Evening star., 1927-08-25

Changes in France and in the per
sonal appearance of the veterans OF
the World War are observed by the
people of this country. as the Ameri
can Legion is on it's way for the big
convention in Paris. Staid business
men return to the old scenes in which
young men were the participants 10
| years ago. An unprecedented gather
| ing has its phase of adventure and
new inspiration, while it is also wei
coined as a means of influencing in
ternational relations.
Describing the pilgrimage as one
unequaled in history, the Columbus
Ohio State Journal predicts that 'all
civilized nations will watch it with
deepest interest" and that "oppor-
tunity for another action so dra-
matte, so filled with appeal, may
never be offered" The Spokane
| Spoke sees "a glorious
adventure for the Legionnaires" and
an adventure rich in opportunity for
fostering good will among the former
allies with whom the first A. f. F. was
associated" The Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman lauds members Of
| the Legion for 1.-The courage they
manifested in the supreme crisis Of
the ages"
Their project is a romance. and
| splendor and pathos are in the back.
ground says the Cincinnati Times
Star, with the added comment But
the pathos and splendor Of the mo-
ment. although felt by all, will not be
registered on the surface. There will
| be much singing. various ribald songs
of the camp will be dug up and busted
| off and a good deal of Indifferent
French will take the air again." The
Philadelphia Public Ledger is inn
pressed by the fact that 10 years "has
been long enough for man and Nature
to go far in removing the scars of
| war from the fair face Of France.
This year." continues the Ledger, ''the
poppies grow in wheat, as they have
from time immemorial, and they grow
undisturbcd by soldier feet or the
passage of guns. F'renchmen
have the heart to be gay again"
In the fateful days of 1917" recalls
the St. Paul Dispatch. "khaki-clad
and bearing the accouterments Of
war, they were crowded by the thou
sands on troopships, carefully con-
voyed and sailed away, bravely fac
ing whatever fate might have in store
for them. How different the
departure now. AND the PaSSalc
Daily Herald suggests that "they are
staid citizens now. Many will be ac-
companied by their wives. They are
bent on revisiting the scenes of their
great adventure, when life was being
lived in a day and when tomorrow
was crossed by question mark. What
fun (and what disillusiOnments) the
still unmarried LegiOnnaires will have
in looking up mademoiselle!"
THE battleflelds will be green with
crops" advises the Fargo Forum. "and
many towns. but few years ago only
skeletons. will show no signs of the
conflict. The only reminders of the
great tragedy will be the cemeteries
with their long rows of white crosses"
The Newark Evening News declares
that the American Expeditionary
Force has given one good account Of
itself. and is about to render another"
for it visions the reunited buddies on
the way Ito render an Office of pa
triotsm and veneration, yet to find
opportunities for frolic not lacking"
The News sees 1.-The Stars and Stripes
and the Tricolor of France entwined-
old scenes. old associations through
eyes grown 10 years older"
"The truth is. whether in rnufti or
civies." according to the Trenton
Evening Times, "the Legionnaires win