New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-14
o.. Haywood Broun

~ Por,hine Arwv IN France
r-y,r ro-k Tribune and Syndicate
r. t1' 81, D, m, Tribune Assosa,'ool
s;Ta THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
W., Nov. S.-The night above was
EN- ~, !, ,ae mud under foot when
80 -. 5orchboys marched 70 the
% ~, Tho darkness seemed to close
man as he went by. and at
- s.,, there was no seeing or hear
lN .o,canv which had passed the
. y, - &c road not a minute ago on
"'- m there. Even the rhythm oil
w. men was absent. Mud muiaed
soo,s,eps. The doughboys would
- .r,c II they could, and taken a
y, ~ .teIls il need be rather than stuck
. ,be last mess before going IN
v,re noisy. It looked better to
' and lark. so that everybody
- 90 know just where your heart
They guyed one or two VINO
-, have much 10 say. and spoke
- =, ou, in a joshing way about get
-t;,l,5 As new soldiers 90, or very
- .,.s And they smoked a lot Of
.,.,tes. but The lights went out with
ak when they came 20 the bend
IL, road. The last town wasn't bad.
r,,e we're 10 smashed houses there
=. villagers didn't even have their
..s,vs screened, for thew knew there
"a he nobody fyinG across on such
,isbt Al the bend in the road stood
nB signpost indicating the distance
: town now within the German
T,n. sut you couldn't see that this
..,st or the newer sign which said
-, the bridge was registered and that
....,s should keep moving.
Ttsrs was q cafe 90 the spot where
A. 80 tr-rct and across the road
.'' usr;r~ picture theatre. A fellow
IA IKE cutie g night Of it even
~. Gown Ike that. The door Of the
.,S was open and q big patch OF light
IN across the road.
Nobody Saw Them Go BY
II, douehboys had to 20 through
... ,,t,6 Of light and Il was almost
.,.sible not 10 tu.n a bit and look
.I.oogb the door. There was red wine
"a wbite 10 be had for the asking
I,,e ARD persuasion would bring an
.~els,tc The waitress was named
T,ri,. but Dey called her Madelon.
,ts vas eighteen and had blacS .halr
ia rel ribbons. SIZE could talk
RE English. too. but nobody came
!. n, door e the cafe 20 see the sol
5,r 70 bv There had been good
ANY Who passed the door Of that cafe
The pictures could not he seen from
ss road. but you could hear the hum
n ,be machine which makes them
~srt The /rcatrc vas packed with
french soldiers who were back from
ID he roal 10 rest.
American troops were going into the
.,.rebts for the first time. A little
rfos, Of civilians who had come thou
and. Of miles 20 see this thing were
r.,chiuc and waiting 70 tell something
a. this In stories 20 be read IN many
apsrs. But the poilus did not stop 70
55k AZ marching men. They paid their
70 confines and went into the picture
how. They had an American Western
iln that night, and French soldiers
rho had been only the day before face
70 face with Germans, shelled and
rsmedkf d harassed from aeroplanes,
thrilled s. Indians chased cowboys
across a canvas screen. IL grew moro
exciting presently, Tor the United
States cavalry came riding UP across
ice prairie screen and at the head OF
ne cayslcadc rode Lieutenant Wallace
Erke The villain had spread the
story that be wasn't game, but there
vas nothing 10 that. The poilus real.
led that before the film was done and
50 I'D the Indians.
Meanwhile the doughboys were
marching by az silently as the soldiers
on the screen, Tor this wasn't a theatre
vhsre they synchronized bugle calls
and rife fire 20 the progress Of the MIN.
A; one point in the story there was
one gun thunder, but II came at
inc when the orchestra should have
b,en playing Hearts and Flowers Tor
he love scene I'm the garden. or course,
uese were German guns, and thcE
str, fred with the usual German DIS
regard for art.
The Wind Could Not &c Still
PROBABLY the mon who were march
ns 10 the trenches up there would
have enjoyed tie scene of The home
coming of the cavalry. when Lieutenant
Wallace Kirke COMPOUNDED the villain,
vao actually held a commission as
major IN the United States army. How
ever, the douehboy- might have spotted
am for a villain from the beginning,
o. account o. his wretched saluting. The
dree.or should have spoken to him
about that
The marching men looked az the the
are as they passed by, but only ono
oder spoke. lie was one Of the men
70 hadn't talked very much at sup.
~ and he said. Il certainly would
PC 10 know for sure whether III ever
~ 70 70 10 the movies again" There
vas nothing 10 Draw the eyes to either
,'ot OF The road after the bend had
ltfm naNDn1 T.. n1agrg there