The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-03
MISS ARMISHAW WRITES
OF WAR CONDITIONS IN
WAR-RIOOEN EUROPE

The Daily Record has been permit
ted to peruse a number of very en-
tertaining letters written by Miss
Armishaw, formerly of this city, but
now living in England, to Mrs. T. NJ.
Harding. AS these communications
deal with a great number of subjects.
all of them more OF less intimately re
lated to the war, extracts from them
cannot fail to be of interest to our
readers. One of the letters alluded
to bears date of December 22nd.. an
other March 1st, another April 4th.
ley in Staffordshire.
In one of hor earlier communica-
tions Miss Armishaw says: i've new.
er been really warm since left sunny
Colorado and I'm afraid it will take
me years to get acclimated to the
English weather. People here laugh
at me when l grumble and complain
about their climate and they cannot
understand me when tell them have
come from a part of the world where
sixty-five days every year. 1t sounds
like a greatly exaggerated story to
my friends here, in fact. it is beginning
to seem SO to me. for I've almost for
gotten what the sun looks like, let
alone what it feels like"
In reply to an inquiry made of her
by some of her Canon City friends as
to whether the soldiers of the Allied
armies need all of the socks mufflers
and other articles of personal com
fort being made for them Miss Armi-
shaw states: Il may tell you that the
British troops are wonderfully equip
ped with everything needful. j know
this to be true both from my own OBJ
servation and from talking with sol
dters who have been in the trenches.
rangements made by the government
for them on the fighting line and
Captain Bronson also assured me of
their every comfort. Captain Bron-
son is In the ordnance department
and his brother. Vernon. who at one
time lived at THE Pines" in Custer
county, is also an officer in the artil-
lery. The latter, who is at present
in France, informs me that his de-
partment supplies all of the needs of
the men nthe battle line. Every
thing connected with the army is look
ed after as carefully as it can be. but
the men who really need help from the
United States are the prisoners in the
detention camps of Germany. Their
condition is such as to appeal to the
sympathy of humanitarian people ev-
erywhere. 1t is owing to the splendid
efforts of the late ambassador of thu,
United States in Berlin that things
with these prisoners is shade bet
ter than they were. Organizations
can do more than individuals for these
unfortunate men. as the latter are new
er sure what they send ever reach
those il is hoped to benefit think
most of the distribution at the deten-
tion camps is made under the super
vision of officers of the German Red
Cross society.
IF you could only ae here and see
what war means. You must bear with
me while prattie on about the mat
tiers that are nearest to my heart, |
but l do feel things SO keenly ard
wish could be doing more for my
country. I've never been discouraged |
over the final outcome of the war, 1t |
would be unpatriotic to do SO. We're
going TO win and forever put an end
to the menace of Prussian militarism.
The German peace propaganda of a
few months ago had an exhilerating
effect on the Allies and they have re.
doubled their determination to fight
the matter out to finish.
In her letter of March first, Miss
Armishaw thus refers to the growing
vegetation in England: How l wish
you could see the dear old garden
here. 1t is such Joy to me and all
the bulbs and flowers will soon be be-
ginning to come up. In few days
now the garden will be white with
the blossoms of the snowdrop and
crocus. and. later. the daffodils and
narcissus will appear. All flowers in
this country have srch a wonderful
fragrance. You must come over to
England. madame. when your presi-
dent arms his liners and makes travel
across the Atlantic safer. l will try
and tell you in my next letter OF my
work, which / love. in the clubs and
canteers and of the men of our new
army, which is just coming up; a
large number of which we have in our