Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1919 — ONE OF THE HERITAGES OF THE EUROPEAN WAR. [ARTICLE]

ONE OF THE HERITAGES OF THE EUROPEAN WAR.

Lafayette Journal — .Some of our interesting heritages of the European war are coming home to us on practically every returning vessel. Men who served overseas are bringing home brides they wooed and won in foreign countries. There were more than 200 such on one vessel that reached the United States recently. Not a few of these couples have 'been married for some considerable length of time and during the homeward journey a baby show was held in which (there were more than a score of entries. One of the most interesting entries was a tiny mite of humanity whose father was a negro member of Uncle Sam’s overseas forces and whose mother is a French woman. Among those returning were a number of negroes bringing with them their French brides. The color line was not drawn to any noticeable degree in France, so far as the charming madamoiselles were concerned. But we wonder, just a little, what these women will think of their status in society when they have learned the American viewpoint on the subject. Perhaps love will suffice to prevent them from experiencing regret. It is to be (hoped that such is the case, otherwise their lot is probably destined to Ibe an unhappy one.