Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-06-21
Huuleins viii Weep and Vail
When Rich 'Xanks Leave CObLenz

, soldier Of any other country in the
world; he knows that. what with ""
and Salvation Army activities-there
is Salvation Army hut. cuddleo,
with superb unconcern. in the very
shadow of that frowning and impreg-
nable fortress of Ehrenbrsitstein-he
has vaudeville shows, and moving
picture entertainments and theatrical
productions and social diversions. and
sports. to say nothing Of religion. 70
his hearts content; he knows that, II
he SO desires, he may have the 40.
vantages of a thorough course in vo-
cational training in whatever line he
may happen to pick.
IIfterates disappearing. e
Peter A. Tulip, consultant in educa-
tion, American forces in Germany,
says that year ago there were 500
iiliterates- counting both that class
of immigrant men who. educated IN
their own tongue. were still ignorant
of English, and those who had never
learned to read or write in any Ian
guage-and that with the close of the
present school year in June the Amer
lean forces in Germany Will have not
one illiterate. The instruction pro-
vided for all men classified as Hitter
ates is compulsory.
Enrolment in vocational training
classes is optional. subject to the APP
proval of the commanding officer. but
cnce a man is admitted to course
Of instruction attendance is manda-
tory, just as at any other military
duty. Among the optional courses ID
one of scientific farming at a thirty
acre farm a short distance from Cob.
LEM. About fifty men take the in.
struction on this farm where they
learn animal husbandry in all its
branches as well. The farm furnishes
certified milk for the babies of Amer
lean families who would otherwise
| have to struggle along, as the German
babies do, on milk which is canned or
of doubtful quality. 1t also furnishes
sary and flowers for officers wives.
German Language Maltreated.
And while some soldiers are study
ling in the schools furnished them by
the American government, others are
| industriously learning German as
taught by the kitties and Berthas and
Fredas of the country. The American
soldier probably talks the worlds
most immoral German; he is utterly
promiscuous with it's genders, and
uses the difficult and exacting he.
she" or st" of the German Ian
DISCRIMINATION. But his "frawlen"
talks English as he talks German. and
the two together form language
which is weird as to syntaS. but I'M
paralleled for lovemaking.
And SO the American boy here IN
Coblenz works and drills and studies
and drinks and dances and makes
love. and occasionally gets a very
bloody nose in a battle which may be
with Germans and may, on the other
hand, be with a group Of his fellow
soldiers. He grumbles about the mill
tary police, and he grumbles about
his officers. but, on the whole. as he
wanders down the narrow stone
streets of Coblenz, or across the pom
toon bridge which connects that town
with Ehrenbreitstein. or along the
banks of the Rhine. down tunnel OF
arched green boughs, with his hand
clasped, man fashion, in that of his
| "frawlen," he feels as the 'frawlen"
does-that the occupation. whatever
it may do to Germany's national pride,
isn't at all a bad thing-especialiy
now that it's summer.