Show WELCOME ARCH FOR MR ATKINS French Do Honors to British Who Relieve Them of Part of Trench Duty SOLDIERS COMPARE NOTES Few Understand Foreign Languages Languages languages Lan lan- But They Manage Manage Manage Man Man- age to Converse British Army Armr Headquarters in Franco France I Aug 28 TrIumphal Triumphal arches were erected erected erected erect erect- ed b by the French soldiers to welcome I their successors when the British took over aver a section of at the line from the tho French a while ago An occasional snipers sniper's bullet and the occasional burst burt of ot a n shell accompanied the Informal ceremony The peculiar thing Is that the French do do donot not nat like to go ga said a staff officer They Thoy have spent months In building up their trenches to make them comfortable and as secure from the enemy's fire as possible They are proud of ot their trenches In n n. sense they feel that that- the results of ot their labor Inbar belong belong belong be be- long to them Besides they have not nat settled In the associations of ot tho the villages villages vil vii lages to ta the rear where the they are bil- bil The They know all the tho local poo- poo peo peo- pIe Though the British and the French are aro allies the tho soldiers of af tho the two armIes armies arm arm- ies ics rarely meet Each is on an his own side Ride of at the line which bounds tho the zone zane of ot tho the two armies Y Yet Vet t They The Commune Probably not nat one ane out of oC tift fifty soldiers speaks much English said an officer and certainly not one out of tift fifty British soldiers speaks much French Yet In five months they are arc talking together and together and some same way or ar other ather they make one another under under- stand What interests them most is the tho comparison of ot equipment They must try the mechanism of ot each others athers ri ii- ii flea fles The Briton must tr try on the new ne French steel helmet which the Frenchmen French French- men wear to ta protect their heads from tram shrapnel bullets and splinters After the helmets he must examine the French knives which the French use at the close quarters In trench fl fighting when the tho bayonet Is and after after aft aft- er that comes a comparison of Ct bombs p I IA h. h serve pretty well for tor this kind of ot a con con- venation Meanwhile every bit of af schoolbook French and English is in play pIny In the midst of laughter The outgoing soldier soldier sol aol sol sol- dier expatiates on an his hie dugout and how low comfortable he ho has tried to ta make maket It t and tho the newcomer Is Ie properly complimentary com corn In this diplomatic Interchange Interchange interchange Inter Inter- change between the men In khaki and blue When rhen the French go ga they say GoodDy Goodby Good by Dy and tho the British try their hands at atau atau atau au revoir Thero There Is certainly one thing our aur soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers can learn from the French said saida a British officer Though a a. Frenchman French French- man has never done dono an any cooking be before before before be- be fore he soon learns how to ta make an appetizing stew ste Our men are doing better Camp life is a good teacher Teach Tench b by Experience The Tho British war offices has taken ad advantage ad- ad vantage tage of ot the vacation season In the London city schools to turn several of the buildings into cooking schools school where 1 1500 OO soldiers arc aro learning elementary elemont ele ale mont montary r principles of the tho culinary art There are men billeted In c h c h building and the they must provide their own food on an the customary war office allowance of 40 cents a da day If It the they i cannot eat the mca mca-ls the they prepare the they i must go ga without I To Ta cook rapidly and well is an art which can easily be acquired says the tho wa war r of office Ice man manua ua a and nd I It t Is an art that every soldier should learn leorn At least eight men In every company compan must bo ho taught to ta cut up meat and operate field kitchens |