The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-11-22

sand discharged American soldiers
who remained In France to try their
fortunes are faring as must fare all
pioneers. A few have become rea-
sonably wealthy. Some are IRE
porting progress" The majority,
however, like their fathers before
them, in the United States, are
trudging on life's way, over or
around obstacles, with their carts
hitched to stars that are flying
rather lower than they we're when
the young men set out to "Ameri-
canize France.'f
Most of the men really are pio-
neers because they are striking out
for themselves, along new lines.
| AS yet there is no organization to
put these men In contact with their
fellows for the exchange of ideas
and experiences.
Nearly 5000 American expedition
airy force men we're released here
and it is estimated a fourth of these
have settled down to work here.
The others are visiting, sightseeing
or have gone home after a discour-
aging look at business prospects.
OF the 1000 or so who are hard
after French francs, according to
American business men here who
know most about the new ventures,
several hundred found employment
with large concerns, chiefly Ameri-
can firms preparing to do business
in the devastated regions. Another
! group took various small places TO
pay their way while studying. The
majority of the men, 1t was saio,
started to make good by capitalize
ing American methods. Very many
Of them saw what they considered
defects in French life and made
ready to furnish the supply and. If
necessary, create the demand.
Most of them agree that easy
money is not one of the natural
resources of France but a few ave
proved that it is. A negro made
$4,000 francs buying and selling
army and navy supplies at Brest
His case is vouched tor by a we'll
known American commercial eAecu-
tive.
The most striking success reported
is that of THE Fox Trot Kings
of Paris" as they term themselves,
Gerald Kiley, who drove the Chi
cago Press club ambulance, and
Harold Fitch of st. Paul, who was
at the wheel of one of Mrs. w. X
Vanderbilt's ambulances and later
went to the front.
Kiley and Fitch, the former said,
got their star. over here when the
wife of an American banker in bust
ness here pressed 500 france On
us" when they played in a three
man jazz band at a dance she gave.
They organized a Wilson Welcome
ball at a leading hotel when the
president arrived in Paris and netted
more than 10000 francs on the af-
fair. This success. they said, they
often duplicated at THE Dixie
Club" dances they organized with
an admission charge of 20 francs
a person.
Knowing that good things" must
rNk 10 4xy~ro5 tho man tnnk
over the ice cream making. equip
ment of the Y. M. c. A., which has
a capacity of a thousand gallons AN
hour and late in October began
wholesaling Dixie Ice Cream" cut
ting the market price SO to 100 per
cent. They said they Invested 1907
900 francs in the venture.
Some Of the most interesting of
the American business experiences
here are those Of 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
married into a dairy shop. Another
returned 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 the French by Lieutenant ]. l..
Mccain, of Tuscaloosa, Ala, and
George e. Howard, Of Pasadena.
Cal. Their difficulty is too much
business. With typicaI aggressive
ness they are buying American used
machines from French dealers to
sell to other French dealers. Mean
time, Howard said, they are prepar-
ing to open 1.-THE American Steno-