Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22


Paris Herald and Stars and Stripes 1t
as scene OF animation, of color, move
tnent. greetings. bargainings and the
Z aourishing OF good things In baskets
mostly for sale, but much by way Of
GOOD Christmas!' as the French say
Seventeen American brick hospitals
\ exist in this center; but do not imagine
them full Of convalescent wounded.
This is not wounded story-only Incl
dentally. All the hospitals are not full;
few are not completed; some may not
be needed. and-here is the best thing
many here and elsewhere contain neither
Stck nor wounded, but boys who are Just
Peds. Another has $500 beds. Yet
others, Of 1000 beds each, bring the ca
pacity to 10000. There are snug frame
barracks" made for convalescents, in
men whose muscles are still soft. train
ing back to normal. But there's room
I. and full facilities. Do you grasp 1t?
4 There Is q great brick building with a
theater. club and library. There are
M G. A. huts and salesrooms, Knights
91 Columbus and other welfarers. The
y. w. G. A. ministers to girl nurses and
pther sisters. The empty Breton cross
roads is humming American town on
Christmas morning.
Now, Joue. -,4
Imagine city Of brand-new frame
ehacks In the walled park Of a country
chateau. The farm buildings of white
hewn stone date from Charles TX. The
chateau OF brick Ia nothing much. The
furnip fields beyond were the historic
battlefield where Charles Martel first
fnet the Moors from Spain before he
routed them at Poitiers.
Park. chateau and old buildings are
xun down and sad.
The pine trees drip.
BUT the American town Of shacks
inside the wall is cozy. bright. warm,
snug and rich with every convenience,
supply and. comfort. Some call it the
&c shed style of architecture" b,t
admit that 1t is tight and warm. An
american firm organized in Switzer-
land (to cut Swiss forests) has manu-
factured several thousands Of these
!on narrow frame ''b. arts" ard
turned them over, knocked down, to
the A. E. F engineers, who erect them
IN many localities. Already they are
French. Swiss and Swedish Arms
have helped out with similar frame
BARRACKS" You cannot tell them
apart. 1t Is a vast affair to house
over 100000 American troops, and
these shacks which you see In Joue
Chateau Park are the type
For warmth, in some centers. thew
purn soft coal In stoves, but the A. 10.
". forestry engineers have obtained
French authorization to cut 1900, 900
teres OF solid f1rewood from French
Forests. At this moment it exists. cut.
piled In mountains of short logs ready
70 split, in many distribution points
along our railroad lines. They saw
Ine total of this lot of frewood IL
piled In parapet or, wall a yard high
and yard broad would stretch from t
Paris to Berlin All wood used nm Tho
Rhine is furnished from German
Forests. "h t
To keep the boys warm they use the c
ureWood In woodworking iron stoves. !
american locomotive machinists at \
sWo assembling centers in France )
|nade their own stoves from u Inch $
poiler plate, and this type has been !
turned out in quantity. in addition to !
STOCKS bought in Europe and A. III r '
phapments from home, They've pot y
The stoves eo' I
To keep the boys warm! !.
. DO you know what this infernal :,
hing means today in France? a
:. i! Know an elderly American lady liv- v
ms IN the most expensive hotel of /
Cours. envied by maryland inst h
coughing herself to pieces. ought IN n
know 1t ia my mother. Wood Ares a
hotel room fireplace are unrelia-
ne and conducive to draughts And s
Vood is scarce for civilians. II
The mass Of civilians In Eurone ore h
. acute. HooAein n
To keep the boys warm! The mass d
. our soldiers over here are better a
qufpped against winter than ever tt
ney were at home, in civilian life ir
sach mas two pairs Of heavy nail. a
!incned and dubbing-ed shoes, inner p
1ous to water. Being no Longer welt p
O'eo, there are no stitch holes for ~
.ater to leak through: and "dubbine" -,
wonderful grease with a comne. TT
ent OF fish oil. keeping shoe Ia.thsr. sc
2. only waterproof but soft and Mi. q
TO Keep the boys warm! Each b.s .,
Sve pairs OF all-wooi socks, three suits y
AL wool underwear. two Complete all u
Iool uniforms. two wool o. %. flannel nl
ccLts. one heavy overcoat. trench sfvle ~
BOT length and one pair OF knit r,noi =
plral putties. twelve feet long. wran. ~
. snug around the log, replacing ~
2nvas puttteS. 81
10 keep the boys warm! concer,,nv "a Il,