The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1918-10-05
the German retreat and are very
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the German rcCredt HuNdIc sSi
newsy that there is to them.
/ You can't realize the way the peo-
ple over here are working to win the
war. The sugar allowance is one
(pound per month, and when the peo-
nIe buy tea of coffee they have to
bring their sugar with them. Other
trings are the same. But they say
! that they are better off since these
regulations have gone into effect.
| The r. r. fare is five cents a mile
and of course prices are up as they
are at home. On the streets you see
quite few indigo blue suits with
! a red neck-tie which I take to be the
convalescent uniform as lots of them
are cripple, but besides these til the
men in uniform are old men The
determination of the nation is wond-
erful, and there is no doubt as to the
| ultimate untcome They simply grind
! their teeth and 60 On and wait re-
suits.
| | wish that the people could see
| this country. It's economy, it's thrift
and cleanliness and whole-heartednes
would make some of the grumblers,
| the folks who quit because they can
not have things just as they want
them realize their littleness. In the
two days that / have been here |
rave seen the women driving autos
and wagons, delivering messages,
working in potteries and sawmills and
junk yards / have seen the girls IN
their brown uniform working in the
factories craning their necks from the
windows as we passed. / have seen
women shoveling dirt and cement,
and in one instance | saw them boiler
making, swinging sledges, and clamp
ing rivets, stop for minute and wave
their tools as We passed. And IN every
instance there was the same cherry
smile of determination, the same
look of gratitude. 1t seems as tho
the look upon us as coming directly
to assist them-not that We are fight
ing againstGermany on our own ac-
cord and for the preservation of the
world and not England alone.
This camp is very pretty one Sit
ting On some gently sloping hills
covered with green grass and small
trees scattered here and there. 1t is
not as large as our camps and Is dill
ferent in many respects among others
in that it does not have as many con-
veniences as we have at home. But
we are now in the face of the enemy,
having already seen his methods and
himself in restaint, and from now on
it will be a hard road at times. But
rest is always sweeter after hard
DAYS work. Especially when you have
done your share well.
Having the opportunity | took the
company to town this afternoon and
took in part of the sights. 1t contains
a cathedral which is world-famous.
We went thru it but did not have
time to linger. 1t was wonderful. The
old statues and carvings, the tablets
in commemoration of dead English
soldiers, the stained glass windows,
of the tombs of famous men covered
with unbelievable carvings, and the
arches covered with paintings and
coats and arms were magnificent be-
yond description. We could only gaze
in wonder and awe. Outside the walls
were worn with the storms of age,
but their massive proportions looked
as tho they could endure many more.
Not having time to spare we had to
pass thru and come right out, but
some of the days to come when the
war is over l will spend at least
a day in this cathedral. The town
has many other objects of interest,
but have not as yet had time to see
them. In fact / am now in a spot
inwhich every stone has been or made
history, in one of the towns where
modern Britain was moulded, and In
which Britain flourished in the days
gone by. Unfortunately | cannot tell
YOU where.