South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-20

London on leave. fourteen OF the wait
resseS have given up their places dur
ing the past six months and in such
cases the reason was the same. Each
one OF those girls married a Canadian.
In the Lyons restaurants. which
dot the whole city of London havoc
has been caused by the American on
rush and some af these places are run
ming shOrt-handed now as "A result
Cannot Understand.
London cannot understand the
causes which lead TO this remarkable
state Of affairs that is the the MAORI
ity Of LondOners cannot: but there is
one who has told the writer all about
IN and at least believes she knows
This is Mrs. l.. Goddard. who lived
with her four daughters in a cosy lit
tie flat just off Leicester square.
Three Of her daughters have married
Canadians and fourth is engaged 10
be married TO a man Of the con-
tingent
Mrs. Goddard told about the quick
rouances which had eliminated in
this epidemic of matrimony while
her face was wreathed in smiles.
II am sure they VIII all be happy,
she said. "and If ! were a Younger
woman there should be five in the
family and not four. You see they
are so different from our men. They
are not ashamed 10 love a girl and TO
tell her so and they are all gentlemen.
7 love them all myself, so / know why
my daughters love them and they all
have been married with my consent.
There is humOr, too, in some of the
rapid marriages that have been ar
ranged Take for instance the case
of a Canadian sergeant who met in
London one of two sisters who were
alone i'm the world and lived together
The girl loved him and he spent all his
hours out of camp in trying TO get her
TO get married. But she would not
leave her little sister alone in the
world even 10 have her Prince Charm
ing. Then the sergeant cut the God
dian knot with characteristic direct
ness.
Double Wedding.
Always when he called at the house
of his sweetheart he would have with
him a companion in arms. 1t never
would be the same man twice. FINAL
ly sponsored into her home the man
the other sister wanted. Then there
was a double wedding
The western ideals of the terri
torials were rather given a set back
when they first arrived over here ana
found girls working in the public bars
and they were slower TO make their
rush at this class of LondOn's fair sex,
but when they found what conditions
were and that these girls live a life
which, while il is a rather free and
easy one during the working hours, is
almost a clustered one when they
are off duty and that the majority of
the barmaids were most charming as
well as good girls their attitude
changed completely. Now there Is
hardly a public house in the section
frequented by Canadians. where there
will not be found at least one soldier
| holding serious converse with the fair
attendant i'm the snatches of time she
| gets between customers.
Men We'll Paid.
The whole thing has caused rather
an economic disturbance here. The
| Canadians are well paid-much bet
Ter paid than the men Of the army
! here-and there is hardly a man OF
| them who has not n promising future
/ They are stalwart men and handsome.
! They have come out of a section OF
/ the new world where women are
| scarce and where virtue and the wife
| " qualities are at a premium. They
/ find these little maids of London
ready and willing to meet them half
way i'm their plans for the future And
they have the time to be ardent in
| their cOurtship.
/ With their success comes many
| changes. They do not permit their
wives TO work after marriage and they
! provide q home for them either here
or in the vicinity of the training camp,
: where houses to rent are at prem
/ iuu now These wives give place to
= other girls in the positions they have
/ vacated and prosperity smiles.
It has been said here that the
women are attracted to the Canadi-
! ans because they want to get to a
/ new country; that they are enticed
/ by the promise that each Canadian
! soldier will be given 80 acres of land
/ ny his government if he survives the
/ German attack that it IS not love but
! the instinct for material gain that is
( leading them into matrimOny But
I the facts hardly warrant this view.
I A careful Investigation has resulted
: i'm the discovery that these wives of
Canadian soldiers. unlike their Eng
fish sisters who have married the
4 horne men. do not spend their days
while their men are away in the pub
lie houses and on the streets They
actually are in love. They care for
no other men and it is their greatest
pride to tell of their achievement in
gaining a place in the affection of men
! who give them love i'm return for love,
and confidence in return for faithful
ness.