Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16
Adventures of American Soldiers i'm French Capital

which presents the final drawback
financial stringency
Our government facilitates sucn al
vantageous life insurance for Sammies
that it is a sin not to take advahtase
of it. The Army banks certain part
of each mans pay. back In Washing
ton Thirdly. most men subscribe q
slice of French war loan. as is but
fswipe) Paris furloughs are granted
(when) never earlier than twenty days
after pay day.
So, when they give you your permit
for Paris. there are little piles Oh silver
ten-cent pieces and copper sous on the
table.
This says the lieutenant. us your
tram fare; this. to go to movie; this.
for cough drops; this, to sit IN care
one time Try to take some elderly
American lady with you It's a great
sum, $3.50 Don't blow it on riotous
living. Your hotel Is paid. we trust
you.
one of the boys they trusted arrived
in Paris with his $3.50, plus Is cents.
which he had borrowed from three
chums The fifth day 1t was all spent
1t just shows Wen. TINS iad Woulo
have gone around with anybody the
sixth day.
Let me take them" Let me help
herr
dreams of loneliness and goodness.
touched by their misfortunes Il say
their because two other MASTERS had
Joined themselves to Thomas q viii
call him Thomas). carrying the banner
at the Y. NJ. c. A. of the Avenue Mon
taigne (Which means listening to phono-
graph records in the parlors)-
Now, it is to the honor Of American
men everywhere. that American girls
in Paris have the fixed idea that res
taurants and taxi-autos cost 10 cents.
The two nurses started well heeled.
They showed the boys the Eiffel tower.
the Latin Quarter and the bird man
of the Louvre gardens; and as 1t was
only 1890 am. they stopped and bought
some perfunery. gloves and candy. And
the taxi bill ran up.
At 1881 they were camoufiing in the
cloakroom of the Chatham. At 12:45
they were putting up q mixed grill bar
rage against fate. And followed mush-
rooms, Media peaches. dollhouse grapes
and coffee, in fire of destruction.
When the bill came. all went through
their pockets. They collected s4.S5.
There was s15.15 to raise, including
the tip.
That taxi cost lotr' says Helen.
Thomas is a Quixotic doughboy.
You all stay here eating" he said.
order nuts-they take time-and I'll
hike across to the Grand Cafe and find
a business man
The business man was there--count-
pay his rent. Why did not Thomas tell
the facts and borrow s1s? All, youth.
youth. Also. perhaps, he might not
have got it. lnstead-"I want to cash
a check he drawled. Just take me
around the corner to your bank It's
only s25."
as soldiers have their Identification
wristlets tnot to mention court martial
and paymaster), almost any. one who $
got check can cash it. and, correlative-
ly, any one who's got a blank one.
Thomas had a blank check on Missis-
sippi bank. l think that's about all. AS
he showed 1t at Iloyd's, he showed a
heroism that will take him to Berlin or
the divorce court.
Later. when he had paid the girls
restaurant bill. he met an American
aviator with the French, on leave in
Paris TO take new flyer back to the
front. They had been brought up in
Brooklyn together. "IIl take YOU up, y
said Jim, come out with me to Plesss'
swered Thomas
At Plessis Jim asked the commandment
Here's a doughboy, my milk brother
, Can | take him up?" And the COM
mandant said He is an ally Cert
Why shouldn't he go up in the tumbier
' nigeong'
Perhaps you've not heard of the tum
{ bier pigeons?
Never mind. They're like that
r Jim, proud to have one and willing tic
scare his boyhood chum. looped the ioor
I sideways. CHATS newt How do you
feel?" he asked. Just ordinary" an
I swered Thomas. Then he slid on one
. wing backwards. "How.s THAR. sayt
Jim. Ordinary" answers Thomas
!; Then the tumbler pigeon made a psp
o psp- and tumbied 400 yards in zig-zags
r Helm. inquired Jim. Ordinary, ordi.
nary" answered Thomas
9 II have been on Paris leave and
y cashed a check" said Thomas
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