Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
AMERICAN TROOPS
IN FRANCE APPEAL
FOR AMUSEMENT
Burr Mcintosh, Every Evenings
Correspondent, Says IT is
Necessary TO Make the
Boys Happy.
NEED FOR STAGE PEOPLE
Ry Burr Mcintosh.
sposlal Correspondence OF Every Evening

spo,Ial Corrcsroudence OF Every Evening
Par's, France, Dec | (By MaiD -
IRON Paris 10 Nancy II isn't done quite
as quickly or easily as merely writing II.
Leaving Paris 'Snt even ~ simple mat
'ter as leaving the Grand Central on busy
summer SATURDAY. Last Thursday did It.
loyously and proudly, ] reflect that dld
it,
For days one must prepare the many
safeguards which permit travel. Ail oi
these had and was ready an hour before
the O'Clock 10 start tor the Care dc
IEst--a ten minute drive. Many taXiS,
the drivers Of which were still filed with
the holiday spirit OF the three preceding
,lays, brightly whisked by. One finally
had compassion.
Reng of necessitv travelling with an ex-
tcnsivc outfit. TO b. prepared for any
emergency and any per ed also a complete
stercopticou outfit. the fact that no porter
wa. available chiefly because. truthtullN
two sections ol about 20 cars each. making
total ut fully 800 ;srsons were III
different degrrcs oi upsetnes> tut all Of
one uund-to board the : o clock tram Tor
Nancy.
oN Way WITH WRONG TICKET.
ttter sulilng. hrihinc and pleading a
juvenile truck Wa, lnaded and u tell m
behind siN 7'hcrs. Each upon arriving at
the weighing stand had IL bc weighed IN
bulk pa,d TOR and subjected each piece. To
hcInr pasted upon When got ~ II ~
15S, learned that had wrong ticket
in TACT, bcIng a military othccr. member
81 the over m re Theatr" League, every
thing ! had va, "'rankcd But again
had 20 lal out acain, n again, behind
mother huc
Rv giving very correct limitation Of q
tuan trvlng 10 stand IN his bare feet on =
llu' stow, finally gu' through the wcIghcr
and chrc'.cr and, with the sd oi one Who
had madr Z possible vil :. Vcral francs,
we started on IA, long long trail with our
uuShcart, Is The tratn Caught Il! Ger
talnly, IL lett ~ -.
Everv seat aud ~, ~ standing room -
occupied. \; bunch tim, hsd % wat
until three full sc's entered The dining ear
lunched aud returned POM qual'
! should have got tic,et bciort lcav-
,ng winch permitted mo q eat In the
fourth round ,h,.N went cacv for the brnc-
ht 81 he unfortunate However, all ot
'h MAY seem ike tauit finding when on
must not do II ono Is a. he ever attempting
- b. cons ruct.vc
wHERt FIGHTERS MADF HISTORY
Rut lons before ths hnchiag episode.
tycrvbodv was luoklng - The north, wait
ing 10 sce The town which Will cor all time
i, ndclbly written on the tun9cst pages oi
our history 4 hateau- rhierry
We stopped Tor about four inmates In
= way they seemed hours 10 one who c;4rC>,
Sho appreciates, who syrnpathlZcs with
the full meaning Of what occurred there.
God rest the souls al al Of those wonder
iul bows who made the b,g sacrifice there.
and bless and guard the future lIyes u
those who survived
had heard some PLAN, unvarnlshed
tales Il il all Brave France. torn and
bleeding. w.s forced 10 retreat from befor
,he most colossal horror moments OF all
dGrng the more tlan logr years L
v4snt t4tapt that orr loVs should Re
then 81 that time Pa. The "chancc
came. hcpc snon = - there and 10 bc
able T. Nr., with aQthor.tN
EvcrS teN mlle- along the Marne, of
On the hill,ldts ~ the north were batter
ID. shcll-tolu villages, while frequently we
passed lone grave, or hall dozen. and
ONLY to- often many more but each with
the simplc wooden eros at tho bead
Hundreds Of shell holes III the fields told
their stor,.
From Bar-le-Ihc. on - Toul, between
and at each station, American soldiers,
with various aCcompanments associated
with artillery, CONSTRUCTION, transportation
AM other departments, were seen. Nancv
wa reached about 4 3U-fhree hours late
Nancy has tor years been known as
"lIttl, Parls and that the nan was
justified. wes ahundantlv proven, with the
aid oi insignia toni one couid realize
what II hsd been Before the war II boast
"a 10000 inhabitants; about 10000 re-
NAMED
aAAcY pA7FD DY HvN7
Nencv has been Il iavorite hunting
ground ct Bochc aIrmen Early II the
war several hives and building, wcrt eacrl-
h"ed. At irHqucnt intervals tho opera
tlon- proceeded
The last and GrrnanliAc the most
Nicior., va On Saturday night. Novcm-
Ter q fso DAYS before tn 4rnistIcc S..a
siened and white !. wa still pendIg.
Shortly after . lock that evening
while II was very dark and the residents
md stranger had cunRrrrat"d - various
center his par ic''lar .rtls' fving very
low, -pd a!one the rrain business street
firing an extremely well -upphcd machine
f,lp.
IWenty-,iA wer, Alcd ana scores
graphs ~ wrecked or ruined buildings
tt4A Altt GiiAf4A 't4 w t'itilA f4iN 49, AlJl
the past Alva,- tn prescn' and
iuture
Is, day and night al manner Of autouo
biles from those carrying leading officers
10 huge trucks bc.onglng 70 both tho
french and American armies, passed. and
hundreds oi French transports, hauled b.
horsc- They aTe uot err wonderful
'ho-. potr ! ? pci hor-
'u. hrIe Indrr - al-,.ce- u tba'
rat" big rgai:li i'lpu, th- over Ihcrc
hcstrl LcaF4, som. Gav t.ci SER, L
cratclul count Rl SHOW lroyer ap-
fHeetttlou to Nm'hrfs. lm,- 4nd Jancs
toiOes, Uha 4fe d>.v gnosf u Tn practl-
.al ..ard s. orr II pfgaultIlg hos, who om,
Ier, IS R.ii ~ - j. II ~ofh'rh md
Georg' VI Cohau, tor their prac .ced sup
port There are many others
Later i u tel VOC moro tull} ol the tine
uen and women who ar managing tins
end from Iarl- But nov nnc ts often ~
ar possibly get q word printed vi ISL 70
Inpres. upon tho,. who can really enter
tam q group .. rcstles-, ANXIOUS men end
boys pleas plc'se com ~ quickly us
possible
II u q huge contract this Of givug
cheer md brightness T. those who are
here
Fire IN Switch Tower