Evening star., 1919-10-05

e' "hdred Ahlf, Berkeley, Cal. (charge
at Bordeaux.
Mrs' Cecilia White Los Angeles, Cal.
MISS Ruth Beane Lewiston, Me.
MISS rachel Jerrold. New Rochelle, N. Y.
Miss Ann Jenkins, Brooklyn and Madison.
Wis.
MISS Lesley Henshaw. Cincinnati,
Miss Helen Orr, Northcliffe, MINI.
MISS Emma Carson. Knoxville, Tenn.
Miss Mary Lyon, New York city.
Vt. olara 3reenough. Greenfield, Mass, and
~ W. University. Evanston III.
Miss Grace Goulder. Cleveland.
MISS Mary Porteraeld, Charleston. Va.
MISS Edith Aykroyd Buffalo (head of ali
work at Brest).
MISS Mary Anderson, Minneapolis.
MISS 1naaoeth Dickerson. Portland, Ohio.
MISS Florence Risley, Aurora, NJ Y,
MISS virginia Lewis. Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Miss Mary Jacobs. Pasadena, Cal.
Dr. watson. Spencer. N. Y.
MISS Iirza Dinsdale, McMinneville. Ore.
MISS Dorothy Clarke, Newark, N, J.
MISS heha Fowler. Pennington, Me,
Miss Irene Raber. Pittsburgh. Pa
MOI to take advantage of manv
courtesies by risking even the nm.
pearance OF indiscretion, have quot
by name only Mrs. Seymour. rather
than unmarried young lady score.
taries' Mrs Seymour. tower of
strength. tact. sympathy, wit and
goodness. comes to this work of the
4. w. {. A. from her notable expert
ehce, business and legal, and presi-
cent OF the Business Women's Chris
t'an League Of Philadelphia,
BREST, September Ii, 1919.
SAW the French brides map of
the United States. Swarms- Of lit
tie flags were stuck into 1t
everywhere-"until we ran out of
flags" explained the Y. w. C. A. Sec
retaries When completed, it will show
the home spot to which every Euro
pean war bride has been taken by her
American soldier husband.
We shall stand by them, whenever
they need it," says the Y. w. c. A.
Good. Perhaps, they may not need it.
Buddy. also. is standing by his buddy's
bride of romance from "over there"
Say just one word In praise of home
girls, and they soak you on the bean
with blazing loyalty. The thing Is
beautiful l merely wrote that, after
ALL the heart Of the A. E. f. was true
to Poll--the vast majority, you know.
and this Is how they handled me, in
letters to the editor:
Say where does your correspondent
get this line Of bull about the fail
ure of the American soldiers to fall
for the French girls? They certainly
did fall. and with an awful crash,
about 10000. II he cares to look up the
statistics. The French women have
some characteristics which the Ameri-
can woman never did have, and never
Will. For one thing. they are far more
feminine. Evidently. your correspond
ent must have spent most of his time
at the French debarkation ports or In
the s. O. s. l was nearly nineteen
months in combat unit. and I know
that most of his statements are
mostly bull
(Stgned) "A. v. 8. SOLDIER,
Camp Meade. Md"
y
SO. here must be story without
"bull"--a Anal and Photographic tour
OF those same debarkation ports
where (only) one Is sure to meet the
brides en- route or watch their steps
where they have stepped. !. who have
spent thirty years In a combat unit
(the old eXpatriates of Paris) whore
there was femininity to burn, may
wonder, personally, how the A. Il. F.
could let single one of those Y. w.
c. A. girls sail homeward single (femi-
nine charm with all the glamour of
the home. and the thought strikes me.
did they?). But speaking Of those 9TH
ers. The witness from Camp Meade
says 10000. We shall see. The play,
seem to remember, pleased not the
million; twas cavlare to the dough-
boy. Some doughboys wanted caviare.
And there you are.
How did you court herr" we asked
one. who spoke no French and she no
English.
"Oh. she speaks with her eyes" he
answered. Some one said II might %