The Washington times., 1919-02-27
DOUGHBOYS GUESTS
IN ENGLISH HOMES

| LONDON. Feb. 527.-The English and
Scotch girls started it--or perhaps the
boys did. 1t has always been con-
sidered q safe bet that a girl who
| looks o. X. behind the counter in o
Y. NJ c. A hut and still better at
dance. can't be such a failure at a
| theater. Having taken her to thea
ter, OF course a fellow has to take her
home, and about that time what
should be more natural than a hint
that II he cared to he might find her
at home sometimes-she didn't always
work in a "Y" hut. So, naturally, he
called.
It is said that this is the way II be-
gan. whether IT Is or not. for weeks
gobs and doughboys by the hundreds
have been guests of honor in London
or Suffolk homes, or playing the
Young Laird in households up in the
Highland country. Now 10000 homes
in the United Kingdom are calling for
Yankee guests-2oO in London alone.
Dinner With Lord Mayor.
Hundreds of boys are going back
home to boast that they had dinner at
London restaurants whose menus
and prices-are world famous. The
lord mayor has given a dinner for
sailors in the historic banquet hall OF
the Mansion House. There has been
big tea party at the Savoy, and an
other at Frascatfs.
But attractive as these public gath
erings are, they are not the feature Of
Britain's hospitality. London is lead
| ing and all England and Scotland are
| following suit. Unbelievable as II
sounds. IAN English home for every
Yank" Is the big job that the AmeTi-
can "Y' has undertaken, and that II
| is putting over.
Yet there is another side TO this
universal hospitality for American
boys. The Yankees are especially
popular with the families who have
! lost their own boys in the war and
| their number is legion throughout
England Bereaved mothers seem To
| take the Americans to their hearts
] at once and it is now no uncommon
sight TO see a whole family at a rail-
way station bidding gocd-by to
| Yankee guests. the mother frankly
| weeping at losing the boys She has
| learned TO love in the short time they
| have been in her home.
Scotch Hospitality.
There is an old Scotch gentleman
| living up near the southern shores OF
Loeb I.omond. who has been n delight
i 10 humorous OF AlIlCI Ndl SOANANA . eaA1-
sailors. Three times a week the
| American Y VI. c. a. in Glasgow
takes sightseeing parties up to the
north end by rail, then down the en-
tire length of the loch by boat.
| Very frequently the old gentleman
accompanies them, pointing out the
interesting sights with which he has
been familiar all his life, and getting
acquainted with the boys. At the end
OF the journey he gives them an in
! vitation to his home, which IS neat
by, for a cup of tea VIII the boys
60? They will.
Wien they arrive at the house they
always find that the old gentleman
has sent word ahead by phone and
that his wife has managed to get n
pretty Scotch lassie for each boy,
which turns the tea into a feast that
! Invariably lasts until the older heads
in the party have to take charge and
drag the rest away almost by main
! force.
Recently many OF tho big London
shops have Joined the hospitality
movement SelridEes. the biggest
department store in London. has a
regular Friday night dance. to which
ell American boys are invited. Tho
shop girls are most attractive hos
tesses, and those dances are among
1 the most popular features Of leaves in
London nowadays.