American/French Relations by Otto P. Higgins - n.d.
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[m.s. crossed out Not so in France] A woman
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[page 6] Our men could never become accustomed to the French ideas on morality. For instance, a Frenchman who is married can keep a mistress three or four blocks down the street, and no one thinks anything of it. In fact, it is the proper thing and everyone does it, providing he has money enough to keep up the two institutions. This is an outgrowth of the cast system, whereby families of the various social strata arrange the marriages, the bride bringing with her a dot. Many times love isn
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[page 7] Men who have been all over France, who have lived there before the war and during the war, who have seen it under conditions elsewhere than those at the front, they love France. But the returning soldier, whether he be from the S.O.S where he spent all his time in one town or village, or whether he be from a combat division where he spent all his time at the front, they don
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| Title | American/French Relations by Otto P. Higgins - n.d. |
| Creator | Higgins, Otto P. |
| Source | Higgins, Otto P. American/French Relations. n.d. Higgins, Otto P. Collection. 2010.145. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Otto P. Higgins did not serve in the United States military, but he spent the entire span of the war in training camps and overseas with the army as a staff correspondent for the Kansas City Star. He wrote about soldiers from the Mid-West, especially Missouri and Kansas. Higgin's began his service with the old Third Regiment, and was with regiments at Camp Nichols, Fort Riley, Camp Funston, Camp Doniphan, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sheridan, and finally in France. Otto P. Higgins of the Kansas City Star discussed why French soldiers did not care for the American soldiers especially after the end of the war. When the French men left for war, they left their women alone with no men in their villages. When the Americans came to France, these were the first men the French women had seen in months. After the war ended, the American soldiers stayed overseas to take French women as their brides. According to Higgins, this was the reason French men disliked the Americans. This was also the reason for a small uprising at St. Nazaire. Higgins also explained why American soldiers disliked France. |
| Site Accession Number | 2010.145 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Language | English |