The true Democrat., 1919-01-11
WORKING IN PARIS
fstan Correspondence }

| tn job from in the morning until
| 10 1t Night. Sunday moulded Pros
Iwcfs ara that this will keep up until
| Christina | think demonstrated
| oapat fy fof more WOrk and goi 1t
! For u days ! did not gee daylight iu
Paris. 40 not read paper write
iletrr Of 80 some Of my friends lis
ing In the same hotel
An sill working on the Christmas
gifts for the boys In the hospitals and
ell} BE- on the job until II is finished
! Shipped over 80 cars of stuff this week
/ The ears are of the Cheyeaux ten
long So hemmes variety Nearly all
lhe r4r Ioad lots are gn8e, SO most OF
| tn, remainder viii go To the hospitals
Ia the Parls district by canton
Todls was nomInally day on on
laeruuHt el President Wilson's arrival
and th aay being madc national
Ilollday
| The Red Cross personnel had re
served spaCe IN tire Bots de Houlognc
/ W. were supposed to meet ai : II
! end mlreh about a mile up thef" but
! slept hate aud took ny time about
/ getting up there going In the metro
/ ! reached mr reservation Just a few
mnHi s- before the presidential party
! .tf.trd The streets through which
The party passed we're packed aud
Hmu ! With people | was told that
the crowd In the streets were greater
than hose that gathered when the
Iprmistte WAS signed Solid lines of
toidIprs we're stationed all along the
route There were eight or ten cars
| lof the party | had good view and
/ gav Presidents potncare aud Wilson
| tulha sadoi sharp General pershine
! Admiral nensuu. Admiral Grayson
! Mr. N.ou Mss Wilson. Mrs Jus
rand anG ai the rest President
/ Wilson aud General pershing seemed
| hEhiy pIoased with their reception
! II vas all over In very few minutes
then | was up against the proposition
ef making my way through the croW d.
/ II Just simply couldn't be- done. One
| had Ia go with the crowd or be- tram.
/ pied under foot Finally ! swung into
an army cainion and got through I
rode uu out to the wall aud took the
metre back rs the Way. the wall ef
Paris il a big Joke nov being nothing
more than an emhankment about like
the leyoe around Bayou Sara How.
ever. there are iron gates at all the
ros is and gensdarmea and custom Of.
iieers are stationed AT all OF them
i thought was going to have the
afternoon to- myself. bat about o.
! clock car vas sent for me- and |
/ i1ad to make four trips To widely scat.
4 tered settions This was not at all
! bad aud ! saw much of Paris Capt
! White uf the Bureau of Supplies Was
With me We first went 10 the Chernin
Vert warehouse where am to be
/ placed Ia charge OF the shipping end
az soon as have finished my present
assignment The job looks to be much
'9 ar tIau the one am on There ~
ha mud there aad all shipments are
m Dc by camion. This warehouse is
tht one ia which hospital supplies for
! the Paris district are kept
| From there va went to the Cambria
warehouses where We are nov work
/ ing 20 Ree aboat some things 10 do to-
MORROW another Sundays work }
Then 80 drove out to the ~ Denis
| Hospital where about 200 of our boys
are being cared for This hospital oe
ctptps the buildings constructed for q
| school 'or the daughters OF men upon
n hon had been conferred the medal Of
| the Legion of Honor and is several hun.
dred years old. | went through some
Of he yards aud saw our poor fellows
| Also #lH many of the Lcontfivances
iH limb eases to support the injured
| members Il made my blood boil to
| see tkv Hay IN which the poor fellows
had been hutchered mp, bat during all
the time Was In two hospitals never
| heard a whimper.
| The Abbey Of 81. Denis Is near the
| Hospital ~ Denis. SO We went there
This Is another old timer aud usual
| ~ contains many fine works of art.
| bn ail the moyabies were taken to
the e"Icr early IN the war and have
| net vet been returned The heavier
pieces Of statuary are still protected
b, piles Of sandbaEs
\ short visit To Base Hospital 81
wound up the afternoon work and |
gal b4ek 60 the hotel before 6
While The var of course Is over.
technically Paris b. still In q state of
siege and ,here are mans things that
may ~ may not he done only under
/ YarsaFf g,st,d{tiara fFh. vt.rv A.uot IA, a.