Life — July 11, 1918 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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Life at the Front On this page we print a few of the letters from our boys in the service, constantly being rece cheerful reading. morale of our army than cheerful news from home. ved, show Lirr to a soldier or sailor is a real help. From a Prisoner To tHe Epitor or Lire—Sir: I send Lire regularly to my son at the front. AY. M. C. A. lecturer, returned from France, told me that Lire is the most appreciated of all journals in the trenches. You Americans will soon have a num- her of prisoners in Germany, being starved and maltreated as our own men have been for three or four years now, and you will have to send them parcels to keep them alive. In case of your writing appeals for help for this object, 1 will quote from a letter received from x prisoner whom we thus helped, and who has fortunately been released to Switzerland : “It is with great pleasure that I write to you to thank you for the kindness towards me during my term in Germany as a prisoner of war. I can assure you that the comforts sent me were the whole means of pulling me through my hardships and saving me from starva- tion. I really don't know what I and the rest of my unfortunate comrades would have done, had it not been for the kindness of people such as you.” Yours trufy, Duncan, B. C., Canada, June, 7, tt Special 5 Biel NS Enclosed N tind one Dole | \ lar $i. 3 tor (Canadian* 13, Foreign d. Send Lire three months to One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.04.) ~. Open only to new subscribers; no sub: scriptions renewed at this rate, LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York, From a Private Letter Dear Aunt : Your dandy letter came a few days ago, and two different packages of Lirrs came, and they were surely appreciated by all of my squad, and now I have given them to a bunch of fellows who have just come to our company and are put_in quarantine, This morning I thought it would be a good plan to take the Lires down to those boys, as_they-can’t go out as we fellows do ‘until they are out of quaran- tine. Well, you should have seen the smiles when I gave them those ma ines. Did they want them? Well, I'll say they did! 66th Engineers, urel, Md., May 26, 1918 Too Much War To tHE Eortor or Lire—Sir: Fis the one magazine for which there is unqualified approval in. the trenches, It is cheerful in tone, and shows the humor of the war wherever possible. Most of the other popular magazines contain too much war stuff—obviously faked in many instances, so that since my return from the war zone I have had much difficulty in securing readin; mat- ter for my husband that would not be a ng how they appreciate Nothing is more necessary to preserve the Sending distorted picture of what he sees con- stantly, But one is always sure of Lirt. Very truly, A. H. F. Woodstock, Canada. From a Y. M. C. A. Worker To_tHe Eprtor oF Lire | One of the most attractive things in the Red Cross Comfort Kit which was presented to the survivors of the steam- ship Oronsa was a miniature copy of Lirr, The goods came to us when we were worn out with the stress and strain of being torpedoed, after the long ride to land, the day of waiting and the trip to London from the little town at which we landed. I was leader of a party of fifty-seven A. secretaries, going overseas service, They represented many walks and professions, and in- cluded men ranging in wealth from mil- lionaires to ministers. We landed as equals, after having lost. practically all our belongings. The copies were cheer- ful things to glance at and chuckle over just before going to bed. I want you to know how much Lire means at a time like this, and to thank you for it. There are more than eightzen hundred Y.M. C. A. men overseas working with the American troops. Our party was the first to meet with serious mishap; ev last man was game, and most of them have already gone to their posts. It takes mere than a German submarine to stop the modern Y. M. C. A, man. Yours sincerely, Artuur I. HUNGERFORD, London, May 14, 1918. American sailors and soldiers all like Lure. _ Send them your copy when you have read it, or better yet, enter a subscription. Domestic rates are sufficient if subscriptions are sent to ships whose mail gocs in care of the New York Postmaster, or to soldiers if addressed to them as members of the Amer ican Expeditionary Forces. For the fleets and armies of our Allies, the rate is $6.04. N N. \ o\ N