The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-23
Yanks Won't GO
Back To Marry
tBy United Pre.s.)

New York, Jan. 27.--Are American
men who have been overseas going
back to marry French girls?
mo-" is the aAswer of IL out of 15
returned officere, according to Y, w.
c. A. representative here who has
been interviewing returning Officers
on the subject.
The consensus of opinion of those
interviewed gives the reason thus
The French girl is not what Anne ican
men call a pal. She knows how 10
cook. to sew. to make love. She can
be a sweetheart. She is not pal.
Her horizon is too often limited to
the home. Her life is lived within
doors. She can never replace the
American girl for all around intelli-
geEce, activities and ambitions. Most
of all the American men miss in her
tie playfellow they have known al
home-the girl with the tennis rae
quet, the girl who loves to hike long
miles and 10 swim and ride.
Will the men ;eo back to France?
absolutely" say returned Amer
cans. But that is because of tbs
call of aris. the carefree life in the
romance of tlg tilsssat atmosphere Of France.
In fact, most of the men are coming
back to marry the girls they left be-
hind, and then they probably will try
to return to France and take their
American girl wives with them TO see
the world.
But ii may not be i'll advised for
the American girl to say to the return
ing men, You'd better hurry" For
the Y w. c. A is trying to help the
French girl 'catch up with her Amer
lean sister in outdoor activities. This
organization is sending women over
all the time to teach outdoor sports
of every SOFT, and even now many
French girls have discarded the much
slandeIed French heel In fact,
there is a whole island in the Loire
river given over to outdoor lie and
physical training.
Over lis secretaries are in France
doing after-war work. The Red Cross
nurses huts were built and equipped
by the Red Cross. They were then
turned over to the Y. W. c. A. as a
cooperating organization. and the lat
ter has furnished the workers for the
huts and maintained the upkeep OF
them. About so of TIE seer etaries
now across are engaged In this work.
With the return to this country OF the
nurses. the Y. w. c. A seere.aries
hus engaged probably will be trans.
ferred to work of other kinds
None but highly trained women are
being sent over by the I. W. C. A Al
most all who have gone. or are guins
over. are college graduates All have
had experience a'osg some particular
line of work Many are Industrial ex
perts.
Some have been professors in lead
ing colleges Miss Margaret Murrlss
formerly professor OF history II Mt
Holyoke College. Mass. is al 1he hsaf
of In nurses work. Miss Mary Nc
Doweii. known as Aunt Nary of the
Stockyards. of Chicago. perhaps more
familiar with the twists and kinks il
most any other American woman. is IN
France. doing a special piece OF ~-srf
for the association
Miss Mary Dingman Of New TorA
city and Paterson. \ J.. who went
over when America went into the fras
and who supervised the building and
maintain ng of the 16 foyers, is now in
this country and expects to return tc
T ance very soon to direct the indus
trial work.
1t seems probably that II the Y. W
C. A is able to complete the program
started in France. French women will
be able to meet American freedom
with a new bu. intensely real French
freedom.