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PLANNED YANK ATTACK'
GRAY CLAD HORDES DISAPPEAR
BEFORE ONCOMING COLUMNS
OF AMERICANS
(From "The Stars and Stripes)
In the fall of 1914 an American writ-
ing for American newspapers tramped
through the slippery mud from Brus-
sels to Roulers, marching with the
victorious troops of the German kais-
er. Four years later he tramped over
these same cobble stones once more;
but this time as a doughboy of the
United States army. Never was there
presented to anyone a contrast more
dramatic.I
The first time these roads were
packed with field-gray men; and end-
less machine-made, irrestible, moving
mass, singing as it went. Like water,j
this torrent flowed down every chan-
nel toward the French border.
Americans Worshipped by Peasants
And as one looked about the coun-
tryside he saw from the windows of
almost every house a white cloth of
some sort tied to a stick-pathetic at-
tempts of the peasants to save their
homes. There were no other flags in
Belgium.
In 1918, on Nov. 10, an outpost of
the 91st American division, fighting in
Flanders, rode into Hoorebeke St.
Corneille at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing. It saw just disappearing over a
hill two German field kitchens doing
a Ben Hur, cans and lids bumping
about and flashing in the early sun-
light.
A captain of a headquarters com-
pany of a California outfit followed
immediately and knocked on a door
of the village to ask for quarters.
At once he was fairly suffocated in
the embrace of a Flemish grandmoth-
er.
"You ask -for a room!" she cried.
"For four years the vaches have been
taking all without asking!"
She flung open the door. "Here,
Amerilkaan, the house isdyours."
He seemed cold. From somewhere
they dug. him up a stove, and built
a fire. He seemed .hungry. Soon he
dined on Belgian hare. The old mn
of the farm, who could think of noth-
ing else, insisted upon presenting mon
capitaine with his heavy home-made
cane. And by that same miracle
which was being enacted in thousands
of liberated homes a big five foot
black, yellow, and red flag was found
flapping over° the, doorway.
Yank Attack Delayed
The next morning, at an American
attack was planned at this place.
Crisp with a biting mist, the day be-
gan to clear. Through the "purple
haze hanging over the hill opposite,
now and then a Boche slf'ape could be
seen lurking for an instant. Behind
a stone wall 500 yards from a Ger-
man machine gun nest Lieutenant
Crawford, eyeing his watch, sat with
his battery. His minenwerfer (once
of the German army and now doing
duty as a Yankee Stokes mortar) was
in position by the gate ready to romp
out on the minute, down the road
and up a hill and straight ahead.
It was to be a divisional attack.'
Everybody knew the part he was to
play, and only waited for the chance.
The harassing fire from the artillery
had begun.
Then comes news to delay the at-
tack until 9.}
Rumors. Messages. More waiting.
Yanks all in position.
A quarter of an hour before the
time for the barrage to start, and the
artillery men stand by their guns.
From the temporary trench of an
advance post a major looks through
his glasses. Certain movements in the
turnip fields across the valley appear
strange to him; people running and
jumping about.
"Belgians," he comments. "There
can't be many Germans there now
with all that excitement going on.
News Received Coolly
Then at that moment came that
famous order from Marshal Foch
which everyone has now read so many
times that he knows ot by heart. The'
attack of the All-Western division
was never to take place.
And from where the German lines
had been came little groups. They
were Belgians with a sagging wheel-
barrow load of household goods -
coming home.
The doughboy who had been twice
in Belgium under such different cir-
cumstances walked back to the head-
quarters mess for breakfast. There
was no excitement, little comment. A
cook was toasting bread on the top
of the kitchen.
A top sergeant came by, called at-
tention and read the order suspend-
ing hostilities. Two Yanks sitting in
the stone courtyard near at hand
cleaning their rifles, never stopped
work.
"What'd he say?" asked someone in
the rear as the top walked away.
"Didn't get all of it," answered his
buddy.
"Oh, damn!" said the cook. "This
toast got all burned."
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"Friend Husband," is a different sort
of heroline from the usual run, and
her situation in this picture is also
different. "Friend Husband" shows
Miss Kennedy as a kidnapped bride
on a compulsory honeymoon. It is
the story of a girl who laughed at her
marriage vows - the romance of a
society cave man.
What Did he Send
to the Young Lady
He counted out the money, a generous women are?" finished the private
amount. Still he lingered, and it was wisely.
evident that he had something else on "I'll tell you what," said the Amer-
his mind. lican woman, I'll tell her I enjoyed
"Anything else I can do for you?" meeting you because I have a son in
asked the woman. the army myself. Will that do?"
"It's like this," began the private, "That will be fine," said the private
hesitatingly. He stopped, swallowed, heartily. "I wouldn't have mentioned
and started all over again. "Please it, only you know how women are."
be careful what you say in that note, hie smiled at her understandingly,
won't you Ma'am? You see-my girl--- saluted, turned and went out.
she's funny about some things-she
might think- well, you know how Daily advertising is profitable.--Adv.
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Majestic-Tom Mix in "Fame*
and Fortune;" also Sunshine Com-
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Madge Kennedy in
Husband" (returned)
rent Events.
"Friend
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Wuerth - Pricilla Dean in
"The Two Souled Woman;" al-
so 'Comedy. -
AT THE MAJESTIC
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Paris.-(Correspondence of the As-
sociated Press).-He wanted to buy a
Christmas present for his girl back
home so that she could show it to all
the other girls, and destroy ther
peace of mind because it had come
from France. He knew just what he
wanted, too, but every time he thoughtl
of going into the shop and trying to
ask in French for the thing he want-
ed, he got red behind the ears. He
had gone over the top in the past, un-
afraid, but he *couldn't do this.
At last, when his leave was all up,
he went into the canteen and asked
the Y. M. C. A. woman there to make
the purchase for him. He gave her
the address, and hoped it wouldn't be
too much trouble to send the package.
"Of course it won't," said the Y. M.
C. A. woman who buys dozens of such
gifts each week. "I'll enjoy it. I'll
see that the package goes all right
and, if you like, I'll write her a little
note too, telling her how well you're
looking."
"That will be nice," said the private.
ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE ADORABLE
MADGE KENNEDY
--in-
"FRIEND HUSBAND"
(Return)
A GIRL'S EXCITING ADVENTURES ON A
BOUGHT-AND-PAID-FOR-HONEYMOON
NO LESS THAN 1,465 MADGE KENNEDY
SMILES ILLUMINATE THIS PICTURE
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Tom Mix, who is to be seen at the
Majestic for the last time today in
his adventurous picture, "Face and
Fortune," simply lives over before the
camera some of the events of his own
life. He was born on the Texas
plains, served as chief of the scouts
in Cuba during the Spanish Ameri-
can war, organized the Phillipine na-
tives into American army units. Later
he joined the United States army and
served in the Boxer uprising in China,
he returned, joined the Texas Rang-
ers and helped hunt down cattle r's-
tlers on the Mexican border.
"His Neighbor's Keyhole," a Sun-
shine comedy, completes the bill.
Charlie Chaplin in his second million
dollar picture is coming to the Ma-
jestic Thursday, for a three day run.
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Madge Kennedy, who plays a return
engagement at the Arcade today in
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