Show YANKEES TOOK BRIDES IN BI EUROPE 1 Little Occasion V orry- orry on Part of U. U it J According to war d department Ja embarkation embarkation embarkation em em- records foreign brides of ot members o of the American expeditionary expeditionary forces were were received r in RedCross Red RedCross Cross hostess houses and the total number of ot American soldier marriages i abroad Is computed at Of the brides whose nationality was recorder 2295 were Fren French h 1101 British 79 Belgian Belgian Bel Bel- Belgian gian and only 31 German G If It the girls the more than American youth who went overseas left eft behind them felt an are any real concern about foreign rivals ie it seems to have pave been unfounded Th The figures show a surprisingly low ratio of marriages to European women In an army made up of men of marriageable ag and for the most part single It is not improbable that the per percentage I pf pt international unions would have been bean quite as large 1 if they had stayed ath at home me in the pursuits pursuits pur pur- suits o of peace So m much h for tor the eff effect ct of ot th the blandishment of o foreign sirens upon American soldier boys The menace menace men ace of the on the Rhine was negligible as it turns out and the wiles of ot t the mamzelle's of Fr France nce to whom they were were most expo exposed expos d proved relatively relatively relatively rela rela- harmless Their hearts were were true to Poll all the while 1 Yet as as' as respects love affairs that did not lead to serious serious serious' American gir girls s In spite of the favorable favorable favorable favora favora- ble fig figures res wll inevitably make malte mental mental men men- tal reservations a British army that swore terribly in Flanders and there is a prevalent impression that the American army a powerful ot of flirting Jn in France nd elsewhere New New York World A j S. S |