Evening star., 1919-03-23


man occupation Came to Paris,
/ touched me for $40. fingered
three days seeing Paris and
Reparted in perfect relations with the
p. P.'s and provost marshal's Office.
What case could be better7
All right, these boys. The father of
one whom have known long, wrote
{ne at the beginning Of the campaign
70 advance the lad any moneys he
pight ask in sudden need. Quantities
Pr soldiers were so arranged for This
pne. In the thick of artillery fighting.
feeded no money and enjoyed no
{eaVe. not day. During the last hike
end settlement in Luxembourg, they
1old their safety razors, sweaters,
matches, anything-for ready cash.
Ehen came affiuence of nlog-due pay
Ehey were so sure to get no Paris
Ieave that this boy mailed 5000 to his
home.
: WHO goes to PARISH" asked a mo-
fose truck chauffeur passing through
Tours In convoy.
fdly. He exaggerated. Two weeks
{ater was issued q general order
granting seventy-two hours Paris
fisits to $500 men per day.. Nome ex-
pected II. None had any IQuld cash
Eorth mentioning. You ought to see
: These two lads blew in at our
Eeuilly fat at 10 o'clock of Sun
Nay morning. They had ridden all
hight in the train and wanted to buy
handles to ride back with. mo fun
.fs 1oir
They struck Paris at $3.50 am, got
kcross town in the trans. found
70 the Neuiliy trolley at the Made.
cents between them. to see Paris.
SBless my father f9E writing writing to to
sys snssFss siss0sssao is ssisa
fishing how reliable alf these veterans
look, but you've seen plenty of them
home arriving.
Don't shake hands with us!' they
re were. The coolies came. too;
What we want first is a bath and
bhange, Of underwear at the Red
Gross. The provost marshal will send
rhes there amos mosa yesased ws ses'ste' te sit
boor lads! / tel9lhoned for a taxi,
krossed their palms with $40 In small
khange and made a date for them to
lunch with us at the Grand Cafe at
1880 noon.
They were Johnny on the spot!
/ Mother. Dewey and myself had just
lime to get in to Paris, and here were
the two boys, bright with soap an, ana
water: freshened, erect conhdeh''
Awaiting us at the cafe.
I will say this for Red Cross and
Paris registration of our Army, that
the lads. registered in the Rue st:
Anne at IL am, were disinfested
Ithat's the right word), dressed IN
were able to beat it to the appointed
Restaurant table at the corner of the
boulevard and the Rue Scribe, before
1880. On the other hand, they now
had found their way in trans. swiftly,
to Neuilly earlier that morning. War
eeems. really, to have enhanced the
boys effectiveness, with kind OF
sober. silent deftness. The tourists
we knew before the war boggled
everything and got lost twice a day.
Sure, they're sober. And silent Day
hfter day. meet them in little
punches. doing the boulevard. SOL
oilers from every state. strolling ST.
aeisurely observant, They've got sew
enty-two hours in Paris; but 1t never
hurries them
hitter lunch. "Folies-Berg
They shook their heads no.
"Grand opera?" (There was a matt
hee)
Again, no.
"Ride around and see the sights?"
NO" they said. Tets sit"
They glanced in tranquil content,
hround the big, quiet, luxurious res
taurant, with its palms and greenery,
Its civilian clier tele. with ladies, min
Eled. here and there, with punches of
meditative doughboys. In sbme way,
seem not to count our younger Off
Gers in any of these observations
And these two boys said 1t drst, and
Said it last; and have heard a hun
dred say it sincei
1--WE haven't come to Paris for a hot
fime. We Just want to sit and for
ket the war. We want to be civilians
For three days. We're all right"
In ordering lunch. remembered
now fnicky the tourists used to be
for Partisan dishes.
"Now," I said. here Is colin. slice of
Ash with luscious thick sauce; but
you see the table next to us is hav-
ing haddock. a really English fish,
elightly smoked but fresh. with
Hrawn butter. 1t Is not really Pa
tisian dish, but"
They looked at mo, plying