Evening star., 1917-09-30
pee,., Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS. September 18, 1917.
7T happened on the Bridge Of ST.
Cloud, just outside Paris.
1t lasted scarcely more than an
q hour, you might say, in full view
Of admiring old folks.
Like ships that pass in the night"
said Bill of Chicago. except that it was
afternoon"
1t is impossible to give the boys
names. The American press officers in
Paris would cut them out. No million
aires son Is going to get hero's repu-
tation worked up for him in the news
papers while the censors are on the job
So they were Soldiers Three in two
lots, which had met and fraternized;
three Americans and three Canadians on
leave, and doing the tourist in the
French capital The gay French capital
has grown somewhat serious. They
ment to see the monuments-the ruins
Of st. Cloud on the heights Occupied
and burned by the Germans in 1870.
when Won Bissing was a young officer
among them, and sent home rare books
and other va1uables from the library: :
and the famous porcelain works of
Sevres, nearby, established by King
Louis XIV. gutted by the Germans in
1870 (where Bismarck took the nantel
ware sulphuric acid carboys for high
explosives. The Canadian field hospital
is on the st. Cloud race track. where
fashionable Paris used to show new
the suburbs-heights. woods. flowers.
beside the curving river. But chiefly.
nowadays. it is making munitions.
On the Bridge of ST. Cloud five pretty
French girls in trousers were taking
the air. You'll understand Immediate
ly. They were girl munition workers
in their afternoon-tea spell. They are
forced to wear boomers; should they
try to work in skirts they might be
caught and mangled in the machinery.
Be sure 1t was braveIy tried out and
given up by order.
So here are the ships, ready to pass.
The six boys were at the other end of
the bridge. When they got to the mid
die, a man with camera hailed them.
He. the god in the machine. arrived. of
course, just right to make the combina-
tion. Would they pose for the entente
to make a historic picture-the United
States Cenada and-(the man with the
camera indicated the fve girls)-
France. la Belle France?
The boys blushed. Strengthened their
collars and struck noble attitudes,
while the party of the camera walked
over to the young things, took off his
hat and begged them: "Mesdemot-
selles. would you consent to let your
selves be taken in group to represent
the Sacred Union? These soldiers come
from far. to fight for you. Three are
from Canada, and three from the United
States. You would look fine. together"
For Belgium" said Jim of Calgary,
saluting.
For France" said Hank of San An
tonic.
ITO can the kaiser" observed Sam of
St Louis.
For liberty" suggested Walt of Van
couver.
For democracy" added Fernand of
Quebec. And they all saluted militarily.
1t did not take the good girls long to
make their minds up. Nellie of st. Cloud
(short for Amelia) lifted her foot. made
graceful pirouette. and indicated.
with waving hand, the introductions:
Angele. Marie, Marianne Cor Mary
Ann) and Lucie. For the future society
Of nations. take your places in a good
light Marianne, you're squinting"
It's the sunlight" giggled Mary Ann.
Bill. Jim and Walt made an alibi by
taking dense formation together be-
tween Lucie and Nellie with her hands
in her pockets. Sam Of st. Louis regis