The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-17
Letter From France
Miss Katie McKiever Writes of
Her Further Travels
Sunday Night, July 6.

Sunday Night, July 6.
! Dear Papa:
Tomorrow night / leave for the
champagne front in charge Of six
girls, Eleanor being one OF them. We
are quite excited about the trip as we
Know not what the conditions are or
where we shall stay. Our work will
be in the American cemetery at Ro-
mango Ghe largest and We shall stay
at the camp there or in the village
Of Dun-sur Mouse, midway between
| Verdun and Sedan. There are only
two houses left in the village. Our
work will be checking up graves and
seeing that each is photographed and
| that the inscription on the cross cor
responds with the records at Tours.
Capt. Dix IS dubious about sending
women into the field as, SO far, they
have failed Bessie Little. who knew
me at Nantes and who has unlimited
confidence in my ability. has per-
suaded him TO give me full control OF
| the outfit and all orders are to come
throughe me. | get my instructions
| from the officer in charge at Ro-
! mango He will meet Cs Tuesday and
will have made some arrangement for
our accommodation. We are taking
| our worst clothes and are prepared
for anything. We shall proi;i bly, be
thereNa month.
Fourth Of July we We're at the
games at 'Pershing Stadium" at
| Joinville-le-Pont This IS the town
where / visited Bernice We had dim
ner in the garden of the hotel where
| she lived and saw the fireworks IN
the evening. Bernice and Lucille are
at Lyons, or We're the last l heard OF
them. Most everyone is on their way
home now.
This morning l started out for ST.
Germain but changed my mind and
went TO ST. Sulpice The organ there
is very good and some Of the frescoes
are by DelacroiX. After mass ! WAS
walking around the church and met
Alice STUDIOS. passed her and al
most left the church but went back
and asked her name. AS soon as /
spoke she knew me.
Ellie and | lunched III front Of
1
ton Of the Pantheon which was be-
gun by Louis XIV as the church OF
ST. Genevieve and has been religious
and secular according TO the vagaries
of French temperament. 1t is a
| queer combination Of Catholicism
md Realism The walls are ornate
with frescoes of the lives Of st.
Genevieve, Joan of Arc and the con-
version of Clovis. while III the tombS
below are buried Voltaire. Victor HUI
go and Rousseau. st. Genevieve's S
tomb was moved TO the Church of st.
Etienne-der- Mont nearby. one of the
most interesting churches in Paris be-
cause Of the spiral marble stairs TO
the rood-loft dividing the nave from
the choir From ST. Etiene we took
lack streets and crossed the Seine al
. the back of %otre Dame. OF course,
I've been 20 Notre Dame several
times. b.. it is inexhaustible. We
stayed at Vespers for awhile, then
talked with Sister Of ChaTitE who
told US where TO find the concierge.
!. Just because Ellie speaks French SO
$ beautifully, the concierSe's wife
. climbed up the tower with us and
took US into many parts not open to
tourists. We saw the room where
Quasimodo. the Hunchback Of Eotre
Dame is represented as ringing the
!, bell. We also saw and touched the
), bell. a massive thing. which IS runs
only on special fetes II will ring
July II in honor Of the Peace cele-
bra1ion. one place Y here the rool
was damaged by boilb has been rt.-
n paired with a steel girder. 1t VA:
struck in several places by bombs. We
r. climbed in and out among the Saiicr
e les and pattcd the sar@oyles. FheH are
most eNraordinary creations repr%
s sent!ng monks. nuns. devils. animals
l. quite the wcirdeSt creatures AT th'
bas:. OF the spire are life-siZcd figure
= of the apostles From the top OF Tn
tower We got an excellent view o
E Paris. The building itself is such
n wonder and when you picture tn
n, events that have occurred there Sucl
rs Napoleon's coronation and all tn
q glory and degradation ii has hno'v''
a Won realize the charm Of Notr
Il Dame de Paris.
4 II is late and must tris" with IN
B larks. Goodnight. kATif--
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Ottawa. Sept l2.-The house @
commons today ratified the pear
treaty Without reservations. Bet
q houses OF the Canadian parlia'n"l