The Delta independent., 1919-01-10

hate to have to stay long enough to
find them. have been up town
twice in week; six of us went to-
gether last night and saw all the
night stuff we want to see. / am
going to get liberty a time or two
during the day and see some of the
sights. l am saving up a collection
of coins; so far | have three differ
ent five cent pieces, each worth one
cent in our money. One dollar is
worth five francs and thirty centimes.
I'm getting all the experience again
making repairs, etc. I like the
crew fine and have a good stand in
with the chief engineer One thing
he likes to do is to beat me game
of checkers. our only pastime. He is
playing checkers with. the assistant
engineer now, and after each game
he says this is the last one I'm going
to play. 1t is $40. He just got
skunked and now he says just one
more.
l got hair cut yesterday, the first
in almost six weeks, and 1t is lulu.
When got in that barber chair
thought If mother could only see me
now, straight back cane bottomcd
chair. and wore a white cloth gar.
ment with big sleeves in 1t: twenty
cents for a hair cut.
We have little store on this boat
and can buy candy, cookies of sew
eral varieties, some few clothes, so
we get along fine The eats are
good; for Thanksgiving dinner We
had mashed potatoes. turkey. dress
ing, cranberries, fruit salad. nuts.
fruit, candy. ice cream. bread. butter,
sugar and coffee. A coup Of army
lieutenarts were guests and they
helped US to rea:i5., that we were at
a banquet compared to what the army
had to contend with. No butter, srg-
ar or milk to be had in France. We
have white bread all the timn fresh
every day. and it is fine. The hut
ter is getting a little stale. We ar
ry our own drinking water. This
boat is Of 300 tons capacity. We
are going home loaded according 10
reports today. Don't know what
have ahead of me when / get home.
l just read in the papers that the
War Department has issued an ord r
for the rehabilitation of the stude 1t
army training corps. Five hundred
colleges and universities are include
and affected by the order. I hone
Stevens is first.
December 3-3 p. m.-You are
through with breakfast and will
soon have to go on watch. This morn
ing l went up town and out to the
geological garden. 1t is a very beau
tiful place. located In billy spot
and all the shrubery seems to be OF
the evergreen variety. What decid1-
GUS trees there are have shed their
leaves. Sycamore is the prevalent
tree along the street. A good many
varieties of birds are Gagged on exhi-
bition and few animals don't
think saw anything that was differ
ent from what have already seen
in the U. s. A. Central Park, New
York. has better collection. 1t Is
cool enough today so that an over
coat is comfortable. 1t will probob. y
be more SO when we get back to
New York. Tomorrow is Olives
birthday.
December 1--we left Marseilles
December and have been home
ward bond ever since. 1t took us from
Friday evening until Monday morn.
| ing to get to Gibralter. We left there
Wednesday noon the eleventh and
have been sailing at a high rate of
speed. Best of all we will reach New
York in time for Christmas Picke |
UP some American sea-gulls today.
The climate is very mild as we are
on southern route: as soon as wo
turn north we will hit colder weather
and rougher weather. too.
went ashore at Gibralter and It 10
a wonderful little place. Some TOO
modern guns are mounted on the rock
which ! Judge Is less than two miles
long. The climate IL similar to tha'
OF California. Everything was gree
and the parks loaded with flowers,
geraniums four feet high growing Ike
weeds. A sign in the park said. mo