Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-30
The upper primary school in Cham.
plItte, Haute .saone, France

rhe upper primary school in Cham.
pIitte, Haute. saone, France
ten by boys and were marked IA, II, II and
IL. respectively. It may be noted that the
girls We're more liberal in their praise,
whereas the boys, ! especially Masters
and Lacroix. tended to be more
In all there were twenty eight
themes.
fair samples of the twenty eight, with the
single exception that as a whole they are
better written. There are several charac-
teristics emphasized. Most of the letters
name, first, the tall, slender statue of the
soldier; second, his superb bear
ing; third, his smooth -;shaven face; fourth,
his fine complexion; fifth GAY the splendid
Of his teeth fifth, his inordinate
love for cleanliness; sixth. his great afec-
tion for children; seventh, his devotion to
sports and athletics; eighth, his youthful
ness ninth, his spendthriftness tenth, his
courage; eleventh. his frankness and at
times curiosity; twelfth, his sociability:
thirteenth, his eagerness to boost his own
country; fourteenth, and. above NIL. his
gourmandizing, his love for sweets, duinties
and all sorts of good things to eat. One
would expect more mention of smoking md
drinking, but these two. practices are too
prevalent in France to attract attention as
peculiar American characteristics.
THE following extracts are taken from
L various of the other twenty six themes.
As regards the appearance and bearing
of the American soldier:
Ellis head high, his chest arched. he
walks with a military STEP"
"Hc carries himself erect. his head high,
his shoulders thrown back y
He walks with a proud step"
s'They love athletics; that is why most
of them have well developed chests"
"HiS movements reveal great suppleness.o
As regards cleanliness Z, II
He deyotes much care to the cleanliness
OF bis body. Every day he washes his body
H deyotes himself to his morning
many F%renchn,en would NJ DO So"
In order to prevent disease
"The Yanks are very ~cleanly. No matter
what hour you pass a fountain you can see
a whole bunch of them occupied with their
toilette, some are using a brush on their
teeth, others have their eyes full Of soap.
to clean their shoes. More distant. facing
a wall. others are practicing the BARRIERS
trade before a quite small metallic mirror
at their side others are covering their face
with powder in order to calm the fire of the
razor still others are throwing and comb.
ing back their long hair"
As regards the American idea of spending
money:
.''They seek to earn much money, not in
order to place it in hiding places, but in
order to use it for the purpose of buying
things If comfort On
procures."
They spend money without reckoning"
n spends much money uselessly."
As regards eating:
"He loves sweets. and every day he may
be seen munching candy or ceaselessly chew
ing aromatic gum
"There never passes an American who
hasn't something in his mouth cake, a
piece of candy. gum or tobacco"
"A great part of his pay goes to the cafe
or the pastry Shops
As regards smoking and gambling:
but their greatest liking, similar to that
of the French soldier, is the liking to
smoke
HE likes to. smoke and he gives cigar
cites to children, which he should not do"
almost all Americans have one great
fal1 re-: They love to gamble, they gamble
They spend much time gambling. Per-
s0nally, / do not. understand why they
should find such pleasure in enriching their
'If lack is against him, he will hazard
his last dollar in hopes of changing his
The final paragraph of each theme con-
tains q tribute to the American soldiers,
their efforts, their achievement, their spirit;
also an expression of French appreciation,
love, friendship and admiration.
Every one in France loves the Uaisels
States and her brave sons"
"They are received everywhere with Joy.
They have come to save France; that is why
glory to her valiant allies
They have been like a. ray Of sunahino
in the midst Of the sadness Of this war, and
surely I shall never sees them 60 without
the greatest regret"
1--WE shall reveal our affection BY. open
ing our homes and our hearts, and We shall
do all there is in our power to do for them
The duty ct every true French family
is to receive these American soldiers and
through hndne. to make them forget the
handships they have endRel,,n
'.And II America ever has need Of France
We shall lend cur support, gJ
Long Hive France; long live America. =
Long live America; long live the4Ameri-
can soldiers" &5N
The translatisns adhere a. cacssy Is -.
sible to the French, even At the expense os
good English, in order to preserve the
sayor and, at times, cunning Of the original.
No attempt has been made to. improve The
style, construction, p~aragraphing, etc, nor
have contradictions, imperfect observations
and i~uferences bsen corrected- All = M, II
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