Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-30
". M. c. A. CREETS
SOLDIERS IN PARIS

Paris. Oct. 24.-(Corres pondence) The
American Army and Navy Young Mems
Christian Association is trying TO make
! the American soldier and sailor feel at
home" when ne comes TO Paris on leave
Two hotels, one for officers and the Other
for enlisted men, have Just been opened
here and provided with all the comforts
of home and OF Well regulated club.
Both hotels are convenient to the rail-
road stations at which the men will a.
rive from ports of landing and the from.
Other hotels will be opened as may be re
CURED. Few men come to Paris on leave
at present. but provision has been made
for the time when the American armies
take their place on the sighting front AMI
the men and given short furloughs from
trench duty.
/ The Hotel du Palillon is reserved for
4GU enlisted men. American ambulance
men, soldiers, sailors and marines sta
toned III Paris are being housed therv
Professionally. They will give up their
quarters when men begin coming to Paris
on leave in large numbers.
A correspondent OF The Associated
F! Press recently found the large loung-
4 iljS ioolil iltt1ilS IIlcu Will Iucl III
khaki. navy blue and the new pea
| green uniforms OF the marines. \ boy
ish looking ambulance driver at the
piano accompanied a quartet Of two
soldiers, q sailor and q marine singing
\ American rag time" airs. "Giye us
another" shouted q sailor and the
/ crowd approved Justify and joined in
I the chorus. Gee. that's II peach of
/ a toX trot." commented 4 soldier as
/ the music died down for the last en-
core.
You Promised Mother Letter.
| Write 1t. Now "Why Not Send Few
/ Lines Home" and other admonit ions
Of like character on conspicuous signs
were being OheNed by number OF boys
around large table in an adjoining
i room.
Say, how do YOU spell Champs
! ElNsees tfa, pronounced it Champs
iIlizaD." asked one soldier of the COM
panion al his elbow. Don't ask me"
+ replied the other, "Fve only been here
! two days, Why don't you go up and
look at the map With the exception
/ OF interruptions such as these. the
room was usually quiet.
: \ few boys were taking late meal
, in one corner of the dining room.
! How do you like il here, boys" ask
ed Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton official Fine, home was never
like this replied one of the group.
! Meals hre served at virtually cost
! prices. Enlisted men can get we'll
| furnished. steam-heated rooms for 50
| cents a night.
/ Association secretaries meet all
trains from the front and ports Of
I! landing and show the men around
Paris and Versailles in sightseeing
auto-busses. Theatre parties are ar
! ranged nightly and church parties
\ leave the hotel for both Protestant
and Catholic services each Sunday
\ mornin-.
, Accommodn tons for 100 army and navy
officers are provided at the Hotel Rich
m0nd. Al this hote! meals are served b.
4 coinniltee Of volunteer American wo-
men workers, headed by Mrs Theodore
Roosevelt. Jr ana the men liked IL So
much that they fell automatically into tr,e
hQbil Of tippin:: the Mattresses. Word wa :
tactfulv passed around that this was 81
perfIuous and the Richmond has become
the only ripless hotel in Paris
A shopping bureau established here m
de"takes all sorts Of purchases for OH
GERS from handkerchiefs TO raincoats AMI
gifts for wives. sweethearts. relatives
and friends at home.
Two handsome loung,ng rooms furnish
~ with heavy club furniture on tha
ground floor and an interior garden where
tea is served each afternoon by American
women are popular.