The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-05-22

| lpril thirteenth to the twentieth has
| been Easter week for the A. L. f.,
in France as we'll as for the people
back in the u S. A. The Jews be-
,an the week Monday and had
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
If to celebrate the feast of the Pass
over in.
Friday the English girls had a
three hour service in the Episcopal
church in their camp, beginning at
twelve O'Clock noon and lasting I'm.
til three p. m. The Catholics also
had services that afternoon and a
lot OF the boys from camp attended.
This morning / got up early and
went down to the cathedral for
mass at seven thirty. This service
was what the catholics call low
mass, that is the service was read.
at high mass the service is sung.
There were about six or seven hun
dred American soldiers and officers
present and about three hundred
French people. This was a COM
munion service and most of the
soldiers Chose who were catholics
and the majority of those present
were,) partook of it, they had made
their confessions to the X. of G..
Chaplain yesterday. This was the
first catholic service | ever attended
and it was as interesting TO me as a
new play. Although / couldn't I'M
derstand word that was said by
the priest or understand the choir
when they sang, | enjoyed it all
very much and was impressed by it
all. The sunlight that came through
the stained glass windows of that
great building and mixed with the
deep rich tones of the great pipe
organ made combination that ws
indeed very wonderful, it is too great
for me to be able to express it.
AT ten o'clock ! attended high !
mass, the services had already start
ed before we reached the church, we
went in at the south entrance and |
the organ near that door~(there are
two in the building) was playing
ard the choir was chanting but it
was not long before this part Of the
service vas finished and there was
a. grand parade from where the
choir were, on the south side OF the
building to the rear and thence up
the main aisle to the front of the |
building. The French government
has two men in this church, in fact
they have them in all churches of
France, ] don't know what their
duties are but they look like drum
majors in circus band. They wore
red Prince A bert model coats
with white braid on the front of
them and one massive shoulder strap |
on the left shoulder. red trousers
that was knee length, white stock
ings, red hats of colonial type, |
lavishly trimmed in white plumes,
and carried batons like a band ma
jor carries. The men led the pro-
cession, then came the choir boys |
and men who were to sing and then
a whole delegation Of very richly |
attired men whom supposed were
priests. The music in this service
was beautiful. There was good |
choir and fine orchestra that made |
the musical part OF the service |
grand. Both the choir and the or
chestra showed the results of long
and thorough training, they must
have been months practicting for
today's services. The larger pipe |
organ is something great to listen
to; age has improved its tones Just |
as it does a violins. There was one
man who sang a solo and while / |
didn't 'eompre" any of it, / could
tell well enough that he had per-
fectly great baritone voice.
Munsey's Magazine for April has
a picture of the Cathedral that !
attended this morning in it. 1t is
certainly great to think that have
.he opportunity of being in France
and seeing all of these things. While
there are lot of unpleasant things |
about the life / am leading and |
have led for the past eight months
wouldn't trade the trip I've had |
for any amount of money and | will |
npvar rporof ono ,a1inufo of ~ a "a lone