Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-06
WARNS AMERICANS
TO STAY AWAY FROM
FRANCE FOR YEAR
,Contll!ueu .rom page l.,

tSuntti4'4eu from page -
Where Walter lies there are 5000
ltaFe~. The largest /, at Rouague
Most ol the towns. after having been
under fire so long are quite completely
wrecked bus of course the refugees
are returning and living in corners.
cellars, etc Of what were once nap
Ply homes and prosperous shops,
Alter onr visit at Serange We went
/ into deep wood wsera one OF the
! three Big Berthas was placed which
/ alternately bombed PARIS hidden in
/ this place in a monster platform rail.
( roads running all about carving the
| shells. etc. and so firmly liked Il
looked innocent enough that day. and
I though the Huns dynamited il before
/ hey lett. such strength il had that not
much injury was done They took the
guns with them. Il is almost incredible
the labor expended on this demon OF
3e trnCtiol and the great weight ol
everything connected with it. revov-
ing platform and all Ny what odds
AGAINST our BOYS and how they must
have fought over thi- ground which
not so long ago was the scene Of such
terror~
Away We went over fields. etc. and
came to the lonely grave of Quentin
Roosevelt. lust a few feet from where
his plane fell The French people OF
the tiny village near are going to nut
NJ memorial there The poor thing
have only pile of rubbish for vii.
lage but have the greatest pride never
theless in this dauatleSs son of a great
man. who gave his life for them and
his country
Back to Chateau Thierry on the
Very PariS'Metz road where GUY with
the others beat back the Boche no
more TO menace Paris
The little children of the villages
always shouted and waved their hands /
at Les American>" The children
are so dear and well worth saving: a |
numb of societies have boon formed !
for them. Those who have lived under
German rule will have to have special |
treatment | have been much inter.
eStpd In the various refugee .ocieties !
and the one Miss Ann Morgan has
'harEe OF is especially interesting 10 /
tons around : issonD and reclaimed (
had the pleasure Of cot.
ing her and many other fine women in
this noble work
We had wonderful trip last week
through Normandy and Brittany for
four days land nights should ado
being stranded about two hundred
miles from Paris, a train being taken
Off. our experiences were many and
varied. Our real objective was Mount
81. Michel on the Normandy coast |
think | wrote you OF it or some mem
Der Of the family who viii send 1t TO
YOU n spite of orr fatigue we would
l1t have missed it for anything RI"
Quaint towns and interesting people
and things We saw will never fade
from my memory
Since it has rained sidcrabiy and
beer cold we have been to the Louvre
md some of the museums. on. could
go and 90. it is all so interesting and
fascinating.
We have a fire in our room aud of
ten have coffee there after dinner
Sometimes Miss Chamberlain, and
Miss Williams, her friend who has
been with us good deal. come in and
he En- basSy boys play and sing rtheY
lave banjo and ukelele). Everyone
: very nice to Us and We have met
,Ome interesting people
| was so glad to get your letter and
Cow sou were hearing from me and
inew We had found Guy A nice let.
er came from Mrs r. J. Boyle and one
NJ Et,l
nd one this morning from Mrs Geor
ia Farrar. If Won knew how much
hey meant to u.s.
We have been much n"HpleXed ~
evcral problems confronting US and Il
20 do not get know just what we will
oClde about matters The real object
{ our mission hcre--that "' finding
i'm has been accomnlished hut sew.
raj other things must be taken care
{ and che onlv has to wait and wait r
a'ientlv Meanwhile our time T. 'erv
NJ and wo go about a. mn"h q" ms.
'ho tn take m our mind and to take =,
dvanta~ no Of tho ~"ont o~oorti'"'t'oe -
cro We car't nuita eniov things. =
,urh as we do try but do 'he hest We :"
an :,
We planned on, and in fact mad \
acked and was all ready to 60 to Il
lChamonix.I.ake Geneva n
,st Friday when Ben found he could o.
OF absolutely get any wagon lit" or b.
inchette Gust a sleeping car--just W.
)rt of bunk) used by many. and that W
e would have to sit up all night As $,
@ had both taken some cold from the &c
Their trip we thought best not to co. o,
Iiss Williams and her friend went, "
owever. They saw Mount Blanc ANA NJ
ad motor ride through some Of the vi
1t passes, which was quite thrilling"