Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-29

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At 2 p. NJ returned to headquarters
and received an order for suit Took
| ,axi there and had our measures TAX
en-. Paris has a good subway sys
TEN called the Metropolitan or Metro
for short, but few surface cars. Be
,ng unacquain1ed with the city the
taxi was the best friend we had, and
also cheap.
The suits furnished us are similar
to the English officers uniform, the
smdrtest in the world With the
oyercoat it cost over $40 Later on
we are given sheepskin coats They
viii come handy.
walked hack to the hotel and
wrote to Max before supper. Supper
was very good, although lacking in
butter, cream and milk. The desserts
are the chief difference between their
meals and ours. Pie is not in the
French dictionary. Fruit and little
cakes or tarts are called dessert.
VI, at in several courses forms the
major portion of their meals
Feeling the need of amusement af-
ter cur strenuous days work, several
of US went to the Olympia, vaude
Vile theater.
The cheapest price was for the
promenade around the back part OF
the theater for two francs. Between
this and the lobby was a room with
tables and bars.
During the performance and espe-
cially during the long intermission
! the people promenaded back and
forth, chatting in the violent French
fashion or sitting at tables.
We found it interesting and en-
/ joyed it more than if we had been in
/ the more expensive Seats
| Paris is not as gay as it was be-
/ fore the war. Cafes close at 8 p. M,
and the shows start early at night
and over at II. The streets are dark
except for few dim lamps In the
most popular street, the Rue Puccini,
which corresponds to Broadway, it is
all one wants to do do to keep from
colliding with pedestrians after dark
l have not seen much Of Paris, as
most of my time has been spent in
going from the hotel to headquarters
but what little I have seen is very
beautiful The buildings are of uni
form height, six stories being the
maximum permitted. 1t is hard to
distinguish one from another. They
are all constructed Of stone Most of
! the better residences, hotels and a
good many other buildings are built
to form square around a central
court yard which often has a pool,
fountains and flower gardens. This
custom prevails in the country as
well as in the city and we passed
many places where the house and the
barn were all together with the ma
nure pile and yards inside
One Of the impressions Of Paris I
will carry away are those of the
taXis. They are everywhere, many
chugging along leading an agonizing
existence. They are all small, as are
most Of the cars in this part of
France This is very noticeable All
the good cars are being used for mill
tary purposes and those left are not
getting proper care.
July Spent most of this fine day
searching for my trunk, which had
been lost. Finally located it at the
American Ambulance headquarters. I
am glad l am not in that organiza-
ton. They are being used to drive
"Cameons" or ammunition trucks,
very dangerous and dirty work, due
to the nature of their loads and the
fine lime dust. Think I chose the
right organization.
Returned to headquarters some
what relieved, received my bed roll
and took it to Hotel Silvia.
We leave for Sandricourt. a large
estate OF Robert Goelet, a Philadel-
phia millionaire, on Monday morning.
It is only a distance of twenty miles
from Paris. Nobody knows just how
long we will stay there, but it will
probably be not more than two weeks.
The main object Of this training camp
is to get the boys out Of Paris, where
there are too many temptations for
some Of them. We will get some
valuable training i'll general farm
work and drills. I doubt if we will
receive any first aid work, or work
with our cars until we are sent to
the front
Started out before supper to make
few purchases and to meet the bunch
at the Chinese Umbrella, an American
restaurant. My intentions were good
but I failed miserably and in conse-
quence missed meal about which
they have been talking ever since
Chicken, cream, butter, milk and
strawberry shortcake" were some of
the dishes | remember hearing about.
Narrower came in that night and was
chastised by Moore and me for de-
scribing it too enthusiastically. We
were in an evil mood and it was like
Haunting a red cloth in a bulls face.
Went to bed to dream of pie a la
mode, etc.
July S-The outstanding event of the
morning was the hot water bath I
had. Paris and all France is short of