Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1918 — Western Soldiers Rugged. [ARTICLE]

Western Soldiers Rugged.

The "early to bed and early to rise” slogan is noticeable on the faces of the boys in khaki who are arriving here from the West and other parts of the country. These youths are certainly typical of the real American. Health, brawn and muscle are their principal characteristics and with all this there is a certain amount of chivalry that is not seen in New York. The average New Yorker is a pale individual. Indoor work, of course, is responsible for this and he always is in such a hurry that he thinks of no one but himself. Some of the New York youths marvel at the appearance of these visitors from the West. They cannot understand why they should be so ruddy. The explanation is easy. It is because they spend more time in the open. Nevertheless the appearance of the boys from other parts of the country is causing 17 kinds of jealousy.—New York Times.