The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-18
AMERICAN BOYS IN FRANCE ARE
 STARTING GOOD

mained in France to try their fortunes are raring as must fare all pioneers. \ few have become reasonably wealthy. Some are reporting pro gress." The majority. however. like their fathers before them. iD the United States, are trudging on Hfe's way, over or around obstacles. with their carts hitched to stars that are dying rather lower than they were when the young men set out to Ameri- caniZc France.
 Nearly nine thousand American eXpeditionary force men were reIeas- ed here and il is estimated a fourth Of these have settled down to work here. The others are visiting. sight seeing or have gone home after a discouraging look at business pros poets.
 Of the two thousand or so who are hard after French francs, according to American business men here who know most about the new ventures, several hundred found employment with large concerns chiefly American firms preparing to do business in the devastated regions. Another group took various small places to pay their way while studying The majority of the men, 1t was said, started 10 make good by capitaliZing American methods. Very many of them saw what they considered defects in French life and made ready to furnish the supply and, if necessary, create the demand.
 Most of them agree that easy money is not one Ot the natural resources Of France but a few have proved that it is. A negro made 125,OO0 francs buying and selling army and navy supplies at Brest His case is youch- ed for by a well known American commercial executive.
 The most striking success reported is that of The Fox Trot Kings of Paris as they term themselves, Gerald kiley. who drove the Chicago Press club ambulance, and Harold Fitch, of St. Paul, who was at the wheel of one of Mrs. W. K. Wander bilt's ambulances and later went to the front
 Riley and Fitch, the former said, got their start over here when the ness here pressed 800 francs on us" when they played in a three-man jazz band at dance she gave, They or ganized Wilson Welcome hall at leading hotels when the President arrived in Paris and netted more than 10000 francs on the affair. This success they said they often dupli- cated at "The Dixie Club" dances they organized with an admission charge of 20 francs a person
 Knowing that good things must not be OVerwOrked, the nor ok over the ice-cream making equipment of the Y NJ. C. A, which has
 apacity of d thousand gallons an Lour and late in OctOb"" began whole- a&hng Dixie Ice Cream" cntung the market price fifty per cent They said they invested 100000 francs in the venture.
 Some ot the most interesting of the American business experiences here are those of men who married French girls. Three of these are farming east of Paris making more money lnan they ever thot possible in the United States" their business advisor said. One man marie! into a dairy shop. Another returned to his trade of tailoring in the same way. Scores of American boys are in bust ness with their French fathers-in- law.
 "Rebuilt' typewriters, familiar to Americans, have been introduced to the French by Lieutenant J L. McCann, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and George E. Howard, of Pasedena, Cal. Their difficulty is too much business. With typical aSressivenesS they are buying American used machines from French dealers to sell 60 other French dealers. Meantime, Howard said they are preparing to open 'Tbe American Stenographic Bureau" be- cause he said, an American business man is up blind alley trying 10 fin. a public stenographcr or to get out his correspondence when an English Spoken" variety can be To- cated.
 Isador Court who was paper- hanger boldly set himself up in the decorating business in a fashionable suburb.
 Lieutenant Stevens l.. Tyler, of Memphis. began as an import and eX- port broker but became a merchan- disc broker while awaiting better