The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-11-01
LETTER FROM TOM IRBY.
Somewhere in France,
October ,, 1918.

Dear Sir:
1t has been my intention to write
YOU ever since I've been n france
but about the time Ia start we would
move again and the letter would be
nut of again. | want to begin by
telling YOU what q tine l had in'NeW
York. | went to town almost every
dav. Of course it was case OF
bringing q country boy TO town Tor
MS first time. ! have never before
or never will see anything TO equal
the Grand Canyon Broadway.
went up on the WoolWorJh building
and looked down into the street. I've
read OF Broadway being compared 20
a river and / don't believe here IS
any other comparison which coEl1
describe it. People from that dis
taace lose their individuality and as
The drops Of water form themselves
together to make q river so dld The
traffic in the street seem to OlenC
into river Of surging humanity.
| went in bathing IN the ocean sey-
eral time ana sure 4lo pave lots OF
fun. Went out to Coney Island and
si0ui can learn lots about being NICE
took it all in You folks IN MI5siS-
to soldiers rom those New Crk
Yankees. don't believe We have
been met by such genuine hospltah-
Y in any place il the United States.
Nearly every time I went 10 town
il was in some private automobile
which was hauling soldiers free. Au-
-Omobles bore q sign. solder or
sailor going my way. hop II. There
was place in town for soldiers
zxfaro = fellow could get g0OG
meal Tor ten cents. a ped lot ulihe'
and eVerTthlI1s else IN pfoPortioIl, t;,'
So much Tor Now orr. Ior Lhe Iiihe
being. I'm Gou@ oacE there some
day and scay long enough 20 SNS
some G. t. -.
Ne loaded Oh one % -, - II ,-.i,aa
fa9lo51 transports ana III .ef "iIal I.
seemed m0nJh o. waning % Us We
sauea Ior france - ,,.ol Soo4 tef,,.o a.
got Wen oC- 10 1.a ana amos oelolG
We .o>- sign, O. 'JA9 Coi-;'ii1'tieq I;lj. th.t
getting sea SICK. l 4o' 80 7i;e n Gl,'., nc
mace ,.i~ F,..-e' ''L~i-C '',,1 Iii -i,,
W&nt~. TO see me a-".- >5le "O"iu
nave 20 come 10 ,....-o; - VI, -, e'','
-ma2i4e nov SIGN I1|'il 80 -, .'o'
eve. I've ,h'-i-t.' o.. ll' g. 80 a.,
81 tai.- >,',-.',t.-' ~
Over l!e 7'~5.,h!.e-' iI'.'I J :.
az ~he way ''l.' t''l''
rance ono evening 'u' Ni''i' -
.oao until me I.l~. mo- - ,..4L ~
III lle hlsA. ouo '-- ''e~N WI" '''o
,cosha-he r.-,,o
Oli nl9- .'il 'l.,7o.ilalI =, |
W@s @'--L IS" -''-- d. 80 W. ,.a+
The ram. Il '-gafed up Dei " w 80 %
out TO CAM. however, anu a. CGI We
h3a an -&4 goo" SrPp1I
dlan It look nan as D2a as IAey oi"
W1en we mrs, Ialdeq' ILL., 49,.
That WASH Il the lasl OF Jhe RAIN
tot II f~llei every - .tet, - nt,od iililrc'oC7
Wnlle we were III the port II seeiiieu. |
we coulon go any pace "l'ilo"'
rain coats. 49,.
We moNe,r ~ aoout Weeh, CiIIS
time by ran on the FUNNIEST tlaihS ans .
lmaglnaDle; the ears iook Hhe |
wagons and the engines ooh I iooh
Ike anything We ever seen before. .
We stopped IN one OF the hlceS' /
little towns IN france an4 were
quartered IN blllets. bh!etS are .
sleeping quarters; JheE may pe II
Darn, nay iCI { OF perhaps q mo-
room with q bath. Ours was the lott !
of an old barn, but we had tots OF .
good hay to sleep on and | made It /
fine. l believe l would have liked to
have made a week or two more here
but we didn't more than get settled
before we moved again tins time !
through the country. | hustled bag
gage, thus earning a nde: ,
There goes taps, so III nave 10 /
stop. Write your Duddle sometimes
when you can find time from school. |
Lovingly,
~ /. CM L. Ind =
Hq. Co. 140 T. A, American r. +. /
October /, 1918.