The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-02
MEMORIAL DAYS
QgANTESI SPEECH
It Was Made BY a French
Woman To Foreign
War Veterans

In the hurly.burly Of the larger
events Monday, q little social affair
1t the First Presbyterian eaurca AZ
rJon Vas almost overlooked. And
get It was not 50 anal tor tue Vet
.stis ut Foreign Wars gave Q lunch
son 70 more ShGn Sg0 people melul-
Ag large number OF Gold Star
s.rtnels and resident ana wishing
,etssans. the luncheon was serVes:
" The mothers, wives and yglBtelS Ut
90. veterans and consisted Of un.
tlmited Qualtrles OF lsandwicaeS,
2otato salad, pickles, Olives, icu
-rean, cotfes and lemcnade.
Col. y. Q. Mutt, president OF the
AohonYahela railway sag present
aud delivered q short address gu the
difficulties encountered While he
was in charge OF the transportation
asrvics In France. Col. Nuts stated
.Aong other things Shau mo Fcoaca
have no train dispatching system,
but the trains Just start out ana get
their orders here and there in tran
sit. He said that the efficient sys-
tenn Of doing things shown by the
American train crews who had been
brought over with their equipment
was a revelation TO the French. How
ever, he said, the French did mar
wells. Notwithstanding their lack OF
what the Americans considered the
proper system of doing things.
1t is very likely that the gallant
colonel made this admission owing
to the presence Of Madame Fern
ande Lo Jeune. a charming French.
woman who is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Rollo j.. C6nley. Madame LIE Jeune
made an address to the boys Vim
French that was a hit OF the occa-
sion. When asked for a transia-
tion Of her remarks Madame La
Jeune wtote 1t out for a reporter
and it Is given below lust as she
wrote 1t, in the same quaint Ian
guage. ,
my dear friends. ! am very happy
and proud to be with you today. I
thank you very much to have given
mo this pleasure. l want to say ID
you how much France likes America
Every one over there keeps a CRATE.
full and friendship remembrance 10
the sammies. ! was in my own lit
tic town of M%ontrichard when the
last American soldier left. All OF
us were brave when saying goodby
when shaking hands or kissing but
after how. many have cried-all the
grandmother, the child, the girl, re-
GREETED the good byes that we liked
and that we will never see again.
yes, sure you are and always
will be liked and never forgotten
over there and ! am sure to be good
interpreter when assuring you o:
the large friendship Of the mothers
and daughters Of France.
II ask to God TO keep always unite
as two sisters which love each other
your young and powerful lAmetica,
and my old, sweet Franco.
Giving my grateful thoughts to
your heroes, dead for the right and
freedom, | say with all my heart.
dear brothers, ylvo la America!
Vive la France! Units forever"
Madame LIE Jeune will remain in
Fairmont until Friday when she re-
:urns to Pittsburgh, her present
home.
After the luncheon ten delegates
were selected to go to %Clarksbure
on June 12, TO the first state con.
yention Of tho Veterans OF Foreign
Wars. The following members will
attend in that capacity: Rollo j.
Conley. E. L. Kinkead, Clarence Doc
little, Sam. D. Brady. Ira G. Tow.
son, Marshall NJ. Hamilton, William
D. Richardson, William R. Ice, Mar
tin T. Whalen and Dan s. Sullivan.
Commander John F. Barr will also
attend.