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THURSDAY, XOVFmER 7,
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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
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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 .
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