The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-08-17
Yanks Travel Many Miles to
Spend Evening in the
Club.
SOMEBODY ALWAYS ON JOB
"'G' Guy" Can Be Depended Upon to
Get Move On in Emergency-Een
Made to Feel Perfectly Free
and Unrestraincd.
By CLARENCE BURLINGTON KEEL
LAND


I'aris.-Thirty sailors off an Ameri-
can war vessel hired motor truck and
dr"ve nine miles to get to the Y. NJ. c.
A. club in famous French city. | ask
ed them why.
'I;rraLse it's q regular hangout," one
Df them said, and another added, BE
cause you get white bread with butter
ga il, and eggs fried on both sides and
coffee with piano accompaniment"
A soon as l broke into the place
found Why men would tide nine miles
i'n Il truck to loaf there from eight I'M
til eleven.
Il wasn't the sort of place folks in
the United States imagine Y. N. G.
A. 70 be. 1t was swelteringly hot
HigIu. and the broad front steps were
tined from end to end with men in
khaki and men in navy blue. They
Iacn cooked as if the captain had
ordered q smoke screen to help him
through the submarine zone.
From the street you could hear a
pan" doing business and lot more
men in uniform bowling, Joan of
Arc" If the rothers of these boys
could lave heard that racket their
hearts would have dropped Off a pound
of weight and increased their beat by
ten to the second. They sang as If
th''y we're glad to be alive.
Right on the Job.
And then somebody busted up the
game. A SailOrman came in and made
the announcement that the driver OF
their truck refused to take them back
to quarters again, and it was walk
Of nine miles on a hot night, or
stretch In the brig for them. Gloom
descended. Then somebody turned
around and beloved, "Where's one Of
them Y guys""
A 'Y' guy happened to be on the
spot and In q second he was surround
cd, not by crowd Of men who were
angry or in a mood to demand some
.hing, but by fellows who were mighty
courteous in an unpleasant situation
That was something worth remarking.
and it made you sort of glad to be
around.
They put the thing up to the ~"
guy and one fellow said sort of bash
fu-like. 1--WE don't want to act like we
was putin this up to you. 'Tain't
your fault, but"
1t was apparent they had gotten the
ide somehow that you could depend
on q "" guy to get move on him. and
the "Y'' guy allowed as much.
Sure it's up to U.S." he said, that's
why we're here"
Insrle of twenty minutes he was
back with big truck with a red tri-
angle on the side of il. He tucked the
thirty sailormen into it and off they
went to keep their appointment with
their boss.
That, quite likely, IS one reason why
they rode nine miles to spend an eve
ming in the Y. NJ. c. A, because they
knew somebody was on the job.
Like You Owned the Place.
Another reason is that you don't have
to knock, show ticket, wiggle your
first finger or roll over and play dead
TO get IN. You just walk in like you
were there to foreclose first mort
gage on the place.
Wien you walk through the front
dorfyou don't run into a lecture nall
r~tlAAlch there is one upstairs ana the
oder that comes to your nose isn't the
odor of sanctity. It's the smell OF
fried eggs. The cafeteria is the first
thing you meet. and If you are wise
YOU get acquainted with it and stay
acquainted while you are In this To-
ca,i,v. for it is the best and cheapest
place to eat in town. / know because
tried several.
The most impressive thing about II
is the complete absence OF an osteh
tatious welcome. You just help your
self and nobody says word. YOU
wander in and eat and wipe you