The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-20

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a day, while lots Of the young fellows
went under. l got awful damned tir-
ed, but I didn't notice anyone loafing
after 7:30 at night; they were all in
the hay.
I sent Laura . German helmet I
picked up north Of Grandpre in the
Argonne forest; it viii make a dandy
hanging basket. It is a camouflaged
sharpshooter's bonnet, the rank and
file wore plain brown ones. II you
will wash it up and varnish it, the
colors. should come out nicely, unless
:. paint is an scratched off in tran
50 that case you can paint it over,
as e. .ough Of the original should be
on it to give you the colors and lines.
The Trip to the Argonne was a great
one and thought Of you many times
during the day; you could have pick
ed up any amount Of souvenirs from
a cannon to a revolver shell, dead
Dutchman to a red rocket. Our dif-
ficulty was transport. l lugged three
helmets on my back through the mud
and came darned near ditching
them several times but managed to
stay with it until we hit a road and
truck.
I got some mail from home dated
the 11th-only 15 days. That's going
some; with it was one from you dated
August 30th, but that's the way it
goes.
I wish could send you a wagon
load of the mistletoe holly that grows
wild all around here; it is beautiful.
They are decorating our dining room
with it for tomorrow's dinner. We
get butter but no turk. Our mess is
very good here and costs us F. a
day. We have Belgian refugees in
the kitchen and dining room and they
do very well; of course the mess off,
Ger has to keep after them to give US
enough to eat, as an ordinary Ameri-
can breakfast is a dinner to them.
guess we all have tapeworms. The
dinner in French home is about as
much Of ceremony as wedding or
funeral with US. First you have
soup, two plates, one for the soup and
one to set it on; these are removed
then a plate with piece of fish, an
other with bread; these removed, a
plate with a piece of meat, removed,
another with string beans and fried
potatoes-removed, another with sal
ad-removed, another with cheese
removed, another with fruit-remov-
ed, then coffss and lastly cognac or
cordial, fresh knives and forks go
with each plate. They spend the time
they are not eating in washing dish
es; it takes about an hour and half
to eat, and all business houses are
closed from IL to 2 each afternoon.
They figure that if you are not eat
ing you should be, so why look for
business.
Nobody drinks any water over here.
This will probably explain it: A reg
ment was billeted at Vittel. After
few days the colonel went to the
mayor and complained about the wat
er supply having peculiar taste, and
the mayor told him that if the Amer
leans would quit putting creosote in
the latrines the water would taste all
right. Can you beat it. This is a
true story.
We spent five days in Paris last
week. She is some burg-some burg.
/ can't tell you about it in letter,
it would take too long, but will regale
you with my experiences when I get
home. We want to go to Monte Carlo
if we can; they won't let US go to
England or Italy on account of the
food shortage.
A very Merry Christmas to you and
yours. Tell your mother Merry Christ
mas for me.