El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-04
Rugged And Kissed By The
Girls In Paris Festiuity

I OF the column branched into the bou-
levard, the pressure was relieved
I ct was impossible to get into any
cafe. and in fact TO reach the side
walk For half an hour I tried It and
gave up in disgust Then along came
two girls and their brother and kid
naped me. 1 was a lone American
and that was enough But had pre-
viously made the resolve that ] would
have the unique distinction OF being
/ the only unkissed American in Paris
[ and likewise the one who had kissed
mo one Right here the first part OF
I my resolve was busted one in the eye
[ Both girls kissed me. and then ! was
/ passed around. did not mind, III
say that After a little ] saw chance
/ to sidesteD, and did So I had good
place on the corner under brilliant
/ light. so could see the whole film as II
unroued-
Dance About Couples.
Crowds Of boys and girls. poilus
and girls, Americans and girls. Cana
dians and girls, people and girls, Oc-
casionally one would see a group
dancing about a couple One crowd in
single file, hands Joined, would dash
through the crowd looking for vic
tins. The victims in any case would
be one or two couples together pre-
ferably Americans. The crowd would
surround them and do dance. The
proper thing then is for the male OF
the victims to kiss in turn each OF the
girls with the dancers-and then on
for further victims.
"Gayety, noise, hilarity, but all
harmlessly. Then along came lot OF
Americans dragging gun from the
Concorde. There they have grouped
some thousands OF guns. from the cute
little trench motors to the big eight
or nine inch boys. The big ones were
too big to move, but there was pref
ty steady parade Of the smaller guns,
rs, etc, and trench guns all right
Men and girls riding on the carriages,
falling off and others taking their
places. And don't forget that every
body was joyous and the noise was
deafeninE and the crowd so dense that
one could have walked miles on shoul-
ders alone
Girl Entices Him.
About II the crowd began to thin
a little, but just a little. 1 was i'm
pOrtuned by dozen groups 10 join IN,
but managed 10 hide out till a baker.
his wife and her sister finally cOaxed
me with irresistible pleases TO descend,
and again was in the thick Of II. The
fact that the sister was one OF the
prettiest girls / have seen in Paris
may have had something to do with /
it. At all events, they were proud Of
and pleased at their friendliness. They !
assured me that it was all America. |
and when I tried to beg off little on |
the glory, they would have none OF it. /
They knew.
Yankee Makes Speech.
I do not want to give the impress
sion as I go along that the crowd was |
exclusively French-it was cosmopoi- I
tan. About here. an American climbed I
a deserted gun carriage in the middle i
It was short and pithy-'NlVe Ia I
France ct Ia pommes frits" repeated /
about four times. As q speech it made 1
a hit-in fact, IL was n near riot I
tPomme de terre is technically potato, 4
but pommes frits are the French 1
fried) He was cheered 10 the echo. /
Then 4 further parade. At the street /
on which lie Journal is situated we /
turned down, as its illumination and 4
decorations were very pretty. Here !
We found two more Americans assist
ing in the celebration. One was black.
then the white clogged. and always
the cheering and applause. Three
girls, arm in arm, passed US. Just in
front three boys Of the class OF 30
tried TO tag on but were contemptu-
ousiy rejected with the statement, pas
de civiles.' Then back TO the boule
ward. We had hardly turned the cor
ner before a patriotic demand was
made on me that / could not refuse.
Two Frenchmen with their girls ap-
pluAN Ac4 ana lHt men insisted tndL
the American officer kiss Both girls
They did not object. so how could /?
The formula in these cases is TO re-
move your hat and kiss each cheek,
saying at each kiss 'vive Ia France
She reciprocates. not at all coldly and
with probably an added hug. and says
vive I Amerique.' So there I was
with good resolutions nearly all gone
10 he'll. but was stin sober. and am
low.
BY this time It was 1880 and the
,rowds apparently as great as ever
The cafes closed at II and added their
,rowds. The metro stops at 1880. and
Tow that great crowd ever got home
do not know. There were no taxis
Is all the foolish taxis had been bro
zen down and the wise ones stayed
n II any conveyance ventured out
I was loaded from radiator to rear
springs (whiie these lasted) with hui
nanity, shouting and singing. Att
1880 or little after ] babe my new
friends a very respectful adieu.
The celebrating is still going on ,
md all day We had demonstrations
n front Of our offices. hospitals and
larracks."