New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-11-02

The country we have been
through is rolling, covered with
wonderful verdue and cultivated
to the limit. The scenery is al
ever changing one and many pre-.
ty little> rivers and creeks serve
to break up the aspect Of the we'll
titled fields and the bright green
pastures where the thrifty peasant
is ever working or grazing his
stock. The French farmers dc
not live always on their land in
isolated houses, but in collective
habitations near each other. The
land is wonderfully productive,
has been cultivated for centuries
and being so we'll cared for and
fortified is in just as good condi-
ton as it was centuries ago.
Their houses are solidly and well
built from either stone or brick,
plastered with lime and cement.
In Land of Romance.
81 have seen some of the most
marvlous chateaux that | never
thought actually existed except in
the romantic novels and the mag
nations Of their readers. We are
in the land of history and the
part we are actually in now, if
we could only have time to read
and study it. would take up our
moments and days for long time
to come. We have a chateaux
that we, are occupying that was
! formerly the home Of kings OF
France and many of their letters
and belongings are still there ill.,
J tact and just as they left them.
Imagine large castle of four or
five stories built on the banks Of
a magnificent little river. with its
peaks and towers. its immense
banquet hall with all the furni-
ture. tapestries, paintings and
china just as it was 500 years
ago. The buildings are sufficient
in size and number to accommodate
thousand people. The old kitch-
en- is exactly according to the de-
scriptions we have so often read,
| with the immense fireplace where
whole OK could be, and doubtless
was many times roasted whole.
There are drawing rooms and an
endless number of rooms and
apartments that have relices OF
the past of an inestimable value
and you can well imagine just
what the "kultured Hum would
and has done to similar buildings
that have so unfortunately fallen
under his cruel sway. Thank
God, his day seems to be about
over and it will not now be long
until this fair land is liberated
from the brute.
aThere are wonderful trees
| and the most magnificent roads Of
the world in this part of France.
They have a way Of identifying
all the landscape and one Of them
is BY planting trees on both sides
Of the roads that give shale and
| make the journey Of the traveller
| comfortable when the hot sun is
shining.
Learn French From Children.
1.-THE people welcome us with
all the fervor Of their warm
hearted nature. Nothing is too
GOOD for us whom they call tue
| savoirs of our country The
little children Immediately take
| to the American soldier and it ID
no uncommon sight to see them
sitting on their laps or walking
IN the streets holding them by the
hand and trying in their childish
way to tell them all about It. The
children are pretty and very
bright without at all belns
fresh or ill-mannered. Most OF
them wear little sabots or peak
ca wooden shoes and over Their
clothes the little gown buttoned
at the back Of the neck.
'sThey are as cute as can De
and II is from them that the sol
der is learning much Of his new
Language. The new arrival GER
|tainly had hard time and | have
often thought Of the picture we
(used 10 look = ii tho SATURDAY.
Evcn;nx Port of the poor fellow
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