The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-10-04

into . M ssetiea-so0s o11ssee.
hoveveF-and moved est s3 tAe her-
racks hack into remorques o. ths top
Of . hill. The wind blew like tie
dickens last night and almest dumped
over our remerque. but I vas 70 tired
that I slept right On.
TIE occasion Of my wsarinsss was
q trip to Rheims for the puFpess Of
sightseeing. This city is about Is
miles from where ! Am and Fairbanks
and myself started about four in the
morning to walk. We walked about
half way and the other half got cam
ions going our way. The city used
to be about l25 900 people and now it
has 1000 scattered over the city.
don't suppose we saw more than so
people beyond the men in the trench
es.
One Besstifsl Structure
We landed about 10 in the morn-
ing and after wandering around for
awhile we headed for the cathedral,
which has achieved quite . notoriety.
due to the bombardment which it has
undergone since the war started.
I have some pictures and raft Of
postcards which I cannot send home.
The cathedral was . beautiful speci-
men of l+th century work-statues
all over 1.-THE famous doors or port
ais all carved with figures, and all
along the sides scenes from the Bible
carved, and to cap it all, there were
beautiful stained glass windows, call
ed the most wonderful in the world.
Grass Grows at Altar
And what became Of it!
It still stands, bat the windows are
destroyed, the statues are chipped or
totally ruined, the doors are in ter
rible condition and grass grows where
once stood the altar. Next door are
few remnants of the palace Of the
archbishop, and . little further on the
few remains Of the Hotel de Vile or
city hall. I have . postal Of the in
side court Of the latter.
It makes one sick to see such won
derful things destroyed. The found
alton there il exquisite.
Impressed With Change
There are three things I will Al
remember concerning the city-first
was the odd sensation one got walking
down grass covered streets with I'M
damaged are slightly battered houses.
and seeing no one, and hearing moth
ing but the sound Of ones footsteps.
The eastern part Of the city 10 flat
not house standing and I have the
door key to No. ~ rue du Fanbourg.
Plun Tart Deliciess.
The second thing l shall remember
is the plum tart l purchased for five
cents in . bakery. It was six inches
in diameter and had two layers Of
damson plums, and lot of sugar in
it and powdered sugar on top. De-
licious!
You can't imagine how good that
tasted. It was divine, tell you!
We each bought one and walked dow"
the street eating land that one Of the
main streets of = city Of 125,0O0 peo-
ple) and saw no one.
The Dinner
The third thing land it needs =
new paragraph) was the dinner we
had, and that within a mile of the
German lines-roast beef, slice q
half inch thick and as big as my
hand and tender as could be, sliced
tomatoes, a salad, coffee that was the
best I've had in France. and sugar. and
to cap it it all, wild strawberries,
heaping plate full.
Oh! mother of mine, never will you
be able to realize the satisfaction I
got from that meal! 1t beggars de-
scription. OF course, they knew that
we were not French and when we ask
ed for water they said mo red wine ?"
(great surprise) "No white wine! ;"
"Ah! you are English!" No. Amer
ican. All! That last All! expressing
comprehension mixed with disgust and
a little bit of admiration. But such
a meal!
Through Deserted East Side
Then we wandered around awhile
more and talked to few soldiers at
the cathedral and went out toward the
trenches. We walked through the