Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-06-02


marked the tenderness Of spirit Of the
Frencb-tbe thoughtfulDess they show
60 those Americans who are at rest IN
the French cemeteries The grnves OF
fhe Americans wherever I have been
are cared for rs carefully and tender
~ as are hose Of the Poilus vino have
given their lives for FraDce. writes
Don Martin In the New York Herald.
Private Albert - Of the American
army has Ind opportunities 10 see the
people Of this wonderful country In
their homes. He Is q native Of New
England. but Of French ancestry. and
through hts ability 10 speak French
Eets perhaps 10 more intimate touch
with the French than does the average
hmerian.
A university student when the war
came 20 his own country. he enlisted
and has been here ever since In the
few spare moments he has had he
wrote q little article about the French
and their thoughtfuiness Of the Amer
icnn soldiers II IL as follows:
All the morning / had seen people
going past the Office on their way TO
church carrying small braDches OF
.buis," n plant which looks very much
Iike our box elder. This was Palm
Sunday. and the French-old men and
women. boys and girls-were bringing
their buis 10 church TO be blessed.
Wait TO Cemetery.
In the afternoon ! did not work, 30
] met Mr.. Duphand. q well-to-do lawyer
of the town. and accepted his invita-
ton 10 accompany him in a walk TO |
his GARDEN.
II was q treat 10 walk with such .
pleasant company on such bright /
summer day after a solid week In the |
Office from eight-in the morning 10 nine 1
or ten and sometimes even until eleven |
O'Clock at night
So at two in the afternoon a little
party was formed In front Of Monsieur
Duphand's house and we started. In
the party were Monsieur and Madame
Duphand. with their two daughters
Mesdemolselles Therese aud Madeleine,
Madame Reveillon and Madame Toll
lot. All the ladies carried a bunch of
buis. And as we started out Madame
Duphand said we would first go 70 the
cemetery. where we would visit the
plots and place a branch OF the blessed
buis on the graves OF their relatives.
IL Is the custom OF my country. Mon
sieur told me, 10 decorate the graves
with buis every Palm Sunday.
All Graves Decorated.
As we passed through the ancient
gate We entered a narrow aisle lined
with tall pines whose boughs inter
locked over our heads Half way the
aisle wideDed and in its center rose a
tall stone crucifix. so tall the figure
of Christ was lost among tho green
branches There was no grass except
that which lined the aisle beneath the
trees. The little plots were covered
with tiny pebbles, level and neatly
kept.
AS we came TO the grave Of one
well-mown Of the party. IL was ~
membered and a little twig placed
upon II We went from one plot TO
another. stopping only st those OF the
relatives Of the party or
very close friends, until We had made
the round OF the cemetery.
From here we went TO the Soldiers
Here we entered under an
arch. bearing In big silvered letters
Mort pour Ia Patrie." paused In
the gate 70 cast 6 glance over the
Nald 1hara men. hvnar..,ts - Is.s.,.k ,
graves marked by the French eocarde
three rings. red, white and blue. IN
a circle Of about siI inches
Arsbians Buried There
At the right were several Arabian
graves facing 10 Mecca, and in the far
left hand corner some newer graves
whose markings ] could not distln-
guish from the distance. We had not
gone In very far when Mademolselle /.
Therese took a little branch Of buls
and placed II upon French grave. Il
was that Of a private In the French
army, who had been killed az the be-
ginning OF the war.
II knew him well before the war"
said Mile. Therese as She placed the
little holy leaf In the ground over the
body.
what are you going 90 do with the
rest OF the bulsT" | asked mudcmol-
selle. Those are for your comrades"
she Informed me.
MY compdesi" asked In surprise
"Yoila." she said as We neared the
graves that hadfheretofore been UNI
able q mako out. over the FIRST one
as beautiful piece " Coral work
fnri1g the information, "A nos cana.
ids1les Americans" Ito our com
dsH the Amer.cans).
T.~enty-Four American Dead.
Here In this little corner OF the
ID were "a American grgves. No.
killed In action. nor not buried
III the croix de guerre, but neyerthe-
IS ~Mort pour ID Patrie." I inspect
the names aud the organization