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Of course, for tears this will be a dangerous performance for should the visitor strike a dud (shell that has not exploded) It may go off with disastrous re- Copyright, UCO.Tli laterostlousl Syudlcats battlefields of Europe will be A Rush Looked For Mecca of tourists for many The rush of travelers will be very sults. to come; In fact, the There le a special tourist train from heavy, and the accommodations la are already booked to their hotels are so limited that one writer Paris to Albert twice a week, and capacity. One can hardly Imagine the has suggested that the tourist pur- many people dre anxious to look upon CHE extent of the great devastation that has taken place, and those who have already looked upon It declare that It Is so general and complete that It becomes monotonous, and they are glad to flee to brighter scenes before they have visited half the area. Ij will take a generation to remove all evidences of the great havoc wrought and perhaps same of the damaged places will never be restored. Of course, to have anv great appreciation of the Immensity of the destruction It was necessary to have visited the scenes Immediately after the armistice was signed, for since that time the greater part of the debris on the rod has been removed. This Is especially true of France and there the tourist Is welcomed who I willing to put up with some Inconvenience. They have used German prisoners for this cleaning up work and now an automobile may travel from city to town In that land In perfect safety. -- chase an automobile and a pup tent on his arrival. Food seems to bs plentiful and less expensive than In the United States, but sleeping quarters will be limited for this summer at least, and those who are not willing to. wait until conditions right them-eelve- s a bit will have to put up with and discomfort Is conveniences distasteful to the American traveler. Thousands of feet of barbed wire Whole yet remain to be removed. towns were wrecked- - This is especially true of Arras, where when the Ger. mans were compelled to evacuate that city, time bombs were placqd In the business section and these went off three days after the .British came In and this entire portion of the town was destroyed and many lives with lb Arrangements have been made to visit many of the battlefields and return to Paris or Brussel; at night This Is very unsatisfactory, for the orlces are fabuloue and then only the great Cathedral at Albert where the Virgin surmounting It haa fallen Into an Inclined position and seems to be holding the Child over the city. Chateau ThJcrrv and Montfanoon Most Americans will want, to see Chateau Thierry and Montfaucon where' a great number of our boys died, but so far there Is little accommodation there. You see the bare roadside and then the white crosses with their beds of pansies and the Y. M. C, A. rest houses which were built td serve only the relatives of deaf soldiers. Just what the tourist who comes" to these places out of curiosity this summer will do Is a question. At Chateau Thierry there are two hotels. One has g a windows. but the other has a substitute of oiled paper being used pver the Wrecked ones. These two hotels together will probably accommodate about one hundred persona. 'Everybody will want to go to 1 s-- I did my boudoir In a combination of pink and blue that runs Into orchfd-it'- e marvelously restful and feminine, after the ugly studio. "Of all my possessions. 1 tike best a little writing desk that 1 picked up In an antique shop. It la so low that I have to sit on the floor n s pillow when I write. But It has ntc roomy compartments eo large that I can screen folk are compelled to buy. get all. well nearly all. my bills In A Pat Of Stare them. Isnt that .finer "Dig up your old clothe." paid Clair Anderson and Ell In or Fair Took" stiR like to play with dolls. They ere Marjorie Daw, the Marshall NeUan Having Their Robert Warwick. Ndr-ma- n shown her between scenes In "The film star, and on of the important Left factor in the movement. "The time Selby. (Kid McCoy"). Roerog Girl In Number it " M e! ford. Back To Old Clothes" Movement has come when w have to take a rap "Fatty Arbuckl. George af the high cost of clothing. Forget Donald Crisp. Spreads To Movie Colony The back Xo old clothes movement your shoes and stockings for a change Elsie Fergwwm you used tpdo Between scenes In phoe play "The m hlcli Is spreading all over the coun Go Witness for the pfene Elsie Fergu- try has hit the California mof'on p!c--- f ! when you were eor-- l son going over the play with Wynd-ha- tur colony, where movie star ere expensive shtrtvi nts. skirts, bais. In sett, shoes, coat etc.- the Idea for parMculariy FI's strong and their director. Georg ? through Ike attic and the old- view of tho large imsJtt of clohJtg Msuri-- o ITc-fur- e ri -e 7 c- ? ' Nk" 'W-f- Ithelms, but only about two. hundred can be taken care of at one tluie for almost every house In this once beautiful city of one hundred thousand Eien today population Is Ip ruins the hotels there have not a vacant room and v'sltors are sleeping on chain and tables Solssons and the. Argonne Forest which, by the way. Is almost denuded of trees, are also an objective, and many people will stand and gase In wonder af the shell-tor- n stumps which will perhaps never grow up. Belleaq Woods Is In the ssme condition. Verdun Many people who never visited Verdun when It was a'clty will want to see It now. Vaux has taken on a freah interest and already the tourists are wanderlngabout in search of souvenirs. The French have been quick to act. and little stands containing postcards and small articles made from battle field material have been set up. The liedpers of 'these stalls are doing a good business for the American Is the great souvenir buyer of the battlefleld. At Amiens there are a few really passable hotels, but one mst motor out to the Front 'to see the battlefields There are those tourists who went year after year to Parle- - who hunger for that city, which Is said to have resumed all Us gayety. This they will And. hut many of their old haunts -- -- (III - K - sPCtVrs' have been taken over by the Govern-- 1 ment and sleeping quarters are difficult to obtajn even In a city of thla else. Many thousand of refugees are In Paris their homes In the smaller cities having been destroyed, and these people, some of .whom were have sought to make new homes there. Business has revived, and "thousands of Frnehmerr"hav come to the French capital who would otherwise not be there. Demobilised officers of the American Army are still lingering there desiring to have their fling to gay Parts before returning home. Altogether Parle le very much crowded, end nine out of every ten persons want to visit the battle-fro- nt once more before returning to America. . Much salvage has been collected from the fields and Is being told well-to-d- clothe press TotfJF'' find enough clothes to last you jrff summer. Dont i be afraid of wdt people might cay. AH senslbleplopl will register their pretest, ytf you have no old clothes Men and !r of over-allwomen can wetr em. Just at preeenf monotonous especially atnc the spenelvo clo'hes are out of date. Re- tarly member Its fas) tnnable to wear old United State got on a military basis. clothes. If we a! do our bit. prices but It proved eo fog pretty Charlotte I wt'J soon tumble down."- Merriem so she went into the movies. From Army pvwt To Film Stwrfwv - IMies Mrriem. who W the newest of the Chris le Comedy star Is the Ltf it an army post U not the United States. . May Charge Admission The French Government U seriously considering the charging of an admission fee to the various battlefield. Financial experts have figured out that the revenue from this source for one year would practically equalise o the incurred byfrano on the Exchange. They know that It will make little difference to the sightseer, who will com anyhow, but their greatest worry at preseBt Is how io take care of the great multitude which le coming, and the charging hai not yet been decided on by the Government, The. French, people are alive to business and wish to welcome these visitors for they well kfiow the money that will be brought Into the In tho--4oe- -- -- country and that It will go far toward making France more prosperoue and sound financially. There le et present e bill before the Chamber of Deputies for the expenditure of M 900.000 In a ramp hotel and automobile service a sightseeing which will Include eleven of the devastated cities' Many returned French soldier are learning to speak English -In order that they may act as guide ... and these will be In great demand. In Belgium Brussels, too. Is making rreat preparation for the tourist, for that city was practically unharmsd and people will lodge there and make trip to the smeller towns on the battTkfront. Liege . Is. of course. In ruins, but everybody will want to ace the great tort that, held out so long while the German ... troops were fairly driven under-It- s guns, s. i -1 fLSesMmA-- M or- - j seventeen. returned from I Nearly a year ago she dee ded t i France to be aelgned to the Gensrai . sdora the mo 'lot picture and ho (start at Wahinr os: hud she is only success has been marked. ! daughter of Colonel Henry day rfam. who recently i ( -' |