Evening star., 1918-04-11
WE'VE GOT TO LICK THE BOCHE,
II SAYS D. C. BOY IN FRANCE
Letters From Carol Gray Give Interesting
Sidelights on Life Of Americans
Serving at the Front.

10 far away-the bloody battlefelds
casting their reflection upon the heav-
ems. watched this gorgeous spectacle
until the last rays Of the sinking sun
had disappeared. giving way to the
shadows of evening I wonder how
many moro evenings this old sun will
have to set over the blood-stainsd bat
tleflelds OF France and Belgium. BY
Gods will and the strength Of just
arms, It will not be many"
THE more I see Of France tho moro
ita grandeur and beauty impresses me.
I don't blame these Frenchmen for
fighting for a country like theirs. It's
something worth fighting for"
ITO illustrate what = small world
this Is / ran across man right from
home yesterday. He II Louis Gott.
son Of tho late DR.. Gott OF Falls
Alexandria county. including all the
Veitches. Suttons and Collinses. He is
most 1ikable chap and we had dinner
down town together and took long
walk in the afternoon"
Glad He Entered Early.
I'VE arc very busy here at head
quarters now and tho work will be
continually increasing as moro troops
come over. l used to get pretty lone
some and homesfck at times. but now
there is scarcely time for that. I am
glad now that I was one of the first
Sammies on the field Of action. and did
not wait and get drafted or pushed
into this conflict It will. I think. be
a source Of enjoyment in future years
to know that I came as a volunteer and
was in the fray from the start
"Out in the rural districts the ma
tives do not speak any English at all.
and II fellow can't speak French 1t
is certainly difficult for him to get
along. It is different in Paris. Lots Of
English Is spoken there. as many of
the people have spent some time in
England.
Last night Delisle Cxavier Delisle,
former secretary to Representative
John Jacob Rogers Of Massachusetts)
and myself called on French priest. or
friar. and spent several hours with him
at his home. He gave us a most cordial
reception and proved very Interesting.
His home was q most quaint affair. Be
fore we left he dug up some wine that
must have been hundred years old
I thought It was dynamite when 1t ran
down my throat. and tears Immediately
sprang to my eyes. The old father Just
He insisted on filing a second glass
for me-he didn't have q chance. One
was enough.
Make Gloves for America.
II went through one Of the largest
gloye factories IN France. I can't tell
you where 1t is located. but we had a
most interesting and instructive trip.
Our guide started at the bottom show
ing US the uncured hides of Mr.. Billy
Goat and finished by showing us the
finished product all packed up for mi
lady's dainty hand. This factory makes
gloves exclusively for America, and the
manager told us that every pair of
gloves that he could possibly make was
sold before they left the establishment
And you should see those factory hands
work. They labor nine hours a day for
francs. about $1.25. and work hard,
too. People at home who think they
work hard should take a trip through
a French factory.
We'll, this town (bass headQuarters)
seems dead after my stay in Paris; just
like going to Alexandria from Wash
fngton. It certainly seemed good to
get back to old Paris once more. The
moro see of 1t the more like it. It is
one Of those cities that just grows on
person. It Is truly Cosmopolitan in
every sense Of the word. 1t has no
prohibition laws like SO many of our
American cities-what we Americans
call a wide open town Paris offers as
many opportunities to lead a Christian,
upright life as any city in the world
and. on the other hand. a man has the
opportunity to lead Just the reverse
kind Of sxistence It's up to the indi-
vidual"