Show yankee colony in paris drops off to only paris ilard hard times have caused the american city of paris to repatriate its citizens to the states in such vast numbers that its size has decreased in the last tour four years from to the remaining americans are divided into three groups hardened long timers and wealthy expatriates who have practically become french except for their passports the big chiefs of american business houses still maintaining paris offices banks importing firms news agencies pur cli asing branches etc and americans who in A E V F veteran parlance have a life sentence or a french wife this class Is probably the greatest ot of all numbering including husband wife and children the american colony in paris is down to its prewar pre war size and shrinking further |