Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-09
TULSA OIL MAN
NOW IN FRANCE
Charles S. Bennett With
American Expeditionary
Forces Writes Home.
TALKS OF PEOPLE THERE
Treated Graciously; Women
and Children Dress in Black.
Wear Wooden Shoes.
TALKS OF PEOPLE THERE

Carries S. Bennett. who has been in
france for two months with tho
american eNpcdtionary force, has
! written numerous interesting letters
TO members of his family resident I'm
| Iulsa' In recent letter to his sister
Niles Mary Jane Bennett, Mr.. Ben
nett writes:
i few of ny are stavinc I'm n vii
| lagc on account of lack of room ii
harrhcks and we have been given
| sood places TO sleep thru the kind
ness OF some II the townspeople
nm writing this letter In an old cot
tage where | am sleeping with sew
eial others The little French wom-
| nm VINO iiNea here with her two lit
! Tie children Is constantly doing favors
Tor MS and keeps telling us TO make
ourselves at home. Her husband is
flghtins In the trenches and she is
mighty proud Of 1t. The people OF
tins town are showing us every kind
ness. The French could hardly treat
MS with more generosity everywhere
we 90.
| 1T Is evening and the old church
bells are tolling out the angelus The
| people are sitting in front OF the
houses visiting, and the children are
| playing as noisily aa any American
Kid. Each old neighbor has plenty
20 gossip about now. as we keep
things on the move ut all times.
| wooden Shoes Worn.
THE food OF the poorer classes
consists chiefly of bread. vegetables
and wine. Grown people and chill
dren alike dress In black "A great par,
OF the time. They wear wooden shoes
while working In the fields. and in
many cases the dress worn is that OF
n hundred years ago Boys up tu II
and u years of age wear black
| apron or dress over their clothes eX-
tending to the knee, and they look
| nice when they come out with Il
freshy-ironcd one on. | have lots OF
fun with the children; as write
| four little girls and n little boy are
| trying TO get me to tease them.
There Is a we'll built, and. | be-
lieve, rather old church here. Catho-
| lie, OF course. One seldom sees
Protestant church thru the rural dis
| tilcts of France. Some of the old
| chpteaux with their many acres OF
ground. like big parisss and all walled
In. have been taken over for military
use and barracks built among the trees
| while the old houses are used as Of
flcers' quarters. I'm afraid the old
places will make the owners pretty
blW when they return to them after
| the war.
Into the Trenches.
Eight hours drill day Is the
program. and the United States ought
| to hrve some men ready for the
trenches before long. We are just az
| England was: II took them year TO
come to the fun realization that they
were really at war and what war
inean,. We will begin to realize II
only after good many thousand
men have gone into the trenches.
"You speak of the lack of patriot
| ism displayed at New York during
the parade you saw there. Well.
guess the draft will bring a lot OF
them TO time. As for myself. | am
| certainly glad that | was given the
| opportunity to get over here 30 soon.
| Several of Mr. BENEFITS letters
have passed thru the censor's hands
undeleted. including mention of the
submarine attack on the expedition
| any transports.
Was With Prairie.
| Mr. Bennett enlisted in the regular
army I'm April and is now in Company
| X. sixteenth L. s. infantry. lie Is IA
| brother of J. G. Bennett, superintend-
eni of the Prairie oil & Gas Co. and
he was in the employ of the Prairie
at the time of his enlistment.
Mr.. Bennett returned two years ago
I from a two years stay in Borneo In
| tba service of the Dutch Colonial Oh