The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-14
W4TERBURY
Rev. W. L. Boicourt Has Opportunity
10 Study Lyon, France.


Under date Of Feb. 10. Rev, w. l.. Boil
court writes from Lyon, frnnoe' ! nave
lust returned from an evening 81 spieh
did music, and, incidentally, ! spent tho
last of the Christmas money sent in'
from Waterbury. II went for Tour slN,
franc tickets, To people VINO eou'un
otherwise airoSS such diversion. To Ma
dame Rose, who takes care ol the oiii'es'
and To Mile Grodwohl aud her room
mate, each one ticket, and one To u
brother of \. NJ. {. A. man here, u
Harold Lewis of Quincy, Ill.,, VINO mas
been driving a French ambulance IN the
Vefdun sector and has been Commissioning
for nearly a month after bug dose OF
gas. He is spending the last lew days
OF his month with his brother, who, as
/, bought ticket for the music mat
made quite u party OF us.
Last Sunday afternoon | went for a
walk with Monsieur and Madame kon'
Were and their ll.year-old boy, Max, IL
Is in the home of these people that
have a room. The man, above military
nge, Is an artist Of more than average
ability, and the son genuine boy, full
of Youthful IDEAS about America. To his
mind IL Is somewhat larger than the
where he has always LIVED. His mother
laughingly told me of his surprise when
he discovered that all Americans are not
as tall as /. But he knows lot about
America because he has a second cousin
who lives in Buenos Aires, aud he has a
collection of postage stamps in use IN
tnat part of America. In his geography,
France has a double page and North and
south America together occupy modest
Nv one single page. With such geog'
raphy il is matter of small concern
New York, Rio Janeiro, or Ottawa-they
are all so close together. Mr.. Rouviere
is thoroughly versed in the history OF
Lyon and has given me pen drawing
of an old entrance and court he once
made for an illustration.
1t was marvelousy stimulating TO be
shown about the city by an expert On
the hill where once stood the forum OF
the ancient city of Lugdunum, we saw
Roman ruins of the first Christian cen.
tury and before Great pillars and
arches vet remain of the enormous
aqueduct of that era which brought water
S6 kilometers or 52is miles. When an
excavation was made few years ago
for railroad, there were dug up three
handsome Roman tombs, which have
been re erected in small park. We
came through the wall of the old city,
still preserved in little section, and de-
seconded the road which was the only
highway during the middle ages. Up
this road many professions OF soldiers
and governors and even popes have
passed during the centuries One day,
about 500 years ago, as one OF the popes
was riding in state wall alongside fell
with the weight of the gaping multitude
on top of it, killing a number of people.
But that isn't the point of the story.
Ca ne fat rien The gold hat which the
pope was wearing was knocked from his
head and lost absolutely lost-and new
er was found.
The dim streets were full of people;
tenementhouse jewellers hung out OF the
windows above, gazing into the dusk as
we descended 1t all conspired to fire
the Imagination and | let mine blaze
away and roar up the chimney.
A letter received by Mrs. Boicourt,
written Feb. %, tells of the serving of
1920 people at the foyer the preceding
Sunday. That his inventive mind is
still active is proven by the fact that
several implements for making the work
easier and quicker in the cuisine have
been copied in several of the foyers.
That Mr.. Boicourt keeps well is shown
by his activity.
Good cheer and laughter seemed to be
the keynote of the social given by the
ladies' union in the social room OF the
Congregational church Tuesday evening.
The farce, How the Story Crew." was
well presented by Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs.
Perry, Mrs. knowles, Mrs. Swasey, Mrs.
Chaffee, Mrs. Putnam and Mrs. Knight.
Many local hits added to the natural fun
of this play Following this there was
an auction of pies when all kinds were
sold and brought good prices, the high
est being Sl.l5. c. G. Graves and +. L.
Campbell acted as auctioneers and kept
the fun going. Several pie clubs were
formed, collective buying being proper.
The pantomime, WANTED, Wife," won
continued laughter and applause from
the audience. During this, appropriate
music was rendered on the mandolin by
Mrs. +. e. Atkins. Supt M. w. Chaffee,
the man who Wanted a Wife," al.
though at times somewhat perplexed
passed fair Judgment upon all until the
wealthy lady who presented him much
moHcy tooh HIS uduu anu HIATT. l. ut
first applicant, Mrs. Chaffee, in cap and
gown, seemed to be too much absorbed
in books to attend to domestic duties
Mrs. Knowles, for whom smelling salts
were necessary; Mrs. Gilbert, whose in
dependence was too evident; Mrs. Put
nam, whose practicablity was all one
could ask and who seemed to be favor
ably received until her large family of
children appeared on the scene; Mrs.
knight, the gay lady whose charms as
dancer even led the prospective groom
to join in the frivolity, and last the
wealthy Mrs. Perry. Adding greatly to
the fun of the pantomime was Miss