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"My God," said Charley, "you almost got us locked up that time . . . I'm al set to go to France now, and I wanter go."
A week later they were on the Chicago of the French Line steaming out through the Narrows. They had hang-overs from their farewel party and felt a little sick from the smel of the boat and stil had the music of the jazz-band on the wharf ringing through their heads. The day was overcast, with a low lid of leaden clouds, looked like it was going to snow. The sailors were French and the stewards were French. They had wine with their first meal. There was a whole tableful of other guys going over in the ambulance service. After dinner Doc went down to the cabin to go to sleep. Charley roamed around the ship with his hands in his pockets without knowing what to do with himself. In the stern they were taking the canvas cover off the seventyfive gun. He walked round the lowerdeck ful of barrels and packingcases and stumbled across coils of big fuzzy cable to the bow. In the bow there was a little pinkfaced French sailor with a red tassel on his cap stationed as a lookout. The sea was glassy, with dirty undulating patches of weed and garbage. There were gul s sitting on the water
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The boat's bluff bow cut two even waves through dense glassgreen water. Charley tried to talk to the lookout. He pointed ahead. "East," he said, " France." The lookout paid no attention. Charley pointed back towards the smoky west. "West," he said and tapped him-self on the chest. "My home Fargo, North Dakota."But the lookout just shook his head and put his finger to his lips.
" France very far east . . . submarines . . . war," said Charley. The lookout put his hand over his mouth. At last he made Charley understand that he wasn't supposed to talk to him.
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CONTENTS
NEWSREEL XX Oh the infantree the infantree
3
JOE WILLIAMS
4
The Camera Eye (28) when the telegram came that
she was dying
9
PLAYBOY
12
JOE WILLIAMS
17
NEWSREEL XXI Goodby Broadway; Hello France
70
The Camera Eye (29) the raindrops fall one by one out of the horsechestnut tree 71
RICHARD ELLSWORTH SAVAGE
72
NEWSREEL XXII Coming Year Promises Rebirth of
Railroads
100
The Camera Eye (30) remembering the grey crooked fingers
101
RANDOLPH BOURNE
103
NEWSREEL XXIII If you dont like your Uncle Sammy
106
EVELINE HUTCHINS
107
The Camera Eye (31) a mattress covered with some- thing from Vantine's 126
EVELINE HUTCHINS
128
NEWSREEL XXIV it is difficult to realize the colossal scale 139
The Camera Eye (32) à quatorze heures precisement
140
-v-THE HAPPY WARRIOR
142
The Camera Eye (33) 11,000 registered harlots
148
JOE
WILLIAMS 151
The Camera
Eye (34) his
voice was
three
thousand
Miles away 174
NEWSREEL
XXV General
Pershing's
forces today
occu-
pied
177
A HOOSIER
QUIXOTE
178
NEWSREEL
XXVI Europe
on Knife
Edge
184
RICHARD
ELLSWORTH 18
SAVAGE
6
NEWSREEL
XXVII Her
Wounded
Hero of War a
Fraud
213
The Camera
Eye (35) there
were always
two cats
215
EVELINE
HUTCHINS 216
NEWSREEL
XXVIII Oh
the eagles
they fly high 229
JOE
WILLIAMS 230
NEWSREEL
XXIX the
arrival of the
news
238
The Camera
Eye (36) when
we emptied
the rosies
240
MEESTER
VEELSON
241
NEWSREEL
XXX Monster
Guns
Removed?
251
The Camera
Eye (37)
alphabetically
according to
rank
252
NEWSREEL
XXXI
Washing and
dressing
hastily
255
DAUGHTER 256
NEWSREEL
XXXII
Golden Voice
of Caruso
Sings to
Crowds in
Streets
286
-vi-The Camera Eye (38) sealed signed and delivered
288
NEWSREEL XXXIII Cant Recall Killing Sister
289
EVELINE HUTCHINS
291
NEWSREEL XXXIV Whole World is Short of Platinum
334
THE HOUSE OF MORGAN
335
NEWSREEL XXXV The Grand Prix de la Victoire
340
The Camera Eye (39) daylight enlarges out of
342
NEWSREEL XXXVI To the Glory of France Eternal
344
RICHARD ELLSWORTH SAVAGE
346
NEWSREEL XXXVII Sovia Guards Displaced
398
The Camera