Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1916 — IMPRESSING YOUNG AMERICA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IMPRESSING YOUNG AMERICA

Experience does not show that the strength of the domestic affections is impaired by the long separations unavoidably incident to war. On one occasion a private soldier said to General Thomas: .“General, I want to go home and see my wife.” “How long is it since you have seen her ?” asked the general. A “Over three months.” “Three months,” replied Thomas. “Why, I haven’t seen my wife for three years." "That may be so,” admitted the soldier, “but, you see, general, my wife and me ain’t that sort.”

Wasn’t That Sort.