The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-07-31
MAUDE'S FRENCH
FRIEND WRITES AGAIN

MISS Maude flerSon has received
another letter from her unknown lit
tie French girl friend, over In France
which IS as follows:
st. Denis, June 2S, 1918.
My Dear Maude:
l have just received your kind let
ter Of June 8 today and my dear
supposed you were dead but in read
ing your letter / am reassured.
l heard from your brother few
days ago. He wrote to me the 18th
of this month and his letter took z
days to come. answered him, of
course.
He must not be permitted to shut
his letter before they are passed by
censor / read that signature in the
end: Otto ST enburges.
My brothers letters were not pass
ed by censor but from time to time
they were opened and shutted again
with band but that arrived seldom.
| send you one of those envelops.
Henry is now feeling better but a
fortnight age the nurse told US that
for saving his lie they were going to
cut his right arm if the wound con-
nued to be so bad But the surgeon
made incisions from the elbow to
the shoulder and my brother keep his
arm bandaged and moistened contin-
ually with an antiseptic apparatus.
In his foot the surgeon took off lit
tie bone splited by piece of howitZer
shell but it IS better.
We may go and see him on Sun
days. Tuesdays and Thursday; we
have the chance that Henry is in Paris
as we are living near that city.
There are now 100000 American
soldiers n France newspaper say
that. 1t is possible because we see
very many in Paris and there are
ban n several great towns in
France, too.
NJ. Clemenceau gees often to visit
Gen. Pershing and is wondered to see
the magnifc American army's dress
In Paris we are going to name
Pres dent Wilson avenue, pretty
avenue situated near the TrocaderC
palace which you can see on one OF
the postcards / send you in another
envelop.
The 4th of July there will be litti,
feast in the city but | do net know il
shall have the chance to see that a:
II work during the wek. There vii
be very many American soldiers but
if l cannot go l shall read in news
papers and tell you as well as | m CHI
do.
My dear Maude, you are too kint
to publish my letter but | think i
was not so good for being printed
NV parents were very glad cf tha'
and / was pleased to get the copy,
1t is very much that Belding give.
for the Red Cross and / admire Amer
lean people to be without bread during
10 weeks. Here everyone has abou
. 10 ounces of bread for a day.
When Henry was in the trenches
: his letters took 3 days to come ant
we got cne every day or every TIVE
: days. He must have a furlough bu
: you know for the German attack th'
soldiers could not come and Henr,
! was wounded before the battle wa
] end.
, American boys do very well at tn,
! battle front and French officers sa,
that they are very good soldiers.
, | thank you for your kind offer I.
send me some silk when the war j
over. Yes / do some embroidery.
send you one oak leaf with the view
r-of Paris. Guess how / dc that.
do not dance because when th
war broke out / was ID years an,
: mother did not let me go to dance be
: fore that age and since the war is
| do not think there are dances il
: France. So | am 18 and never
danced but with my sister at hom
/ sometimes. So you may know wha
+ dancer l may be but I think vol
: must dance very well.
was born the 1t1h of November
1899, and don't remember your birth
: day. Will you say me when you wer
: born?
! end this with kind regards to you
mother and lots Of love to you.
Your friend,
ii Louise.
II p. S.-Henry told me that he cam
in an American Red Cross car and h
+ sure was better in that car than il
other ones.
' The crown prince (or is IL Glow
, prince) ought to make a good fisl
for any insurance company.