El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-09

I good viii of the French gives way TO
/ evaporation az the strange demands
I of the Americans. The slight frictlOn
Z there has been is all due TO differ
{ ences Of language and custom. This
! gives rise TO many embarrassing sit
uatiOns. One 7 may cite.
At a small town near where an
I American contingent is stationed q
few days ago the men were wont TO
gather in front OF the empOriums Tor
an evening for social purposes A
French soldier train sound for the
front goes through every evening.
Invariably the Americans greeted the
Frenchmen with hearty cheers and
WhistlinE. The French at first ap-
peared TO be enthusiastic enough.
That is. when the cheering began.
Then they seemed to get riled and
not infreQuently they were suspected
OF calling names. Come TO find out,
TO whistle at q person is 70 insult him
in this country, and the French
thought the Americans were hOOtiug
them. Result-an order against
Whistlins- remembered that in
evening strolIs wien I had been alb
seut-mindedly Whistling. persons had
looked at me rather strangely with
A kind OF Are you doing that 10 me-
look on their faces
Americans Make a Splash.
Then, too. we landed here with a
Splash ne aA@EEl44EA anu LaaE In
adam make as much money as we 90,
but they don't know how TO spend It,
The American IS the best spender on
earth. 7 don't mean merely in the
amount that he spends, but in the
obyiousness with which ne distributes
It He seldom haggles and IL may
be his last five-franc piece that he
gives TO the cabman for two-franc
ride, but he doesn't holler. He stopped
in the best hotels and ate at the
best restaurants.
I dined at the SWEETEST restaurant
in the aforesaid nearby city one
night Present were two French
generals. half a dozen lesser officers,
couple Of English captains and six
buck privaIes Of the T. s A. twltl
their coats off and hanging on
hook. This is a common sight the
advance reputation OF the Americans
and the way in which they have lived
up TO il caught the eye Of French
femiuiniry abundance OF which
cannot be verestimated-and. ] sus-
pect, that naturally enough there was
Just q rInEe Of Jealousy on the part
OF the Frenchman home from the
trenches. Moreover. the American
hasn't done anything yet-prOveu
MS steel, as & were But that doesn't
amount 10 much
Win the Women.
The world OF skirt IS certainly I
ours however The Americans nadu I
been here two months until society I
in Paris had adopted the American /
campaign hat for this season and the /
vogue has spread all over the coun- I
try. A hat Is worth a home any day. Z
They sell at the qUartermaster's for 7
S1.04. and are as good as a widely I
s. brand in the states. ]
But there have been so many lost :
hats 70 be replaced that the A. NJ I
has shut down here. A girl with an I
American chapeau is the envy Of the I
city.
The wiIes and the black hair and I
the smile and the eyes OF the maiden I
are not Turing in vain, however A /
lot Of the fellows viii get married I
over here undoubtedly That IS may /
be. Nobody knows whether il viii be Z
permitted OF not. I heard OF one /
young fellow in q company. Robert l
J. Duncan OF Denver. who announced /.
his engagement proud OF the distinc-
ton OF its being the first on this
side. He was advised 70 wait until
he got permission from the colonel
He hasn't received the permission yet Z
and wouldn't be surprised IL It has
gone NJ 70 Gen PershinE for settle
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