East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-10-26

France and in italy. He tells of his
trip in the following interesting letter
to his parent. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Morgan:
september 2s, 1918.
Dear Father and Mother:
Today is a good day to write some
letters for Il Is raining SO there is no
place to go. Ut is some different than
where I've been for have Just come
back from a fIlPl0ugh to Nice in south
ern France. HAD a dandy trip and
visited Paris, Lyons ana Marseille as
well.
AS You undoubtedly know, Nice IL
ON the Mediterranean sea, so / had a
number of dandy plunges in the sea
It's wonderful place. You never
saw such n riot of color in your life.
Flowers everywhere and beautiful
gardens and lawns. 1t certainly Ia
a milliOnaires' home.
Also I visited Monte Carlo. which
is in Monoco and believe it is called
the smallest pricipality in the world.
While there we went through the
Casino, which is the most famous
gambling resort in the world. There
are some wonderful paintings on the
walls. We were not allowed in the
Casino while the playing was in pro-
gress. From there we went 10 Men
tone and from there we went over in
to italy and mailed a postcard to
you from Italy which I hope you win
receive.
From there we went back to Monte
Carlo and visited the princes palace
and also his museum. His museum
covers all of his experiences while at
sea, covering a period of 80 or more
years. 1t was all very interesting.
While on my way back l stopped in
MarillIes, which is the second largest
city in France. and a piece where you
can see every nationality in the world
in an hour. It is quite a place and
would have liked to stay there longer
but / didn't have time for / wanted to
visit in Lyons and Paris. stayed all.
day in Lyons which is alarge silk
manufacturing town and, is on the
Rhone and Laone rivers. 1t is a very
old town but has quite a modern
street car system. 1 ran all over the
town during the day and left at 10
O'clock that night for Paris on the
express. AS luck would have it l mar
rowly missed being in a wreck for the
express was in two sections and the
first was so crowded that got eff 4
after getting on and staying Is or 20
minutes. II ran into the rear of an
other train after leaving Lyons. We
were nine hours late in getting to
Paris
[ went to the Hotel Pavilion. which
is run by the Y. NJ. c. A for enlistc l
men when reached Paris and sta ed
all night and all day. While there
tried to find Roy Rltner and Mrs. Co
hen. but Ritner was out In. the field
and / couldn't get any information Of
Mrs. t-ohen's whereabouts.
I took an excursioE trip around
Paris. seeng great many points Of
interest. among them the church of
Houe Dame and the sdpreme courts
'f Justice. the PlAs.e de la Concorde, |
tie Champs Elysees, the Eiffel Tow
er. the Paris wheel aud the Invalides |
and Napoleon's tomb. OF course there /
are lots of others to he seen but one |
wants a good deal more time. I took
in the "Follies Begere,'' which is
some sight and 1 am. enclosing pro-
gram of the show.
/ will be entitled to another fur
Tough in four months and by reason
OF having relatives in England I think
1 will be able to go there If I can
scrape up enough money, so l want
you to send me the different address
es of them so l will know where to
apply for furlough.
Things are pretty much the same
here. Lots of hard work to do but
here Is something to show for it now
ldays, so we should worry. The
weather Is getting rather disagreeable
now. 1t is cold and rainy and the
lays are getting shorter One conso-
alton we have though. the nights are
longer.
The picture you sent me is dandy
If everything except the house which
80 little can be seen of. One can
hardly recognize George, either. ]
.eceived quite a collection of letters
IN my return and will try to answer
hem and as news is about run out
VIII close with love from your son
GEORGE.
'gt. Geo. A. Morgan, e. Co, 116th
Engineers. American e. f.