The Ordway new era., 1919-02-07
With the Boys
AND THE GIRLS
Here and There
FROM MISS LoRMER


Miss Zorayda Lorimer, who is with
the American Red Cross, and on ac-
tive service with the American Ex-
peditionary forces. sends the New Era
Il most interesting letter. 1t is writ
ten from Chateauroux, France, and
dated Jan. 18, 1913, and Is as fol-
lows:
Chateauroux. France.
Jan. 18, 1919.
Ordway New Era:
l trust all my Ordway friends will
consider this a personal letter. While
the year is still young l wish you the
very best of all years, yet 1 feel GER
tain that the recent Developments and
turn. which world affairs have taken.
Justify the happiest of anticipations.
ledge of victory that has been won
has made this the very best of a
beginning for a good year. even tho
we are far from home.
You remember possibly 1 came
over in social service work. At
ter two weeks in Paris, which
time was consumed in attending
lectures given in French which
/ did not understand, but a word
now and then, Yet l tried to
represent human Intelligence by
watching the audience to know
what sort of a facial expression
to wear. l would laugh when
the audience would laugh. look
sober when they looked sober.
but when 1t came to crying when
they cried, then I was out of
luck. so I decided right then and
there was the psychological mo-
ment to change my branch of
service, so / chose the canteen
service which attaches me to the
military.
After a few days of waiting for my
workers permit, winch comes from
the police, l was then sent to Cha
teauroux, department of Indre-it be-
ing located on the Indie river, where
all my clothes are washed. Chateau
roux is a quaint old town with little
narrow streets and, always dirty. 1t
has a very pretentious cathedral. St.
Andre, of recent construction, yet
Gothic in architecture. The Chau-
teau, Rouil, of the fourteenth and
fifteenth century, pass once a week
while taking one of my favorite walks
across the river, yet have notNearn-
ed how to secure entrance to the
Chateau. The old Hotel de Vile,
which is now used as museum, where
the mayor has his office. and where
our Red Cross social service worker
has, had her office, has some most
wonderful pictures.
The country is fiat and would not
look unlike parts of the states were
1t not for the picturesque trees and
and houses which give 1t the entire
foreign aspect. bsoudun, the largest
aviation camp in the world, is about
25 kilometers from here. Camp Mon
tierchaume is six kilometers from
here. There Is also a French avia-
tion school out at Camp Montfer-
chaume where many of our boys have
trained before going to Issoudun.
There are three French hospitals and
German prison camp located in the
village.
love the canteen service. When
/ entered this branch OF service had
no other thought than to follow along
with the crowd, but very near the
end of my two months ] was given
the position of Directerice of the
canteen. There are seven other Amer
lean girls. two from California, one
from Massachusetts,, and two from
Minneapolis. Our canteen is located
at the station. Right in front of our
door runs the great big American
engins-they look and sound like
business compared with these tiny
French engines. To accommodate all
those who are travelling and train
men, we are open at all hours. Three
different shifts, eight hours long, and
a change each week. We serve coffee,
cocoa and regular meals at meal time.
During the day we have four French
maids and at night three maids, also
splendid Frenchman, George, who
is refugee and whose wife was
1t laI fy,a oty ratT hor v,1o
chine and a driver, marine detailed
to me from camp Montierchaume.
The roads are splendid for auto
ing One day this week we had a
wonderful trip trying to find the town
of Gievres, where the army and Red
Cross big warehouses are located. We