Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-03-13
TAXI, THIS TRIP WITH FELIX
ROUSSET THROUGH FRANCE

ed. ETC., and walked down the bouie-
wards. which were all lit up, to the
railroad station, the Care de Lyon,
to take the train for Lyon.
There was certainly gay crowd
on the streets, all dolled up in swell
rags, and one would never have
thought that the country was at war,
or had been at war. There were sol
diers and officers of all the Allied
countries in snappy uniforms, and it
was very interesting to watch the
motley crowd. Paris is verify cosmo-
politan city. A large percentage OF
the population speak English, or
rather some English, and others claim
that they can speak English, but not
American. There are quite a num-
Der of monuments and public build
ings in Paris, also private toilets, or
rather public toilets. Incidentally,
there are ceaucoup pretty girls in
Paris also. We reached the station
at 8 o'clock and decided we had had
enough Of Paris for the time being,
so we went around scouting for seats.
The only way to get them is to get
to the station an hour ahead Of time.
We had had enough of standing up
the night previous, so we decided we
were going to get seats-and we did.
We rode all night, sometimes DOING,
sometimes relating stories, wise Or
otherwise, and finally reached Lyon
about 10 o'clock the next morning,
tired, ruffled up and hungry. We
had to register as usual, and the
Provost Marshal decided it was best
for US to beat it for Toulouse, where
was bound,
Not having much time to lOiter in
Lyon, could not see much, but con-
soled myself that all these French
towns, in general, resemble each 9th
er. Therefore / left my comrades
and took a French furlough train
for Marseilles instead of Toulouse,
stopping at Valence, the place re-
nowned for Valenciennes lace, also
stopping at Avignon, known in story
and song for its Pont d'Avignon,
which is a very old bridge, and I got
off the train at an out-of-the-way
place called Tarascon, and had
breakfast. These French furlough
trains stop at certain large towns
for a long while and all soldiers on
furlough travel free on them, so ]
had bit of luck. I walked around
and took the evening train for Mines,
very beautiful and picturesque
city; from thence / went to Montpel-
origin, tspfsai f IN s8GARaHRss PPffarRea gaR
the midst of which I now was, as in
the north it is perpetual rain or snow
in the winter, muddy and cold and
gloomy. This part of France is
called the Garden Of France, the land
of olives, the Midi, the vineyard of
France. Also this part of the coun-
try is renowned for its old arenas
and castles built by the Romans in
years gone by. Next went to Cette
and stayed there for a night and a
day. Cette is on the Mediterranean
Sea, and / was much impressed by
the sight Of the old Mediterranean.
This place was not far from Chateau
DIFF, the prison of Monte Christie, or
where it was supposed to be. There
were fruits galore in this place, which
is a good-sized seaport, dealing
chiefly wines from the surrounding
country and Spain. There was an
American merchant vessel in port
from Mobile, and the men on board
were so glad to see an American that
they had me come on board, and
showed me good time.
/ took the train for Carcasonne,