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Show MANY AMERICANS ON LEAVE SPEND TIME IN PARIS PARIS, Dec. 25. For its fourth war Christmas, Paris had taken on a decided American color. In addition to the 500 American soldiers regularly stationed in and around the city, there are in Paris one thousand or more on leave from camps, including a number who have seen service in the trenches. The engineer engi-neer regiments serving behind the British front and who were recently engaged with the Germans are represented and there are also several hundred sailors from an American patrol fleet off the French coast. The poultry situation the last few days was dominated by the demand for turkey, the greatest in the history of Paris. To supply the soldiers and sailors from the United States the markets were exhausted before noon yesterday. All the American fighting men will be given a Christmas dinner as near as possible to the real American feast. No One Overlooked. The American Young Men's Christian association hotels are filled to capacity. Special entertainments were given there last night and Christmas dinners were served today. The American Soldi rs and Sailors' club and the American University-union University-union are also looking after as many guests as they accommodate. The various college fraternities and alumni associations associa-tions are giving speciaL dinners and entertainment enter-tainment to members. At the Soldiers' and Sailors'' club each guest received a Christmas present. No American soldier in France has been overlooked, as the Red Cross provided gifts for all of them. The American ambulance at Neuilly has a Christmas tree for the patients and the other American Amer-ican hospitals provided dinners and entertainments. enter-tainments. The American field service gave a dinner to former members last night at their old headquarters. |