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Am beginning to find out that this world of ours is a uretty small place after all. Since I came into cemr> here have hummed into two fellows who used to.work at J.C.Wilson's when I did.
At a ooncert in the Y, the other night a fellow called Barclay w®s singing, end Jimmy Stewart recognized him as having lived at their house in Winnipeg. One of "Makogamy's" brothers (there are three of them in Uniform) blew into camp today also.
Have had very little opportunity to air my French as yet, but we (i.e. the bunch) are rehearsing daily in our tent, some of the efforts being screamingly funny. Bud Middleton bought a small book of common phrases etc. and every so often he hauls it out and inflicts some weird efforts on *us, As he persists in pronouncing the words exactly as they &rerspelt you can imagine Just how our’ sensitive ears suffer. Bill is a bear cat at it though, his "We, we,bull frog" being especially effective. That is the extent of’ his vocabulary. Hank is completely out of it, although he did venture to. say once that he had paid out "dukes" francs for a certain article. Goldie pulled a fine one last night, when we were coming back from Havre on the train, of which trio more anon.
First he held up a cigarette, looked at his neighbor,, made a*mo- tion as xf he were scratching a match on his cants, the above psn- tomine aoccmpl ishing the trick all right. After obtaining the match,, to show hie gratitude and"his" knowledge of this language he politely tipped his hat, at the same time ejaculating "tres bien".. Wien I remonstrated with him, saying that "very well" was hardly thanks enough for the service rendered,, he said "well you've got to hand it to me for trying anyway". Still another instance. Everett Logan, alias "Fine dish", "Guess not" "Wher' yu get'at'old stuff" "Cradle robber" eto. famed far and wide for his girl chasing propens xties,, sadly shaking his head at two girls trying to speak to him in French, and mournfully murmuring "Comprehendez-vous not". K' I
I really don't know how we would put in our time at night around camp if it wasn't, for the Y. and the picture show,, which is also, run by the Y. Of course it isn't exaotly a palace, being located in a marquee,, with narrow boards for seatte a la circus. The pictures are really good though and are changed every evening 3d being the price of admission* Seems queer though to be sitting watching them, and nothing but men in sight. Am afraid 1*11 be less a "ladies' man" than ever after I get back. ^
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As usual, eating plays a very important part in our day's work,, sou think you would like to know what an average day's meals consist of. Breakfast, Marmalade (one small spoonful), hard tack,
1 oup of tea Dinner, bully beef (1 can between two men), hard taok (no tea). Supper, cheese,, hard tack, 1 cup tea. Ho butter at all,, and bread very seldom. The hard tack is hard too. and no. mistake about it,,while bully beef is rather tiresome as a steady diet. Probably better; though; then we will get if we go "up the line as moving "trench wards" is called.
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