East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-08
D0UGHB0YS GAIN IN
FAVOR WITH FRENCH
Are Popular Directly In
verseley to Their Num-
ber; Heroes Again.
BY @. A. RANpAu.

BY q. "A. RANDA0.
PARIS. (By mail. THAT Amcri'
can soldiers are popular in France di'
rectly inversely TO their number, Is
being proved by the attitude of the
French public toward the rapidly de-
creasing American soldiers. Not that
the doughboys were unpopular. but
during the period when the greatest
number of "Yanks" were in France
the keen edge OF the traditional
French curdiality was considerably
dulled. Two years ago every Ameri-
can in France was acclaimed as q
hero. The CRUSADERS from that lit
tie known far away land "Amerique'
We're hailed as soldiers had never be-
fore been greeted. 1t would be
stretching things to say that the AM
erican soldiers still in France are
equally as popular as those first for
tunate arrivals. On the other hand
the doughhoys are daily gaining
greater favor with the French. This
reaction follows q period when Am
orleans we're just bit grating to the
French.
! Suffered Slump.
During the autumn of 1918, and
after the signing of the armistlce,
when many Americans went out of
their way to impress upon the French
populace the part that the A. f. f,
had played in the war, the POPULARITY
of the American soldier suffered a
decided slump. Gradually this is
working back.
The reception given the first Am
erican battalion to parade in Paris on
July 4. 1917. was a memorable one,
but judging from the reviving popu-
larity of the doushboys, the farewell
which the last battalion will receive
will outstrip even that other histori,
cal event
Present indications are that some
of the last members of the A. f. F.
to arrive in France will go home the
| best informed about places of histo-
rical Importance in Paris. The early
arrivals served during a period when
everybody had real work to do and
could not be bothered with sightseers.
Now. however. when many of the vet
eran organizations have gone home.
| Paris is a wide-open leave area and
doughboys are reaping the benefit of
the elaborate sightseeing bureaus
! Every day large parties of soldiers on
leave are taken on personally con-
Quoted tours to the Louvre. to Ver-
sailles. and other points of interest
Business Grows American.
Though the Americans are practi-
cally all bound for home, there are a
number of Partisan establishments
that are branching out along Ameri-
can lines. The war has prevented
| business from expanding since 1914.
] haG I1f n
somewhat normal condition. there is
a rush to establish new. up-to-date
places. Americans in Paris have com.
planned about the service of the aver
age Partisan barber. Apparently sew
eral of the BARRIERS have taken these
complaints TO heart. for during the
past week, at least two big downtown
barbershops have enlarged their
quarters and one has put in American
chairs. The comforts of an Ameri-
can barbershop with it's reclining
chairs. real hot water, bootblacks and
well-informed, talkative BARRIERS are
almost unknown in Europe.
Since 1867 an attendant at the
Chateau of Francis /. Saint Germain-
en- Laye. where the Austrians were
one hour each evening for the EN-
peror Napoleon III.
During the summer months the
Chateau, which since 1867 has been
used as a museum, is open to the pub
iv until five O'Clock each afternoon
and during the winter months until
four o'clock. Until recently an at
tendant always remained on duty for
exactly one hour after the museum
was officially closed for the day.
Investigation brought out the fol-
lowing strange reason. Shortly after
the museum was opened in 1867, Ma
poleon III wished to make a visit
there after the public had departed.
He found the Chateau deserted and
could not get in. The emperor gave
an order that in the future an attend.
ant must always remain on duty
should his majesty happen along. The
reason for the strange order was soon
forgotten, but until this spring the
rule has been scrupulously observed.