINGS GATHERED OR MADE UP BY IVAN H. LAW. “It requires considerable tact to say what you think and be popular.” If you doubt this, ask the editor. TACT: The art of lying without be ing found out. The customary handicap to trials will be scarcely noticeable wheif they empanel Wilhelm’s jury: few will be found with any prejudice against capi tal punishment. In 1492 Columbus sailed across the ocean to prove that the world was round. In 1918 President Wilson sail ed across the ocean to prove that It was (square). Please give me the number of the lesson in the former Kaiser’s “Book of Kulture” that teaches the gentle art of suicide. Can’t be he learned that lesson very well. “Influenza may stay for years” says a headline. And if you want to enjoy life even more keenly by simillar ob servations, you might remember that when there has been one railroad wreck there has always been another, we have always had small-pox, and the fire engines always have their brass polished. “Don’t eat that fourth meal” urges a food conservationist. He need not worry. The man of average means after one horrified squint at the check will almost be sorry that he did not deny himself the third collation. I wonder if the name doughboy came from the fact that the secretary of war is a Baker. If you don’t like these, make your own jokes, then mail them to me. I’m tired. , Let’s see. It was back in 1914 when the Kaiser said something about a Christmas dinner in Paris. Now it’s 1918 and the Kaiser is no more, and he and his fighting sons are farther away than ever. Whaddayuh mean, “fighting sons.” I don’t mind the sob squad ululating over “our boys” as they dive home ward head-on for an American square meal, but I wish they would quit writ ing some of this poetry about it. As a host, Germany entertained the Allies lavishly, and the check amount ed to several billions. Spend a Merry Christmas BROADWAY WITH US BIG DANCE MON. AND TUBS. A Picture De Luxe The Crucible of Life A Thrilling Detective Story Christmas Night, Dec. 25th Dancing from 8:15 to 11:30 BIG ORCHESRTA WED. AND THUR. MADGE KENNEDY IN The Kingdom of Youth A Delightful Xmas Story The Biggest and Best Floor in North Carolina AUDITORIUM FRI.ANDSAT. The Still Alarm The most thrilling Fire Story ever filmed Gentlemen 75c Ladies Free The Best Pictures in Charlotte
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