Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-18

arIiNeu III fariS and netted more
than 10000 francs on the. affair.
duplicated at 1.-The Dixie Club"
| dances they organized with an ad- |
mission charge of 20 francs q person. |
In Ice Cream Business
Knowing that good things" must |
not be overworked, the men took |
over the ice cream making equip
ment of the Y. M. C. A, which has
capacity of thousand gallons an
hour and late in October began
wholesaleing Dixie ice cream"
cutting the market price fifty to a
hundred per cent. They said they
invested 100000 francs in the ven-
ture.
Some OF the most interesting of the |
American business experiences here |
are of those men who married |
French girls. Three of these are
| farming east of Paris, making more
money than they ever thought pos
sible in the United States" their
business advisor said. One man mar
ried into dairy shop. Another re-
| turned to his trade of tailoring in the
| same way. Scores of American boys
are in business with their French
| fathers-in-law.
- Rebuilt" typewriters, familiar to
Americans, have been introduced to
Cam, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and George
| E. Howard, of Pasadena, Cal. Their
difficulty Is too much business. With
| typical aggressiveness they are buy
! ing American used machines from
| French dealers to sell to other
French dealers. Meantime, Howard
said. they are preparing to open
the American stenographic bureau"
| because, he said, an American bust
| n n q Hlind oIlnxy trxJp M m
| find a public stenographer or to
get out his correspondence when an
| English spoken" variety can be To-
Gated.
Isadore Court, who was a paper
hanger, boldly set himself up in the
decorating business in a fashionable
| suburb.
Lieutenant Stevens L. Taylor, of
Memphis, began as an import and cX<
port broker but became merchan-
disc broker while awaiting better
shipping facilities and more famil-
iarity with the mysteries of French
| trading.
Harry L. Drucker, a newspaper
photographer, returned to His trade.
adding commercial work.
Importing and exporting, accord
| ing to an American executive in that
| line, attracted scores of the men but
iilOoL VI lhOAu 6aNC II up 90 "a DseNa
| job when they ran into the mess of
| intricacies, delays and financial diff
culties for the beginner.
One man who wanted to bring in
carloads of automobiles and bicycle
! tires turned defeat into success by
opening q tire sale and repair shop.
Another one with the same Idea is
| awaiting arrival of a real quick re-
pair and steam vulcanizing plant to
ert.y Do ~ ork2 n& f0 0nt ort
said virtually all tube repairs hero
now are made with cement patches
instead of vulcanizing and take a
week instead of an hour.
MANY men," an American officer
still In service said, ARE working
temporary good things while seek
ing real openings. The favorite
method is getting hold of Army can
teen goods and reselling them to the
French at several times cost Many
men make as much as 200 francs q
week.
Newspapermen seem to have land |
ed on their feet most quickly. Near
ly all of those who stayed are de- |
veloping some idea outside of Of
flee hours.
Several thrifty discharged soldiers
made temporary wealth buying dol |
lar checks" sold to service men at a
rdCe lower CI1an JnS uOlldT was
quoted. One man. formerly on "The
Stars and Stripes" is credited with
making a small fortune in that way.
Army patkos and bathos, put in
book form by Sergeant Melvin Ryder,
of Schenectady, because a best-seller
and passed the 100000 mark.
Ideas for great wealth are being
mulled over by number of men
and may result in the establishment
of chain of hotels and restaurants
along the battlefront towns. One
young man who missed the American
small boy "shine" is negotiating a |
lease for shoe shining parlor.
AS an American businessman who
came in contact with many of the
discharged men put it, there aren't
any gold dollars in the streets but
there is lot of silver scattered about
that may be picked up II the Ameri-
can boys will look for 1t through
The French spectacles. French can't
be Americanized but there Is lot
of good in our ways that they need |
and will accept If on our side we
meet their views and respect their
pust0pns"