The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-03-13
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Letters from Our
Boys at Home Camps
and Abroad.
From Anna Campbell.

iOlh anna SohPDSh-
Dearest Mother: Your letter to
Bess and I came yesterday and it will
be disappointment to you to know
that we are not together, as Bess has
returned to her work, and sent the
letter on to her. She spent most of
her vacation at Nice.
/ received the Blue and Gold school
paper, and the New Year resolution
in same by M. l.. C. 20 was very good.
1t seemed good to read about the
boys and girls at home. And, mother,
| received an Index-the first one l
have had since coming here. 1t look
ed so good to me l read everything
in it, even to the Durham COW that
Sam Smith had for sale.
We have real snow at last. We
have had summer weather up until
this time, but now feel as though
| were in Emmett on frosty morn
ing.
will try to describe the ride take
morning and night. First, we pass
through the business section from
our hotel, then we go through the
gates of Paris out into the country.
Just outside the gates are those real
old fashioned market places; you
know, mother, like those grandmother
told us about. For quite a distance
the street is very narrow, with old
dilapidated buildings on both sides.
The very poor people seem to inhabit
this part of Paris. They have tiny
shops, and you see the, real old cob
bier bent over his wooden shoes. Lit
tie children clad in rags, apparently
happy, go romping up and down the
street They have learned we are
Americans and when we go by they
salute US. We pass old men and
women, some very old, pulling carts
full of vegetables for this market
place-really pulling carts with straps
over their shoulders like harness;
sometimes they have dog with a.
harness and he helps to pull the load.
1t was most pitiful sight to me to
see these old people doing this work,
but it is common sight here. AS we
go on we leave this small village and
start on one long, straight drive along
the most beautiful road one could
imagine The road is cobblestone and
very smooth, and on either side are
two rows of tall trees all the same
height There is paved sidewalk
on each side of the road. The trunks
of the trees up to where the branches
begin are covered with light green
moss and on frosty morning look
very pretty. This road extends for
four miles without a bend, and on
both sides of the road are some of
the prettiest meadows, no farm hous-
-es to be seen at all, or cattle grazing
Just acres and acres of land, with a
beehive looking stack now and then.
Not far from the meadows are ever
green trees, mistletoe and holly, and
at this time of year the colors make
a real picture.
We girls have our mess kits and
haversacks and wear those nice warm
trench coats We feel like real SOL
diers We wrap up in our sweaters.
the trench coats, our ulsters and caps 7
and then roll our feet in our steamer
rugs. We try to keep warm. When
noon comes we take our mess kits
and line up, cook some tea on little
one-lid stove, fry an egg, put it on
piece of bread with no butter and call
it good. When we have. jam on our
bread we feel rich. Ha! ha! But
we have oodles Of fun and the work
is really interesting.
/ haven't heard from the office
girls, except Helen Renwick, and she
wrote me two of the dearest letters.
l was indeed shocked to hear of her
death Jack, l understand, is still
in France.
l haven't heard anything about our
coming home as yet; don't really want
to come until it is warmer We would t
surely freeze to death. \.
From The Boy"
Fob 7-Thursdav noon t(,ploneI I