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IL Gs1nA JWctiea News:
Dearest Home Feaks:.
March le, 1919.
will take yeu with ne on my va
eaten trip. The hrs* point that we
visited was Lyon (pronouneed Leoa),
France. This u city Of . million
and half. situated on the Rhine, .
very large, dsep and muddy river.
Wish you cosld 50 some Of tie won
derful steres- There Was n Euro
pean fair On whils We wore there and
the city was crowded. We were Ice
~ 70 ut . reom- Ssme Of tie A. e.
F. locked cut Tor uA
We left Aix . week aeo. Waited
Lyon, 1oat0ne. Monaco. Nice. Nonte
Carlo, Cannes, Aaxseilles, Neines, end
Valance. Alse was ore day IN Italy.
We got on the train 1t Cannes and
took . trolley into Nice. . distance ef
nftees miles. Cannes il situated on
the 4sditsrraAeen. The city il very
clean and beautiful. unlike 20 many
The y" !. Tie Old gambli.9 casino.
Ev.ssas w1SSsassi p''1s ,Eh. ever tAs IA. "a.
n.sSIs anI.S. Thss Hsas0oS az. .cS sSo,, xh;se %
girls there and it accommodates 1 800
to 1000 soldiers on leave. We went
over to Nice to stay all night. The
"Y" here is another magnificent build
ing with two or three thousand men
to entertain. The Y girls here all
look tired. There is SO much dancing
here-they dance every afternoon and
evening.
We went by auto from Nice to Italy
and return. We're gone from $3.50 a.
m. to $3.50 p. m. Mrs. A. and l
always make it \ point to get in with
some doughboy on these trips and al
ways make il clear that everything is
to 20 Dutch" and we have the best
times. The boys appreciate the Amer
ican girls so much and do anything to
contribute TO our enjoyment.
Nice, Mentone, Monte Carlo and
Cannes are all in circle; one hardly
knows when one leaves one city and
enters another. All the roofs are of
red tile, the houses are crea cement,
and the blue of the Mediterranean, as
background, one could hardly wish
for more picturesque scene or color
scheme.
After we returned from our trip
to Italy, we climbed the mountains
back to Nice and staid up there to see
the sun set. ] can certainly rhapso-
die as long as anyone will listen to
me, over that scene.
Flowers are in bloom everywhere,
and the fragrant mimosa grows abun-
dainty. The streets and walls are
not covered by unsightlv advertis-
ments as in America. Everything is
SO clean. heard my first nightin-
gale the night left there. 1t is q
land of poetry and romance, beautiful
in the extreme. Imagine listening to
q nightingale at night under a full
moon and the perfume Of roses, olives
and mimosa blossoms.
We were allowed to 20 over into
Italy, had lunch there and listened to
grand opera while we ate. You know
everyone sings down there. We were
in Nice three days. l wish you could
see the wonderful flowers Of Southern
France. l wore mimosa and yiolets
all the time. By the way-flowers
are the only cheap thing we have
found in France so far.
We visited Marseilles, but did not
enjoy It IS we did the other cities, as
one does not feel that sense Of safety
as at other places. The city Is perhaps
the most cosmopolitan place in the
world. 1t is = very old city with mar
row streets and dark alleys. It has
been taken of the leave area as so
many dreadful things have occurred
there. It IL an embarkment point and
there int much to see there except the
seafront and Notre Dame. Notre
Dame sets on . hill above the city
and is reached by an almost perpen-
dicular cog wheel road. We rode up
for one franc and saw the sun set.
We also got . very fair view Of the
city and the sea from there. Marseil-
les Is . city Of million and half.
The "Y" II run directly in connection
with the army.
Yesterday we spent at Neines, one
Of the Oldest cities in Fr1ace. There
10 an ampitheatre here which Il 1900
years old and in this arena they still
have bull fights. These begin early
in May. The amphitheatre ID the most
interesting place I have ever ssesn.
One may visit the dungeons where the
lions were kept, and one may sit in
the same seats where kings md
queens sat ages and sGes SO. The
French are trying to preserve this am
pitheatre. It seats many Thousands
Of people. ! aent home . picture Of it.
In Neines Is also an ancient taber.
nacle, 1900 years old. The Madeliao
in - was copied after this; and b
the way, Saint Saen was the organist
in the one visited in Paris four
months ago.
From Nice we went to Grenoble and
Valence, and il there ever was God
forsaken city for Americans, the lat
ter was one. Had to wait five hours
for train. The kiddies bother an
American to death in these small
French towns for cigarettes, chewing
gum and pennies. It is the Americana
own fault, for they are, as . rule, too
free with their money.
forgot to tell you we visited N0ate
Carlo. The Casino il by far the most