World War, 1914-1918 -- Humor, caricatures, etc.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
Of course we had a big feed. The army didn’t come across with any
extras, but by scouring the country for miles around our company, and
all the companies for that matter, had some meal served up. Here’s our
line up—celery soup, roast beef, mashed potatoes, macaroni with cheese
and tomatoes, a salad, cake, prune pie, celery, and cocoa. Besides the
Red Cross sent cigarettes, candy, and crackers.
[Illustration: [Artilery shell]]
In the afternoon we took a ride by camion to Sedan where the “Y” was
putting on some kind of a show for us. After much cheering, and not
missing a single bump we arrived and found that the show was going
on—movies were being run off—French movies, a nice long drawn out thing
in six or seven parts on Nero, his love affairs, his fiddle, and Rome. I
for one wasn’t at all mad when they cut the picture short and started in
on some live stuff. After a Lieutenant got a couple of stories off his
chest, the ball started. Some real American coons from a near by outfit
were the live stuff. They sang by fours, threes, and twos, and when they
got tired of that they gave us some A No. 1 clog dancing. Believe me!
they could sure shuffle their feet. The “Y” had decked them out in some
paper caps which added to the hilarity. They were the whole show and it
was worth the trip to see them.
The “Y” also were there with the Christmas tree. We rang the bell for
chocolate, cigarettes, a cigar, and cookies.
[Illustration: SHALL I RIGHT-ABOUT OR CONTINUE THE MARCH???]
The other day I went over to Charleville again. Ran into a place that
had real pies—chocolate and apple. Also had cakes. The prices were near
the top, but we bought a few notwithstanding. The girl behind the
counter could have sold us ice at the North Pole—she was a peach. Two of
us told the boys to break away and we would show them something
better—and we did. There was a girl in a small café that we had
discovered on our last trip. We took the boys along in and they agreed
that she was _the_ class. Here we ate the pies and cakes and the girl
behind the bar came in for a share. It was a good thing that we were
riding in the Ford and not walking, or we would never have got back to
camp. Those pies went fine but we ate more than our share I’m afraid.
Last night and today it snowed again—just enough for snow balls. This
afternoon we were throwing them with the French kids. They can peg them
as well as our boys, but I guess they forget how to use their wing when
they get older.
[Illustration: SHOVE HER ALONG KID!
NOW WE’R GOING!
DRINK TA’ME OWN-LY
W-H-E-E!
SOME SONG!
W-O-U-G-H!!
OH YOU KID!
YOU-HU!
AW! WAIT!
Y-I-P-P, O—U!
!?
LES AMERICANES! OU LA LAR!]
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