Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-17
lie III W0mat1S Work in the World III
MissCoWellGo
Sightseeing in
Paris

q IGHT-SEEING for a day in
- Paris is described in one of
~ Miss Mona Cowelrs recent
letters to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Cowell.
There are lovely long vistas with
rather imposing buildings at the
terminals. There is the Senat and
the gallery adjoining which have
the advantage of age to soften and
lend beauty and suitability to. the
picture. l had no idea the flowers
would be we'll cared for. They
were very lovely and I am certain
brought cheer to many weary
heart" she wrote.
Many soldiers were out with
their families, some Americans with
French girls-mostly however a
rather domestic picture of what is
sometimes referred to as middle
class life. The people were plainly
but decently clad and as to be ex-
pected, largely in black.
81 strolled on down Boulevard
St. Michel much farther than l had
intended. really, on my quest for
the Sorbonne. l found it back near
the Pantheon, which latter is also
closed, by the way. Luckily, / did
my sightseeing in days that are
gone. | finally reached the Sorbon-
ne and as | walked through the si-
lent corridors l thought how differ
ent my visit from what I once
thought it might ia. l had quite
a chat with the c, .crge, who in
formed me most Of the students
were women and even so, the num-
bers woefully diminished. Like all
the French he was overjoyed at re-
cent war news and loud in his
praises of what the Americans are
doing.
A View of the Seine.
Finally I parted from the dear
old soul and took a trolley back
to the Chatelet, across from the
Sarah Bernhard theater. l could
mt keep from taking a stroll over
the Seine for one more view of tho
Hotel de Vile. French buildings are
surely commandingly beautiful. I
had long walk altogether before
l got back to the St. James, but
was refreshed by cup of tea. That
means just tea, too, no cake or
even bread and butter.
after dinner we started out to
see "Billeted" at the English thea
ter. When one may be sent any
day to the "Wilds of France" one
ceases TO observe conventional SUM
days. The two girls l am chum-
ming with are going right up near
the front lines. One as Search
err who looks up records for farpi-
lies of soldiers, etc. The other goes
to hospital but which contains :
canteen, library and recreation CEN
ter for the convalescents of base
hospital.
1--WE took the motor to St. Lazar
and then wandered up many W
shaped streets until finally we got
the right direction. As we were
inquiring our way to Kansas City
man came inquiring also, so we all
went together. He said he had been
tramping looking for the place for
half an hour. l can assure you his
presence was very comforting as
we wended our way up the dark
streets. Being in uniform we got
splendid seats, for 2 francs, 50 cents.
which considering that most seats
are II francs, was very pleasant
surprise.
1.-TWO of us had seen the play be-
fore, Miss Lambertson twice. 1t
was we'll worth a repetition. though,
and fun to compare the English COM
panys production with Margaret
Anglin. The costumes were not SO
lovely, some of the lines were
changed, but on the whole it was
very creditable production. We got
back safely via the Metro and felt
quite capable to do most anything in
the finding of localities after Our ex-
periences."
Miss Cowell is doing Red Cross
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