The Stars and Stripes Part 18

And, in spite of talk like that, there are some people back home that think their own communities' men are doing all the fighting.

CAN YOU BLAME HER?

Teacher in French School: "Marie, what is the national anthem of La Patrie?"

Little Marie: "La Ma.r.s.eillaise."

Teacher: "Good! Now, the national air of England?"

Little Marie: "G.o.d Save the King."

Teacher: "Very good, mon enfant! Now, the national air of the United States?"

Little Marie: "Certainement! It is 'Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!'"

GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM.

"Well, Bill, how are you getting along with your French?"

"Fine! I know the words for wood, straw, beefsteak and suds; what more do I want to get by with?"

SUCH IS FAME!

"Jake, who's this Lord Reading that's the new British Amba.s.sador to the States?"

"Reading? Say, ain't he the guy that run a railroad somewhere in Pennsylvania?"

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