Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-31

from number OF letters written to
the home folks by Edward Crawford
II has been raining for week or
more but the sun struggles through
today and we hope for few days OF
good weather.
You know / am head checker ana
have many clerks under my super
vision and by the time | tramp
around in the mud and rain visiting
the many warehouses am pretty
tired but like the work as 1t Keeps
me too busy to get homesick.
Guess am lucky fellow after all
had the opportunity to visit big
city near here and believe me II was
some city, wish were at liberty TO
write all about II but l can't. None
Of us are allowed TO go there except
on special business on account OF
transportation.
The city is very beautiful, full OF
statues, fountains, beautiful gardens
and buildings. saw the palace OF
the Dukes Or now USED as inc
Hotel de Ville, a stately, grand struct-
IRE. III front is the old shoot place
or target practice where Henry OF
Navarro practiced shooting. Saw
many superb cathedrals some of them
begun as far back as the eleventh
and twelfth centuries. Also saw
road built by Caesar There were
records in the palace of visits by
Constantine, first Roman Emperor TO
recognize Christianity 1t had a real
bed in first class hotel with polished
. hard wood floors and the character
istic French windows. They have
grand department stores and saloons
galore men and women 20 in ana
out of them Just like we do the drug
e stores at home.
Had French shave while there
the shops are wen furnished but th'
g chairs are not ike the ones at hone
!. lust common chair with head
q rest and they never wash the lathe
n off a customers face. have to wasi
i vonr own face which is some sys
n ten. saw in one Of our papers tn
other day that is published in PariS
the name of Miss Fay Fitzpatrick o
is Salina. Kans.. regarding the traeto
N show. so tell Mrs. Howard Keel he
n sister now has international fame
'. Received letter from Milto
Jones a few days ago and he is som
lucky fellow, said he had two i'm
e. trims to Paris in a Winton Six, ais
G, said he saw Deane Ackers not Ion
he ago and see George Keel once in
ir while-he gave me Georges addres
a. so win write him this week In
es Paris paper / saw an item heade
r Abilene. Kansas, telling and tryln
n to explain about the electric thresf
III ing machine used. Some OF the boy
ne perhaps thought | was from hit
ne town in Kansas but when | SHOVE
EN- tbem the item saying some of tn
ne farmers around here were using eie'
er tric power to thresh wheat they col
Guided Abilene was some burg.
The engine whistles here sound III
ne toy whistle, in fact the engines al
IL trains all look like toys, howeV'
on there are several Of our big u ,.
III engines and box cars over here al
M you should see the German prlsol
on ers stop work and gap when th'
p- see them. The other day | saw
&c French engine complete, loaded on
as American fat car and there was ST
mt room to walk around the engine. v
at are "showing them" in more wa
than one.
sly va "a ~
CAPTAIN France Q. Wilson arrN
- last evening for a few days VII
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
'u' Wilson. He is on his way TO ga
= fornia. where he will train aviatC
'e' for overseas He has just return