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( THURSDAY, XOVFmER 7, 4 "V 5 V MRS. MORRISON WRITES HOME TEI,IS OK RKD- t'KOSH WORK IN' THAXCK. . Soldier Buys lied Cross. God M.illi or of American Anjny In .'v.. , TrCntO 1 ' Among graphic and Intcrcstlne descriptions of, the war zone' which , , '"have ranched La Grando from rep resentative of the place who aic now In service, the "letters of Mrs Edna MorNnon, who Is' serving at v ' a Red Cros8 government bureii 'woiker, are unsurpassed Tho fol lowing Vas addressed to a numbe oC Mrs. Morrison's friends here am s through their courtesy Is heiewltL published. , ' ' ."I've had bo many things happec to me since I left the dear ole ' home town, that I think I will atari right there and try and take yw all on the trip with me. Ab yoo know. Mamma, Dad,, and Slate: ' went aa far as Baker with nie Well, there at the station wen some friends to see mo and a crowc to see Mr. Adler, a young soldlei who was going to an eastern train ing camp. "In the morning I discovered tha I was In quite an interesting coach In front of me was. Mr. Adler across from him an army officer ' and back of him, a n'avy officer ant' , a man going in the Y. M, C. A work. Well there we were, al headed in the same direction ant for the same cause, so after the first day we were all unod com panions. The Y. man was George Hotchklss Street, tile singer fron. Portland.' The navy officer hat been on the. San, Diego when Bh went down and had been across to France seven times nnd you knon he bad some wonderful experi ences to tell. We all travelled ni far as Chicago together' but tin navy man and I made the entire , trip to New York in the same coach. As far as ths. weather vat concerned wo only had one hoi day through Nebraska. . "When wo reached. Chicago It was raining. In making the trii from Chicago to New Yoik, wat . fortunate In coining up the Hudsor. by daylight. It was a beautiful ride. Reached New York abou three " 'oclocktMelephoncd to the R. C. headquarters 'asking them where to go. They advised me to go to the Martha Washington Ho tel as It was voiy central., It Is the only hotel in the world, ex clusively for women, and is now commonly Anown, as "No Man's Land.' Oh say, whon I wont Into that little room and ' realized how far I Was . from home and knew no one among all those peoplo, well, for a little while I wished 1 was back home. I telephoned to David Bloch, whom most of you will remem ber, and ho said his wife, whom 1 had never seen, would call the next day. Well, I thought it would at least he something to come home and find a card In your box. "The next morning I reported at the Red Cross headquarters and got my orders. The . first' thing the woman told 1110 to do was to go to Bowling Green to the Cus tom IIouso. I a3ked her how to go and she said take the Biibway. Well, I went at that subway rath er gingerly,, but finally decided 1 would act citified anyway.. But I'm glad where I'm coming back to isn't bo crowded we have to have subways, When. I arrived back at the hotel, I found Mrs. Blooh waiting for me, In a few minutes,, 'David cams driving a fine big auto. They took me to their home for dinner. It was In a beautiful part of Now York. And here I saw their darling, two-year-old baby. Mrs. Bloch was a Portland girl and about as glad to see someone from home as I was. From that time on I did n't known a lonesome minute. Mrs. Bloch would leave Muriel with the maid, meet me over town and we would shop and go sight see ing together until about four, when David would join uj and we 'would take some wonderful drives, I'm Biire I saw as much of New York in two weeks as 2 could have' In a month without a friend with a machine. Dr. Underwood ome and looked me up and on Saturday wo motor ed out to Cnrdcn City, Long IB land, where he was living. From there we went to the Research la boratories where na was working and I saw a number of Interesting things. This was at the lluxol hui'Bt Avlnlton fields. I saw three huge airplanes In the air at once. "Of course all good times must end. so one evening when I re- WANTED Clean Cotton Rags 3 cents Per Lb. Evening Observe tlirnad (o tha hotel 1 found a Hills noto telling ma to repot t st die office party the n-yrt morning. The Hed Cross gave uniform, hut, coat, necktie, six blous-a, four white, tnd two gray but I wasn't to rear them until the day we sall- "1. V. .' "Oe'tlhg one's transport la no way taut, but I reported at the wadquartora ready to go. In hour's totice If necessary, but waa told t would leave the following morn ng. I was very ft. ruinate In bo ng given a good boat aa wp made uioh quick time. There were throe boats tflut loft ho same day and one of thorn Just irrlved In France Saturday of this voek and we have been In France tlmost , three weeks. There were .bout sixty Red Cross workers nd about tho samo number of Y. if. C. A. workers In oilr party and ome very nice civilians, There v-ere a. good many Y. entertainers -.nd every evening they would lave an entertainment. We were n board eleven days. "The' first Sunday out a mlnis sr from Boston held services on he, bow of the boat, Juat at twl ight and It cortalnly was Impres ilve. - - , The first day out I certainly had i funny experience, I didn't go to uy cabin until In the afternoon iheo they had ' life belt drill. en I went down and found a ery ' handsome I Y man who- had ieen given tho stateroom. . We had '. good laugh and vent to the com alssalre who gave me another 'abln. . From then, on this fellow ailed me his roommate. - One nice hlng about It was that it broke he ice and from that I grew ac ualnted with the- Y crowd, ' . "I was put in with a- buyer for i New York firm. She had been cross 27' times since the war .tarted so made a 'delightful- trav eling, companion., Passing, through. he gulf stream It was so-.waim hat-almost everyone slept on dock. : tiled It one- night and lot along Ine but the r.ext night I awoke at .bout 2:30. . .The canvass- waa lappiijg and every thing was so lark that I decided I would be :ver so much happier In my cabin, io' I picked up my hed, which had onsisted of a steamer rug and a lillow, and started down the deck, t was pitch dark and when I ar ived near where I thought the looi should, be,' I saw la little rllmpse . of light and. Immediately 'eached. for lt only to discover hat I had ahold of a. man's wrist vntch. Now I'll admit I might Jiot lave been averse to "holding a nan's hand, but would really have neferrod to have picked the man's land out In- daylight. Well, I lnally reached and locatod the loor, only to find that I couldn't budge .'.lt so there I was neither jut nor in, because I knew it irould fte, impossible to. discover ny steamer chair ae.aln. Tlnnlly I omemborod an alloy way that, led hrough the dining room, provld ng that "room was open. So I 'ound that and at lust readied my wn abode. "The meals on board were love- y and I sure answered roll call .hrce times a any. we wouia on y know that it was war time by ho absence of butter. Today I asted butter for the fitst time ilnco I left the United States. I pund a lltle Bhop and bought me i pound for 1 trance 50 centimes r plainly speaking, one dollar and !0 cents por pound. . "The day we came In. sight of land was just at day break. We reached the mouth of a beautiful river and line sun- came up and we indeed saw "'sunny France," A Frenchman stood near by and -just as old Sol rose in nil his glory,, he began to sing the "Marseilles" and somehow a national anthem, will always mean more to me because he sang with. hlB whole heart and soul. We had to wait at tho mouth of the- rlvor for the tide. So it was well, toward ever.lng before we lnndod on French, soil; All af ternoon we were so .near shore we vould call to the people and- when, we came where our boys wore working thoy would stop work and come to the shore to call and wavo. At the port we wore met by a Red Cross representative who load ed us Into- a van and- we rode .through ,the principal street every one waving and' saluting because the Red Cross- sure are in good with the French, penplo. This Is where I had my Hist glimpse of a bread card. We were lsstiod one just before leaving the ship and we got no bread for dinner until wo produced our card. I have since learned It is a very essen tial part of our wardrobe. - Every month, over here, you- have to go to tho polico and get your hioad and sugar card: Sou buy your own sugar and are only allowed one pound per month, and love nor mony xan not pioduce any more. "After, dinner, wo. piled Into our touring car(?)- "Again and were ilrawi to tho station. Such a Jam and confusion I never saw. You GOLF IN Victoria. 4 -. On the ' Th is almost us necessary to keep ip thai morale of the- great citieen army at home-as it is to keep up the morale of the army of fiRnters at tae front. That is why theoters are . oponi, why baseball has its devotees, , and why golf, is still, piuyed. The nien who support the Liberty Loans, and1 the Victory loan, also the Red Cross and other, great war activities, need exercise and amusement to keep them running at top speed in the great game of business. The . prolfers of. the United- States and Canada have given vnst sums to the Red Cross; ambulances bcarinor the names of clubs are in service at home and nbroad, nnd golfers have not only given freoly of their money, fut hundreds of them have died in excitable and you go into-a car or known tho ,Fronch people aro very room and ask one question and everyone answers you. Ann when your knowledge of Fronch is lim ited, tha answers don't mean 'much. "Just, as I got on tho car I called back to one of the girls and .from the other side of the car I heard, lOhi boy, hero's-a girl, who speaks -United Slntes' and over came two fine men and were soon in a group of Red Cross girlB. Thoy wer vnllroud men from the States and wcr working on a French trahj. Thoy said thoy (the trains) were quite tamo and would follow you right down a track if properly coaxed. , "Well, I wish" I could doscrlbe that train so you could see it. The engine was so tiny that compared to an O. W. R. & ,'N. mountain climber, it looked like a toy. A couple of coaches had beon -reserved for, Rod Cross workers so we were very fortunate. Tho alslo of the coach Koes along one side and each coach Is divided Into three rooms. Tile Hist and third room are just alike, each have six large easy chnirs--threo on each end: The center room bad three chairs only, all' facing the same way and two little folding tables. A lady from Mississippi, one from Boston and yours truly fiom Oregon oc cupied the center room. Of course as 'usual, I' v;s busy finding out all I could and discovered a way In which those chair backs turned down over the scat and' behind were the dearest little mattresses you ever saw. The next morning wo discover ed we had been very fortunate and more comfortable than anyone. Just as the sun came up I had break fast. You boo I was thoughtful and just before I left the steamer had filled my thermos hottlo with hot coffee, so I had a fine break fast. - The country was beautiful. Every Inch of Boil was tilled right up to the tracks and the entire country looks as if It were laid out by a landscape artist. The houses are very picturesque all tho houses built of stono with red tiled -roofs. They are not laid out in squares as our villages but look like thoy had been Jumbled together to make a picture. All nlon, we saw old men and women at work In tbo fields. Along the road wo . bilv Gormnn pilsoners working Wit carefully guarded by French sol diers. "Wo reached Tails nboiu 11 a. m and were agaiu met by a Red Cross worker who look us lj ou hotels. Such fun It was riding on thnt big army truck through town! Everyone would be so oxclted when they passed by 'something histori cal thut they recognized. I really knew tho Klffcl tower and by the way. It Is the most deceiving thing in Paris because everywhere you go it looks Just like you were coming to it. So far I never have but have seen It but have It book ed for next Saturday as thete Is an Immense captured gun there that I want to see. The tower proper la not open to the public on accoun of : its being used for government purposes. "Well, after we had registered. : CANADA TUE WHOLE JEAR ROUND 3olT Club ' it-"! V 1 Tee at St. Anhe -"by-tKe-sSba. the armies of Great Britain, Canada, France-,, und. the United States, Moro than 3,500 golfers n, Canada have gone overseas fight, and more than 200 of thjm have made the su' preme sacriloe. It may ire news to some golfers that in ilritish- Columbia a golfer can prrtme his. favorite sport the whole year- around. There are no ,v inter-Killed ereens' in Victoria or Vancouver. The- Victoria Golf Club was established in 18U3, and Its sea side links at Oak Bay- constitute one of the finest tests of golf in Canada. In addition to. this course. Victoria has the Col wood Golf nnd Country Club, one of the finest inland golf courses in America and the United Service- Club( a very good nine-hole we had to go to, the Bureau of Personnell to- tollj, them wo were here, then- to the French police to see If. we could -stayj Here you leave five of your photo's. One of mine has since shown up but the other four jnay- be given to the handsome French policemen for all 1 know. After youi are here a few Hays .you t iecqivs(, a , .Rod Cross workers' permit' and" you have "to carry It with you 'v.'hero ever you and attach. It to; ydu.'at night.. It is more valuable to you than your purse or yoTIr reputation. "Well, our first day. In Paris was one mad' rush and when wo came to the hotel at nigut, a more tired but enthusinBio bunch, you never saw. . . ' ' ' ' 't';' r we inougnc wo -wuuiu: r.uvu iwu4 days holiday, but ; no, - .'.The next morning I started out to find Jowy Rusk "but never, found' him as he has been made a ocarteher In the 83 rd Division and had'- left town two days before, , f. '5 "While, on my- rounds-1 mot one of the gills who informed- me that Captain Bell would like to aee me. I had reported to hinv the day be fore: so. back, to his. office I went. He wan led. to know how soon I would go. to wrk and. I told him right now," so right now I went. He took me down nnd- introduced me to my ' new' bosses Cap tain Weaver of Texas and Lieu tenant Wadsworth of, Ohio, I was supposed to be the e a week whllt girl. (French) went on a holi day. 1 am still there with the prospects, of ' remaining, Ameri can business men- are mighty glad to get an American girl In their office. The department I am In Is military affairs bureau or requisi tions. It Is quite Interesting be cause It gives mo some small con ception of what a Red Cross is really doing. 'If you could see what a vast amount of good and how nluch the boys depend on It I think you would almost sit up night to knit. I want to tell you I just walk down the street with pride to be even a small cog in the great big wheel. And you people who stay at home and work are more nec essary because without tho home organization there would fob no Tep- resentatlves In this field. The of fices'" are all busy every minute from nino o'clock Mondny until one o'clock Snturd 'V. "Ono of the funny rules of clos ing over hero is th'it the large de partment stores close from twelve until two, whllo tho clerks go lu lunch. You know tho French aro a very nrtlstlo om and live more calm like than w.; do. I feol a year of It will do me good. "My Boston friend had a friend hero who has been over some time. Sho Is living in a pension In tho Latin quarter which Is whero so! fork down unless you want your many of the student lived while pinto tnken away. Breakfast Is al studylng at the Sai bonne Univer- ways served In your room and con slty of Paris. We were Invited out 'sisis of bread and chocolate or cot with her to dinner on Saturday fee. I have the chocolate because and decided to start caly so we;Firnh chocolate is Impossible. I could walk and see omo sights, jdcclded tho othnr evening tb have Our hotel waa Just a couple ofjsonie Jam as I stoppi (1 Into a storo. blocks from the Place do la Con-! My entire knowledi;o consisted at corde, which Is called the 'heart j that time of "wee," I made ell of Paris." Instead of having pnb- manner of signs afd talked fcdg lic squares they have circles and illsh hut I got nowhere. Finally the streets lead from thorn Just I remembered on our menu card It 'FT aaj -T- n course.. , i . The city of Vnncouvor is also a. golf center with several clubs,, notably the Shaughnessy Heights' Golf Club, nn eightcen-Hole course well trapped and bunkerod:N This, course Ib nnmed in- honor ofl Lordi Shnughnessy., President of the' Can adian Pacihc Railway.'who is. him self an ardent golfer. Other excel lent clubs at Vancouver are the Jeri cho Country Club and the Vancouver -Golf and Country. . Club. . There are scores of other splendid Snlf clubs in Canada, Including The oyul Montreal Golf Club,, which was established In 1873, fifteen years before the St. Andrews Golf Club,' Yonkers, N. Y., was opened aB he first irolf club in- the United. Stataa. like spokes in a a wagon wheel There-, are no skyaorapera here hardly any of tho buldlngs - being evor four or five stories high., Al so? everything is of stono. In- the center of this place stands the Luror obollsk which was present ed to LouIb Phllllppe by. a ruler of Egypt, It Is a single blook of roddlshv'graitrlto W-feet- "hlfitt- and weigh 240 tons. It la fromThobes and dutos back over 3000 years,-. It cost a small fortune t o locate bore. All around, are beautiful fountains and statues wbllei sur rounding the Place are eight boau ttrul statues representing Lyon, Marseilles, Bordoaur, Nantes Rbuen, Brest, Lille nnd ' RlrasBburg, The last named ono has been draped .... ..,, ,uu -.--aihu j w1l t le ,10 wa8 i possession of tho ., hlIt Rin,0: 8ne ... -., under Fronch rule thoy had a cele bration nnd replaced tha - crepe with flags and flowers. So she looks a vory gny lady these days. The. piano 1b- also famous as the spot where 'Marie Antoinette' and Louis XVI were beboadod. ""FToin horo we walked through tho Garden of the Tullerles which extend to-the Louvre,, These gar dons are where Marie Antoinette .loved to walk and ,also' In front of tho pnlnco whero Napoleon and Josephine lived. Only the two wings of tho palaco that' oonneot with tho Loiivro aro Btandlng. The Louvre coiitaln the most wonder ful collection of art in the world but It Ib not open to tho public during tho war. "From tho gardens we crossed the river Soluo nnd were now In tho Latin quarters Such quaint little stroels and Bhops I nover be fore sow. You know Paris cannot bo described. You have to dream It. "Finally we turned Into a lbve of a street and Into a building and nrter climbing four flights of stairs wo roiched our destination. Tho French must bo very fond of I hnvo ffl selmd T stnlis. I know if I had all the steps I have clImBCd the last three weeks together, I would be visiting with- St. Peter, I nm Buro. On ar riving at tho nlonslon we wore grouted by Miss Thomas landlad ies. They were two dear old French ladles who knew not a word of KiiEllsh but they Bhook hands and bobbed up and down nil the time. talking Just as fast as they could. I hnvun't found yet what thoy culled, me but they biiiII nd so I guess I will forgive thoin. "S'o had a wondoitul dinner Everything everywhere is served In course nnd everything even to stowed fruit Ib sorved on a large plniu. One thing ' hav) learned and that Is oiever to put- your said '"compete"." frad I knew, that .was": always gropes jf So ; 1 1 said -"compete'' and she led me to as sorted frultsi THeni I searched Un til I found a can and made per understand! E wanted my .. fruit In at Jan, . ' ,- :.' ".; - 'Tim having . a lot oh fun.- with French. The other day I learned to say"good morning" and "good night". Next! morning,, when- the little- maid, brought my breakfast. I aired my French. She put the tray down claoued her hands end 1 discovered I ' had said "good night.'" This- uiornlhg- when- she name In, she stralghtenened: upi and said good . morning." My! how proud she was of her first . English word, Every morning she brings miy breakfast and a largo pitcher of hot water ojfid every, evening while J- am down at dinner sho comoa In nnd. (in ns - my bed down and lays out my gown, cap, dressing , cap and sllpperB. I'll sure have Borne training to do when I got buck to Bchllke's. v "Tlie first Sunday,, three of us Ueoldod to go oui In a carriage. They look just like our dear old faBliloned. phnytons. with a driver in high lint,, perched high In front. It made me think of the wonder ful one horse chaise. Wo got "our landlord,, wno spoke' Bnc'.ish, to tell ub exactly what to suy to a driver to take us when we wanted to go. and retum to the hotel. Well, we got our driver and head ed to the Bols (woods) de Boul- ogno, a beautiful' park which cov ers over 2300 acres and Ib laid' out In beautiful lakes and drives: We must have represented1 ' a " funny sight booause we -were all dress ed nllko- and; snt thore guide book In- hand. OUr dear old: driver pointed' out -oil' the points oF Inter est and' explained them to usi ' Of course his' description mennf noth- llhg except .we would think' It was Bomotlilng we' should' see' and con sult our guidebook. ; After you arrive over .hoie, your 8hlp com panions are your host friends, and when you meet one of theni, It Ib very much like, meeting some from your old home; While we wore dn-tvlhg along we : snw two men ;from our boat and we slopped and were Introduced to their com panion. He was Andrew Kerr from Portland. One of the other med was a Portlana mam iney naa. some stick ohocolato and- gave- us oach a bar. You know over here 5au almost fall In, love with' o, pian who could produce- candy. Flnnlly our driver returned us' to the hotoli and we found his rates bo reasonable we could afford anoth-hour- and' wo had; just that ' muoh time, so- I- im into the hotel and got Iho landlord to' give him some-more- dlreotloiis and. this- time we wont to the Pantheom The dome of his building Ib 240 foot high and IB said to rival that of St. Peter's at Rome, ... Here, are burled Victor Hugo; Voltaire and- any number of, notables. We next, vlalted the Odeon theatre whare Sarah Bernr h-ardt mado her debut. It Ib so dark on the street that there Ib no pleasure going oUB In tho' eve ning. 'Monday, two of us decided1 to move; bo we Btnrted' out to look for a place came where I am now and made arrangements to move- Wod uesday. Had a IohiV of fan nink Ing arrangements nf we had to talk, to a little maid ' who spoae: some English. In our party is a Fronch woman who 1 a teacher In a girlB school in the states. She has been' In- Amerlcm twelve years and speaks perfect English. She decided' to move wlih ua. So Tluea day nigh we' asked . for our bill.' Oh, how wo loughled when wo saw It. It was a- couple of feet long. Wo wore "all five In this suite so our bill" waB together. It Boom ed we hud beon libwed to come In the hotel and I tlllnk that Vas all. that wasn't extra. Wo laugh ed so much over It, and if Mndiimo Daudet had not beon with us I'm afraid we would be' figuring on thnt account yet. It Is customary to tip ton por cent of. your bill,' so we. loft that amount with the land lord. At noon .we hired, a taxi and Into It went two , stoamer trunks, two blank rolls, two suit cases, two handbags and .two wom en. All mo servants n.ueu n in the hall' expecting u fafjwell. We were nil ready to go 'bus porter who had brought down our trunks didn't shut the dbor of our cab until I mado him understand we had loft a tip at the desk. Ah, It's a great life and I'm enjoying It every minute bub I'm going to be, when I go home, like tho south ern negro. Whon he wont past tho statue of liberty on hlB way homo ho Btood on the brow of his boat and Bald: "Old lady If you over see me again you will have to turn, around." 'We di ovo down tho most beau tiful street, of Purls Iho Champa Klyaoe and then turned at the Arch do Trlonipro and oame to Avonuo Victor Hugo. Arriving here wo were in a torrlble predica ment ss we could not find out how much to pay the driver and no matter bow large a 1)111 ono gave him thore is never any change. I said to Mrs. II, "I think I will hand him my puiso and lot him take his choice." When Just then a glorious Bight came Into view. An American man! Wo found that we had both moved and ourselves also- for $U10. So- moving is the cheapest sport I have found in Pirls. I am quite comfortable here have a room to ntysolf, run nlng 'water (cold), ond lots of mir rors. But as I only have one dress I wish they would lane a halt dozen mirrors and give me Una fockltii chair. ' Have, a gix-1 bed' and; lrtei wlfcdow,' All ,t . 1 window onen; into b room. have hutuerai so B see why wo i French windows anJ doors. - 'The second Sunday w were . here- we walked- out toward' , an American hospital., As- ws were bottling By the yard" I 'saw three young soldiers, so I, said, "I'm o- png to esxr tnose noys a question and give them a chance to talk It they care to.!" The? were Justr con valescing and1 were walking about the grounds.. T said', Parler ou Ul 8." meaning, "Do- you' apeak Uh!tedV States." Oho boy aald, 'You bet we do" and' wo sure' 'listened to family history. The Terr first thing an American lad' tells you' Is that' he has been to the front. One of these boys had' been over , the top three times and' wounded twice. Another one of them had . lost his mother- stUce' he had ar- . rived' here and' I'm- nob one bit - ashamed to say that I' orled' with . , htm as tie told me' all about it. 1 He said I was the first American woman he . had had chance to talk to. ' Said; 'You bet every let ter I Write, home I tell' them to - . give to the' Red' Cross." When he went on to say. that' every thr-e ha . Baw an American Red Cross wb.nan -.: -he seemed' tu see a halo - around Hnr head;. L tell' you that? one' ro- , mark was. enough to pay you for leaving one's liorae- to - come over . here: Of course one-Is seeing won derful Bights and all that - but sometime you .feeh quite alone ; so far awny, for after all, 'East or West,-. Home Is Best,'; j "That, night, , after we had' walk- , Bd- bo far, 1 was tired' so r retired : early.- But. abont. one o'clock, I woke from, hearing tHe whistles blow; " -1 was. ' dreaming and be- ; foro I, fully regaining my i sonsea . I, thought It was a. fire, at, homo. But , In a minute, X knew; It was the sbens announcing an nlf raid,. , f'Tho sirens, are the most wierd things you even heard'. Aa soon as tho enemy plane Ib cited crossing the line the warning Ib Bent to Paris and these sir ena toll' every bnet to go to shelter and put out every vestige of light.. I bundled tin in an Indian, blanket and watch ed the proceodlnga from . my win dow, which, I have since learned Was a very foolish to' do. But anyway I'm, still here .; and have Been one ah- raid' and- hope never to see another. - ' ,v ' "I know It, will be UBeleaa to try to describe it because you ' can not draw on your Imagination , enough' to realize how terrible they me.. Two powerful search lights were playing the sky. The very atare themselves seemed extra bright' It was a glorious mo'ii- light, night. In about twenty mm-' ,;. utea after the warning,. I never. heard. Biich a noise In my life.. It sounded, like-oil tho Fourth or .jury oelebratlpRB An; thfl world, opmblnod Into, one, The barrage nau .siuti- ed. I ' could sea the flash from the shrapnel and it almost seemed as though- everything would be torn to pieces,.; Evidently-we were not-far- away for in the court yard -I.- could plainly, see the shadaw of the. plane at various times. Our guns kept up a continual bannage. ' At. one time It sounded' like a bomb hit. very ' close by, but I never knew., They would ' be ' bo close them seem to. be in- the distance and' you would, think that thnt was- Hie last of them but In a lew seconds' they would, be back again. "Finally, a little church Ben began, to peal, forth; the Joyful sound- tbab all was .well. Then trumpet sounded up and down the Btreet. Shortly! after three I was sound, asleep, for; strange- as it may seem, I wasn't- frightened: My only thoughts, were.' of the brave boys- who. ore. fighting. In this Hell to- make it safe- for .us to. live in our own beautiful, homeland. Welh the Germans didn't Beom to want-us to sleep that night for at about four o'clock, I waB ogala awakened bys the sliens. I got up again and. prepared to watch,, but nm French friend of the steamer came' running up to my room. knockedi on. my door and said, 'You foolish girl, come right dow.n to the' nbrl (shelter.).' One of the R. C. girls from up stairs camo down during, the first raid' and hadn't gone to bed. yet she was so nervous. So- she. was down again at the' first sound, of the warning. Ii put my long coat on d tied. my. passport around my waist for believe me I want to go homo and down the stairs we went. . It was really funny,, had It not been In time, of suoh danger, to Bee the people. Everyone had dressed In, BUch. a. hurry and- in the dark so they .really didn't look quite like they did when wo met ' at dinner. An officer had hta shoes and puttees and his cap, tho rest of his costume was pajamas. Ainuthor one came in pajnmnB, bed ropm slippers,, cap and overcoat. The' women were ust us. funny. My friend- had on an Indian bath robe and trailed har stiiamer vug after her. The roou we wore In was on the first floor ot a largo building next door and is the on ly room 1 have beon In In Frnnco thnt didn't have mirrors, so I'm not going to. try to describe my costume. But I know that my ( hair wasn't combed.. I. kopt think ing of the little poem: 'Oh wad from fay, tho gift to see us. To see ourselves as others see us." " "After awhile we- again heaid the joyful- sound that tho enemy had retreated so for the third time that nigh, I went to. ileep. My little ' maid' waa a darling and- let me sleep, the extra half hour in the . : (Continued on "Page Six.)
