Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-05-18 | Page 27 | Haircut and Manicure by Ex-Boche Officer Greatly Enjoyed by an American

J I-J Haircut and Manicure by Ex Ex Ex-Boche Boche Of Officer f icer Greatly Enjoyed by an American I II nv s AV W. 1 I I. nl Service Maff Correspondent T ONION May a 17 li To To have haYe ones one's hair cut b by an un ex-un cx of or ortho tho the Prussian guard ones one's n nails ls manicured manicured manicured mani mani- cured by an nn artilleryman cx of or a crack Bocho Docho re regiment and to bo be served ser with witha a cocktail b by hands that once hurled German bombs at Vim ridge e Is the tho height of or something eh So fa says s s 's a young American officer just back from Cologne from the army of or occupation As a 3 waiter waller barber and antl all around h handy man the Boche Is certainly par- par excellence ho he says Its a shame to take tho monc money but wb 1 arc are certainly living like liko kings I n s I Cologne Cologne Co Co- The Tho British Officers Officers' club In logne los Is a 3 palace It was formerly the swankiest hotel In fn the t town wn and be before before be- be fore tore the war all the tho American tourists used to stay there It was the most expensive o hotel in tho the world but now 5 say a a chap can get bet a meal there thero a 3 drink and still another drink and antI still BUll have some chango change out of ot a a. 5 franc note And the tho sleeping accommodations accommodations accommodations arc are still cheaper since a a. L bed bath nothing cost nothing and cost Officer rIt 03 an Valet Vales Officers of ot high rank under the ox- ox kaiser together with the men who served ser in tho German crack regiments vie vio with each other for Cor the opportunity opportunity I nit of or the s second ond loot who Is fortunate enough to bo be stationed In Inor Inor inor I or around Cologne when he makes his i appearance In the tho club of an afternoon afternoon after alter noon and evening All An this Is minutely described with groat satisfaction by bytho bytho tho American It was very cry exclusive In prewar days das and very ery very expensive It Is exclusive still sUllo but what a 3 difference I In prices I Tho oth other r mornin morning I had my hair haircut cut by a n. chap who told me ho he was an Jn in tho the PrUss Prussian Ian guard and my nails nalls were manicured by a fellow fellow tellow fel tel low who used to manicure tho the mouth o of DI Big Bertha smiled the American officer The Tho servile looking bird who wielded the massage massago ma sage machine through h my m hair told mo me ho was w a successful sniper on the tho western front A Servile Mater Hater The h hall hll ll porter who ho took my coat when I came In rumor credits credit him with i Q high military rank Is said to tob tobe b bO be ono one of or tho the most intense haters In InG I G Germany But his conduct leaves nothing to be bo desired Ills His assistant admitted ho he fought for three years ears against tho the allies outside o Ypres I 1 h had d m my lunch in a gorgeous apartment The They exhibited no trace of ot war and ancI practically all da day long there is mU music Tho The food tood Is excellent In quality tho the service as good as at any hotel In New York and the drinks would make a 3 London clubman ous oua And practically every waiter walter In Inthe tho the place was a a. former fighter tighter in tho the kaisers kaiser's army arm And there thero Is steam heat wonderful wonder wonder- ful ul glorious steam heat which I was I never nevor able ablo to find in London The bedrooms are aro excellent an and kept scrupulously clean Comfy Comy Paper Sheet Th Tim sheets for the be beds s arc are ma made mado o of ot paper but but they thoy are aro warm and Quito quite as comfortable as Js linen and since tho they are arc r renewable bl every da day the they have haveth th enormous advantage of ot absolute cleanliness A An M with t tho o male malo staff state In tho the lower part of ot tho the hotel BO so it is 19 with tho upstairs all service all tho the servants ants are Gorman Tho The beds aro are made the baths prepared and the rooms are cleaned by tho the wives and d daughters of sol soldiers er whose ambition it was to sacK sac Paris and to reduce prou proud London London Lon Lon- don dOll lu to ashes Th The club elu 1 Ic the tho social center of ot the thEl town town just Just as aN It was waN In fn prewar days dan It Jt If Im th meeting place and eating place pl of oC the British and und American of- of office of or- fice rs Ill b b. b glad gla to get back said the visitor to London's inconveniences Ita Tl almost like being In my club at ut home homo I could KO gu o on fighting forever If It they gave c m zm me a place like that to live 11 In during tho war A scientist claims to have o discovered a gas that has tho the same name relation to 1 hydrogen that ozone has to oxygen