The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-29
FRENCH Town
'ANG[D1KED BY
TOMMY ATKINS
English More Spoken Than.
French in Rouen, except
in Cafes.
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O'clock teas, smoked fish, roast beer,
boxing matches. cricket, golf, corned
beef, marmalade, pickles, Tommy At
kins and the Salvation Army have so
completed the Anglicizing OF Rouen
that Richard the lion hearted himself
would scarcely recognize it.
Since the second week Of the war
the streets have been full OF Khaki
land from that time on the English
language has encroached until French
Is rarely heard excepting in the cafes
from which Tommy Atkins is exclud-
ed by order of the general. Even the
omcial communique Is more English
than French in Rouen. Ask a news
boy for paper and he will inquire
DAILY Mail? Telegraph? Times?"
Here and there boy has French
paper but seems to consider 1t scarce
| ly worth mentioning.
Lodge in Town.
II anyone. has building or an
apartment to let he adyertises it IN
English and 1t is promptly taken. Of
hcers, subalterns and privates Of the
auxiliary service lodge in town. whine
the fighting Tommies are camped Just
outside. The censor forbids mention
OF the number and discretion allows
nothing more than the hint that there
are enough Of them to make a town
lof a hundred and twenty thousand
French population appear to be Eng
llish
Rouen was the second English base
in France after Havre: it was aban-
doned for Nantes during the march
of the Germans toward Paris. but
since the battle Of the Marne the
quays along the Seine where coal was
formerly king, with wine as queen,
are lined with piles of cases con-
tanning crackers, cheese, marmalade,
corned beef and other essentials Of
British soldiers fare. Where there
are no cases there are flocks Of sheep
land goats freshly arrived from the
slopes Of the Himalayas to feed tina
Indian corps. Quiet crowds of French
people watch the arrival and unload
ling Of supply ships with about the
same curiosity as that with which
English tourists watched the move
ment Of vast cargoes Of wine before
they owned the town. When the
Saint Patrick, the Saint Andrew and
the Saint George steam into port these
crowds watch the ambulance bringing
wounded to the dock as the hospital
ships drop down the river, wave them
| a feeling adieu.
Take English Money.
Here we take English money" is
announced in some places; unneces-
sarily, for English copper and silver
circulate quite as freely as French
money. Freely is the word for in the
early days of the Occupation" the
English were accused of Throwing
money out of the window" Their ex-
penditures were heavy but gradually
the people Of Rouen have learned that
though the war Office pays literally.
1t is not without counting.
Tommy Atkins's relations with the
French population have become famil.
liar, il not cordial. He did many
things in the beginning to raise diff
ficulties. The "side" brought by Eng
fish officers particularly caused
amazement, but that wears off and
the men Of the expeditionary corps
have found many ways of dispelling
first Impressions. Two hundreds or
them saved the bulk Of the contents
OF big warehouse destroyed by fire
and were thanked in official order by
the French general commanding the
district. On Sunday afternoon many
q Tommy" may be seen showing the
camp to a French family, generally
taking charge of the younger mem
bers. He is not always sober and is
often over gallant. Kitchener's or
ders Notwithstanding, and he is so
conspicuous that every peccadillo is
magnified several times, but while
passing for a terrible charmer."
Tommy conducts himself generally so
as to do credit to the Anglo-Saxon
race and is regarded as FOLLY good
fellow
The Young, Mems Christian Assoc
citation cooperating with the Saliva
ton Army, is trying to keep Tommy
straight. Its headquarters ~ 1he old
rFolies Bergere" where instead Of
girls and liquors there are now hy-
giene drinks and high moral litera-
ture.
Troops See Movies.
The organization Of repose and
pleasure in the British camp aston
ishes the French people. There is q
circus ten: requisitioned for the
troops where there are moving pic
lures, acrobatic performances and
shooting galleries, where the soldiers
exercise their craftsmanship on the
silhouette OF a German soldier as a
target. There is no social life in
Rouen for the officers. Everyone is
too occupied in hospital or relief
work. Some are even scandalized
that at certain times in some quar-
ters the town has the aspect OF a city
OF pleasure for Just outside in the
Saint Sever cemetery there are four
hundred mounds. reminders of more