The citizen., 1919-02-27

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My dear parents:
guess you will be surprised TO
see that am on the Bridgeport
now. The Drayton sailed for the
States yesterday morning and was
transferred of her the day before.
The Bridgeport is the base ship for
the destroycrs and pays them all.
have been to Paris, as | believe |
mentioned in my little note I wrote
the 10Th. II certainly was a fine
trip, and was worth the money and
great deal more. While I was
there | asked Y. M C.. A. man if
he knew Mr.. II. f. Taylor. The 'Y"
man said he knew a Mr.. Taylor,
but didn't know his initials. He
described him as THE man with the
sunny face" That was all the de-
scription he gave me. but told me
how TO find him. | knew from that
description that he must be the man
I knew, so ! hunted him up, and
sure enough il was. He is in charge
Of a large part Of the Y. NJ. C. A.
work in France. His duty is the
placing Of the different Y. NJ. G.. A.
men in the position they are TO
occupy, and there were a dozen or
more waiting TO see him when 7
called. but when he learned that |
was there, he put them all of and
called me in. We had nice little
talk and he invited me back TO take
supper with him that night. or
course | went. He certainly seemed
glad TO see me. and | know I was
glad to see him. Another time |
was walking down the street and
met a party including an English
lady and her son. The boy was
perhaps twelve years old, and was
dressed like an American sailor.
She asked me TO show the boy how
a sailor tied his neckerchief. I had
quite a conversation. and learned
I that the man with her, whom pre-
sumo was her husband, was a Mr..
Jackson who used 10 be at Hot
Springs. y. c. He was in Y. NJ. C.
A. uniform. He was pastor Of the
Presbyterian church at Hot Springs
in 1900, | think he said. I can't
begin TO tell you OF all the things |
saw in Paris. There are dozens of
fine boulcvards as wide as half a
dozen American streets. One of the
finest Of these is called Champs
Elysees (dont' try TO pronounce il
for il doesn't sound like il is SPELL
ed. II is n mile and a half long,
and has trees on both sides except
at cross streets. about fifteen feet
apart. ! think there is a captured
German gun in every space between
trees on both sides. At the Place
dc ConcOrde which is a big square
at one end Of Champs Elysees, there
are hundreds more, and one Ger
man tank. There are all sizes, from
about an inch and half diameter
up TO six inch guns. There are
hundreds of German "minne-wer-
fers" from four-inoh TO ten-inch
sizes. There used 10 be a great
many more than there are now,
hut they are in other parts Of
Paris now. The French celebrate
American holidays now the same
as the Americans do themselves, so
on Thanksgiving Day the Paris
police were ordered 10 let the peO-
pie have a good time. In their en-
thusiasm the Frenchmen rolled the
big guns all over Paris. and many
of them We're left on other streets.
7 boarded right near the Eiffel
Tower, which for long time was
the highest tower in the world. |
couldn't go up on il for il is used
for a wireless tower and is guard
ed by soldiers. saw the Grand
hhN' NnlAU II lilt ulbE'St i'liiS
wheel in the world. 10 must be at
least 800 feet high. I went up in
il and got the best view of Paris
that can be had from any place
besides Eiffel Tower. II turns very
slowly and you get a plendid view.
7 visited Napoleon's Tomb, the
churches Madeleine and Notre Dame.
the outside Of the Louvre. the most
famous art museum in the world.
(The inside was closed during the
war on account OF the German
shells. The famous paintings were
all put away underground. II is
probably open by now visited
the gardens of Tuileries, the Palais
Royal and Bon Marche which arc
two OF the most famous stores i'm
the world. The Bon Marche is the
largest retail store in the world, II
is said. | saw the Arc de Triumph,
the Church ST. Jacques, the Troca-
dero Palace, the Grand Palais, the
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