The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-10-11

comes to ones mind that the church
es stand there as a protector, the
Chief place, the eBacon Lighthouse.
In fact, you can judge the size and
stature of the town by it's churches.
| am led owonder if this is not just
what God would have the world to
zee, His Church first, then see what
other beauty the place might possess,
Napoleon certainly knew what he
was doing when ne built or caused
the structure of these buildings. The
entire country has houses built OF
stone thousands of years old. Posi-
bly, the next thing that attracts ones
attention is the water supply. To me
this is most remarkable. In every
town you Eind numerous fountains
where the water flows constantly
fro msprings whose pressure is sup
piled from a unknown source. These
fountains date back for centuries in
some cases, and the water still flows
as steadily as if it was connected
with the greatest Reservoir in the
world land wonder if they are not)
wohse engines are perpetual. These
fountains are so constituted that man
and beast can quench their thirst at
the same time in a highly sanitary
way. | had to stop writing this let
ter to witness an Aircraft gun shoot
ing at German plane that is flying
over us now. This is nothing new to
me now, enjoy seeing the gums
shoot at the Hun planes.
On close inspection of the homes
we find that the second cellar or the
right or left floor is used for animals
and chickens and other fowls. This
seems very strange to you, yet it is
Eot as bad as it seems to be after
you become accustomed to 1t. AS
sit in my room on the first floor jus
to my left in the same building the
owner of the house has his horses
cows, hogs, chickens all stabbed anC
there is not the least unpleasant
smell Having mentioned horses an(
chickens | know your minds viii
gradually drift towards farming In
cidentally | should state that thu
farming methods here so far as cul
tivation is concerned, is almost i'm
aginable, as every foot of land is till
ed You seldo msee a farm house
as the people live and keep theil
stock in town, driving to and fri
mornings and evenings out on tht
farm, without the least bit of contu
sion. No wild running of cattle. NJ
yelpng of dogs, no popping Of whips
| Every movement is carried out order
ly growing out of custom which 1a'
not changed in centuries. had t,
stop to see another aeroplane) Hav
ing arrived at the farm with the sock
the animals are turned loose to Craze
while the old men, women AMI girl
go to the fields and there all da.
long in any kind of weather you cal
behold them working. Some plow.
ing, some cutting wheat and otheri
grain, some working at binding, bu
none idle and all cheerful.
| want to write somewhat of tn,
spirit of France, which to me is th
greatest thing in the world A spiri
that cannot die, and if it should die
a spirit that must not be permittet
TO die. | have been told that Be
gium ha sheen bled and Is bereft o
her young men. tell you l do no
want to see Belgium; Wien / Sc
France, | see al that my strong hear
and spirit can stand. Here are sis
ters who will never again know
brothers love, or who can cherish tn
hope of obtaining a husband. Moth
ers who have given up their brav
sons, to whom few years ago the
sang lullabies, as' they rocked then
to sleep, and thought themselve
mothers of men to be cherished il
the days when they should hold thei
/, sonE children i'm their arm. Occa
sionally here is father, but grand
; fathers galore who have seen thei
, sons and grand sons for the last tim
| in most cases and in some they wi
, see them so MANNED that they wi
! hardly be recognizable. Wives an
; this is the saddest of all to me, VIII
2 may find consolation in the though
, that it is better to have loved an
lost than not to have loved at all, fo
5 they, poor brave little wives an
| most of them are mothers, too; haV
, lave made the greatest sacrifice thu
5 any race Of women could be calle
= upon to make. Are they discoura
b ed? Are their heads hung down
S sorrow? Do they weep and cry ;
e the cemetery and church? Do the
e scream when the church. bells a
f nounce the departure of another sou
e Do they rage when they pick up
a newspaper, or receive message fro
n TIE Government that one of the
t. dear ones has been killed by the da
It tardly hand of the Huns? No.
l. they did they would decry the spil
h of France, but instead they are ha
It py to have had to give.
.e These women go through the stree
! and about their duties cheerful al
lie almost gay, always a smile for t
y boys who are fighting for them ov
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