TALES of YOUNG AMERICANS Series Peach Pit Parade A World War I Story Illustrated by Margeaux Lucas THE Written by Shana Keller
Fruit stones save lives At the request of the government for fruit stones a flood of pits from all over the country has been pouring into the various gas mask plants The stones are reduced to charcoal which is used in the gas mask for absorbing the poisonous gas inhaled by the soldiers Pits arriving at a Government Carbon Plant September 1918