The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-05
oskALoosA ATTORNEY WRITES
HOME FROM FRANCE.
SIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES
Eggs Are Served at Twelve Cents
Each, and Cost $1.4o to $3.50 by
the Dozen-cIothing Higher
! Abroad. q.
Oct. %, 1918

busy, and will begin a long story 70
tell you what took up my time. My
trunk was put on the ship at port of
embarkation and in some way was left
where the waves washed over it and
soaked everything in it and soaked the
lining inside of it loose. ! had one of
the ship crew wash some Of my stuff
and dry the rest which took a couple
of days. When the stuff came back
one suit of my new heavy underwear
was gone. Immediately got after the
quartermaster and the stewards, who
in turn said they went after the man
who did the work. He claimed every
thing he received had ben returned,
etc. The result was / was out the
underwear. One of the officers said
the way they washed such pieces was
to tie them to a rope and let them
drag in the water and that this suit
might have been lost that way. 1t was
stained from something and needed
washing and this may have happened
but am inclined to believe that some
one else is wearing it. This soaking
was hard on the till of my trunk, Sc
yesterday got some small nails and
a hammer and repaired it. Also got
some red paint and remarked all my
baggage. This took the time that
should have used to write you. 20
Today bot another suit of under
wear for 1-11-16, about $7.75, so am
fixed for, the cold and you need not
worry one minute. The shops here are
full of leather vests, etc, for protect
ing one from tine cold, but / shall not
- nn,yfhi,,nr ,,a4;1 I f,J
out. what l will do and where | will
be. Clothing and shoes, gloves, etc.
are perhaps just little higher than
they are in the States. Eggs are
served at 12c (6d) each and are on
she market at from $1.40 to $3.50 per
dozen. Fruit is very high. Grapes
over $1.00 per lb. and l pear was
priced at about $1.40. 1t was very
large one. Apples are also high.
have not bought any fruit. We get
some at the hotel and eating places
but not much. We get no sugar or
beef without card | did not get
one for can get along without either
for a short time. I have been told
that the ration system here now was
very good and that really no one suf-
fered for enough food. The bread is
all dark war bread. Have had no
white bread since leaving the ship on
which we had all we wanted, butter
also. Butter is not served here at all
meals. We do not have it for dinner
and / think at other times it is not
served unless called for and then in
small quantities. miss butter more
than anything else, but as they are
Oh 10, oVI 1oIn I Crat
on nicely.
My name was posted to leave here
yesterday, but l did not get off then
or today. 1t is posted for tomorrow,
so / presume will leave here to-
morrow afternoon and arrive about
twenty-five hours later Would like
to have time to see or call up Al
Swain when ] go thru his town, but
probably will not have time.
Had l known how long would have
been here when / first arrived sure
would have gone to York to see Mrs.
Walton's aunt. She lives about 1876
miles from here but / would have
gladly made the trip for Mrs. Wal
tons sake. The first time | have days
enough off will go there. The Y plans
here are along the same line as in
New York, so one cannot get definite
information as to going. We were
told at first that would get out Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday. My
name was in the first list but dropped
out of the list for today.
/ shall be glad to move on for am
anxious to get there. Evidences OF
the terrible conflict are seen every
where. Crippled and wounded men
are everywhere about. In duetime the
same. will be seen at home-not half
has vet BEEN told. When, if what |
gather here is true, the facts and lists
are released sorrow will fall on many
American homes as it has here.
have o number of pictures, post
cards and booklets describing West
minister Abbey and other places of in
terest which will send you in sep
arate package. l am sure the censor
will pass them, for they are only pub,
lished public matters. will mail
them without any writing, so let me
know if you receive them. England IS
so full of interesting things that l
want you to share them in this way
until you can come over and see them
all.
1t seems that this place is all his
tory-old with it. 49,,
was talking about our eats a little
while ago and meant to tell what we
had for dinner. Will do so now.
Soup, fish, cream sauce, ham, few
beans, potatoes, parsnips, plum tart,
and also asked for the other dessert,
vanilla cream (like corn starch pud..
ding), tea. Also had two slices of
bread. The bread is usually cut IN
chunks, not slices. Usually we can
get all the bread wanted. Milk for
drinking can be had only on prescrip-
ton of docA"~
For breakfast we have: Oatmeal,
no sugar, no coffee, toast, butter, hsh,
ham, baccr or sausage, potatoes,
and marmalade.
We have not eaten all meals at the
hotel. Yesterday Turner ate at res
taurant where number of the women
sat and smoked cigarettes with as
much abandon as men, at the close
of the meal. Later we went to another
place for four o'clock tea where tne
same thing was witnessed. These az
ternoon teas are regular and the