Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-30
MANY MEN FROM STATES
MAKING GOOD IN FRANCE
While Gold Is Not Plentiful Many
Good Business Opportunities
Arc Found.
PUSHING AMERICAN IDEAS
Ono OF Them May Result iu Chain
OF Amcrican.Owned Hotels and
Restaurants In Battlefront Towns
and Cities.

Restaurants In Battlefront Towns
and Cities.
or discharged American soldiers yrhn
remained III France To try their for
rnnss are farins as mus, fare ali plo-
neers;, y lew have become reasonably
wealthy Some arc reporting pro-.
, rcss The majority. however, ike
States. are trudginr on ,ife's wav nvcr
or around obstacles. with their cart
nitchcd TO stars that are flying rather
men st our TO "An"ricanizc France"
Most OF the men really are pioneers
s nccom sc ',hey are striking GU, for them
~ no organizations 20 put these men
III contact with their fellows for The
efShanEe Of IDEAS and experiences
pedtionary force men were released
mere, and IL is estimated a fourth of
s nmsse nhNe settled down TO work here
The others are visiting sightseeing or
have gone home after a discouraginr
look at business prospects,
Several Hundred nj Work.
VI the 1000 or so who are hard after
,Sremch francs, according to American
hpout 'hc new ventures. scS cral hun
urcd found cmploymcut with large
GmnGe rms, chien% American firms pre-
parihs TO do business in the devastated
regions.
Anotner group took various small
R pSs TO pay their way while studying
me majority OF The men, t. was said
started TO make good by caplta,izinr
american methods. Very many OF them
French Lie and made ready to furnish
The demand.
Most of them agree that easy money
is not ono of tie natural rcsoirrcs
Of France, but few have proved that
i is. = negro made l25.ooo francs
SUPPLIES np nr sei'"f is ar rs ana nSr%
Tor by woli-known American com
mercial executive.
Is that OF The FOX Trot Kinrr ~
PariS, as they term themselves, Ger
9 1io ,hiiey. who drove the Chicago Press
SSiu9 ainnnlance, and Harold Fitch, or
OF Mrs. W. X. vanderbiI,'s ambu!ances
snd later went 10 The front.
,bei ,'eS !, an ana trIch. inc former said got
OF an American banker in business here
pressed 300 francs on us when they
dance she gave They orranizcJ -
Wilson welcome ball at Ici'.ing Iot"I
when ne President arrived in Paris
the affair This success. they said thcy
often Duplicated at The Dixie club
dances they orsanized. with an sdmis-
| s'oh charge of 20 francs Il person
Sell "Di,ic lee Cream"
Knowing tina, good things" must
not he oF'rworhcd the men took over
the ice-crcam making cGuiDIn.nl or
the NJ {. A.. which hss capacity
| OF thousand gallons IN hour and late
IN October began whnlcsallng Dixie
Ice C:cam. cutting tho market price
% 20 10" per cent, They said they In
vested 100 francs IN The venture
some OF the most interesting OF the
| American business experiences mere are
lhose 81 men VIII" married French
4,
| they ever though; pos !blc in lie
United States" their nus'ncns advisor
said. ono man married into dairy
shop. Another returned to his trade
Iot tailoring in The same way. Scores
| OF AMERICAN Dovs arc IN business with
their French flthcrs-in-law.
Rebuilt" typcwritcrs. familiar 10
Ameri:anE have been introduced - The
French by Lieutenant !. l.. Mc'ann. o!
TuheH lo9sa, Ala. and George T.. How
ard. OF Pasadena. Cal. Their difficulty
ta TOO much business. With typical
ssEr"ssiyencys they arc buying Amer
ican used machtnes from French deal!
Meantime. Howard said, they are pre-.
pairing to open The American Steno-
gre bureau because. hc said, an
alley trying to lind d public s;enos
rapher or 20 S,et put his correspond-
ence when an English Spoken" variety
can he located
Isadoro Court. who was paper
hanger. boldly set himself UP in III.
decorating business IN fiShiona h! q
| suburb.
Becomes Merchandise Broker.
Lieutenant stevens l.. Tyler. OF Mem
phis began an import and export
broker hut became "a merchandise
hrolser while awaiting better shipping
| facilities end more familiarity With the
| mysteries Of French trading.
| Harry l.. Drucker. newspaper Dno-
tOgraphcr, returned to his trade, add
| ing commercial work.
m no in Ii,,c
10 an American executive III that line,
sttraciad SCORES of the men. but most
OF them gave II UP as bad job whcn
! they ran into the mess OF intricacies
delays and financial difficulties for the
| beginner.
One man who wanted 70 bring in
! tires turned defeat into success by
opening tire sale and repair shop.
Another one with the same idea Ia
and steam vuicanizing plant to give
| Paris taste OF fast work. lie said
virtually all tube repairs here now arc
ruh:an iZing and take week instead
| Of an hour.
Many men" an American officer
still in service said, ARE working tenn
porary good things while seeking real
| openings. The favOrite method is get
ting hold Of army cantecn goods and
reselling them to the French at sew
| eral times cost. Many men make as
! much As 200 francs a week.
writer. Lnnd on Their Feet i.
Ncwspapermen seem to have landed
| on their feet most quickly. Nearly
all Of those WHO stayed are developing
| some "idea' outside OF Office hours.
Several thrifty discharged soldiers
made Temporary wealth buying dol
lar checks" sold 10 service men at a
! rate lower than the dollar was quoted.
One man, formerly on The Stars and
Stripes is credited with making "A small
! fortune in that way.
Army pathos and bathos. put in book
| form by Sergeant Melvin Ryder. OF
Schenectady, became bcst-sclier and
passed the 900 mark
Ideas for great wealth are being
| mulled over By number of men and
| may result in the establishment De a
chain Of hotels and restaurants along
the battlefront towns. One young man
| who missed the American small boy
shine" Is negotiating a lease for a
! shoe. shining parlor.