The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-21
Food Costs tn
Europe Impress
Red Cross Nurse

Dweliers In the United States who
are much concerned over food prices
will be interested in a recent letter
from Miss Haldis Sundre of Fargo tell
ing Of the food conditions in England
where single bunch of grapes is
priced at rs cents.
Miss Sundre is a Fargo nurse who
is in service in France. She was
stationed at Camp Dodge until ordered
abroad a few weeks ago and in her
letter she writes of her first inn
sions in England and France.
We travelled through one of the
most beautiful sections of England,
and enjoyed every minute of it. Stay
ed two days more in England and
found the little town where we stop
ped very interesting maculately clean
and every home has a flower garden
in the front yard. They have the
most beautiful roses you ever laid
eyes on, holly hedges and shrubs and
trees of all kinds.
| was fiabbergasted on being in
formed that one big cluster of blue
grapes came to rs cents. No, / didn't
buy it, just took one good look at it
and told them that people in England
must have plenty Of money if they
can afford to buy grapes at that price.
in France too. One of the girls paid
81 for half a dozen apples and half a
dozen each of pears and peaches. The
little aforementioned town will al
ways linger in my memory l think,
for / was robbed of my watch and
had to pay a quarter for bath. /
call that highway robbery. Never
theless we enjoyed the dance given
in our honor very much. 1t was
given by the U. S. navy men. Quite
a. number of English officers were
present too. The English and the
American ways of dancing are very
different.
In a certain city of France. one of
the girls and went out sightseeing
and among other interesting places
happened upon the church., Notre
Dame, not the cathedral, and here
met two officers who invited us to
tea. We had tea and fruit with them
in nice quiet little place. My
French served me beautifully in sew
eral instances, once when we were
lost and had to ask the way.
We had little time in Paris, but
what we did see looked very good to
US and we hope to go back there
some day. Had dinner at the Y. w.
c. A. while there.
OuT. Trips tOll lie. lLftlil lctYS bSCLL
somewhat tiresome, no diners and
no sIeepers. We were given army
rations, consisting of great big loaves
of bread, canned pork and beans,
canned tomatoes, jam and salmon.
We number about Sc girls, in long
barracks and have one wash basin for
the family. Some Of us will have to
get up in the wee sma' hours in or
der to get ready for breakfast. On
our arrival in camp we enjoyed a
great big feed of roast beef, mashed
potatoes. asparagus, bread and butter
and pudding, the best dinser l have
had since left Camp Dodge.
The American boys are all glad to
see us, and whenever we have met
any of them they always salute or
say hello" or something. One day
in Englad "a bus full of our marines
passed us, and cheered at the top OF
their voices. OF course we wave our
flags in return. Some of the girls
have also done quite a bit of waving
from the train. One day they waved
at what they at first took to be a
troop train, but on closer observation
it proved to be train full of Ger
man prisoners,