The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-06-05
"OuR GIRL" IS STILL
over THERE
Characteristic Letter from Anna
Campbell Telling of Vaca-
tiOn Experiences.

Well, here l am agln, Stiil liSHIihe
the battle of Paris. I've been sight
seeing ever since you heard from me
before and haven't seen hardly the
beginning as yet.
I still work at the long distance of
flee and find my work very interest
ing. So many are leaving right
along that / don't doubt but what it
won't be long before most of US girls
are sent home. Some have had the i'll
fortune of having been sick all the
time they have been here, only able
to work at intervals; those cases are
sent home as quickly as the red tape
will permit.
Aftetr we girls have been in the
army four months we are entitled to
a leave of absence, but it isn't always
that they are able to get it for u.s.
have just returned from my leave, and
I have been here eight months, but
surely enjoyed my vacation. We first
went to Bordeaux, l was quite disap-
pointed there. | expected it to be so
much different. Of course it rained
all the time we were there, and that
helps wonderfully well! Even so,
that didn't wash off the old and dingy
look some of the buildings had. A
real new building, or apparently so,
alongside of an old one, of course you
realize how that spoils the looks of a
place Every other place is wine
shop(of course can see most of you
smacking your lips; keep it up it won't
hurt anything.) Some crowd of boys
waiting there to go home. From Bor-
deaux we went to Biarritz down on the
Southern coast of France. 1t is .
famous summer resort and a most
beautiful place to spend vacation;
hundreds of American boys there on
leave, and one would really think
it was a resort in U. S. A. Of course,
on this beach, as on others, there are
always the type that declares they
should not go near the water until
they have learned to swim, and for
that reason we have "charge of the
style brigade" In order to see the
direction of the different couptries,
on the top of large mound big dial
is placed and New York stands out
in the direction of the U. S., and every
time we would stray in that d;rec-
ton we would see a large number of
the boys hanging around the dial and
and looking longingly in the direction
of New York
We stayed in Biarritz about five
days and then visited Pau, further
south but away from the coast. There
is the famous chateau of Henry ~.
The tapestry and furniture is wonder
fully preserved. Pau is at the foot of
the Pyrenees mountains and the town
is built on the hills, one street above
the other, steps and steps, the rail
ings of which are all covered with
moss, and clinging vines, making it
a wonderful sight as one steps from
the station. The French at this place
are very particular and everything
is kept up well. The hills between
the different streets are all parked
and every conceivable color of flower
may be seen. Each street is lined
with evergreen trees. The chateaus
tower up through the trees as if to
claim some of the glory of the won
derful surroundings, and they do. We
went through number of them and
even though everything was beauti-
full it seems as if Henry ~, Louis TX,
or John the 30th, could return and go
through some of our modern mansions
they really wouldn't feel that they
had lived before.
From Pau we journeyed to Lour les. |
That is one of the most beautiful |
places in the world I'm sure, for it is /
so impressive. 1t is a very religious
city and everyone seems so sincere
in his belief. There is osated the
Perpetual Fountain which has run
for centuries-ever since Biblical
times. We visited the beautiful
and the wonderful stat
uary Of the fourteen stations. These
and the whole country would mean so
much to those of the Catholic belief,
for it is a most wonderful and inn
pressive lesson that it teaches. From
Lourdes we went to Luchan. This is
also leave area and hundreds of
American boys were stationed there
Luchan is also situated in the Pyre
nees and some of the French told US
Il we wanted to see Spain we should
take . horse and ride over the
Pyrenees and at =. certain place we
would find the dividing line. Well,
wouldn't come back without having I
,sen Spain, 20 the chief operator and