South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-03

News Service
COBI.ENZ. April The Amer
loan soldier on the Rhine IS having
q wonderful time II 10 ever was
trde Of anybody &c is true OF him that
barring his officers and the top ser
Eeart ho Us monarch Of all he sur
VCys RE ls fed. housed dressed az
the expense OF the German Republic
and amused ar the expense OF the
s. NJ c. A.. plus the German gov
eminent on a scale that leaves the
observer breathless.
With the mark al 200 20 the dol
I4r-and This winter u has been az
more than S00-Our enlisted men are
paid nearly as much as the cabinet
ministers Of the German republic
and as the commander-in-ch OF
the German army himself The lat
ter receives 200 900 marks year.
Gut OF this they pay 20, 900 marks
in taxes and meet Of course. all liv-
Ing expenses suitable 20 their Of
fetal position But the American
soldier. whose pay even at 200 marks
10 the dollar averages considerably
more than 100 900 marks a year. is
ION velvet" He has nearly every
necessary furnished free II he does
not choose TO save it his entire pay
is available for any Injuries the To-
cal market may afford. a Y NJ @.
4 worker told me she believed most
OF the soldiers had spent all their
money by the middle OF each month.
Missed Daintiness OF French.
soldier conhded TO his officers
that when the troops first came on
the Rhine they missed the daintiness
of the French girls. that the German
girls wore canvas petticoats, and
baseball stockings-in short. at first
they did not like the German girls.
If this was ever true it is no
longer so. The American soldiers
and the German girls appear ir-
resistibIv attractive 10 each other
American officers issue ORDERS and
inflict severe penalties. German
municipal authorities make stringent
rules
They might as well try TO keep
the Moseue and the Rhine from
mingling after they have flowed
down 20 meet each other.
To is no longer question of cam
vas petticoats and baseball stock
irgs Nos soIdats ont change tout
celia In almost any shop FOR wo-
mems wear I'm our area one of these
Young men may be seen maJcstical-
is enthrOned upon "a chair while
German frauIein turns slowly before
him I'm a long fur coat After appro-
baton has been given 90 the coat a
hat with 70 loue feather may be
added
Many Marriages Result.
Many marriages result. When
there is question of one OF these
no mother with daughter 10 place
IN life could take more pains 10 in
Quire into the autecedents OF the
proposed nance than the officers do
10 look up the girls record and as
certain IL she is suitable and good.
An immense amount OF correspond
ence takes place. SO many records
are searched and so much red tape
tangled the investiE atiou lasts for
many weeks. When the wedding at
length takes place it is the Ameri-
can rule To send the soldier and his
bride hack to the states ON the first
transport
As result some soldiers. not
wishing to return at once and in
tending to marry when the orders
for home are issued lived with girls
without marriage sometimes with
tragic consequences Thus when. i'm
the recent influenza epidemic.
Young soldier had no time before he
died 90 marry as he wished TO do.
the cirI he had been lviuE with and
So provided for hcr and for their
child hc had no way 90 divert 90 20
them any part or his government
insurance unless hr could make her
his wife bic had no tmc TO comply
WITH tho strict German marriage
laws His Insurance money eventu-
ally went TO his urother-iu-Iaw iu the
Stutcs. his nearest relative.
Wards Filled With Babies
Iu convent iu Coblenz. where
IutIc children are cared for there
are whole wards filled with the
babies OF American soldiers who
have sailed away perhaps not know
ms. perhaps not caring that there
would dc child The beautiful little
dark-eyed Sister who showed them
ta me- spoke of the h.gh cost ~ eggs
and mills and bread and Goals,
'It costs SD much iu Germany now
to keen the babies warm. She said
auxiouSIy DuckeriuG her eyebrows.
10 every man who might have lett
child iu Germany would send the
cood nuns The four hundred marks
tsc1 a month tha- it costs 90 keep a
baby the lovely utlc Sister it may
hc viii Iook less transparent and
uorhaus 81 able 10 stay ont OF
heaven IouEcf to take care Of her
helpless ltr1e charges
That a great many marks of the
American soldier go for extra -ood
things to cat Will not surprise any
one who has attempted to satisfy
Tho hunger Of vigorous you0E men
exercising an day 'u tho open. Tn
spite OF menus n their own barracks
which daily include. iu addition to
many other items The equivalent Of
bacon and gravy. hot cakes and
syrup FOR breakfast. SOUP. roast
beef gravy. vegetables and pt d.
ding for dinner. uaca-oui and
cheese. fried potatoes and gravy for
supper the soldiers nevertheless
flock tn great numb ers 90 the cafe
terra % the Y ST. a.
like Pork Chops and Gravy.
There they consume from hCapiuE
plates pork chops or something else
with more gravy topping Off per-
haps with apple dumplings and va
uuIa Ice cream And they also
throng in greater numbers still 10
The cafes and restaurants Of CO.
blenz where the very best cham
pagne IS less than fifty cents a