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Show fc ft SOMIIEH'S 1'IltST CAPTIVK Tho first fruit of war. bogln to como homo In tho form of romance. Tho first captives In Franco may not bo any mero Huns or Bochcs, but something much fairer. The first spoil of this kind Is reported by n soldier youth from Cedar Orovo, Iowa, who has fallen In lovo with a French vlllago maiden, nnd now In studying tho Parloz Francals books with all his might. Whon the war Is done, ho will tnko his captlvo back to Cedar Grove, Thero will be many of theso pretty pret-ty romances. It will bo an unexpected unexpect-ed outcome of war, It the boy who thought ho was going over thero to kill, nnd possibly to suffer, finds thoro his happiness for a Ufa tlmo. Tho homo folks will bo anxious abfut It. They have heard alarming tales about the ways of tho French glrK While the French towns havo a'l too many looso women roaming the streets, our peoplo must not feel that the French ,as a whole, aro of that type,.. Tho superb manner In which the Fr'phch women havo taken up the-work the-work of 'men; tilling the fields running run-ning - trains, and. driving - trucks, phdwa that they havo a very substantial- and loyal nature 'Still marital happiness; is best founded on 'congeniality, among peoplo peo-plo of tho samo antecedents and training. In the long run tho boy who marries the girl from his home neighborhood, who Is accustomed to his ways and ideas, is the one who comes out the best from his venture. The International marriage Ms apt to be a gamble. After the, young folks from widely wide-ly distant environments have come through- their honeymoon, they may begin to find many points of differ-encc. differ-encc. They have grown up with different Ideas and interests and standards. Wherefore the boys will do well not to forget the girls ttny left behind them. Let them' not be too much bewitched by the, French sparkle and charm. |