The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-08


Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Paris. (By MaiD That American
soldiers are popular in France d.
rectly inversely to their number, /.
being proved by the attitude of the
French public toward the rapidly de
creasing American soldiers Not that
the doughboys ever were unpopular
but during the period when the
greatest number of "Yanks" were in
France, the keen edge of the tradi
tional French ccrdiality was eonsid
berably dulled. Two years age every
American in France was acclaimed
as hero The crusaders" from
that little known far away land
"Amerique' were hailed as soldiers
had never before been greeted. 1t
would be stretching things to say
say that the American soldiers still
in France are equally as popular as
those first fortunate arrivals. On
the other hand, the doughboys are
daily gaining greater favor with the
French. This reaction follows a Pc
riod when Americans were just bit
grating to the French.
During the autumn of 1918, and
after the signing of the armistice,
when many Americans went out Of
their way to impress upon the
French populace the part part that
the A. e. 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 Amer
ican battalion to parade in Paris on
July 4, 1917, was memorable one,
but judging from the reviving pop
ularity of the doughboys, the fare
well which the last battalion will re-
ceive will outstrrip even that other
historical event.
Present indications are that some
of the last members of the A. E. F.
to arrive in France before the armis-
tice will 60 home the best-informed
about places of historical 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, how
ever, when many of the veteran or
ganizations have gone home, Paris
is wide-open leave area and the
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 Yer
sailles, and other points of interest.
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,
and now that peace has brought a
somewhat normal condition, there is
a rush to establish new, Np-to-date
places Americans in Paris have com
plained about the service of the av-
erage Partisan barber. Apparently
several of the BARRIERS have taken
these complaints to heart, for during
the past week, at least two big
downtown barbershops have en-
larged their quarters and one has
put in American chairs. The COM
forts of an American barbershop
with its reclining chairs, real hot
water. bootblacks and well-informed,
talkative BARRIERS are almost un
known in Europe.
Since 1867 an attendant at the
Chateau of Francis |. Saint Germain-
en- Laye, where the Austrians were
given their treaty terms has waited
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
public until five o'clock each after J