Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-04
THE WORLDS WAR
Through Woman's Eyes
American Troops in London
By ELLEN ADAIR

he feels. He feels intensely--and that is
why he seldom shows his feelings. ! was
afraid that today the Britsher would be.
usual quite unable to show his new
comrades-in-arms what he felt about them,
how truly he welcomed them.
Upon the contrary the Britigher. for
once, exceeded himself. No welcome could
have been more enthusiastic, more spon-
taneOus
In answer to the waving hats and hand
kerChefs Of the crowds. hands were waved
from the marching soldiers, and shrill cow
boy yells broke from the swinging ranks.
Guess Uncle Sans got the cheerfullest,
Smilingest army under heaven" l heard
II small hoy declare.
"Good-looling fellows, aren't they?"
whispered the Red Cross nurses.
They are the jolly devils, Is it SOP"
said one of the Cinnamon in his unaccus-
toned English, and grinning delightedly
from ear to ear as he waved his handker-
chief.
America has returned to us in gallant
comradeshp at a great moment in the
worlds history" said an old gentleman,
visibly affected, and wiping his eyes be-
hind his glasses.
II was interesting that this great spec
tacle coincided, in point Of time. with tn.
revelations made by Mr.. Gerard in the
British newspapers as to the crude Prus-
sian attitude exhibited toward America.
thinks of them A vast gathering of races
to be exploited, a sort of mongrel nation,
made to be played with, fooled. threatened
a nation quite negligible from the military
point Of view--a country to be used as
dumping ground.
think the Kaiser would have surely
trembled had he seen today's mighty dem
onstration,
When the first Prussian soldiers find
themselves face to face with the first Amer
lean recruits they will find themselves face
to face with their moral "opposites"-men
who scOrn what Prussia stands for in a
world she has tried to ruin
II pity the Germans who fight these men,"
said an Italian officer TO me today, 'for the
Americans mean business Just look at
these fellows magnificent physique Look
at the keenness in their eyes! Look at the
sinews of them Recruited from farm and
factory, representing many races and many
bloods, they're magnificent! ] salute the
American soldier"
When ALPS said and done" said an
American both England and America are
today the home country of all the Anglo
Saxon breed. We're closely related to each
other. We're hood brothers"
Every British officer that 1 saw today
saluted Old Glory when the flag went by
and many Of them wore miniature Old
Glorys pinned to their breasts.
In Trafalgar Square the grizzled old hero
VI liIe DdltIe ol trafalgar looked down
from his mighty monument on seething
mass of humanity. Could he but have come
to life again, l wonder what we would
have thought of IL all
As the troops swept past the American
embassy Doctor Page, with the American
general, were on the lower balcony, and
took the salute.
Outside Buckingham Palace the Scots
Guards. with their full regimental colors
flying, were drawn up as a guard Of honor,
The King Of England stood beside Lord
French SIR Francis Lloyd the Prime Min
lister and party of American officers
Near Buckingham Palace a grand old
remnant Of the Civil War was in an auto
mobile, waving Il banner with the inscrip-
tion on it: Not for Ourselves, but for our
People"
When IT was all over ! noticed some
Americans soldiers giving specimens of the
latest ragtime steps: then the great crowds
dispersed and the show was over
The ending Of this day OF days marks
q momentous epoch In the great war.