Arizona republican., 1919-06-16

seilles barracks for U. $. army. They ! have negro cooks and it surely seemed ! good to have a real American meal again. We had French cooking Of course all the way over on the boat and at the hotel. The food was good but different from our American way of serving. It takes perfect ages to get anything to eat in a French dining room for they serve only one thing at time and so many plates. They al- most never serve potatoes with meat ba. serve lettuce salad with the meat course, so I imagine French cooking wouldn't be very popular with our boys or with father.
 We managed to sleep quite a little coming up here Thursday night even though we did sit up. We bought a lunch from the Red Cross for our breakfast and then got off for our luncheon at Roche about one o'clocA The train was an American train filled with Red Cross nurses, army men and Y. NJ. C. A. people. We certainly efI- joyed getting something warm to eat after our long ride, but alas, the crazy old French conductor started the train off five minutes early and just natur- ally sailed off and left us and Of course all our baggage was aboard. The M. F., an American soldier, who had charge of the train was simply wild he was so peeved. After waiting about an hour a freight train came along and they put on third class coach and we all got aboard. We'll, we were stacked in pretty deep, but we all got here about eight o'clock last night (five hours late).
 The Y people met us at the station and they had taken all Of our baggage 1 from the train so we picked that all out and they brought us up to this hotel in a big truck We were surely a weary, foot sore crowd and most oi l us had colds. It was too late for din | ner here but they managed to get us some hot chocolate, an omelette and 1 bread and it tasted very good. After ! filling out some blanks for the Y man we simply fell into bed. I slept like a rock-got up about eleven o'clock l this morning
 We have nothing on hand until next | Monday. Then we have a conference 1 with the Y officials and will prob. ably be here a week before we gel assigned to our work I'm going tt l go to bed early and get some gooC resting in before next week begins. 1 This afternoon I went out with some of the girls to shop. We went to tl., , LOuve supposed to be the best store 1T Paris. Things are terribly high there l had to pay S1.20 for a very 0rdinary little white comb. I lost mine in tn, shuffle yesterday. I felt so sorry fol one of the girls. Her suit case wa,
 under the seat in the train and the !
 people didn't see it and l guess i was stolen.
 There are many wonderful things tC
 see here but I'll have all next weel 10 look about
 Paris. May 1.
 Just think we will be here a weeI
 tomorrow. I haven't written for th
 last few days for we have been s
 busy with our conference which began
 last Monday and ended yesterda,
 afternoon. We lived away off iron
 nowhere and either had to pay for
 taxi each time or spend about three
 fourths of an hour getting to the of
 flee. So we moved yesterday We ar
 right across from a Y. M. c. A. cafe
 teria now and get our meals here. |
 fact I'm sitting upstairs in the wriy
 ing room now. Our new room is mucl
 more central so we can get abou
 easier. There are three of us to
 gether, Miss Whitfield from New Tor
 City, and Lois Sickles from Rochester New York. They are dandy girls.
 We got our assignments for wor yesterday so every one was most ex cited. ! am to go to St Nazaine wit
 Miss Whitfield. We are very glad t
 be together. Nazaine is a sea -coas
 town, western coast of France, sout Of Brest. Most people here think tha all of the A. F.. F. will be out {, France by July 10th so we may not b
 here long, but may be moved up vii
 the army Of occupation. In fact lot
 Of people thinks everyone will be hom . by next fall but of course you neve know. We will probably be here fo | several days at least waiting for ou workers permit and I hope to gt some sightseeing within the next fe' l days.
 Paris, May 7th
 Have been taking Y. M c. A. sight
 seeing trips which don t cost us a cer t and are splendid. Last Friday we wef $ out 10 Fontainbleu woods-about or :. and one-half hours on the trai There were many soldiers with US. " D had luncheon there at an old inn an Q then went to the Palace of Fontaii
 bleu. It was built by Francis I an q then many kings lived there later. " = saw the rooms of Napoleon and Lou Q NIN. The grounds were beautiful an 2 the rooms were varVelous-suc f splendor. IL took Us a big part of Il
 day
 r Saturday evening we went to Va k aeilles 10 see the palace there. IT
 peace conference is held there now : - you know but we didn't see thoe s naturally. Napoleon and Louis XI !. lived there also and it is as wonderf f as Fontainbleu.
 @ sunday we went to the "front.'' VI e spent Saturday morning getting Q pass. You are not supposed to
 given one until you've been here fol v months We knew we couldn't Q Il one from the Y so we got one fro @ army headquarters. We left at r.: r Sunday morning without waiting f IS breakfast We passed throu, II Chateau Thierry and got 10 Rein - about II o'clock. The whole town e in ruins-not one complete buildii
 is left standing-clocks on the bull 70 ings stopped We walked over to tl if ruined cathedral If wac tho roc