Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-01-03

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and tumbled back through the gate
ahead of us as the heralds of our pro-
cession. Seeing that it was unwise for
Mellett and me to be too distantly sep
arated, l unlocked two of the girls
and Mellett took the arm of the one
between us, Mile Berthe Dubauts. BY
the way. France never made 'em pref
tier than Mile. Berthe.
Everybody Wanted Two Kisses.
The ehormity of what was ahead OF
us was not realized until we were
through the gate. Our heralds were
shouting '"I'he English are coming I"
Wave upon wave of men, women and
children bore down upon us and at
times there were collisions that must
have hurt. Everybody wanted at least
two kisses and 3 handshake.
The dear old ladies' of Lille had the
highest average, going at the rate of
In
women (and am not referring to Mel
let's contingency wanted to 90 the
thing tenderly and gently and as re-
suit often got only a, little bump
against my nose or ear, the second kiss
missing fire or ricochetipg to one of
my winsOme escort
The only trouble with the escort
was that they could not tell us where
we wanted to go. We just staggered
on, pushed and pulled Mt from all d.
rections, sometimes almost carried
down by the weight of some wildly
joyous person who would spring at us.
throw both arms around our necks and
kiss us rapturously
AS we were entering Rue des Postes
we leard a booming voice call out:
Scan | help? Just a minute while /
get through these blinking girls"
He was NJ. Auguste vonherzeele. a
Belgian tailor, formerly of London.
Because he was sixty-four years old
the Germans had not forced him to
work. He had kept his son hidden for
four years, but, he said, 'the little fool"
insisted finally On getting out and had |
been seized and taken away by the
Germans when they deported all the
able manhood, even youths in mid
teens, shortly before the evacuation.
NJ. Vonherzeele introduced US to NJ. |
Fernand Hanciaus, Lille representative
of the General Electric company of |
Schenectady, N. Y.
"Will you--smack-take US through |
--smack-the main streets-smack-- |
to the -smack-and back |
smack - TO our car - smackT we
begged, between kisses.
The two turned about and talked
very fast to the mob. A way opened
for us and we started. All went well /
for two minutes. then a fresh battal- |
ion Of kisses went over the top ana cut |
N. Hanciaus OFF from all communion |
ton with us. We never saw him |
again.
Ribbons, Badges, Rosettes.
We now began to be entwined with |
red, white and blue ribbons, and many |
badges and rosettes were pinned to |
us. We also got lunches of red, white |
and blue paper flowers.
There was nothing amorous about |
the kisses. They were given by old |
and young to the good English" One |
trim mademolselle in my retinue |
kissed me once for the allies, once for |
England, once for myself and once for |
my wife. (Note-I am not adding this |
to square myself at home. This true |
and accurate history of the great oe- |
caslon must be complete in all details.) |
What happened TO the kissers after |
they had battered their way into our |
reach? They formed In lines fifteen |
abreast and danced or stamped ahead |
or, behind US. singing the Marseillaise. |
When we got back to our car we
found it indistinguishable in the mob. |
The British captain had two babies on |
either knee, and he sat so they were |
between him and the kissers. The |
driver had given up fighting long |
time ago and quite miserably hung |
over his seat in limp position within |
reach of short or tall. For him it was
more cheerful to give than TO receive. |
The brave British deliverers of Lille
later did. get a tremendous ova-
ZION from the city. We saw few SEN
tries when we returned there having |
their guns held by girls and being be- |
decked with garlands and fed with |
cakes. We saw other Tommies having |
their guns and packs carried by Lille |
girls. 1t is u pity that the first spon-
taneous outburst oi gratitude to the |