Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-06
Letter From France.
Nov. S. 1918.

have been broadened, !,
While we are OIL leave l will write |,
'ou long letter this week. /
left the company few days|
ago for AK LIE Baiu and OH my |
way stopped at a certain place
and took a bath which was very
much needed. This bath was
the most, wonderful bath l have
ever taken in my life. The wa
ter was natural heat of 70 de-
grees and sulphur water at that,
l could not realize taking a bath
in a pool without the water be-
ing heated by some artificial
means. While was swimming
around in the pool, thought
came to me that it would be a
good place for Mr.. Dean. 1t
would invigorate you, and you
could be cured of rheumatism at
a place like this.
After getting cleaned up we
proceeded on our journey to the
place am staying now. AK
lie Balm sure is beautiful place,
the town has abont 20 or 80 fine
hotels in it. beautifully built and
neatly furnished. The one l am
staying in has a great number of
rooms. I have a room to myself
with a bed which has about two
feet of mattresses on it so you
know there isn't any thing to
keep me from sleeping good.
They give us good meals served
i'll courses. II you want to take
a trip out during the day and
want to take your lunch along
| all you need to do is to mention
it to the madam, she will have
it ready. l was out today on a
peak which is $3.50 feet above
sea level, from this peak l could
see Mt. Blanc which is the high,
est peak in Europe. It is cover
ed with perpetual snow all thu
time which makes it very beau
tiful. In the opposite direction
you can see over the city and also
a beautiful lake which is 50(
feet deep and IL miles long.
l think will write letter te
our Sunday School about my
trip up on this peak. l will &c
into the dcails about it and the
history that is connected with it.
AS we are allowed to write
about another city which is the
capital of France l viii, mention
few things which will give
you an idea What the city is like.
We travelled through Paree as
it is called by the French, some
time ago and were welcomed b,
its populace, the girls along the
street would throw flowers at us
and give us wine and oranges.
When we would stop and get off
our trucks there would be no
time until You would have an
audience as if you were going to
speak or preach to them.
l remember on one occasion
when we stopped for a while,
when we were about ready to go,
the children, old people and girls
had my arm trying to give me
goodbye all at the same time.
There were string of hands
from my fingers to my shoulders,
50 it is easily to see how these
French people appreciate what
Uncle Sam is doing for them.
They almost feel as if an
American soldier is a father TO
them. The next day the Paris
papers came out with good
write-up stating that a train
passed through, on which we're
the most jolly boys they had
seen tor while.
The French capitol is a very
pretty building on the outside.
One of the points of interest
around Paris is the Eiffel Tower
Which is over 800 feet in height
and a great wireless station, we
have talked from Arlington, Va,
to this point.
l sent you all a box of presents
which l hope will arrive in time
for Christmas.
AS this is about all for this
time. l will close with love to all.
Your son,
PRIV. JOHN H. BusHoNc,
Co. F, 1903 S. r.,