Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-28
Port OF DEEARKATlON UNDER
GOES MANY CHANGES SINCE
SAMMlES ARRIVED
FASHIONABLE RESORTS
DIE or iNANiTiON
Stores Flaunt Tags and Comment in
English and Cafes Advertise Amer
lean akfasts"-Naval Element
Conspicuous BY It's Absence-City
Entirely Under Military Supervision.

| Correspondence Associated Hess.l
\ Port in France, Feb. 9S.-As far as
it is possible to America I!ze any
! French city. this base ii the American
armies has undergone the process
since the first troops arrived last June.
! collectively it llIks English quite flu
ently-murA NOR" 50 than the visitors
speak French At any rate-and it's
shops have taken on an American air,
Likewise the months have Quieted
the cXuaerAnce that eNpl essed itself in
damned and crowded streets and
cafes, noise and eXhllaration at the
time Of the arrival OF the first -Ameri-
can troops. This in part can be laid
10 the fact that about nine -tenths OF
the city has been placed out OF
bounds" for all not equipped with spe-
cial passes: so that tho dives" and
other undesira HE esta 5Iishnents that
az one time threatened to spring up
have died Of hamilton.
Scarcely 1 store now but haunts it's
| wares with tags and comments in
English. and the storeke"pers have
profted By the constant succession Of
American customers to learn 2 fair
brand Of English Nine out Of ten OF
them al least are able 10 conduct a
sale in English. while not one Of ten
Of the customers could get what he
wanted II ne haa 10 rely on tr7At!''
Some Of the English OF course is
ragged. and a compendium of the
signs displayed in M main street
Snaps would furnish an excellent bass
for treatise or English AZ she s
written" There is for "Xan7u!e the
"EIolsa Taking C7.arCe 81 Parcels:
E-"ryonc Get i Received" which hes
adjacent 20 the sore featuring 4
model warmly dad in what M pro-
rrjctor tori1y believes IS "Tran"hs
Coat" Thus q large notion and "lrto
store situated on a corner. has paint
ed both taCades % -ep-es"n. a double
American flag. with a single center
piece containing the stars OYER the
door at the corner. the topmos, stripe
on both sides 0rars the iT-"Cr. pton.
"SouTenirs, Don't Forget Her. DC
casionallv tho advertisements don't
say quite what was intended. even tho
they tell the truth. as for instance the
g-n over store which reads, Money
Taken Here"
Such announcements rs Am erica1
Breakfasts % \ NJ" and ice
! Cream" appeal.
Naval Element Absent.
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ar,ipa,jo, pan4-s Of identification In
rnory osscs ur;-te- oricial na--nission
"a leave arc necessary The civilian
-aue ,,.vi-abI,, into tho hands q, the
i1.,1o,s E>,encb Who arc co-nrerat,n,
with the Americans vbjIa the man in
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n-ee-a-s .-e han,,Ied nv ou- military
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