The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1919-04-18

lean, French, English. Australian and
oil, but we just had American and
French doctors and nurses. | sent
Aunt Belle some pictures of the hospi-
Jal whore | was and told her to send
one on to aunt Lissie. I suppose
she has received it by now Also a
little kodak picture of myself and
little French girl. They we're taken
on Sunday evening when a friend Of
mine and two French girls went out
for walk. Most all of the French
girls are pretty when they are dolled
up ar as the saying goes they 90
wild, simply wild over the American
soldiers. They sure do like to 90
walking with the Americans and like
to have the boys come to see them.
And as you used to say they are real
spooney. | learned to talk a great
deal of French while | was in Paris.
1t is very difficult to learn to speak
but could understand it great deal
better than | could speak it. When
the armistice was signed the French
people simply went wild, they did not
do single thing for solid week but
celebrate. They like to have torn up
Paris and they would give big pa
rades and speeches and everything.
OF all the drunken mob they we're an
awful sight. The French people are
awful people to drink and they sure
put IN good time that week. Every
one was on the streets drunk and a
fighting and as the saying goes,
Raising Hell IN General" 1t was
almost impossible to get along the
street Then | was there when the
High Officials of all the countries be-
gun to come there for the peace con
terence. The King and Queen of
Belgium came first. they had a big
parade and banquet that night for
them. Then the King and Queen of
England, then the King of Italy. then
President and Mrs. Wilson. They
gave big parade for the president
and they liked to have gone wild over
him, as he went down the street he
would take off his hat and bow and
smile to everyone When he arrived
they fired twenty one big cannons.
1t sure was great time for all of the
American soldiers. They were lined
up along the street so tEey could see
tho
garet Is over here also, she goes
around to the hospitals and sings for
the wounded soldiers and helps to en-
tertaln them. | have seen her sew
eral times. She used % come out to
our hospital every few days. She
looks whole lot like her father.
She sings real we'll Mrs. Wilson
came out to the hospital one time.
she looks ike her picture. She came
around to all the beds and talked to
the boys. Well | came away from
the hospital the 10Th of December.
| came back to my company, it was
III Germany. was five days com
ing, the train run so slow The road
was bad IN places over the old bat
tie grounds between the French and
German lines, and in some of the little
villages that had been DESTROYED dur
ing the war the people had begun to
rebuild their homes. Oh, it was ter
ribe to think how some of the people
had to suffer during the war, their
land torn up by the big shells and
their homes and property destroyed,
but as soon as the war was over they
came back to where their old homes
were to try to make a living Well.
| arrived at my company, they were
stationed in little place by the name
of Schweich in Germany. 1t is a
small place of about 2500 population
or about like Springdale. Their is
eight companies of soldiers stationed
here. We stay in the house with
German families and we have real
feather beds to sleep on and it is lust
like being at home. The German
people treat us nice, but | suppose
it is because they know they have to,
for the Americans will not take any
foolishness off of them The women
wash our clothes for US and do all
of our sewing. The German men
never say anything to us much
suppose they are jealous of us. This
is a pretty little town situated on the
banks of the Mozelle river and there
are some pretty large boats that come
up the river The town is in a
valley and there are some pretty high
hills and mountains around the town.
There is lot of beautiful scenery
around mere and before the war this
was quite noted health resort. 1t
has so many pretty springs on the
mountain side and also some large
beer gardens and some large hotels
Up on the mountain sides they raise
lots of grapes of which they make