Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-04
BE PREPARED WHEN THEY
COME BACK, MISS AMERICA

back word that he IS all for" ths
French p0llu and that there ~ 40 end
of grit left IN tho French. and that
they are doing the decent thing -
the Americans II lsn't a superficial
Kind ~ admiration. 50 that influences
that comes of il won't be the aHecta-
tion of few mannerleus y VIII -
true absorption ~ n something IN
France that will have very bonefcial
effect on our American society and lifs
after the million cdd boys come back.
II h9v always been ,he way with
wars After i Waq ail over the soldiers
who came back brought great wave
~ foreign Influence with them Va
poleCn and his soldiers coming back
from Greece trough. string infu-
enco of things Hellenic and revived
classic interest that proved - be II
far-reachinR importance. English fo!k
Th0 arc notably gbdgrate about giving
~ their own ideals for hose ~ others
and who have been Jrsd 20 Withstand
ing foreign Influence for centuries
we're decidedly Influenced In the .asf
century by the contact ~ things
Indian n they had No. oeen they
never could have produced Kiplirg
nor taken 50 readily 20 spiral puttees
nor tr0uid khski. witch s fho Indian
word fo~ dust. have become Tho zrsa.
English color for field Uniforms
The Crusaders. coming bark ~ their
European homes perhaps brought
more of ihe lnaue-co n fha East With
them than they evnr eft ~ Christian
influence n .he land ~ tha Prophet
Women'g clothes became decidedly
modified through Crusade influence
architecture never would nave 9evel-
oped as Il did V!tr1u. this Oriental
.nnuI n IDEAS. nor world life have
been so picturesque without i
N ord.rarv tlrnes n peace fhe Young
men n The and are not .re onas 20
bring in o- - re ready - receive for
eizn Influence ~ arv so~" e7recia liv
mr. the olass ~ gourg men rho are
now going 70 oA vnost Influential IN the
change Women through The erect ot
Paris fashions have aIwavs been more
sympathetic with French IDEAS A fev
roung r1an n leisure art students. or
men 10 ne diplomatic service have
felt the influence of French deals and
IDEAS 1ut t1ev vera eew In number
and the sort ~ French influence thew
gelt was rot ~ deeply national as mat
which The SAMMY is getting s-on the
Po.lu They wera never 50 near 70 the
French heart tn their Americanized
hotels Ia parts as aro the boys VINO are
now sleeping on real French soil IN the
trenches or finding more c1rnforrable
quarters IS barracks improvised from
one-f.ne French cow stable
a deliberate effort is being made on
me part ot the officers and such or
ganizat.ons as the Young mems Chris
tan Association 70 get the men 20 use
their leisure time in making study Ot
such phase oF French Industrial. eco
lomic 7r artistic activity as may -
-.-st interesting 70 them. ana the
American men have been eager enough
- take advantage ~ ta.s opportunity.
The American farmers son IS raking
mental notes Of rhe thrift and enc
lency II the. French farmer: he notices
aow MS eelds are Niowed 20 the vsry
corners. he observes his simple 1ut
efficient methods nj rrization. his
methods u pruning trees and making
ne most 81 every vatcn - fertile soil
When 1e comes sack Hiu e his
sort ~ French influence nat he viii
spread auolt his community
There Wiz nose p 40 are notic-
tnE ,7e ttic.ana * oartaln municipal
aaderta5lngs a ne Big Freuch cities.
There ara nose who wi. come hacN
FIlea y.rh -u-a4s4asIn for the splendid
system a- street cleaning that exists
q Paris -era me expenditure IF va
Ter Chr t1a- p.-pose is SO very much
ass nan tla- u our oNa cities. And
-lose soldiers ever become Identified
with 1L-i-.pa. activities over here YOU
may he sure that taar municipality
,t.u ne better t1r the.r having beea IN
France.
9s course. the Americans over there
vii NOT ne blind 20 French faults. But
fo- Tie most part French sau,ts and
American faults are d!ss. nIlar Hers
are faults Of az older civilization, 81
= fairly smal. and compact country
and ours are -hose ~ an over 55und-
ance ot resources.
0t more interest 70 ths women N
our land than chose Influences VIII be
the French IDEAS thac sammy Will
bring back coDcerias such n 0gs As
women's cI0,hes. Nomcn's hair
rargemenG womeus shoes and mes.
times. They VIII absorb itt.e deas
about domestic arrangements that w.l
not be unnouced ana these little -a.ngs
VIII perhaps Ne the very things -hat
the wife or mother over here has been
trying 10 establish without success sor
months or Years.
The full effect IS impossible to pre-
diet No one p medieval Europe
could have dreamed Vhat an enrich
ment the return of the crusaders was
10 mean 70 every phase Of society 40
one knew what stimulating effect i
was to have on the dey elopment oe
art, now much more charming and full
81 color would De womens clothes as
i result