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!I also lost all across. I am You can tell some Gillette an army Gil-received '.our package in Washington university and they sure came in handy. I also got a sewing kit from dear little Georgia. I lost all your stuff that you gave me on the sea. my clothes on the way doing fairly well no\ th^ folks to send me safety razor blades for lette razor called khaki set razor. .Send some face powder and some face cream and tooth paste or powder as I am unable to get any in France anywhere. I got a few letters from the folks and Carrie and Jol . and Laura. I was sure glad to hear from them.The Red Cross is certainly doing their share of work in France. When we were traveling through France we stopped at several Red Cross places and always got something to eat and always hot coffee. It certainly felt good to get a little refreshment once in a while. I am sending you a silk handkerchief as a souvenir from France. I sent'a couple of letters home. Writ*1 and t*di me whether Pa or Ma received them.s*II will have to close for this timm Hoping to h^ar from you all. Bm«t regards to mother, father. Georgia. I ll always remain, yours truly,JOSEPH X. DAHLSTROM.Co. B. 9th Batt, 20th Eng..\ ia X, Y.. France.A. E. F,,;LIFE OF CIRCUS GIRLHEALTHY AND NORMALsam of great cities.\ -terans of the Hagenbeck-Wallace ! i which comer, to Hammond o:. Saturday, June 22. declare they hav never known of a corresponding in;tance amidst the life of the white top ; here arc about 1,000 employees wit the Hagen beck-Wallace show, nearly 400 of whom are women.As a matter of fact, the majority of circus girls are the most refreshing, the healthiest and the clean rt minded young women ever assembled together. Many of the so-called girls” are married w^rnen with young daughters andsons, who are also with the circus.I here is little difference between the girls of the lt;ircu.s and the ordinary, healthy girls who live in comfortabh refined homes, except that the life of the circus girl is in the open, where she has a ben. r oi^iortunity to develop both physically and mentally.Life behind the red curtain which separates the dressing rooms from the rest of the circus is not unlike that of a big family in camp. Here the worn* • do 'h*ii sewing, thmr laundry, the.: reading and writing and the instructing -■f their young children. Nobody nv»-b ts them, no profanity is allowed ?•lt;reach their cars, and the atmosphere m which they livlt;- is as refined and respectable as it would be in the best-regulated home. Circus folks are home-loving, family people at heart and not at all like the misguided public is pron to consider. them.Many entire families, ranging fromYouth and Beauty Not Only Qualifications for Feminine Artists.grandparentso year-old children.I.The insatiable desire of th» stage for oung and pretty girls, even if withoutnoteworthy talent, does not have acounterpart with the circus. Unfortu-nately for these innumerable recruits for the stage, youth and beauty do not survive, and when these two qualities are not coupled with ability of a decided order, these .girls find themselvesmiserably afloat in Hie flotsam and jet-(travel with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus and enjoy all the comforts and privacy of home life. In some of th-ring acts three generations of a family are performing at the same time. Most of the really great circus performers of today are descendants of a long line of circus ancestors, and their success in tlrnir chosen field is largely due to the heritage of clean living and clean thinking that has been handed down from generation to generation.Buy a Thrift Stamp today.
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 17, 1918
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