Show Cordiality Replaces Hostile Cologne Attitude to British Br By Service Cologne Colone April After AHer After some weeks' weeks absence I find tind a curious chan change o oin In Cologne Tho The air of oC hostility which was apparent durIn during the first days of ot tho British occupation Seems to tc have hn vanished completely Merchants and shopkeepers are now bent hent on profiting as much as possible b by the presence of oC our troops They could not be more mOro eager or painstaking if IC they were angling for forthe forthe the tho tourist trade In peace time They havo have been quick to noto the trend of British taste and have tried to satisfy It Ithen it When hen the arm army entered there was a great demand Ton foe souvenirs Helmets officers officers' belts and badges bades and other trappings of oC the beaten army wore ware oreca ca eagerly erl sought ht for and as s difficult to find Would be purchasers had to visit visita a a. dingy dingo little music shop in an obscuro obscure street behind the Newmarket where wheN a ai i password whispered c over er tho counter was necessary ary in order to inspect a astock astock astock stock of ot helmets concealed under tho the second-hand second accordions In a back room As 5 a a. special attraction nn an Iron cross or two would be produced As soon as the appetite for tor splices helmets helmet and Iron crosses became Jn known wll military outfitters promptly put their wares on the market and shopkeepers I I bought liberally for British I lion tion Today you will find windows window In I High street filled with tho the glittering g headdress ho known as the tho and whole rows of ot new Iron crosses with black and white ribbons attached Cinemas that accepted patrons pL In 11 khaki with sullen reluctance when wo we woI first came to Cologne ne advertise their I films In English Ono One of ot tho the largest I In the tho has a humorist as assign assign sign writer and antI his flaring placards I In slang describing various attractions ns on the bill ar ar al rays attract and IId amuso mu u utho tho soldiers Another cinema shrieks in largo Jar letters letters letters let let- English pictures shown here twice a week dont don't miss them Guides to Cologne with J for tho the English soldier have hay boon hastily compiled to meet the universal al alvant want vant and arc on sale salo here everywhere here Stranger tranger still the London newspapers arc sold soM in the streets and the girl lI lIand and men Wien who hawk thorn thom about can seo so son a n. prospective purchaser OO yards yarda ar J off oft They Thoy will tell you that tho the Dally Daily E. Ex- I press ress s Is please Shops soiling Selling cameras and photographic photo photo- photographic graphic goods and hoods and there are re man many in Irl Cologne Cologne are are unexpectedly prosperous Man Many officers and men have ha tal taken on up photography In spare pare time and mJ these thc shops are arc sometimes filled with sailors waiting to hand in a n set of films to bo be developed and printed speaking English porters portera are arc now to be found round at the doors of the cafes and nt at tho tine box offices of or theatres and cinemas to assist the British Many Ian I of oC them are ox soldiers who worked In England before the war People have hae settled down to make tho tIm best beet o of British rule and rule and to do business They are aro aro not treated harshly in an any wa way Certain regulations re have havo been relaxed and they now can circulate circulate late lato freely in the British zone provided provided pro pro- vided they have havo their then Identity car cards carda 3 The eft city goes oes to bed punctually at 9 o'clock and after that hour tho the aro are silent and d deserted savo save b by an oc occasional occasional oc- oc ual British patrol Yer Very fow tow military mill mili I tary police are In evidence Tho The only sentries aro are those outside tho the governors governor's cover gover I nors nor's headquarters You can walk through the heart of oC the city without seeing an any other sign of ot British rule Soldiers mingle ming with tho crowd and sit side b by side with civilians in tho the cafes and places pl of oC amusement t just as in France and anil Belgian towns Today there thero is spoken ken more moro English in Cologne ne than ever before English text lext books have havo a ready sale and I teachers of oC English find tind their cervices in great demand All Is forgiven Its It's your our business I wo we wan want t. t decided hit in vaudeville |