Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-08-22
EVANS HOUSTON
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eonvaleseenee and in the meantime 1
will see a bit of Paris as our hospital
IS right at the edge Of the famous Bois
de BOulogne.
You never told me whether or not
you had ever been in Paris but if YOU
have not You should round out your
eheekered career with visit to the
French metropolis. Seeing Paris by
moonlight is one of the most enjoyable
outdoor sports | ever encountered. The
slightly wounded soldiers sit on the
benches along the walks in the
Champs Elysees and the Bois de Bou-
logne and flocks of well dressed and
well calsomined she-Parisians stroll
along the walks.
g Bon jour, madamoiselle YOU say.
! If she is married she replies eco to
hell = with adorable frankness, if she
is not affiliated with husband she.
inquiries:
Promenade" and then you see
Paris.
One of these promenades practically
cured my foot, later in the evening /
believe | could have danced a bit, |
did sing little These French soda
fountains sell such enervating lem
onades and things and if | can get
few recipes for some Of them / will
send them to the Spa.
Over here they put the tables out
on the sidewalk and you sit under the
awnings with bottles and ice and glass
es and watch the world go by. 1t is
some world, believe me, whole droves
of blushing damosells promenade by
looking like they were all dressed up
and no place to go. have seen soldiers
who would wink at them. Of course the
lady resents the insult and is like to
come charging down upon the offend
ing soldier to give him a rebuke. She
talks French and he speaks English, or
American, or maybe Canadian but she
seems to understand his apology. These
French are wonderfully forgiving peo-
iple and the lady nearly always re.
mains to have drink or maybe sew
eral with the audacious warrior. Then
again the police in Paris are blind. All
IN all, l like the place and if they
would only clear up some cf that worth
less timber in the Bois de Boulogne and
let some enterprisng real estate man
sell it off in building lots on the in.
stallment plan l might be tempted TO
remain here Fred Bynon would do well
over here.
The only trouble is that their news.
papers in Paris are printed in French
otherwise | might hit up La Fiagro. or
lie Temps, for a job 50 far my French
has been mostly conversational and !
have not progressed far with the writ
ten, but then this is one place where
your money talks and you could order
up a meal and all of the drinks in the
house without word provided you
could make the proper monetary ges
lures.
But Of course, Paris, is the only
bright spot in this war ridden land
and it is not leisure and ladies at the
front by any means, but the Hun will
not stand up before the Americans and
there can be nothing but a complete
victory for the allies in the end Ger
many must be crushed and for long
time she has been weakening. Then
when those who live, return home il
will be with the consciousness Of a job
well and thoroughly done. 1t is my
private opinion that one good eyeful
of the Statue Of Liberty will cause
most Of the boys TO forget France with
out a single murmur because after all
there is only one "My Native Land
and / can imagine even an Esquimau
getting homesiek at Palm Beach Then
again / want 10 get back where they
have things 10 eat that have never
been frozen or canned or bottled, and
where the women talk United States
and where one fifth Of a penny is not
money. After all m glad found out
what a fine place Oregon was before /
tried any other and ] would never be
satisfied to live in France or England
or California or any other foreign
country.
Well viii close as II Il time for
stow.