Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-12-13

| ~. beHiS, rraiicc, NOV. III.
Dear MIR. Bottimore:
have gotten letters from you,
Mrs. b., and Helen and will never
have time 10 write All individual one
to all three, SO please pass this one
around from Edith, Anne and up to
you.
get up every morning at $40 and
am busy until always eight Mt night,
most of the time until eleven. That's
! q broad statement to make and one
hard for those who know me to be-
Eeve, but since | am in the army
don't grumble. You see all the linen
for tho beds of about three thous-
and patients, and the clothes of the
walking patients, and tho clothes of
the personnel of this organization,
| officers, nurses and men, have to pass
thru my hands to Paris and more i'm
portant than that, il has to be got
ten back. have great time trying
TO tnlk French TO these lnundrymen
and womcn--mostly women but have
gotten where can make myself
understood pretty well. used to
take an interpreter three or four
days each week, now | rarely ever
have 10 have one. There is one good
advantage about this laundry job, it
gives me permanent permission to
be IN Paris, hence got to see good
deal Of the city. know ii better than
any other place in the world except
Tazcwe'l town.
a wonderful city it is. What
makes it SO wonderful is the people.
Thoy treat us all like kings and
princes. went into one of tho stores
yesterday on the Rue de In Park,
the highest class shopping street in
the world, and the proprietor, who
had been to America and speaks
pretty good English, left nothing I'M
said about Virginia and its people
He had been to Norfolk and Rich
mond.- ! went into the store with
one of your nephews who WAS very
anxious to purchase nm article for
his Sister" He made good pur-
chase, alright, and made mo swear
not to tell it but can't keep from it.
| surely did enjoy Mrs Bottimores
newsy letters. There was more news
in it than | have ever gotten since
here.
wish | could write all and enjoy
everything have OH my mind. |
believe could do better.
heard today they are going to |
open up the famous Art Gallires of
tho Laurcs shortly, 80 l will surely |
20 through it md have something |
now to Say | have seen. never
hive yet beon to Versailles. but am
going next Sunday if nothing inter
fcres. Fred and Alex have gone to
day, but they went about ten o'clock
this morning, which was before |
could manage to get away. Also ]
am going about Sunday week to
Chateau Thiery end if possible nm
going TO one or two other famous
spots of this war.
Alex and Fred are both Just ns
happy us larks Every time see
them, which is every dny, they ure
in fine spirits. They both work in
The quartermnsters department and
hat suits them exactly. Anything
hey say TO avoid hard work, and
guess they are right.
l sent Emily little playhouse sort
Of handkerchief, which / hope she
mas gotten or will get.
Suppose you people back in Amer
ca are rejoicing today Mt the news
that the Knser is A. w. 0. l.. You
have cause TO rejoice, but you will
never be able to appreciate how
much more reason the people here
nave for doing the same thing.
nave seen many women shed tears of
joy here during the last few days.
They know what war is.
have several letters / want TO
write this afternoon, and have moth
ing more that will interest you.
Write TO me again.
KENNETH G. PATTY.
Base Hospital No. Al, APO 702, A.
f. f., to Mr.. John S. Bottimorc,
Ta1nmnl1 Va