Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-28
ON LEAVE
IN FRANCE
Sergeant A. ID. Meyer Writes of
Pleasant Experiences While On
Leave From Duty In Southern
France-At Monte CarlO-In Italy
and on to Nice
Monitor, Jan. %, 1918

Monitor, Jan. %, 1918
Dearest Folks:
Well will try and drop you a few
lines this evening to let you know
am enjoying myself and am seeing
some wonderful things.
10 start with, l am living at the
Excelsior Hotel and sleeping between
sheets again, on "a real bed, and III
paiamas. | have a nice front room
overlooking the sea and our hotel
Sc Is back from the street a Bit so
we have a beautiful garden in front
with its big palm and orange trees
full of fruit. Also roses in blool.
and everything to make it very artls-
tic. We have a bay window, Nc
Guinnis, whom you have heard M
speak of is rooming with me. The
rest of the old squad is in the same
hotel. The bay window is big full
doors, which open on little porch
The room has two single iron beds,
with big box mattresses etc. There
is a wardrobe. dressing table, writing
i desk and wash stand, all in Birds Eye
Maple. There are beautiful tapestry
curtains.
We were not lucky enough to draw
a room with running water, but the
toilet and hot and cold water are
Just outside our door, so we are lucky
after all and the bath is only few
doors away. So much for the hotel
Yesterday morning we surveyed
the town and the Y. M. c. A., which
is in a Casino and certainly is d
beautiful place. In the p. m. we
walked over into Italy, where we
sent you a couple of cards with
Italian stamps on. This is also very
pretty with all of its formations. cha
teaus, etc. and is very high above the
sea. They allow you to go about
mie over the boundary into Ven
timiglia. We came back and cl'an-
ed up for dinner at $3.50. After
dinner we went to the Y. to vaude-
vile low and after the show a
dance in the Y, then to bed. Today
we put in a call for $3.50 a. m and
Hd breakfast at 700, and caught
the car at 7:40 a. m. for Monte Carlo
which lays in Monaco, principally
all its own.
We were allowed into the Casino
till 1000, but the game starts at that
time and no soldier or saiior can play
the game. This is a most wonderful
place with it's paintings and sculpture
Inc EOlutS JoON US buNOuEu tHu ca
plained it to US. We matched clock
6rs on the tables, so we would be able
to say we had gambled at Monte
Carlo. We'll l was lucky, for won
three clockers, or in American Ian
guage pennies.
After this we went up to the
bath house, which is so noted and
went all through this. A stick of
NJ
even the old people are crazy for it.
After this we walked down along the
water front and up to the Museum
which is certainlv wonderful place
This was the Princes collection il
"a of all the different shells anC
fishes, different nets, etc. TheI
there is an aquarium in the base
ment. After taking this in we start
ed for the Paslce, but found it wal
not open until 200. so we picked VI
a few small children, which are Ital
ian, and one little girl about eigh
or nine could speak quite a littl,
English and she told US about he
mother and restaurant, so we decid
ed to go over We had eggs, pota
toes and bread and italian wine
which was certainly fine. 1t was ;
worry small place, but very clean AM
nice. Two eggs or eurf potato o
pouditatus. dupan or bread and 2 OTIS
of Champagne or Italian wine, an
it cost us francs a piece, or abou
a dollar and ten cents a piece. Afte
this we went to the Palace and fror
the outside it does not look much
but it is certainly beautiful inside
Every room is in a different color
tapestry and all the furniture t