| Show 4 German St Students dents I Visit England I 4 By MILTON BRON BRONNER ER NEA NEA S Service Writer Write I LONDON DON Aug 28 You You see them themon themon on on tho the streets of ot London these days haired fair-haired young oung men often hatless hatless hatless hat- hat less with knapsacks on their shoulders ders stout walking sticks In their hands and their legs encased d In pu puttees t tees And you seem to remember seeing see see- ing lag their like Uke in various places In Switzerland Italy and Norway Then one addresses a remark to his companion and you are sure They are talking In German They are German university students spendIng spending spend spend- ing lag their summer vacation wander Ing afoot around England Its It's their first Invasion since be before before before be- be fore the war For a long time they were shy about venturing upon British British Brit Brit- ish soil soU but this year many of them have broken the Ice and have se secured secured secured se- se cured from the British government permits to visit here for a period of six weeks They are very earnest If It divinity students they specialize In cathe cathe- If It they are taking a bachelor of arts course you see them putterIng putter putter- ing lag around all the shrines connected with the great British writers It Itt If j. j t S. S fi they intend to be business men men you see them in th the mills and factories And speaking of or foreigners in Britain the United States Is sending sending send send- ing a larger contingent t this ls year than usual And nd the pained comments com corn ments of the newspapers are very funny to read You see see none non of or these Europeans make any bones about it it They welcome us for our dollars The more we spend the heartier the welcome But the gravamen of the complaint com corn plaint about th Americans who have come this year is that are not spenders Hotel porters gravely assure these you Yanks are not as good a class class' as used to get before the war What they really mean Is that before the war the only Americans who came uv over r were rich boneheads who had lots lotsof lotsof of ot money but no brains The people who come over now have lots of brains brains but not much money They have come over not to splurge not to impress hotel flunkies but to broaden their education education education edu edu- cation by getting the m mOst st they can out of foreign travel And the average average average av av- av- av Ameri American an can be prouder of them than of the mere idle rich who think their dollars cover a multitude multitude multitude multi multi- tude of ot sins fains Including empty skulls Speaking Speaking of ot holidays tens holidays tens of thousands of workers In factories r t 7 and mills in Lancashire and Y Yorkshire York York- shire are now enjoying their theft wakes Its It's an institution peCuliarly British For a whole year long the wOrkers work wok ers in some town will contribute each week to a fund The purpose of or the saving Is to lav hac money with which to go on i ilion ca lion tion That's the wakes The h b sums accumulated for the may be gathered from the fact tact lew lewIn In fourteen Lancashire towns town total amount thus saved ran UP the very respectable figure or of of 5 Hence all during August going to the seashore boats to the Isle of Man and to Ireland will wm be crammed with workers an their families Economists may gravely whether Britain is on the path commercially but the avera or Yorkshire will have lve his holidays Just the sam sarn li There are Frenchmen wt who that the middle name of ot thel prime minister Paul minister Paul Prudent pain r A Aleve leve leve will will have to be changed Imprudent He has taken m risks risks' than any premier within re recent cent memory Not long ago desiring to get i firt hand knowledge of the serious 1111 tary situation In Morocco flew Hew the long and somewhat dang danger dang y ous distance his etu And at once once upon na I aS having to tb review the French fleet he was not satisfied urr and a athe went aboard a submarine the officers submerge it and go goa gofa fP a cruise the waters waters' j |
