The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30

morte, as I walked from one restaurant to another, and heard on all sides noth- ing but the English language and saw almost nothing but American men, l said that Paris seemed like nothing so much as either an American naval sta ton or a college reunion. It was not Paris, but it was delishtful to watch
 There is no doubt that the American boy is a wonderfully clean-looking and fine specimen. Also there is no doubt that there is no boy twith the exception of the English) who gives one the feel ing of youth, health and vitality that he does. Some of them in Paris nat urally got rather gay as the evening progressed but almost always in a / charming, happy and pleasant way,
 I remember one night at certain restaurant in Montmartre, n nice-look- ing boy whose shyness was overcome, l presume, by a certain amount of champagne. The lad got up alone in the middle of the room and did one of the best clog-soft-shoe dances have ever seen. Naturally, in Paris nothing was thought of 1t except that it was delightful, and so it was, and he finally sat down looking little embarrassed Hmid great applause. nI
 I spoke in a previous article of the unconsciousness of self of the French, q characteristic that we, and the Eng lish even more, lack. Paris, undouhted- ly, however, imbues us to certain ex- tent while there with this quality. There is something extraordinarily sym pathetic in Paris towards anything that is happy. People pay very little att tention to you because they are all very much occupied themselves in be- ing happy. But whom they do notice 1t is always with smiling approval. Paris smiles on youth and love and enjoyment and I saw Americans so af- fected by this that they would let them selves enter into the spirit of gayety in way l am quite sure they could never do at home.
 At certain restaurants in Mont martre, for instance. each table is pro vided with bags of little white cotton balls to be thrown from one table to another Many evenings I saw staid, respectable and middle-aged men and women entering into the sport like children and having the time of their lives.
 The French resent someone who be. comes annoyed or irritated OF who takes personally things that are abso- lutely impersonal and part of the fun saw an extraordinary example of this one night when tive quite we'll, Known professional American women stood up in q certain restaurant and said to some men who had been throw. ing cotton balls at them no more than at others.
 9We dislike having these throwr at us an dask you to stop"
 The rest of the people around the heard this and immediately started throwing every ball that they could lay their hands on and even IittIt pieces of bread. The two women got up and left their table with what l suppose they considered great dignity and were even followed to the street by great many people "booing' them
 1t was an absurd exhibition on the part ot the women, for they had been m Europe for some time. Their atti. tude might be excusable in a new nr. rival who might misunderstood and think that there was something per, sonal in the ball-throwing. But those who know Paris, if they lake tbem. selves so seriously that they cannot enter into this harmless sport. cer tainly should not go to supper at Mont nlartre. As I said, Paris smilae or happiness and good fellowship and il VIII always frown on the lack of it
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