The recipient of the money enclos
ed a letter to her husband, which she
asked the bank to forward for her.
She said sho took It for granted that
the money had been sent by him, that
she wanted him to know she had re
ceived It and also aJl that had hap
pened since ho had last heard from
hr before the war. The letter was
addressed to a placo In Connecticut.
The American Relief Administra
tion announced on April 22, its plan
for handling individual money remit-f':r-;.'?
to nev-iy-er?ated countries in
Europe and has forwarded to date
1 over ?5, 01)0,000 chietly made of small
amounts sent by foreign-born here
to their friends and relatives.
The "Reds" promise big demon
strations for July Fourth, but no in
creased demand for the Stars and
Stripes is reported in consequence
uiti eof.
After another year of howling, soap
box oratory, brick throwing, bomb
placing, and general unpleasantness,
it ii predicted that everybody's wages
will be raised to pay for the last
price advances, and then that all
the prices will be raised to pay for
these wage raises.
PRICE WAS CAUSE.
Brest, June 20.- A doughboy step
ped Into a Brest store last night and
asked to see some harmonicas. As
the soldier picked up one, inspected it
minutely, wiping the edge of It with
his coat sleeve before putting- it to
his mouth, there, staring at him, as if
in letters of fire were the -printed
words: "Made in Germany.''
"I thought "Made in Germany"
was 'pas bon' in France," he said to
the storekeeper. '
"Zat is so," interrupted the French- '
man suavely, "but we buy zem before
ze "war."
The doughboy threw the har
monica on the counter and sauntered
out.
