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!Under The Camouflage!
INTIMATE WAR EXPERIENCES AND
OBSERVATIONS OF
LOWELL MELLET
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
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PARIS, Dec. 1.—The train for Ver
sailles is a nine o'clock train which
leaves at 9:30. It is a half hour's run
on the schedules but tho train arrives
at 11 o'clock.
The Palace hote' is located some
where around the corner from the
Trianon palace. I didn’t see it. As
the horse, exempted from army serv
ice for the reason th at his gait was I
more like a retreat than a charge,
turned into a street somewhere in the
vicinity of the hotel, half a dozen
French officers—not mere privates—
fcarred his path and he joyfully stop
ped. The officers explained that the
hotel was “out of bounds” for the
public, the public meaning everybody
except the military.
So I had to leave Clemenceau, Lloyd
George, Col. House and the rest work
ing out the problems of the supreme
war council unaided and tram back to
Paris.
The gardens of the Trianon were
not interdite—that word crops up as
frequently as verboten Is said to in
Germany. But the gardens were bleak
and cheerless in the winter wind.
Met Charles Grasty, of the New
York Times, later in town. Seems he
had landed in the Palace hotel parlor
on the strength of his military bear
ing or something, but that he had
landed outside again soon after. He
had a complaint to make about the
war conference to the effect that the
better you knew the conferees the less
you learned. It’s often thus.
Inez Haynes Gilmore, who calls her
husband Will Irwin, that being his
name, is having an tnteresting time
in Paris.
“There’s so much to see and write
about that it is almost bewildering,"
she averred.
Mrs. Herbert Adams Gibbon, pres
ent likewise, gave men the reassur
ing information that her husband is
» not the venerable greybeard that his
admirable articles on international :
politics would lead one to suppose; <
ontrarily, he is only 37. It will be
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possible to read his stuff for some
years yet.
Both Irwin and Gibbon have been
enlisted for war work. Irwin is lec
turing to Americans in Y. M. C. A. huts
at the front and Gibbon is lecturing
in the South of France to the French
people on the subject of America.
Enjoyed a talk with Lord North
clife this morning at an ungodly hour
of his choosing. Found his apartments
in the Ritz as busy as one of his
newspaper shops.
General Pershing had just preceded
me. Northcliffe declared his admira
tion of Pershing: “A fine leader of a
fine army.”
When the new Viscount becomes
vigorous in his gestures he reveals a
very palpable sign of his Americaniza
tion. He keeps his pants up with a
belt!
I
Dined in a little place at the far end
of the Rue Montmarte, where the
proprietor confers personal solicitation
and handshakes on frequenters. Young
Seldes, guide on this occasion, was the
proud recipient of a free handshake.
PARIS, Dec. 3—Getting out of Paris
is harder than getting in; it’s a vastly
more complicated process. Unless you
are “special case,” it requires eight
lays notice. I happen to be a special
case, since the work of the United
Press is listed among the things of
allied importance; but even so
France's beautiful capital showed a
distinct disinclination to sever our
pleasant acquaintanceship with any- :
:hing that could be called abruptness. •
Found Howard Wheeler, editor of :
Everybody’s Magazine* sitting dole- \
■ully in a room at the Maison de la :
Presse. :
He cheered up when he saw me, but i
;he reason Wasn’t exactly flattering. i
“Huh,” he snorted, “wait till you’ve ■
seen through the mill!” i
Entered M. Eduard Dollean. He j
presented Wheeler with three letters, i
narked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. He j
mumerated the three persons, in three :
isparate places, in three different 3
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parts of town, to whom the letters
were to be presented.
“Then I’m all through; then I can
go, can I?" demanded the youngest of
big American magazine editors.
“Yes—” began M. Dollean.
The sun came out from behind the
clouds on Wheeler’s face. He grasped
his host’s hand in a heartv and abso
lutely farewell shake.
“—except, you must have five photo
graphs,' M. Dollean concluded.
“Mon Dieu!” gasped Wheeler—in j
English.
He dropped M. Dollean's hand and
dashed out. I found him looking hope
lesslv for a taxi a few minutes later,
for M. Dollean had asked me to re
turn at 3:45 p. m., when, he said, there j
would be three letters waiting for me
Took Wheeler over to the hotel and
cheered him up with the remainder of;
my dollar’s worth of jam.
At 3:45 found M. Dollean’3 room va
cant except for Reginald Wright Kauff
man. Presently Dollean arrived bring
ing M. Besnard. one of his colleagues,
whom he wished to introduce to Kau'f
man. The latter appreciated the hon
or, since Besnard is author of about
the most popular comedy now run
ning in Paris, “Mon Ami Teddy.” They
had a long and earnest bi-lingual con
versation about plays and things, the
Parisian being particularly interested
In the work of our young Mr. Shel
don, author of “Salvation Nell,” etc.
An hour elapsed. Having hemmed
once or twice without effect, I now
hawed. M. Dollean apologized for the
delay and went away for half an hour.
We talked about plays some more.
We kept on talking till Kauffman
found he had to go. M. Besnard soon
had to go also. Dollean and I stuck
;amely at our conversation.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching services !1 a. m„ “Be Pre
pared.” Sunday school 12 in.. “Jesus
Choose I he Twelve." Preaching serv
ices 7:30 p. in., “Lincoln, the Defender
of Democracy.”
The Boy Scouts will attend the
morning service, which is in harmony
with the eighth anniversary of its in
ception in America.
I he music for the Lincoln service
is as follows:
Prelude . Beethoven
“He Will Not Let Me Pall,”.... Ackley
"In the Service of the King."..Ackley
Offertory . Sachs
Solo— "Pace to Pace,”.White
Miss Emma Sheperd
Banjo Solo— “Columbia the Gem of
the Ocean, . Mr. l. Lewis
“ T r u e hearted. Whole-hearted, ”
. Stebbins
"America.” . Smith
Doxology. Ken
Postlude.Watson
We extend a cordial invitation to
strangers, friends and you to join us
in the patriotic services of the day.
A. G. Shriver, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
St. George's mission. Red Dragon
club house. Quinquagesima Sunday.
Matins and Holy Communion at 11
o’clock. Church school at 12 o’clock.
Evensong at 4 o'clock. Ash Wednes
day, Feb. 13th.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Mass at 10:30 a. m. today. Bene
diction after mass. J. Van der Pol. S. J.
It's a long story if it’s all told. I
got niv three letters at 6:10 p. m.—
after all three of the addressees had
gone home to dinner.
Said good-bye to the Colonel. Have
come to the conclusion that I like Col.
House. It’s an easy conclusion to
reach if you see mucn of him. He
impresses you as being genuine; he
is direct and simple, with a simplicity
that seems real, not affected. So
much has been written of his silence
and secrecy that one might get the
picture of a mole, burrowing in the
dark ground. But that isn’t Col. House.
I believe he likes people and likes to
be people.
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"OUR BOYS NEED YOUR CASH.’
Presbyterian Aid will hold their an
nual dinner, February 22, at Mrs. El
liott's home. FOR THE RED CROSS.
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THE BRUTE.
“How very fluent your parrot is!”
“Yes; [ always hang his cage up in
the room when my wife’s club meets
here.”— Baltimore American.
♦
GOING! GOING!
“Did I understand you to say that
that man takes a lively interest in the
advancement of art?”
“What is he—an artist or a collec
tor?”
“Neither. He’s an auctioneer.”—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
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UNPALATABLE TRUTH.
Sanderson was on a visit to Simp
kins and in due course, naturally, he
was shown the family album.
“Yes,” said Simpkins, as he turned
the leaves, “that’s my wife's second
cousin's aunt Susan. And that’s Cous
in James, and that’s a friend of ours,
and that—oh, now, who do you think
that is?”
"Don’t know,” said Sanderson.
"Well, that’s my wife’s first hus
band, my boy.”
“Great Scot What a perfectly brain
less-looking idiot! But excuse me, old
fellow. I didn’t know your wife was
a widow when you married her.
“She wasn’t,” said Simpkins stiffly.
“That sir, is a portrait of myself at
the age of 20.”—Tit-Bits.
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Advancing in age though it is. the
w-ar has yet to show signs of senility
and decrepitude.
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February 1 Victoria February 8
b ebruary 8 No rthwestern February 15
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