The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-05-09
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diseases. and all forms OF nervous
troubles. | should have liked to visit
the springs but theyewere too far out
We went aboard again at O'Clock, but
had TO remain In the harbor until
o'clock, owing TO the fact that some
thing got wrong with one of the pumps
that was pumping oil into our tanks
i From Ponta del Gada we took n north
easterly course. and we soon noticed
the difference in the weather. The first
land we saw after that was an island
/ which is said TO belong TO Nine. Sarah
! Bernhard, called La Belle Isle. Not
| long after that we entered the mouth
OF the river Loire, and about IL O'Clock
noon we were locked near the middle
OF the town. II was with some regret
| that we left the old ship Siboney but
the new things soon occupied our
minds, and II was not long before the
passage over became memory Some
of our crowd left for Paris that night.
| friday, the rest of US remaining UNI
til the next morning We spent the
night in avilla which the Y has rented
! for club house for American officers.
about four miles from the town. The
d
shore, ard with group OF others,
forms a resort for Parisians But OF
course It has not been used for that
! purpose during the war. We left for
| Paris about a. m. the next morning.
| passing through the old towns OF
/ Nantes and Anglers, and seeing some
very beautiful farming country. The
Europeans have intensive farming
? a tsV, boN
not foot of ground is left uncultivat-
ed / hope to have the privilege before
leaving Europe of visiting some OF the
farms and vineyards
we got to Paris about o'clock that
night saturday. and were taken to
hotel in a "Y" cannon. The dampness
of the air had very bad effect on
some of us, and I have not gotten over
my cold yet. I spent great deal OF
time wandering about the streets,
seeing the sights" as is my custom
when ! go to a new place. just wan
der and wander, and IL ! cant find my
way back get in a street car for
some central point, or else return In a
taxi. Aside from some of the parks,
public buildings. and big stores, ! took
a trip to Versailles. ! could not" begin
TO tell you my Impressions OF all these
things in a letter like this ! was
merely seeing things had read about,
and that most every one has read
about. Unfortunately 1t rained every
day of the six was in Paris. so my
visit there was not so pleasant as
had anticipated One day was stand
ing near the front entrance of the
Hotel Crillon, and big automobile
drove up with President Wilson in It.
He did not get out, but sat there wait
ing for some one. Two other Y men
were with me, and when the President
noticed us he grinned very broadly
and bowed, much to our pleasure.
finally had to leave all my new
made friends in Paris and come on to
Italy. l left Paris Friday night, March
2S. for Bologna, Italy, via Modane, the
town in southeast France where one
changes to the Italian train. Most of
the journey was made at night, but
got to see the beautiful Lake Bourget,
in the French Alps which Lamartine
has made famous in his poem LIE Lac
Modane is small village not great
distance from the entrance to the tun-'
mel through Mt. Gents. one of the long
est of the numerous tunnels through
the Alps. II took us about IL minutes
to go through. From the italian side
on to Turin the scenery was magnifi-
cent. 1t seemed to me that there was
one continuous vineyard all the way
and small farms could be seen all the
way UP to the snow-line on the sides
of the mountains. | arrived at Turin
about p. m. and remained there until
the next morning. My first impression
Of Italy was very favorable. and 1t
seems to me that the people are more
like Americans than the French are.
Unfortunately, in our small towns we
do not always see the more intelligent
and refined class Of Italians, and as
result we have got the wrong impress