The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-21
A New Yorker
 In Europe
BY PAUL HARRISON

Paris - It was at TINT Club. an organization of bon vivant-isn Americans permanently established here, that we fell to talking about the occupations of ex-doughboys who have remained in France since the war.
 My hosts did most of the talk ing, of course. Your correspond- end was able to contribute only the fact that man named Cun- ningham from Kansas City is run ming the restaurant Croisette, and that he is outdoing most of the natives in matters of saucy French cooking. For homesick Americans, though, he'll provide anything from flapjacks and ma plc syrup to apple pie.
 It turns out that the French have no monopoly on the talent for hotel management, either. Ten Paris hotels are owned and con- ducted by Americans, and there are several more in other parts OF France. A few stores, particular iy big department stores, are own cd by Americans. M
 
 Success By Ear
 The French never dreamed of eating corn. n.on-the.cob until a Yankee appropriately named John Cornwall bought q farm at Maj. sons La Fitte, near the Frank J. Gould estate. He imported . lot of sweet corn for seed and is mak- ing Q profitable speciality of it N Another American, looking for career in the worlds greatest wine .guzziing country, dared es- tabiish Q bottilng works for soft drinks - cherry sody. sas.parilly, and all that. He's getting away with it, too.
 The worlds finest gloves are supposed to be made by the French. but Q lot of them come from m American factory here French cigarets are protected by high duties against American ones. Yet most of the tobacco comes from the United States, and an American named Franklin stafford manufactures the papers in his plant in Brittany.
 Milking the Yanks
 George R. Hull, who has Bach- eior of Science degree from Dart. mouth, has become the milkman for the American colony in Paris. He provides certified milk for chil- dren and, rarest of iuxuries, butter milk Another ex-soldier, who had been a baker in the States, saw no reason why ho couldn't compete with French pastry cooks. And he does compete, very success fully.
 The Racing Club of France, corresponding to the American Jockey Club, has an American for its general commissioned - Allan IT. Muhr. And down at Aies, I'm told, the town has chosen Charles Lunel. another American, for It's chief of police.
 70 and 6 Cars Gone
 At Pershing hall, mansion on the Rue Pierre Charron which was acquired (together with some financial headaches) for Ameri- cans Legion headquarters. I'm ad- vised that there are about 500 l lLegionnaines in France. They're active in such matters as caring for isolated graves and support ing and educating orphaned chil- dren of American veterans. They aid, and sometimes repatriate, stranded and jobless veterans. ! A few of the latter who have turned up lately identified them- selves with difficulty, for 1t was discovered that they had spent the past seventeen years in the provinces, completely out of touch with Americans. and had forgot- ten how to speak English. And | for that matter, three-fourths of the boys belonging to a newly formed unit of the Sons of the American Legion are able fo speak only French.
 I have looked vainly for any of the celebrated old "40 and S' box cars, but am told that some of them are being put to new use - | transporting tourists this time They're fitted up with simple live | ing quarters and are being rented | to parties of travellers - ten % | the car - for vasahond tours or France. Each person pays only l haff the third-elasH fare. and the cars are sldetracked wherever ana for aa many days as Che tennants desiFe.