Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01
CRAIG KENNEDY HAS
HARD TIME GETTING
GOOD EATS IN PARIS


Craig" Kennedy, whose Christian
name is Lloyd, secretary Of Moline
lodge of Elks and who is with the
ordnance department Of the United
States army in France. has been re-
ceived by home friends Mr. Kennedy
is a former private secretary TO George
w. Mixter vice president OF Deere q
Co.
Among other things, Mr. Kennedy
says:
France is a wonderful country and
this a fine city II must have been all
that has been said Of il, in peace times,
for today it is rather hard to convince
yourself that there is war going on
very close by. Food seems TO be fair
ly plentiful and exceedingly good
when you have enough money 70 pay
for il. We occasionally feel rich and
step out and buy a meal They are
mighty fine; and ! wish that l had my
old salary, so that ! could afford TO eat
ont all the time About the only short
age noticeable in the food line is
white -four. but they make the best
bread ! have ever eaten out of what
eve kind they have. Sugar is not
very plentiful. but ! will never miss
that Mix cannot be sold after 9
o'clock in the morning. Wine is plen-
tiful. Every other door here sells vine.
and they have as many tables out in
the street as they do inside II is some
sight 10 see the street lined with peO-
pie sitting there slipping their vine.
THE trains are queer things The
coaches are about thTee-fourths the
size Of those in the United States, and,
instead of arranging the seating as we
do. the cars are divided into compart-
mcnts running the full width of the
car and each compartment opens to
the outside for entrance and exit OF
passengers The ones in England are
even smaller than those of France
The trains are very long and move very
rapidly. Freight cars are marked not
to be loaded over ten oous.
The sub-ways are fine They are
more than plastered with signs anC
directions and one merely has to real
signs and maps to find your way with
out asking questions.
When they number the floors in 3
building, they call the second fool
No l. ! don't know what they cal
the ground floor. but ! know that The
first day or two 7 was continually OF
the wrong floor before ! got next t
myself II takes a safe-cracker L,
open the gates Of an elevator.
As a Frenchman | am an absolute
hint u 90 h
making signs, shaking a bush an,
. speaking what few words ! know.
am able to get something to eat am
drink We are continually gettinj
70 lost and it is some Job to make tb
people understand where we are try
ing TO get to, However. they are yer
4 friendly and seem more than willin
to help out A rather funny thin
7 happened our first night in Franc,
- We went down town and into a mic
. big restaurant to get a big neal q
course we were unable to'read tn
- menus so we took chances by pOintin
/, to different places on the score boarC
/ thinking that we would eat what W
; got and be satisfied Most Of US wer
fairly lucky but one of the fellows gC
potatoes fixed in three different way
l. The French barber cuts your hal
: anyway he likes, FOR if you don't Xix
the way he is doing it, you have n
chance to stop him, for when you stal
yelling at him. he only gets mixed u
=, and starts in some place else. I ha
L haircut and shave today and | al
tually believe the fellow put hair-tont
z on my face and shaving lotion on N
Il hair
Il have seen all sorts of soldier
70 and Of all those have seen the Austria
ians and Scots are the most interes
ing. ] do not mean that they are Ii
best, for we can not talk very niue
to the French soldiers. They are
fine looking lot, but because we ca
not talk TO them we do not get
know them. The Germans call Il
Scots The Wild Women from Hell
and for huskin,ss / never saw an,
10 thing that will compare with the Au
30 tralians. They sure would make son
3 football players if properly trained