Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4the stars and stripes weekly saturday August 7, 1943 the stars weekly newspaper of the and stripes i. 8. Arad farces published la Hie Erik Africa Kern Ter of Opar atias. Ila 8tars and stripes la Africa is edited Aad published by Aad far the per Staael of the la. 8. Armed farces la the Narth Africa a theater of operation. It la printed by la eche do Alger 28 rec de la Liberia Algiers. Mailing address 12 Bea Levard Vaadia Algiers. Telep haae . Christenson ext. Of copt. Neville ext. �8 circa latian to sgt. William d. Estoff ext. �6 la. Cal. White ext. #7. Casablanca Bare a Rue Georges mercies sgt. Edward m. Duscher or. Oran Bureau t Rue hotel de Ville 8-8gt. Glen Hedges telephone�?23d?i. Constantine Bare a special service constantines sgt. Jim Evans. Amateur Bureau special service Amateur sgt. Joe Conforty. Entered As second class matter at the Post office at new York n. T., under act of March 8, 1879. Subscription rate to the United states too francs a year. Contents passed by the u. 8. Army censors.  Tai. I. No. 83 saturday August 7. I�i3 staff officer la charge editor business manager managing editor Art editor editorial staff 2nd it. James a. Burchard. It. Cal. Egbert White capt. Robert Neville capt. Robert j. Christenson to sgt. David Golding sgt. Gilbert Sweeney to sgt. Milton Lehman to sgt John m. Willig to sgt. Hilary h. Lyons a sgt. Ralph g. Martins sgt. George Hakim 8-8gt. Phil Stern sgt. Richard Bruner. Sgt. Jack Foisie Cpl. Clarence Bunnell sgt. Stanley melt Aff sgt. Edward Vebell pvt. Paul s. Green pvt. John Welsh Iii. Mall Call tipping dear editor prominent amongst our current queries concerning local customs is the subject of services or to us tipping. Our particular question is in the payment of tips to Cinema j usher ettes. Recently we have entered cinemas lulled into the belie that having paid for our seats that covered everything. We were besieged by usher ettes. The triumphant one would Lead us to our places or More often to the wrong seats and then demand in ringing tones Quot service a is this service included in the Price of the Entrance ticket by settling this query you would certainly oblige us. A sgt. C. F. Deeth of. Archer Don re it is a French custom to tip usher ettes who receive Little or no pay from the  editor soldiers have battled Over the world they will not return Home As provincial  it seems to me that he is ill wet. If a Quot provincial american is one Wii Ose greatest desire is to go i and the ten lire piece jumps again Home after the War and stay there to the size of a Quarter. That takes the rest of his life forgetting Ai care of practically All the coins in fast As possible his career Over Ordinary use. Italian Money just when they finally got used to translating francs into dollars thousands of yanks will have to forget All about French Money and struggle with a new coins the lira. This week the Allied military government set an Exchange rate of too lire to the Dollar. This is quite a drop from the rate before the present War which was slightly less than 20 lire for a Dollar. Italian currency is based on the same system As the French. There Are coins Worth less than one lira but we need t bother with them because practically anything will Cost at least a lira. The one lira Coin made of Nickel is about As big As our Quarter while the two lire piece also of Nickel is about the size of our half Dollar. As for the Silver coins the five lire piece is As Small As a Nickel provincialism dear editor a Well known american wrote recently that a a we May feel certain that when they american seas then i d estimate that at least 90 percent of our expeditionary forces Are just that. Ask a i what his adventures in North Africa have taught him and it s a italian paper Money is just As Gaudy and elaborately coloured As the French Wall paper notes. About the most common is the ten lire note something like the Small set Quitt that Sall the italian i know baby Well Batta wait for next weeks lesson. A cartoon by sgt. Bob Clark Good bet hell say Quot in be Learned French notes. The 50-, too and to appreciate the states More than 500-lire notes Are about As Large As i Ever did when i was  the 100-franc Bills while the 1,000 Owak lire Bill resembles the 1,000-franc ?tp.ahcfbkv1 to Thanita Ina he dislikes whatever differs at first but you Quot get used from the ways of his particular main Street or red route. You can expect sicilian Bills to be in the same mangled condition of. ,. As their French counterparts. But but we be got to remember that Gocko thing is this. Ameri Jive talk if you this dig the Lingo is solid taboo i Iff j # a a in to be our can soldiers wont be bothered too. _ _ a a _ _ m neighbourhood from now on. If much with italian printed Money. It Ftp of arabs Are penniless and dirty then the am brought along with it the English language in t what it used to be when ice overseas servicemen were Back in the younger generation has added its own contributions to or Indiana or the Bronx. Done to bother trying to forget it when you apart go Home. You la never have a Chance to. �?t-5 Wallace Irwin or. Pup ten i poets their jaws around. Their talk is strictly Dracula. They use their watch works for something More than worming. Lets follow a Hep cat As he hops on his egg beater to pick up his Witch on a Date. First he called her on the Ameche to invite her to a rat race. "c.o.d.,&Quot she answered and he was on his Way after making an f.h.a., seeing As How he did no to Coo for Moo. This Hopper used to be a w o l. Vuu a a a  a a a and made a play for Mothballs sight. If you Fellows Are As foolish readers Are warned to proceed of and Dames that were live by five their own risk editor. And Crisp itm0won-f a a a tailing a a dance and Duke joints of America. Just to keep us up to just a word of caution italian Date on English As she is now bartenders and storekeepers Are spoken Here is a Short lesson on already learning to multiply their i be talk. Complete with vocabulary prices when a yank heaves into notes. Our British and French to the Villa and a if you should wander through Casablanca and out along the Highway past native shop. Dusty Plain you will find a peaceful Harbor of Refuge amid the shimmering heat like a drop of Crystal water in an arid waste. A Garden like some Eden of which Omar spoke awaits the traveller. Clasping this Emerald Gem like a pure White Belt a Wall. Secrets away a Paradise. Framed in a Pagoda of roses where Sylph like form will come to Greet you. Hands outstretched a smile of Welcome. She will Lead you among to your query was Inopportune for War plays a ghastly tune and we must pay who wish dance love in War is but a Chance. So take your Chance to live and love and mask your heart with i thoughts not love moments with you Are precious spent and remembered As poignantly As a haunting scent. Is sgt. Greg p. Leeka As you were in North Africa and Start tossing lire around like you did francs prices in Sicily should i the Waters for some time probably Are off the cob by now in your Jive talk. Your vocabulary must be strictly Stock. You just done to be hitting the ceiling very soon broken hearts Fanny of Trapani Rumor has it dirty Gertie whom you knew in old Bizerte. Has a sister in Trapani by the name of filthy Fanny the Mimosa Trees and their Cooling she is Gertie s Black sheep sister Shade. Flaming Hibiscus along the path where Lemon my Orange Trees Bloom Ana Bear fruit Over us As we stroll talking of pleasant things to dispel weariness from our hearts. Copper coloured Budelia forms a Bower to hide this Sanctuary from prying Eye while Gay hued Zenias with Many a Flower nod in the Breeze Leafy Trees sigh. Drenched in the afternoon Sun. Grateful should the Lucky person be who in this foreign land has found such hospitality. So much pleasure there. . No Man yet has Ever kissed her. Though her friends have never told her awful her body odor. Ode to Nan Rae. Wac should Fate decree we meet once More on that far Distant elusive Shore and if time should dim my memory still till face form and life Are nil. Perhaps my query then will ask if you have put away the mask the mask you wore the night i said Quot i shall remember Tho Spring be dead.9 one of the minor casualties of War being a shattered heart More and More soldiers As time passes Are banding together because of Quot Mal d amour Quot As the French put i it. One of the latest groups is the Quot sad sack club a subtitled Quot you got the rub bub a started in an air defense Wing. Membership fees of ten francs a Day Are placed in a Jack pot with proceeds going to the first member getting a letter from his girl. If no letter appears by the time the organization moves to another War theater the Money will go toward a rip roaring drinking spree another group the Quot overseas lonely hearts club a a was formed in a heavy bombardment outfit. Based on the proposition that ail women Are untrue its motto is Quot they break it and we can take  the Constitution rhymes this sad thought Quot if you re bothered with an Arian of the heart a if you feel you Are Drifting apart Quot if she says she met an interesting fellow. Lots of his clucks were fag hags you alligators who be been Overland sometimes he got stuck by a bag with a Sag. But now he and his Witch Are a thing strictly a gruesome twosome. She listens .  him. As for the Chick she left her grub Gables to go out with him and now its a Case of Only drool. Lots of other alligators fell in before them at the rat race. The Chick noticed Johnny was out of jail and had to wriggle a bit. Quot like Chicken grab a Wing Quot Hie Hopper told her and soon they were sizzling the ribbon. Up on the stage t h e sending band was cooking with both burners. This was a Jelly s sister outfit with solid players beating it out on the coffins and Manning the slush pumps. But the tru Miet Man was so Good he stopped traffic. He had a trumpet like heaven. He was so solid All the Dwoinen bait Ani fillies got Hep to his Jive. Tile hoppers in their zoot suits and turned up shoes really hit the of Ding with a bang when the trumpet Man hit a High note. He had every Vitamin from a to z. In All the clock the action any More. There a been lots of changes in the Way j that was the saying the teen agers dig the Lingo and schools. He was solid taboo Cook if you Hep cats can to get on the ing with helium. Brother there Grooby Side you cd better just Stop were Wing dings flying All Over the bumping your Gums. Place. The hoppers who get their High Well my jacks and jills Plant Quot if instead of Quot dear Quot she writes school paroles these Days Are really me now and a g me later for i a hello Quot Quot then brother you can sign Quot right on the dotted  what a frightful looking creature badly formed in every feature when she ran for miss latrine the judges cried for at Abrine. Fellows. Now that you re in Trapani be on the watch for filthy Fanny. Cpl. F. D. Conner come and get it mess Call gather round you gigs interested in things culinary and listen to the advice of a sgt. Henri p. Morris on How to brighten up Chew time. Spaghetti a la spam s lbs Spaghetti i canteen Tup of Cooling Oil or fat drippings 12 lbs. Spam it diced 4 lbs chopped onions 12 lbs fresh tomatoes or 5 cans no. 2 1-2 tomatoes Fine chopped garlic Salt Pepper and paprika to taste Chi Oil or fat drippings add chopped onions and garlic and diced spam and Brown. Add mashed tomatoes and simmer solid when it comes to moving am a red hot potato. Saloon. Glossary Alligator Hep cat. Ameche Telephone. . A Wolf on the Loose. Bag with a Sag a girl Wuu a bad figure. C Locking the action understand. . Come Over dear. Coffins pianos. Coo for Moo work for his Money. Dig savvy. Dracula in a class by list if egg beater bicycle fag hag a girl who smokes. . A loan. Five by five overweight. G Robby smooth like Chicken grab a Wing lets dance. Listens . Looks Beautiful. Mothball one who never dates. Off the cob corny. Only drool drip or Puppy love. Parole diploma. Plant me now and dig me later for i am a red hot potato 111 leave you now and see you later for i m a jiving Jitterbug. Until sauce Tonkens add Salt Pepper no gabble a female assemblage. And paprika to taste. Put Spaghetti in j Bowling salted water and boil for two and gruesome twosome a couple go a half hours until done. Drain Spaghetti Jug steady. And run fold water Over it so As to keep if Opp jitterbugs or dancers. It from becoming a Doughy mass pour j. Of a. I.-. The hot sauce Over the Spaghetti and s Streier. A Jam. Irva. J Johnny s out of jail your slip is . Showing. Rat race Saloon sizzle the ribbon slush pump solid taboo Stop bumping your strictly Stock they re a thing watch works Wing dings Witch worming a dance. Good Bye. Cut a Rug. Trombone. Solid stuff Gums keep quiet on the Dull Side. They re in love. Brain. Hats. Favorite Chick. Studying