MEDICAL DjjJPARTMjSNT MS LLTTJR
Station Hospital,
Pt.V/m.H. Seward, Alaska*
June 23rd, 1922.
Dear Editor;
It has been a long time since we writ you a letter,so
mebbe it is time we did.But you see .nothing has happened to write
about,and we canft always be talking ab out the weather or the
Bonus Bill.Both are very tiresome subjects .because the one we
have no control over,and the other has been the subject of so
muoh controversy that we hate to hear the thing mentioned* Like
the following verse,if the Bonus Bill had feelings.it could
well repeat Robert Louis SteBenBon*s "Requiem"
- ,fUnder the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave,and let me die*
Glad did I live,and gladly die
And I laid me down with a will*"
There*s more to it,but that*s enough*It sure looks as tho Con
gress has sounded Taps over it,but we can be thankful that the
pay Bill has passed.Like the following,-"it *s a lucky thing"
"I speck it's a lucky thing,"said Uncle Bben,"dat de
world doan hab to depend intirely for its inlightenment
on whut Congress done foun* out in 'vestigations."
Uncle is right,we*d say.Like this one,"they don*t know why they
do it".
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"Now,my son,"said the conscientious father, "*?ell me
why I punished you.'1
"That's it",blubbered the boy,"first you pounded the
life out of me,and now you don't know what you done it for".
'S'nuff Sed,one thing is certain,-as much as we rant and rave at
our Legislators .we can't do any bet ter, otherwide,we 'd be there.
But such is lifet-v;e belittle the other man's efforts,and yet,if
we were called upon to do the same thing,we'd make a worse mess of
it than ever.
"Many a man thinks he's a shining light in the pages
of History,when he's only a flash in the pan."
"Every man is a fool at least ten minutes a day.Don't
exceed the limit.*!2"
Speaking about being lucky,we ran across something the other day
that listens pretty good,especially if you can picture yourself
in the same predicament.
"The Stenog's Vacation"
{sung by her Eoss)
" My is oi hor vacution,
My trpis* 's awru fpr a week,
My trpvidt us in hwr vacarion,
Y/gile thse damu kews plsy hudge abd gu seek.
..Cloras^
Oycbreng Loyk,bting bzek,
Brxuig becj mu bOnnie ti my,tp mr;
B)£ng b.jp3:j,L6ng bicx,
pTing bozk mjo beinino -0 mx: CH Helk?"
Well,it's almost time to eat,and seeing how we have told you all
the news,we'll conclude,hoping this finds you well,at home,and be
having yourself* In the name of the Med.Dept. U *S .Army jwe are
The Pill Rollers. _