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Show ( Paris Isn't Gay for Some Folks to go home In. And a good ninny leave the little ottlce once In a huff; to cdine Imck later In a more contrite frame ot mind. The gentleman who lost everything nut his silver headed cane ut Monte Carlo thinks lie should go, at least, second clnns. The woman who danced In Montnmrtre until her steamer had uone does not want to sell her lings. The hoys who lived as long as they could on bud checks do not want tc nil ile their fut hers. These the major lets stew In their Juice until they know whut Is Important and what Is not. Lust year there were I.31X) applicants appli-cants for aid In all ; and of the number 8IS were aided In one way or another. That Is the reverse of the legend of "Gay Paree." o ilcnls In 1'nrls have heen compelled to cenlnillze llicse charities in a little one room eillce culled "The American Aid Society of Onis." There Is an Imposing list ol honorary honor-ary ollliinls and advisory committee members; hut the work Is done by two. These two are MaJ. VV. V. Cotcheil and MlfS II II Meyer. There can he no nonsense about worthy cases" In dealing, with the Purls beach combers. Worjhy or not they must be got out ot town. To re fuse a half rate, third class ticket to a man or woman because he Is a crook or a fool is t make further crookedness, robbery, or other crime, and consequent discredit to the name of American, a certainty. Nine out of ten of the Paris down and outers have no good excuse for ilielr condition. Some have taken chances nobody hut an Imbecile has a rlhl to take. Some wasted their money. Major Cotchett no longer expects rheli stories to hold water, lie does not expect "deserving cases." Those are rare. Wants Proof of Citizenship. What he exacts are proof of Amerl can citizenship and genuine destltu t ton What he can give Is third vltiss ii'iinspoi'tatlon. mid until the sailing date. Salvation Army beds and food. A HiirirlHim.'l. large proportion ot misted Americans are dissatisfied tvlth all three. Students want tuition and unlver slty expenses paid. The society lias heen asked to pay. for piano and sing Inu . lessons. Women want lost jew ulrj paid for. Men want uew clothes Many Yankees Go Bro!;e in the French Capital and Beg for He!?. Paris. One of the seamy sides to the gay life of Pnls Is that number of Americans go broke enjoying It and are compelled to appeal to char Ity to get home. Nooody knows how mnny of the Stranded manage to get home their own means, by cabling home fo more money, by borrowing from friends who have spent their nmne.v more care fully, or by finding obliging person in Pari who will Indorse their per sonnl checks. There Is an annual residue, howev er, who cannot get out ol tlieli troubles alone. Lust year there were 1,.M!KI. This yeat there Is every Ititll ) ration thai there will he as many or ( more. - To prevent these from hecomlnx i "beach combers' or worse, to pre -4 vent them from being forced to fraud beggary, or crimes of violence to live, and from being a discredit abroad to file name American, the American resident ot Paris di down in I heir pockets ami provide the funds. Take Care of Strands! Ollii'i governments take care ot theli si rand 'd rltlyen abroad liven h down ami out citizen ol Panama can to to tils consulate anil It he can prove a bimhI case ot destitution i his government semis him home And It Is perhaps, as well Unit the Pulled States dues not do this Amer bans know Imw to make use ol op portunllies. a tnl It tree passive home were assured there would probahU be many thousands annually dolnu their t'liiriny In Kurorie on one way tickets. I inserted wives, lasl year M ol them turned up In Paris Husband sent thm abroad and then seal them no money Husband brought them abroad and left them with promise of steamer tickets later in the year Husband came over with them and , vanished into the night. Husband married them here and wi-nt back to the Stales .without them Some husbands had apoplectic strokes and left no provision In their will for wives abroad Hi. there Were dozen of versions to the deserted wife story some ol them true Sixty live Americans hit the rock j over here solely tliioiiuh old ii'e. In conies from borne dried up nl the source. .lobs vanished Inlo thin ulr. and the bidders were too old to cot new ones The old age in each case was real ; and so was It poverty. Students Always Broke. Students seem to -lie chronically out of money; and last year PJ5 of them got to the point at which they had to beg tickets home, and the p - for a ticket home usually Included nil paid board bill, laundry bills and otlier student expenses that keep bag gage from getting to railroad station In self defense the Anierlcun resi ' |