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!!,! jll J 1 EEE% wtrrnwro?<o?. wo.nST3M ? ^33CD[33ZCX3 m c?J \fir mm n ?j Ejfl B lit Ml t iS) ip * ' fffl P; ' : < s ^ Vi FIGHT BATTLES OVER AND OVER - Wounded Yanks in British Hospital Have to Be Amused. s-j * > ARE LIKE UTILE CHILDREN "^ow Their Job Is Done They Wil Fight to a Finish With Best Friends Over Question of Who Won War. London.?Three wounded hoys wIk are left behind in I lie hospital, tin ones \vJnj>e names were crossed Iron the lists of those \v!i.? sail ! away i: time to reach i\>i < 'hrlstmas, an the especial charge of i he women wh? volunteered to work on the <-are com mittee <jf the lied Cross way had' yonder last summer when there \va.< a war on. ^EgS=gg |=-:== II m wrav J. H. S )rt ?^Uk **** ' We thought that with the signing < the armistice our work soon would 1 over and the Christmas plans we ? I ready had begun to make were aba . doned under the impression that the: I wouldn't be any wounded to entertai in England. But that was all a mi take; it seems as if our work might j ' on for quite a bit yet. Anyhow, 01 hospital at Tottenham is one of tho.* which is still full. Every afternoc ! trains of ambulances pour out the j burdens in our receiving wards ju: j as in war limes, and boys who ha> I been for months in French or Britis li hospitals are for the first time amor i their own home folks. j Wounded Captives Received. Then there ar?* omi* wounded prisoi ers?11;?w l.e^iuniiii: to dribble bac | from (Jermuny?to bo looked after an ! made m'M-h ?ir. To listen to the stories alone takes one person's entii UUIt-. ! i Th'-ro \v:tc :?o bother Chris : Y < !'!'.i if). I *II*S::?n v <<> 1;;; ' s Kwry ! < in ; 'u* ii ; . . ! !:: *! such _ j Christmas dinner its will remei . j In'!' lor yciii's, Ssi* 1 ho:;:;ss wve ;i ]>;inv, one ol his m:tnv. ^ b . li:ul special Christmas 1'rills. The bo; / ?c rcunuus k period of 7 It has beei facturers a / _ Governme trade mai good shoe i mytn/tCD UJV11Y1LJ1V Newberry, So y who could be moved assert they had , )e a hnlly time at Sir Thomas' house. j {\. He understands American boys, and j D. more, he gets people to help entertain j n-hft nnrlarctnrwl tliam tnn litrp tTioni ' in and don't contradict them when th<*y ' s. declare that they won the war. It's | r0 all a matter of that little phrase with j ir them. These children of a larger j growth who have been masquerading m in khaki these last few months have ! ii become children again; now their job is done and they will fight to the finish with their best friends over the question of who won the war. They ii; just naturally can't keep off it. And j some of the onrs who arrived too late to light at all declare that it's not won yet, arid that " ::rs and wars and rs- wars are goin:; t<> follow. I>y night time they are all worn out j i- with fitrliimi: i! ::!l over airain ;ui(i they j ii sink hack in their narrow little jrray J '< cots and 1 lie* indul^em nurses?girls of; our Denver nnit i>' their quiet gray i 1 eoiton (fleshes and '-heir snowy caps-? i; jc<ss down I lie ion:.' wards tucking in ; >_ ?];!>; 11 :: vii! nir oa'.iler, smoothing- i I j * ! . ! forehead of that boy of nineteen who i : !;ns !< >r all his fai'h in aav governI ii. ;.-ient whatsoever nccause he lost his; ho. nital allowance -o a guy from Cin-! eir.nr.ti before he had had time la even ! REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. ; Shoes for Wo natinn^l cfw*s< t/Vil v/v* i the proudly pei md the distribute nt in every manr rt mPQnc .A*. A11V/U11U U1V/ service to the A growin for the 0' footwear. Reliability measure < rt-ii i he nev /) Spring, a priced j You wiil j u I wear th Xr rnii uth Carolina. pack it in the cht/ished money bejt the Red Cross gave him. But most of the bo.^s Who are being left over here are seriously wounded and it is thought best for them not to take a sea voyage for a while longer; so we try to plan little surprises for them week by week to pass the time until their joyful summons comes. It isn't so easy, either, to think of something that will amuse a lad who must always lie on his chest to keep a piece of shrapnel lodged somewhere in his interior from floating into a locality where it may cause a great deal of damage. Bracelets Are Praised. Little silver bracelets with tags hearing the hoy's full naim-* and his military number are perhaps tin* most coveted irinkcls. hut as ih.-se cost aph'ec, they cannot 1>" got !>y ti)<? (!()/.( II l?\ it siJi.mJ' JMT-Mfl. ATM thm ili" Jiiin* ill'-y w tv ;;!i < njrnivn] :?ri?I rr.iniiicrs wrilU'i! in :>!! ii:1 '><- \v<>t;id !*9 fv;:n: . ! :'m:- :.\v y. < ':> ! o;n? !> ?>" w i! ' '!? s :s ' !o v v ; : i.. it s ;! little queer how the idea ?i l:?k?n. :!11-i iiu-n h<* i : " n li;it (."Hi you 'O.iv.'ct\\ c i-ook to ; i ?re= men" emerge J s with added tr .1 J 1-. -f ! rorrnea auiy 01 i >rs to co-operate ler. The "Queen continued assui women of this ig army of American \ ueen Quality trade m rri u . i . . iney Know tnat it j, Authentic Styles )f value for every dollai i '"Queen Quality" is always, are styled fairly and made select them with conf * m i mm em with daily sa 1PANY, wrist watches because they told u j fighting men wore them; we foum they wouldn't so, but we got the hat it of having something on our arms , and it all came down to this: if you'vi ' got your stuff chained to you -it*: ' yours; just once pry it off and yoi i pass on and leave it. just like we hav< ; left so many things we thought sur< ! we couldn't get along without." j 100,000 Smiths in Army. London.?An American soldier is au fhority for the statement that then are iU'J.wuu Miuuis hi me ^iiifiican army. ! The Williams win. scoring 1,5'X ' ajrainst 1 * ><)0 for the John?. Fiu'ii-onimrf.-. !'. -:iys. ihere :tre 20*J .Jolm o Hricns ::m<1 50 ol" th^se have v/iv .'s nam.'d Xury. JVtcu.-ncd 33 Dead. ,\Yw <*:!>:;. -Jam?\< Smi:hf a na t:\ .- < ) ' c :.'ctl (!i?nd foi I ' . N :tl:V" ;;!;ti well irt?. jj ! re ceiwil hv a r?>l: .I\Siisi-h. after :-<>v . .:. i v. iv:n*!ic? ; : v. liti' i* v. ar \va. v. j'lMur h-- lhere oil ti?c ; '.vriirii o. A' - 1 ? <rff> I I 1 J i m I i _ 1 rom the ; iumphs. 1 he manu- , 4 with the ! Quality" " r i ranee 01 ! country. vomen look j 4 ark on their : stands for anrl a full rexpended. : . Shoes for ^1 [ correctly, honestly. 4^ idence and , ! i A. tisfaction. & j i I 11 j,* I , -JJ a CONVICTED MAN OVERLOOKED iStays Home for More Than a Year p After Sentence Before Being j| Ti1/?H + ~ HDan ?? ^ i iv r wilt ? Cleveland, Ohio.?Rosario Spinello ? for more than a year has been sup- ^ posed to be serving a term in the penitentiary for manslaughter. And all during that time he has been at his home with his wife and seven children ?either there or at his work in a factory here. The authorities merely ' neglected to come and get him. IK1 did not attempt to evade the serving 1! of his sentence. But he was not going to go to the police and insist on it. He did not even dodge policemen whc knew lie had been convicted, he says. The crime was committed more th:iii two years ago. For a year the j case was in the courts. Then tlie apI pellate court sustained the verdict ! and ordered the sentence executed 1 Rut p::p:TS ordering his arrest, giving i -he police oHicial information of the ; deei-icn rf :he appellate court, were snick ;n a pigeonhole somewhere anc ; ii \vu:s not uniil ihe middle of Janaarj : that they came to light and the police ?, went to Spinello's home and took hixr ? i away to jail. i . V "