Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-12
AS A RESULT MANY SAMMIES
FALL IN LOVE.-MARRY HIM
BEFORE HE GOES.

LOndOn.-The Yank has come to
Europe excellently trained and ad-
vised. But in one unmilitary in
cidental, which we could hardly ex-
pect a bewhiskered war department
to anticipate, our American has been,
somewhat like Archiles, vulnerably
weak. He has a susceptible heart.
A mild love drive disastrously over
whelms him.
"Yes," said his consular official,
"our boys are marrying French girls
in droves."
Why They Marry.
Why they marry, or rather why
they get in a marrying mood, is cas-
lily explained. You take the
average Yank who comes over. Of
course he has left mother and sis
ters, probably and a girl behind-all
deeply interested, he supposes in his
future. He is billeted in an odd little
village. Either the girl back home
doesn't write regularly or the letters
that come are not satisfying. Per-
haps they are too shallow. The Yank
in his travels has become a deeper
fellow than the giggler he was in the
Palace Movie theater in Hamletville.
He wants "the real stuff" in letter.
If she writes a silly narrative of
'swell dances" and "cute fellows"
and "scrumptious chocolates" he
knows that the wish you were here"
is only half-hearted. Gradually, I'M
Willingly, our soldier boy loses his
acute interest in home, and becomes
curious about the old houses in the
ancient little village, and their funny
rather shy smiling, very polite peo-
pie who seem to want to be courteous,
or even genufect, every time they
meet him.
The most surprising of his observa-
tons is that the girls are good, like
his sisters. He can tell that by
watching them. They are sparkling,
but there is something churchly in
their vivacity.
Beginning of the End.
He notices that one girl, or maybe
two sisters, live in a certain inter
esting house-rathef neat girls, too
He hears one call the other, and the
name chimes in his memory. Rene,
or Jeanne, or Margot, or Yvonne.
Pretty names. He wonders why they
don't have such lifting names in Am
erica BY and by he notices that
Rene calls Margot excitedly when he
is passing. A big little thrill goes
through him. That is the beginning
of the end.
In some way or other he does a
service for Rene or Margot, and this
amounts to an introduction to Rene's
papa and mama, and then quite GER
enormously to Rene herself.
And then-oh, pshaw, why don't
treat a fellow! And he shines up,
call on Rene. Kisses, he finds, are
not tokens of love, but expressions Of
esteem in friendly France; but
when Rene kisses Hank Jones good
night, with papa and mamma looking
their pleasure, it makes Hank repeat
over and over in his straw bunk that
night, well, that kid has won a
home"
Only One Conclusion,
Quite roughly [ have traced a
typical Franco-American romance.
The high official I mentioned is in the
general consulate in Paris. He told
of the great trouble that had been
caused for our many consuls through
out France by stacks of applications
for marriage documents.
The only conclusion to come to is
that you girls over in America had
better marry him before he goes, or
send him such spirited, sensible let
ters that he will not get into any of
these 'entangling alliances"