The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-01-17

4 large dining hall @itA beamsd y
q ceiling, rough hewh chairs and \
4 tables in close Imitation OF an I
/. early colonial home.
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and tumbled back through the gate
ahead Of US as the heralds Of our pro-
cessiOn. Seeing that II was un"tse FOR
Mellett and me to be too distantly sep
arated. | unlocked two Of the girls
and .iellett took the arm Of the one
between ~. Mile. Berthe Dubauts, By
the way. France never made EN- pref
tier than Mile. Berthe.
Everybody Wanted Two Kisses.
The enOrmlty Of what vas ahead OF
US vas not realized until we were
through the gate. our heralds were
shouting The English are coming'
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 q handshake.
/ The dear old ladies' Of Lille had the
/ highest average. going 1T the rate OF
I 20 IN a possible 100. The younger
/ women fand am not referring 10 Mel
i let's contingency wanted 10 do the
/ thing tenderly and gently and as re-
I suit often got only little bump
7 against my nose or ear. the second KISS
/ missing fire or ricocheting 10 one OF
/ my winsOme escort.
/ The only trouble with the escort
/ was that they could not tell US where
/ We wanted 10 go We Just staggered
I on. pushed and pulled NJ from all di.
rectiOns, sometimes almost carried
down by the weight of some wildly
J 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 heard booming voice call out:
I "Can | help? Just a minute while
/ get through these blinking girls
lie was VI. Auguste yonherzeele, a
Belgian tailor, formerly OF London.
Because he was s!1ty-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 feof
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. Yonherzeele introduced us to NJ.
Fernand Hanciaus, Lille representative
Of the General Electric company of
Schenectady, y. Y.
"will you--smack--take US through
--smack--the main streets-smsck-
TO the mnyor-smack-and back
smack = 10 our car smack" we
begged, between kisses.
The two turned about and talked
very fast to the mob way opened
for us and we started. All went well
for two minutes. then a fresh battal-
lon Of kisses went over the top ana cut
n. Hanciaus or from all communion.
ton with us. We never saw him
agnin.
Ribbons, Badges, Rosettss.
We now began to be entwined with
I. red. white aud blue ribbons, and many
I badges and rosettes were pinned e
us. We also got punches of red. white
/ and blue paper flowers.
There was nothing amorous sbou
the kisses They were given by OLE
/ and young TO the good English" On,
: trim mademoiselle In my retinu,
. kissed me once for the allies, once 70
D England. once for myself and once 70
my wife. tNote--I am not adding thi
. to square myself ut home. This tru
: and accurate history OF the great oc
3 CASTOR must be complete In all details.
What happened to the kissers afte
4 they had battered their way into on
Il parade and finally got within klssin
reach, They formed In lines fiftee
{. abreast and danced or stamped ahea
or behind us, singing the Marseillais.
when we got back To our car W
found II indistingulshahle In the mol
The British captain had two babies o
either knee. and he sat so they wer
between him and the kissers. tn
driver had given MP fighting a Ion
time ago aud quite miserably hun
! over his seat In limp position With
4 reach Of short or tall. For him X wa
more cheerful to give than TO receiv
The brave British deliverers OF LII
later dld get n tremendous ovi
tlou from the city. We saw few sci
tries when we returned there havin
their guns held hy girls and being h
deckCd with garlands aud fed wi,
cakes. We saw other Tommies havir
their guns and packs carried by LII
| girls. II Is n pity that the first spo
taneous ontburSt oS gratitude 10 u
] British should have been conferred G
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