The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-29
CAPT 4. b. MENDENHALL
BUILDING ONE OF BIGGEST
HOSPITALS IN WORLD
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her houses in Bordeaux. The little
town itself dates back to the eleventh
century and has number of the
structures still standing. To enter the
town you pass through an old tower
which had the double function of be-
ing a watch-tower as well as a gate
way. The city wall extended from
II in both directions, but no longer
exists excepting where parts of it
were built into other structures. The
cid fortified palace of some old duke
Is still in perfect preservation and is
used as a sort Of girls reformatory
| don't suppose there is building
il the town that has been built with
in the last two hundred years, and
over many of the shop doors you see
dates as far back as 1900. The little
old inhabitants give the impression of
having lived there always and look
the part. Even the children have the
appearance of being hundreds OF
years old-more the parts of some an
cient picture than actual living be-
ings. Once you get accustomed to the
oueerness of it all, you begin to love
the age-old fellowness of these old
towns, with their narrow winding
streets, the weather-blacken stone
buildings, all huddled together along
the roads and streets for protection
There is usually cross or shrine at
every point where main roads or
streets diverge, and every town or
commune has one or more churches
with the graceful spires that charact-
erie all of the old churches over here
On this particular trip had to 60
on to another village called St. Croix
du Monte This particular place is
reached by winding road up the
side of rather steep ridge. When
arrived at my destination I found the
Madame to be the wealthy proprie-
tress of one Of the most celebrated
wines in France. The vineyard and
premises were comparatively new
having been in her family only since
1516-or rather, she showed us 8
painting of one Of her ancestors ir
one of the rooms of the present
chateau, on which there was the date
1916. suppose the chateau mus
have been built before them. But il
was new, according to French stand
ards. Our business conversation was
relatively unimportant as l found tina
she had already rented her Bordeau,
building, but she took us all through
the wine-making establishments-ant
incidentally opened up some OF he
year-old wine. The aging Gel
lars are all kept dark and cool, ant
in the back end is barred off spac,
in which the wine for the proprietor
is kept and guarded. We sampled
number of the barrels, as we'll a
that of the prOprietor's own, and fel
pretty we'll, thank you, by the tim
we got out. Those Sauternes ar,
literally handmade Gas we'll as foot
madeD. They pick the grapes one a
time as they reach a certain stag
of ripeness, put them in large watts
and tramp the juice out with thei
bare feet That seems to give the fin
ished product a certain rare flavor
The cheap wines are ground out b.
machinery. The complete ripeness o
the grape is what gives the natura
sweetness to the Sauternes, as NJ
sugar whatever is used. The lad
gave us couple Of bottles of he
hest to take home with us. And, in
cidentally, she must have given on
chauffeur an awful slug, for, on ou
way out, he carefully slowed down a
every little turn or bend honked 20
every cart he passed, and was gene
ally an old lady's darling of driver
but what she gave him seemed t
straighten out all bends, push asid
all traffic. and add 40 kilometres pc
hour to the speed of his car, for, com
ing back the only vibration we coul
feel to the car was when it hit tn
high places in the road.
On the way out to st. Croix d
Monte, we follow the valley OF tn
Gironde. From the valley the cliff
rise up almost perpendicularly 70
several hundred feet, and on thei
tops are perched the most picturesqu
old chateaux and churches. Into tn
sides of the cliffs the people, throug