Evening star., 1918-01-13
Seeing Paris With Girl Nurses of Uncle Sanm's NAVY

might have forgotten to bring her mate
rials. 1t still exists. Want to see it ?'
Didn't they,
Out! it was accomplished Thus did 1
hand them over to the matron of. the
dressing room. having almost despaired to
know how to do it.
Toast and tea
war bread"
They found it delicious. Entire wheat
bread, it seems, has been a fad at home.
AT their French port hospital, they have
common American white bread. This is
different. 1t gives pains. / did not tell
them.
THE food at our hotel in Paris is good"
said Jane For lunch we had baked eggs
with a sauce. delicious ragout. cheese
and fruits
NO grill? No roast"
IL seemed not, but there is roast chicken
at evening dinner Also. the place is well
heated. which cannot be said of some
more fashionable joints.
My room. on the third floor. is modest
but warm. said Maud. 81 walk up, be-
cause | seldom find any one to run the
lift for me-
Doubtless it is snug and central, but the
proprietor ought not to follow them about
with information that he is losing money
on them at u francs. When the place
was arranged with (not taken over') as
the "omenS Red Cross Club and Hotel
and inaugurated with fracas, It was un-
derStood that the rates would be quite
special. Upstairs therea re spacious Red
Cross parlors, with 4 Red Cross matron
supposed to sit i'll permanence.
It's Paris says Jane. Its all beau
tiful!"
The boulevard in the dark
We strolled along the famous boulevard
Subdued lights came from the shop win
dows. @ Taxi lamps darted like f1refiies.
There was nothing to see but the big
shops, brilliantly Illuminated
Shall we try the galleries." suggested.
The girls hesitated.
We've BEEN" said Maud. They're like
the Bon Marche.''
Then Jane let the cat out of the bag.
We don't want to buy anything" said
Jane. There's nothing here that tempts
us.
Wouldn't that Hquid-tire you? A new
kind of tourist girl in Paris. She is
coming by thousands, young, ardent
laughing. but interested in few of the
things which delighted the tourist girl
before the war. Along the boulevard
their eyes were fixed on American SOL
diers, strolling in punches The girls
seemed always looking for face among
them-the face of some American boy
they left at home, yet who is due in
France for fighting
In the lounge of the hotel we met
Mlsnon, the fourth of the war girls who
had quit US early in the day to visit her
mother. Mignon's case tof course rye
changed the names) is most amusing and
unusual. Here is a complete American
girl, but born in the Franche- Ccmte.
France. At the age of eleven she was
taken to America by an aunt She has
IVed and grown up an American girl to
the age OF twenty-five. while her mother
except that she made two American
visits remained in France Now, the
purely American war girl comes to see
her purely French mother
'She put me to bed" exclaimed Mi
gnon, with great eyes. And she won't
girl laughs nowadays. with all tn. dead:''
ITS true, I-have a cold. AS soon as I
got in the fiat mere felt my forehead.
and she said l have a fever. She put me
to bed at once and piled the covers on
me, and she made me drink a great big
bowl of scalding tea. | told her that |
could not stay but just two hours No
use. she heard but did not listen. You
will sweat, my girl!' she said I did,"
giggled Mignon. when my time was up
I dressed and came away Mere wept
She is ashamed of me because 1 laugh"
Mignon sighed.
81 just have to-"
And we all laughed
A new kind of tourist girl in Paris
Rafa avis In terris
Yet, Few days later. my conscience
worried me. all the same, for not having
offered Cat leasD to take them out some
where at night. went to make good
To save my face 1 plunged on famous
Paris sights, the well known old au-
dacious promenoirs of before the war,
which (surely) they'd refuse. and SO have
missed nothing.
THE Folies Bergere?" suggested.
We've been," they answered gently.
1.-The Olympia?"
We've BEEN"
Their smile was good and kind.
No. CO rev beat It?
STERLING HElLIG.