U.S.A_ - John Dos Passos [326]
-341-discontent and suspicion." The extraordinary industrial growth of our nation since the Civil War, the opening up of new territory, the development of resources, the rapid increase in population, al these things have resulted in the creation of many big and sudden fortunes. Is there a mother, father, sweetheart, relative or friend of any one of the two mil ion boys fighting abroad who does not thank God that Wal Street contributed H. P. Davidson to the Red Cross?
BOND THIEF MURDERED
Turn the bright side inside out
Till the boys come home
THE CAMERA EYE (39)
daylight enlarges out of ruddy quiet very faintly
throbbing wanes into my sweet darkness broadens red through the warm blood weighting the lids warmsweetly then snaps on
enormously blue yel ow pink
today is Paris pink sunlight hazy on the clouds
against patches of robinsegg a tiny siren hoots shril y traffic drowsily rumbles clatters over the cobbles taxis squawk the yel ow's the comforter through the open window the Louvre emphasizes its sedate architecture of greypink stone between the Seine and the sky
and the certainty of Paris
the towboat shiny green and red chugs against the
current towing three black and mahoganyvarnished
-342-barges their deckhouse windows have green shutters and lace curtains and pots of geraniums in flower to get under the bridge a fat man in blue had to let the little black stack drop flat to the deck
Paris comes into the room in the servantgirl's eyes the warm bulge of her breasts under the grey smock the smel of chickory in coffee scalded milk and the shine that crunches on the crescent rol s stuck with little dabs of very sweet unsalted butter in the yel ow paperback of the book that halfhides the agreeable countenance of my friend
Paris of 1919
paris-mutuel
roulettewheel that spins round the Tour Eiffel red
square white square a mil ion dol ars a bil ion marks a tril ion roubles baisse du franc or a mandate for Mont-martre Cirque-Médrano the steeplechase gravity of cel os tuning up on the stage at the Sal e Gaveau oboes and a tri-angle la musique s'n fout de moi says the old marchioness jingling with diamonds as she walks out on Stravinski but the red colt took the jumps backwards and we lost al our money
la peinture opposite the Madeleine Cezanne Picasso
Modigliani
Nouvel e Athènes
Ja Doesie of manifestos always freshtinted on the kiosks
-343-and slogans scrawled in chalk on the urinals L'UNION
DES TRAVAILLEURS FERA LA PAIX DU
MONDE
revolution round the spinning Eiffel Tower
that burns up our last year's diagrams the dates fly off the calendar we'l make everything new today is the Year I Today is the sunny morning of the first day of spring We gulp our coffee splash water on us jump
into our clothes run downstairs step out wideawake into the first morning of the first day of the first year NEWSREEL XXXVI
TO THE GLORY OF FRANCE ETERNAL
Oh a German officer crossed the Rhine
Parleyvoo
Germans Beaten at Riga Grateful Parisians Cheer Mar-shals of France Oh a German officer crossed the Rhine
He liked the women and loved the wine
Hankypanky parleyvoo
PITEOUS PLAINT OF WIFE TELLS OF
RIVAL'S WILES
Wilson's Arrival in Washington Starts Trouble. Paris strikers hear harangues at picnic. Café wrecked and bombs thrown in Fiume streets. Parisians pay more for meat. Il Serait Dangereux d'Augmenter les Vivres. Bethmann Hol-weg's Blood Boils. Mysterious Forces Halt Antibolshevist March.
-344-HUNIS HAND SEEN IN PLOTS
Oh Mademoiselle from Arnientières
Parleyvoo
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentières
Parleyvoo
Hasn't been ----for forty years
Hankypanky parleyvoo
wrecks mark final day at La Baule; syndicated wage
earners seize opportunity to threaten employers unprepared for change. LAYS WREATH
ON TOMB OF LAFAY-ETTE. Richest Negress is Dead. Yale Dormitories stormed by Angry Mob of Soldiers. Goldmine in Kinks.
TIGHTENS SCREW ON BERLIN
Oh he took