like he did for two solid hours, must have been brave. Everytime I
looked at him I thought of that ol saw "Faint heart never kissed the
chamber maid." When he finished everyone in the audience was "out"
exceptin an ol maid who was trying to send him a love message by eye
wireless.

After his batteries went dead on him we was invited to eat. It wuz the
first time I ever eat out in company with Skinny, and believe you me,
Julie, it'll be the last time while I am conscious. I'm not going to
try to tell you of all his breeches of etiket 'twould take too long,
but he pulled one that was a beaut. He kept mixing honey with his
peas; I kep kicking him under the table, and finally I got a chanct to
whisper "What in h---- was he doin that for?" He whispers back "How am
I gonna make 'em stay on my knife if I dont mix 'em with sumpin."

Yours until country bording houses quit using canned vegtabils.

BARNEY.




Dere Julie:--

When the Kaiser is canned and I get back to the ol' job, eatin my 3 a
day, and holdin your hand in the movies at nite, I'm gonna try fer the
vaudeville. We have formed a quartet in our company, and we must be
pretty good fer up to the present nobody has fired anything at us but
remarks. Skinny tried to git in by telling us his voice was trained;
the top sarge sed he guessed it was trained all-rite, all-rite,