Photograph by Herbert Corey 

 THE THREE GRACES OF SALONIKI 



Persistent beggars, but so adorably sunny that they were forgiven and enriched 



some near-by hospital. It often took 

 them a day to cover five miles. At night 

 they sometimes slept in the mud, wrapped 

 in blankets that had been soaked by the 

 day's rain. They did not complain. 

 What was the use ? 



MAEARIA-BEARING MOSQUITO IS THE MOST 

 DANGEROUS ENEMY 



Conditions have improved for future 

 campaigns. The Allies are on higher 

 ground, for one thing. They have cut 

 their way through the Bulgarian lines 

 until they have reached the hills. There 



will be malaria, of course. There will 

 always be malaria here until Macedonia 

 is drained and oiled, Panama fashion. 

 But the doctors are learning how to treat 

 it and the equipment of prevention has 

 become almost formidable. Men now 

 wear mosquito gloves and masks and 

 neck covers, and sleep in nets inside tents 

 that have been made mosquito-safe. 



The difficulty is to make the men make 

 use of these safeguards. They become 

 irritable during the Macedonian heats, in 

 which their strength is fairly drained 

 from them. They tear off the head cov- 



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