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VOL. 8, NO. 72
ARMISTICE TERMS
G resham O utlook
OFFERED GERMANY
________________ GRESHAM,
MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
OREGON. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1918
writes oi an in r eres i ing tour oe
TUESDAYS
AND
FRIDAYS
$1.50 PER
F rance
YEAR
ITALIAN VICTORY
OVER AUSTRIANS
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O ctober 14. 1918
jam m ed " is a b i t t e r word. B u t'O th e r tim es m otln rs held b lan k ets be
C asino d u rin g th e hours ol play. T his
D ear F o lk s :—W ro te you a few lines one tr a in now p robably ta k e s th e place h in d w hich th e ir d a u g h te rs leisurely ru le holds good any tim e, w ar or peace.
last T h u rsd ay an d fo u r d ay s ago, ju s t of th re e before th e w ar an d th is P h ila effected th e necessary change. But I tried it one evening when it seem ed
d elp h ian told us th a t th e F ren ch tra v e l
'■ a fte r I had reached hom e from my fu r­ alm o st as m uch now a s in tim e s of th ere w as n o th in g to c u t off th e view as though g e ttin g Into th e ro u lette
of th e sw im m ers and 1 w ent th e re to
lough. H ad so little tim e th a t it w as peace. F o rg o t to m en tio n th a t he sw im . Once I sw am fa r o u t to sea, in room would be th e easiest th in g 1 ever
did I dashed in and by the first guard
i not m uch of a le tte r an d d id n 't tr y to p ointed o u t to us an old R om an C olise­ the vain hope th a t everybody would be but the
second one got me. I had Just
, tell you a n y th in g of my trip , w hich by um as we passed th e city of N imes. Al-1 b. in the w a te r by tlie tim e I retu rn ed , as m uch luck ta lk in g him in to lettin g
th o u g h very old. It is still used for bull It w as useless. I w'“n1t,.*1.i>,n?“ d l®cour ">»' KO on in as did tlie P rin ce of W ales
; th e w ay w as h ard to beat. J u s t
fights, etc., an d h as even today a s e a t­ ag£d ' , ' '
b rin g s so little happiness, t wo year« ago We were both put out
! sw ered som e of y o u r le tte r s th a t w ere in g cap acity of eig h teen th o u san d .
.ook in a good show th a t evening. T in y w ere very gentle w ith m e and
R eached M arseilles ab o u t 11 p, m. I h, nam e of th e play was 1 he A m er even apologized for such strlng.-nt
I a w a itin g me h ere w hen 1 re tu rn e d an d
I hav e no idea w hat it was all ru le s T hey would be only t<M) glad to
now I w ill tr y and tell you w hat I can an d I w as all in. R id in g in these com ­ lean.
[let me in but. "Ccsf def, iider, Mon-
' rem em b er of my vacatio n . 1 su re find p a rtm e n ts in a F ren ch tr a in c e rta in ly about but we enjoyed It Im m ensely.
T he next m o rn in g my pal w anted to jsic u r. ee»t defender."
p a rts of th is w ar h ig h ly e n te rta in in g . does not resem ble a re s t cu re. A fter a
Two of us left h ere, o r r a th e r La m a tte r of fifteen o r tw e n ty hours, one go to M onte C arlo, but 1 w anted to go
T he season w as ju st opening d u rin g
Rochelle, on S ep tem b er 27th and begins to w onder w hy on e a rth he to C alifo rn ie again. I th o u g h t possibly my visit down th e re and m any hotels
jo u rn ey ed down to B ordeaux, a rr iv in g d id n 't sta y a t hom e. T h e only th in g 1 no one b u t ou rselv es w ould be th ere w ere yet closed. H ow ever 1 presum e
i th e re late in th e evening. W henever a can say fo r th ese tr a in s is th a t th ey th a t day an d we could enjoy a good .th a t m any of th e m have closed down
¡so ld ie r tra v e ls in F ra n c e an d sto p s for beat w alking. A P u llm an c a r on ex­ sw im . We tossed a coin an d 1 lost. I I fo r the d u ra tio n of th e war. T he e n ­
an y len g th of tim e in a tow n o r city, h ib itio n in a side show o ver h ere alw ays loose. So we paid o u r hotel bill tire co u n try is all terraced , sin ce the
and left S p eak in g of p aying o u r bill
tie m ust re g is te r In a t th e office of th e should be w o rth m illions.
A fter th e M. P. h ad stam p ed and h ere rem in d s me th a t w ith th e excep­ city Is built from th e edge of th e Med­
A ssistan t P rovost M arsh al an d m u st
ite rra n e a n rig h t up th e side of the
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tion of th e Red Cross, th e m ost w on­ m o u n tain . Most p ecu liar farm s end
re g iste r o u t w hen leav in g said city .
: Now th e 18th en g in e e rs a re ab o u t as upon o u r a rr iv a l in M arseilles, we derfu l o rg a n iz a tio n th a t ev er existed, v in e y a rd s 1 ev er saw.
W e r t L A N S ’ ih o
p o p u lar w ith th e P ro v o st M arshal in h ired a cab an d drove to o u r hotel. As the people of Nice are the first people
Every ev ening at 5 o’clock a concert
B ordeaux as a case of m easles in an we drove dow n tow n I th o u g h t th e city 1 have m et over here, reg a rd le ss of by tlie Monti« C arlo o rc h e stra is given
Hubert L an sin g, S ecretary o f S la te j arm
E M P L R O R
K A R L
y cam p. S everal of o u r fellow s m u st be b e a u tifu l in th e day tim e, it n a tio n a lity and In stitu tio n s, who, h av ­ on the C asino terraces. N early e v e ry ­
in P resid en t W ilson's C abinet.
J have had tro u b le g e ttin g o u t of B or­ looked very p re tty a t n ig h t. R eached ing a n y th in g to sell, do not try to one comes out for th a t, for th e m usic
I t u le r o f l u s t r l a , w h o se a rm y s u r ­
deaux, once th ey had reg istered in. o u r hotel a n d o b tain ed a room an d "stick" th e poor soldier. I wish to say is w onderful. Am sending you one of
T e rm s on w hich G e rm a n y m ay o b ­ B ordeaux once belonged to us, long be­ b ath fo r th e p rice of a house an d lot 1 have never seen a S alv atio n Army th e p ro g ram s
You wont u n d erstan d re n d e re d Io Ita ly y e s t e r d a y .
in
L
ents,
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regon
A
b
ath
tu
b
and
hot
ta in im m e d ia te a rm is tic e a n d en d th u fore th e A. P. M. o r an M. P. ev er saw a n d cold w ater, ju s t th in k of it. R e­ hut T he boys who have m et th e S al­ It, but n e ith e r do I.
vation A rm y w o rk ers fairly sin g th e ir
th e place. Of co u rse w hen th e w earer
We jou rn ey ed out to th e fro n tie r, an
w a r w e re y e s te rd a y c o m p le te d a n d of tlie sacred arm band an d “so o th in g m inded me of th e palm y day s w hen I praise. And 1 m ust say to be fa ir th a t
T h re e h u n d re d th o u s a n d A u stria n
h o u r’s tram
ride, and crossed the
sig n e d in P a ris.
S e c re ta ry L a n sin g s tic k ” cam e to tow n, th in g s ch an g ed used to e a t a san d w ich In L eig h to n ’s I have n ever yet seen th e K. of C. sell line Into Italy by a m a tte r of a few s o ld ie rs an d n o t less th a n 500» g u n s
We no lo n g er roam ed an d th en dasli dow n an d pick my teeth an y th in g . F ro m all I ’ve seen and feet. I would have gone fa r th e r but h ad been c a p tu r e d by th e v ic to rio u s
a n n o u n c e d th e fa c t in a b rie f s t a t e ­ co n sid erab ly .
a
t
will.
B
ut
we
k ep t th in g s busy all in fro n t of th e H otel B enson. H ow ­ heard, all th ey have, th ey give aw ay. 1 one of those big black Senegal guards, Ita lia n a rm ie s b e fo re th e a rm is tic e
m e n t, a d d in g o n ly th a t c o m p le te d ip ­
th e tim e an d a lth o u g h we finally lost ever. I could h a rd ly reco n cile m yself T hese co n d itio n s a re ab so lu tely tru e as w ith a long bayonet stopped me. We
lo m a tic h a rm o n y h ad been ach ie v ed th e big arg u m e n t, th e re w ere m any to th e idea th a t o u r aco m tn odations far as I have been able to see or h e a r 1
w ent in to effect a t 3 o ’clo ck y e s te r­
Sent you som e card s
w ere really w o rth so m an y francs, so d u rin g my fo u rteen m onths In F rance. both apologized
by a llie d an d A m erican c o n fe re e s a t m in o r a rg u m e n ts we did win.
day
a fte rn o o n , sa id an official dis
from th ere. Also took a rid e up the
But as I w as say in g , one of o u r in o rd e r to g et full v alu e as n early as You m ay say I h av en 't seen m uch. | m o u n tain on a steam cog w heel r a il­ p atcli from R om e. T h is In clu d ed all
V e rsa ille s.
possible,
I
le
t
th
e
w
a
te
r
ru
n
all
n
ig
h
t.
I'ou t kid yourself. I am keeping a I
I t m ay be s ta te d a u th o r ita tiv e ly bunch d o esn ’t have to do m uch now in
In th e m o rn in g we b re a k fa ste d at w hole lot for fu tu re referen ce, and way to the old tow n of La T u rb ie. The c a p tu r e s since th e offensive beg an Oc­
o rd e r to becom e a guest of ho n o r in th e
I old tow n sta n d s the sam e as In C aesar's
th
e
only
s
h
o
rt
o
rd
e
r
house
I
’ve
found
t h a t th e te rm s , n o t y et g iv en o u t fo r b rig in th a t m a n 's to w n so we d id n ’t
th ere will be so m eth in g doing "ap res ¡tim e witli Its narro w , crooked s tre e ts to b e r 24.
p u b lic a tio n , follow clo sely th o s e u n ­ reg ister. T rav eled aro u n d and looked in F ran ce. I t w as a re g u la r place. T he la g u erre." If you w ant to spend your Saw the road C aesar b u ilt from Rome
Tilt« Holdiers of th e o n c e -p o w e rfu l
w aiters took o rd e rs and sh o u ted out in
d e r w hich A u s tria -H u n g a ry s u r r e n ­ th e tow n o v er th a t evening. If su ch a th e good old w ay “H am an d tw o,” money to w in th is w ar. spend it w here to P aris, still used in places, th e cam p­ A u striu n a rm y , th e d is p a tc h suid.
it w on't "bleed" US. We a re helpless site of his arm y and tlie re m a in s of a
tilin g is re a lly possible, it w as d ir tie r
c o n tin u e to flee in d is o rd e r. S ince th e
d e re d a n d p assed o u t of th e w ar, th a n ever. L eft e arly th e next m o rn ­ “coffee an d tw o ,” an d so on. only of to help ourselves.
liugli g u illo tin erected by bis men for
co
u
rse
th
ey
ta
lk
e
d
F
ren
ch
.
H
e
tickled
Well, as I w as say in g fate decided
o ffen siv e s t a r te d 63 A u s tr o -H u n g a r­
le a v in g G erm an y to s ta n d a lo n e ing an d rode all day th ro u g h a b eauti-
execution purposes. There was also
' ful co u n try , so g reen an d p re tty . T he me an d I am h a rd to tick le, too. In a g ain st me an d we took th e tr a in to tlie rem ains of an old tow er o r fort ian d iv isio n s w ere put o u t of co m b at
a g a in s t th e w orld .
all o th e r r e s ta u r a n ts I ’ve found th e Monte C arlo, a rid e of an h o u r and a '
g
rap
es
w
ere
ju
s
t
rip
e
n
in
g
an
d
in
a
w hich C aesar's arm y
had b attered by 51 Ita lia n d iv isio n s, w ith C zecho­
P re s u m p tio n in official c irc le s at
few fields th e y w ere b ein g g ath ered . w a ite r ev e n tu a lly com es in, apologizes half, the m ost b eau tifu l and w onderful
W a s h in g to n w as th a t th e s tip u la tio n s T h is c o u n try we passed th ro u g h th a t for com ing a t all, ta k e s y o u r o rd e r and ride of my life. R ight along th e b lue: dow n on th e ir invasion. T he F rench s lo v a k u n its, an d an A m e ric a n re g i­
have unsuccessfully a tte m p te d to re ­ m en t.
w ould be in th e h a n d s of th e G erm an day w as by fa r th e m ost p ro sp ero u s tra n s m its sam e in a w h isp er to th e M ed iterren ean , som etim es high above! build tills tow er.
ch ef in th e k itch en and th e chef goes It. som etim e n early on th e sam e level, '
I
have
so
fa
r
seen.
g o v e rn m e n t in less th a n 24 h o u rs. If
"T lie w ar a g a in s t A u s tr ia -H u n ­
Tlie b a th in g in the M ed iterran ean
On th e way dow n 1 m et th e d a in tie s t out and gets th e m a y o r’s ap p ro v al be- b eau tifu l g ard en s, trees, vllas. It was 1 w as great at M onte Carlo. H ere again g a ry . w hich w as c o n d u c te d u n d e r th e
th e y a r e a c cep ted , a re p ly s e ttlin g th e F ren
ch g irl I have ever" seen. D ain ty | I fore you can be served. I d o n ’t know grand. I c u n 't tell you. Look nt th e : as at C alifornie beach at Nice, the
issu e o f peace o r f u r th e r fig h tin g m ay is th e n e a re s t co rrect w ord I can im ­ w hat so rt of a sch ed u le th is s h o rt or- pictures.
R each in g M onte C arlo we b each Is all s to n e anil ro ck s, no sand. h ig h co m m an d o f h is M ajesty , th e
agin e. She w as tra v e lin g to C ette w ith ' | d e r house w as ru n on, for m eals w ere stopped a t th e H otel B rita n n ia , run by We A m ericans d o n ’t like th at.
K ing of Ita ly , w ith an a rm y In fe rio r
a lso be receiv ed w ith in t h a t tim e.
I serv ed at all h o u rs and b read and b u t­ E nglish pi'ople an d 1 f< lt m ore a t home
in n u m b e r an d
w ith s till In fe rio r
S e c re ta ry L a n sin g h a s issu e d th e h er m o th er, an d I c e rta in ly exercised te r in a n y q u a n tity w ere to be had for
Spent
four
d
ay
s
in
M
onte
C
arlo
and
w ith them th a n an y w h ere sin ce I left |
my v ery b est c o n v ersatio n al F ren ch .
th e S tates. T h ey had a b a r th e re w ith |
<lu,y. be*a n ,0 ,al1 all(1 '»y *>«nk m e a n s sin ce May 24, 1916, h a s com e
fo llo w in g s ta te m e n t:
! T h ey w ere fine people, w ealth y , an d I th e ask in g . T h a t is ex trem ely u n u su al
urged me to hasten.
to an e n d ," said th e d is p a tc h “ W itli
‘A cco rd in g to an official re p o r t r e ­ th in k , well n ev er m ind w hat I th in k here.
a foot ra il, too. I used to sta n d th ere
W ent back to Nice and th en M ar­
We decided to ta k e th e fast tr a in to at ease, w ith one foot elev ated , look in ­
u n s h a k a b lq fa itli an d in d o m ita b le
ceived th is e v e n in g th e te rm s of th e T he g irl could speak som e E n g lish , In
seilles,
sto
p
p
in
g
over
n
ig
h
t
a
t
each
Nice
a
t
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b
u
t
th
e
M.
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g
u
a
rd
ia
n
to the m irro r and back ag a in to my
a rm is tic e to be o ffered to G erm an y fact som e fellow in th e Q. M. corps at a t th e depot said nay. O nly officers, cocktail and I co u ld n ’t help but th in k place. Tlie night we a rriv e d in Mar v a lo r th e Ita lia n a rm y w aged a. con
B o rd eau x h ad fallen in to th e h a b it of
h a s ju s t been a g re e d to u n a n im o u sly callin g on h e r often. She show ed me n o t an y e n liste d m en, a re allow ed to th a t it is a good w ar a fte r all. I could 1 si tiles, the new s of G erm any a sk in g for tiu u o u s a n d h a rd w a r fo r a p erio d of
an a rm istic e had Just been received. 4 1 m o n th s am i w on th e s tu p e n d o u s
a n d sig n e d by th e r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s o f h is p ictu re. C h arley , t h a t ’s h is nam e, rid e th e e x p ress b etw een M arseilles have fought on th a t front for years.
T he tow n was wild w ith Joy. "V ice l,i
an d Nice. I d o n 't know w h e th e r tills
T
he
c
itie
s
of
Monaco,
M
onte
Carlo,
would
have
been
a
good
looking
boy
b a ttle b egun O c to b er 24, a n d in
th e a llie s an d th e U n ite d S ta te s in
A'roni e" was tlie big cry.
had th e re been a b a rb e r in h is outfit. re g u la tio n ow es its b irth to th e F ren ch and M entone com pose th e p rin c ip a lity I We had been tra v e lin g all tills tim e w hich w ere e n g a g e d In th e ir e n tire ty
P a ris .
o
r
A
m
erican
officials.
S
o
m
etim
es
it
of Monaco, governed by th e p rin ce of
H e w as th e stro n g e st m ale b o o ster for
“ T h e re p o r t f u r th e r s ta te s th a t th e M arcel w ave I ev er saw. B ut be­ looks as th o u g h if we a re fighting to Monaco. It is a n e u tra l co u n try , a l­ w ith no tick ets, had sim ply been show ­ all re s o u rc e s o f th e enem y.
m
ake
th
e
w
orld
safe
for
th
e
d
em
ocrats,
though u n d e r th e pro tectio n and laws ing o u r furlough papers and g ettin g
“ So fa r th e en em y h as le ft In o u r
d ip lo m a tic unit} h as been c o m p letely tw een you an d me, I th in k he is g e ttin g
we buck p riv a te s m u st all be re p u b li­ too, to som e e x te n t of F rance. No G er­ by fine. But we m et a co n d u cto r here
aw
ay
good.
B
u
t
you
c
a
n
't
ev
er
tell.
h a n d s 300,000 p ris o n e rs a n d n o t less
ach ie v ed u n d e r c o n d itio n s of u tm o ct
a
t
M
arseilles
who
seem
ed
to
be
wise
to
cans.
B
ut
th
a
t
is
a
m
ere
incident.
m an s are* allow ed th ere, th e re Is no
Som e U. S. sa ilo r w hose hom e is in
h a rm o n y .”
E P lu rib u s U num .
co n scrip tio n , and alth o u g h n e u tra l, no I th e •soldiitu A m eriea in " and he In sist­ th a n 5000 gu n s. T h e s o ld ie rs of w h a t
B rooklyn Is co rre sp o n d in g w ith h er
H
av
in
g
som
e
h
o
u
rs
to
w
h
ile
aw
ay
we
lig h ts a re visible at n ig h t sin ce they ed th a t we pay o u r fare. Of course we used to be o ne of th e m ost p o w erfu l
w ith fe arfu l re g u la rity .
co u ld n ’t u n d e rsta n d a word he said.
FURNITURE STORE IN
B ut n ev erth eless I re a lly did see a took in th e sig h ts. M a rsa ille s is the would aid in a su b m arin e a tta c k on T h en he w rote on a paper. “ P aris, 20 a rm ie s in th e w orld a re now fleein g in
d ir tie s t city I ’ve ev er seen. Being a th e Ita lia n coast.
lot
of
th
a
t
p
re
tty
co
u
n
try
th
ro
u
g
h
HANDS OF ED. METZGER
d is o rd e r an d w ith o u t hope fro m th e
p o rt city is resp o n sib le m ain ly for th a t
T he old city of Monaco w as b u ilt on fra n c s.” H e could prove we w ere not
w hich we passed. I know of n o th in g I supose, b u t th e place is ro tte n . One
an im m ense rock, so rt of a p ro m lto ry , I blind so we got off th e tra in and as v a lle y s w hich th ey had in v a d e d w ith
s
im
ila
r
in
th
e
S
tates,
so
I
c
a
n
’t
give
you
E d. M etzg er, fo r th e
p a s t ten
can see ev ery n a tio n a lity , w itli one e x ­ and th e wail sta n d s today In excellent soon as he w ent on we clam bered tr u c u le n t confidence.
m uch of an idea. T h e re w ere p racti- '
y e a rs c o n n e c te d w ith R. R. C a rls o n ’s cally no h ills a s you can believe when ception, upon th e s tre e ts of M arseilles, condition. H ere sta n d s th e palace of ¡ab o ard again. He was su re stu b b o rn .
Reached P a ris line and d andy. My
and d irty c h ild re n by th e th o u san d s.
f u r n itu r e s to re , h a s ta k e n o v e r th e , I tell you th a t th e ra ilro a d p arallels, , T alk ab o u t a co sm o p o litan city ! The th e prince, th e s ta te room s of which | p al’s b ro th e r w orks th ere and we spent THIRTY MILE FRONT
a re open to th e public. N a tu ra lly I
I
m
uch
of
th
e
way,
a
can
al
w
hich
co
n
­
f u r n itu r e b u sin ess a n d is now c o n ­
w hole
dow n
tow n
sectio n
fairly went th ro u g h them
V isited an im ­ ¡m ost of o u r tim e w ith him . H av en 't
WON FROM ENEMY
nects B ordeaux and C ette, a d ista n c e of I scream s w ith filth.
d u c tin g it in h is ow n n am e.
m
ense
new
c
a
th
e
d
ra
l
b u ilt by the m uch Io say about P aris as I told you
about 300 m iles. Of co u rse th e re are ¡¡J* I
of
my
trli>
th
e
re
before
and
th
e
city
Is
i(>ok
a
b
e
a
u
tifu
l
tr
a
in
ride
prince. It Is su re ly a w onderful s tru c t­
H e is b e g in n in g h is in d e p e n d e n t few locks in th e can al b u t no t m any
not n early as p re tty now as then. The
' th ro u g h th e re s id e n tia l p o rtio n of the
We had som e canned “ W illy,” som e i city and o u t alo n g th e sh o re of th e ure, co n stru c te d en tle rly of hand leaves have fallen and th e re a re few
c a re e r w ith an a d v e rtis e m e n t in th is
carved
stone,
m
ined
from
th
e
m
oun­
issu e of th e O u tlo o k , to w h ich all of B oston's v ery best an d b read for I M ed iterren ean a.id u ro u n d
th e old ta in s ju s t back of th e city. A m useum 1 (lowers, and th en too I h ad Just left a
i lunch and o u r tra v e lin g F re n c h com ­
re a d e r s o f th e p a p e r a re d ire c te d . p an io n s w ere m uch in te re ste d in such port. T he h a rb o r was full o f all k in d s of all so rts of u u im al life, very com • far m ore b e a u tifu l spot th a n P aris
W as fo rtu n a te enough to get a chance
Mr. M etzg er h a s been in c re a s in g his ¡th in g s esp ecially th e b read. We have ; of sh ip s and th is w as a fine little trip . plete, was honored by o u r v isit also. to rid e uround P a ris a couple of hours
T h en we w alked up to th e N o tre Dame
T
h
e
citie
s
of
Monaco.
M
onte
Carlo,
sto c k of goods an d w ill b u ild up th e ! w h ite b read to eat. ju s t as you folks I c a th e d ra l, a b e a u tifu l s tr u c tu r e on a
in a c a r and saw a lew th in g s of In ter
used to lu x u rizc in before th e w ar, and young m o u n tain at th e edge of tow n. and M entone a re kept alive solely by «•st. m ainly th e .old A pache q u a rte r,
b u sin e ss to la r g e r p ro p o rtio n s .
,
to
u
ris
ts
T
h
e
re
a
re
no
In
d
u
strie
s
! th a t is cake to th e F ren ch . J u s t to
W h ile th e sto c k h e re is no t y et as show th e g en ero sity of all A m erican s T ills hili h as been fortified for m any, T h e ir beau ty Is w onderful but only w hich Is p re tty well cleaned up now
and tlie M oulin Rouge. T h is la tte r Is
m an y y ears an d
w as fo rm erly the
c o m p le te a s it w ill be in a s h o r t , we passed th e b read aro u n d . We su re scene of holy fe stiv itie s, p ilg rim ages, M onte C arlo appealed to me. The closed on account of th e w ar.
C
asino,
tlie
g
n
a
t
gam
b
lin
g
palace,
tim e , a r r a n g e m e n ts h av e been m a d e : got aw ay big th ere. V ery soon a fte r etc. Some y e a rs ago th is new c a th e ­ m akes M onte C arlo. From the p ictu res
T he one evening we spent in P a ris
fo r sh o w in g goods to c u s to m e rs a t th is, a lo t of ta lk s ta rte d betw een th e d ra l was b u ilt and th e re a re left but | 1 sen t you k in d ly tak e a look at the we took in a good allow. T h at too w as!
F ren ch people aro u n d us. 1 co u ld n ’t
Hometiling about th e A m ericans, Just a
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th e w h o le sa le w a re h o u se in P o r t­ u n d e rsta n d all th a t w as said , b u t I few sig n s of th e old fort. 1 s e n t you a , b e a u tifu l C asino, its g ard en s, te rra c e s bit n au g h ty in spots, but th n t Is really
n u m b er of c a rd s and boo k lets concern and d ecorations. Can you beat It? No,
!
la n d .
P ro s p e c tiv e b u y e rs o f f u r n i­ could m ake o u t th a t one w om an was in g th is so you can see an d u n d e rsta n d
w
hy
I
w
ent.
W
anted
to
see
a
real
you c a n ’t even tie It M illions of dol­
If I ev er go
tu r e w ill be ta k e n th e r e by a u to fo r so re because th e A m erican so ld iers a re ! its ap p e a ra n c e fa r b e tte r th a n I can la r s have been sp en t to m ake It the F ren ch show. I saw it
given
so
m
uch
b
e
tte
r
b
read
th
a
n
th
e
'
tell you. G oing back down tow n we b eau tifu l spot th a t it Is. I t is gor
se le c tio n s.
“p o llu .” T h e d iscu ssio n grew w arm ,
Many m ore people a re to be seen on
A c o m p le te lin e of f u r n itu r e fo r sh e had oppositio n , an d I finally vo lu n ­ took th e lift, tw o c a rs a tta c h e d to each geous.
(tie s tre e ts of P a ris now th an a t th e
o th er. W hen one d escends It p u lls the
Of
course
I
had
to
visit
th
e
Casino.
h o u se h o ld s h a s long been a n ecessity teered th e In fo rm atio n th a t you peo- 1 o th e r c ar up T h is lift w o rk s only in T he piny in th e gam bling room s be­ tim e of my lust visit. F o r weeks, P a ­
It is g in s at 10 p. m. and sto p s at mid ris ia n s have been re tu rn in g hom e
in G re sh a m a n d it is g ra tify in g to pie in th e S ta te s d id n 't g et th a t kin d o f j th e steep est p a rt of th e hill.
b read anym ore. T h at seem ed to m ol­
Betw een th e h o u rs of 9 a. m since a ir ra id s a re so few and Big I
know th a t Mr. M etzg er h a s ta k e n lify th e lady som e at least, bu t sh e su re ! aw fu lly sim ple, u n less th e cable b reak s night
an d th en it is sim ply aw ful.
j
and
10
a
m. th e e n tire C asino is open B erth a Is being fa rth e r rem oved all
C jL N tlifiL H A .1 G •
hold of th e b u sin e ss w ith h is u su al c o u ld n 't see an y ju stic e in th e m atter.
Took th e ev en in g tra in for Nice, and Ito v is ito rs
1 w ent th ro u g h tw o dlf th e tim e. Due can notice a chan g e in
Field M arsh al H aig, w h o se arm }
My F ren ch w as too lim ited and I c a n ’t 1 so in stead of b ein g forced to ab so rb all
th
e
a
ttitu
d
e
of
th
e
F
ren
ch
now
t
h
a
t
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v ig o r— w hich m ean s su ccess.
d raw p ictu res, o th erw ise I would have 1 th e scen ery en ro u te In five h o u rs by j feren t m o rn in g s, once was not enough. .th e tid e has tu rn ed . F o u r y ears of j w on sig n a l v icto ry y e ste rd a y .
ex p lain ed to h e r th a t th e U nited rid in g th e ex p ress, we w ere ab le to let I T he In te rio r of th e room s a re m agnifi w ar here has had a te llin g effect.
cen t w ith p a in tin g s, tin tin g , ta p e s trie s
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s ta te s is paying its own way in th is | n 80ag | n for a m a tte r of ten h o u rs or I and lig h tin g effects. Since th e war.
M ft P a ris on th e second ev en in g of!
llri'u k iu g deeply Into th e enem y
NOW IN THE TRENCHES w ar and a sk in g aid of no one. T h e re -m o re. A rriv ed easily in N ice a t 2 I b u sin ess h a s n a tu ra lly fallen aw ay, my sta y th e re and a rriv e d hom e next , p o sitio n s alo n g a 3 0 -m lle fr o n t y e s ­
a re som e people o v er h ere who w ould I a
and d ash ed for o u r hotel,
m
orning.
W
as
really
glad
to
get
back
j
I and som e of th e fo rm er gam bling
A le t t e r ju s t receiv ed by M rs. H. L. c h arg e th e I n ited S ta te s re n t for I We b re a k fa ste d in bed th e next room s a re not now used. Only fo u r or in cam p, «even though it did m ean • te r d a y , th e B ritis h c a p tu re d m o re
u
sin
g
r
rance
as
a
b
a
ttle
g
ro
u
n
d
if
th
ey
(
m
o
rn
in
g
.
T
h
a
t
w
as
s
u
re
h
a
rd
to
tak<
St. C la ir w ill be of in te r e s t to a n u m ­
five a re now In us«
I co u ld n ’t under “ Back to th e M ines." Believe I told j th a n 10,000 p ris o n e rs a n d 200 g u n s,
could g et aw ay w ith it.
B ut those I T h en we w ent o u t to see N ice and it is sta n d all th e d ifferen t kin d s of gam es you all the cam p new s in my last let-
F ie ld
M arsh al lla lg re p o rte d
last
b e r o f G re sh a m p eo p le, c o m in g as it , people a re re a lly few.
su rely a b eau tifu l place. T h e city Is played, b u t roulette seem ed to lx« the ter. H ave a big bunch of m en h ere
does fro m 1st C lass S e rg e a n t W a rre n
C ette w as reach ed a t 5 p. m., changed b u ilt on a h alf moon bay; b e a u tifu l far favorite. I have fo rnoi.tt n the roulette now and a lot of G erm an p riso n ers n ig h t
T h e lin e of th e H am bre C a n a l w as
W . W ry e of th e 3 1 8 th E n g in e e rs | cars an d w ent on to T erasco n . You beyond my po w ers of d e sc rip tio n . I lim it b u t it d o e sn 't really m a tte r, does j T hey a rc ex trem ely docile. Am h a v in g ,
see w henever th e end of one ra ilro a d
sto rm e d an d th e B ritis h m ade uu ad
A bout tw en ty -fiv e s o ld ie rs of th a t reg co m p an y ’s ra ils is reach ed , you m ust w ish you could see th e M ed iterran ean It? W ent th ro u g h the m usic h all, I | som e m ore work done on tny teeth.
A re you h a v in g an y S p an ish "Hu" !
h ere. It is such a deep w o n d erfu l blue.
im e n t w ere e n te r ta in e d in d iffe re n t ch an g e cars. One co m p an y does not T r cs an d g ra s s w ere g reen a n d beau­ believe It Is called, w here th e grand at horn«'? Heenis to Is« h ittin g th e ! van ce o f m o re th a n th r e e m iles be
b alls a re held. W as told th a t only two
h o m e s In G re sh a m o n e S u n d a y last ru n an y c a rs o v er a n o th e r line. It tifu l gard en s, p ark s, fo u n ta in s, resi- o r th re e w ere held a n n u ally , but th at F ren ch hard, b u t so fa r we have had ! y o n d It to th e east.
T h e s ta te m e n t sa y s:
P ra c tic a lly all cases
w in te r, ju s t b e fo re th e y le ft fo r over-1 sim ply isn t done. Betw een ( e tte and | dencea, well th e re is no use fo r me to th ey wi re som e class I can believe it. no cast s here.
T erasco n we m et an A m erican F ren ch . -¡-y
t^U you so m eth in g so fa r beyond T he th e a te r Is a gorgeous affair, w ith h ere go into p neum onia and th a t seem s
“ T h is m o rn in g tro o p s of th e 4th,
se a s se rv ic e . S e rg e a n t W ry e w rite s m an, a su rv iv o r of P h ilad elp h ia. He
m e I se n t you lo ts of c a rd s an d books the p riv a te box of M onaco’s p rin ce in to be g enerally fatal
3d
a n d 1st B ritis h a rm ie s a tta c k e d
u n d e r d a te o f S ept. 2 7 :
has been o v er h ere som e th ir ty y ears of p ictu res. Izxik a t ’em.
How d o ts the w ar look now ? I can 't
th e c e n te r All sea ts a re tw e n ty fran cs
“ J u s t a few lin e s to le t you know an d can u n d e rs ta n d w h at th e F ren ch
N ot u n til 1 h it Nice d id I find the per, com e e arly and choose y o u r own. see th is peace talk . Seem s to me th a t) b etw een th e H am bre C an al, O isy an d
th a t I am s till in th e la n d of th e liv people say. T h at in itse lf is an ach iev e­ d rin k for w hich I have been h u n tin g . Haw th e d ifferen t c h ip s used, and p u r­ It is a poor tim e to q u it Just becaus« th e R iv er S c h e ld t, n o rth of V alen
m ent to my w ay of th in k in g
He was
we a re w inning. We a re Just g e ttin g j cien n e s.
On th e w hole o f th is 30-
Ing. A t la s t we a re in th e tre n c h e s su re a fine m an an d hig h ly in te re stin g . It w as a c o c k ta il. A nd I sta y e d on chased one of th e sm allest d en o m in a Into o u r strid e . T h in g s never looked
t h a t o n e a n d o n ly c o u rs e u n til I left
a n d re a d y fo r b u sin ess. W e a re s h e ll­ Told us a lot about th e co u n try , and th o se p a rts and co ck ta ils w ere no long lion they have, five francs. H ave fo r­ so giMxl as now, and now Is o u r tu rn m lls fro n t » tro o p s from th e U nited
g o tten th e am o u n t of the larg est ch ip
H ow ever d o n 't th in k I d o n 't K in g d o m an d New Z e alan d h av e
ed e v e ry n ig h t a n d d ay , w ith d e a th said in th e M arseilles d is tric t alone e r a .a lle b le . We m anaged to ta lk the to be had. I sim ply kept o u r guide corning
th e re was an a n n u a l o u tp u t of fo u rteen m ay o r o r som ebody out of som e bread ( q |ZZy
a n sw e rin g questions.
T hese w ant to go hom e. 1 w on’t lx« tu rn in g b ro k e n d eep ly In to th e e n e m y 's p o si­
w a lk in g a ll a ro u n d us b u t th e boys m illio n b arelis of wine. T h a t only
tic k e ts a t th e C asin o an d in th e ev ln in g chip« a re b e a u tifu l, d o n 't know th e ir down any tra n s p o rta tio n back to th e tio n s. O ver 10,000 p ris o n e rs a n d 200
a re a ll A m erican a n d a n x io u s to be at goes to show th a t th e p ro h ib itio n ists we w ent sw im m in g a t C alifo rn ie beach
com position but a re scrolled an d inlaid S ta te s a t any lim e.
a
re
up
a
g
a
in
s
t
it
in
F
ra
n
c
e
u
n
less
they
th e m . W ith h ig h s p ir its th e y a re a
Well, folks I can h e a r th e wall of the g u n s a re a lre a d y reporte«! c a p tu re d
A h ’ th e m em o ries of th a t lieach will w ith gold and silv er.
can
get
th
e
b
ack
in
g
of
som
e
ex
p
ert
arm
y scourge, th e b u g lar, so m u st
long linger.
b ra v e lo t a n d I th in k y o u w ill h e a r
1 was told th a t th e re was no poverty
a g ric u ltu ris ts . F ra n c e is a good co u n ­
T h e re a re a b o u t a dozen, an d no in th e p rin c ip a lity of Monaco and I be close. I hope he chokes. G oodbye un-
F oe S ale.
th a t we w ill giv e a g o o d a c c o u n t of try in som e ways. J u s t pass th e tip
I til you h ear from me again n ex t week
m ore, room s a t th e b a th in g pavilion
o u rs e lv e s b e fo re long. H av e n o t been aro u n d th a t th e re is am ple room h ere fo r th e purpose of d o n n in g o n e's su rf ll> ve it. T he C asino pays all tax es of I H ineerely hope th a t all of you a re In
e v ery so rt.
T h a t is, th e p rin ce of
Used m a c h in e ry in goo.I co n d itio n .
a b le to find L eslie
P le a se sen d m e In th is c o u n try for som e of o u r in ­ a ttir e . No one b u t A m erican s seem ed M onaco pays It. W as inform ed th a t th e very ix s t of h e a lth and sp irits. R e­
All sizes cream s e p a ra to rs .
sp ired re fo rm e rs a t hom e. And It to use th ese room s. E v ery o n e else,
g
a
rd
s
to
all.
h is p re s e n t a d d re s s. B est re g a r d s to
N ine plow s. Steel a n d c h ille d In
d o esn 't cause any com m ent h ere as it m en, women, g irls an d ch ild re n change h is yearly incom e was p o p u larly fig­
Y our loving son,
wood o r steel beam .
you a n d a ll th e G re sh a m lad ies.
does at home, If a person co n tin u ally from s tre e t a tt ir e to b a th in g costum es ured som ew here aro u n d seven m illion
HAROLD.
d o llars. T h at Is w hat I call a position
O ne 10-18 disc h a rro w to n g u e
neglects th e ir own b u sin ess o r home on th e bare, b are beach.
H A K ern ,1’vt Co. B 17th E ngr tr u c k , n e a rly new .
You may
G reat B rita in has ra ised and re ­ in te re s ts in o rd e r to ta k e a hand in d o u b t th is but it is b are tr u th . I am H e only spends a couple o r th re e By . A F F A. P O. 705
m o n th s .each y e a r in M onaco, lives,
O ne 5 0-tixith splk«' h a rro w .
P. H Forgot to m en tio n th e hig h ly
so p o sitiv e
T h e re w ere m an y and
p a ire d 407 sh ip s su n k by G erm an U- o th e r people's affairs.
O th e r m a c h in e ry a n d im p le m e n ts
Cpofi reach in g T eraso ^n , o u r friend v a rio u s m eth o d s em ployed by th e d if­ m ost of th e tim e in P aris, I believe im p o rta n t fact th a t we m ade th e whole
boast in B ritish w aters.
T hey had took us out to d in n e r, betw een tr a in s
He has a b eau tifu l yacht ly in g in the
a t b e tte r th a n a u c tio n prices.
fe re n t people in reg ard to d isro b in g h a rb o r and y early re g a tta s w ere held D rip w ithout sp e n d in g a cent for ra il
O ne 14 Inch g an g plow w ith new
been sunk on th e “C o n tin e n ta l sh elf,” : T h a t was about 8 p. m and I was su re * an d robing
| road fare. ’( he F re n c h ar«’ intensely
I d o n 't know w hich I
w here th e sea is not very deep
I h u n g ry . F rom T erasco n on Into Mar- lik ed best Home used larg e u m b rellas j th e re before th e w ar.
h o spitable in th a t resp ect Made alxiut s h a re s , $4 0.
No one In an a rm y o r navy uniform ¡17»»» tnlb-s all told.
W A. IIKHHEL, G re sh a m .
Office T el. 544.
Res. T el 0x2
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