The Monte Vista journal., 1919-04-12

shoSeis hlllhG up the shell holes they
caused to ho there.
I bought Mildred q hand. PAINTED
vase: Ws . plain affair but very
pretty aud Of the best hand work, 90
I suess she will like Il, They hsv,
some very beautiful souvenirs over
here but they are getting wise 10 10
and every timo come back to
France they arc about ton francs
higher In price, Also they have very
good wine, ! sampled = few GRADE,
and Of course st a mcal they drink
wine like we do coffee. Tho wine
they drink with their meals 10 q
sour wine and Il doesn't &C, iiks some
other kinds Of wine I know OF whsn
you drink = little.
Two OF my pals and myself had
supper In ono Of their swell cafes and
talk about your fried spuds. real
French fried. wc had them. Thrco
kinds Of meat. no butter. ane Jelly
good tough brown broad. French
soups. lettuce salad. and two kinds
OF wine. All for nve francs. Oi.0o
U. 81
That's ono thing tho French can
do. fry potatoes.
sent Wheeler q soap box full Of
candy. soap. tooth paste and brush.
shaving cream and . dozen peanut
bars. II didn't cost mo . cent to
send II by mail. so you sec by send
Ing things to mo for him you save
both time and money.
Our ship puts out = little weekly
newspaper now and I'll send you .
copy Of the news when I get one
next copy. It's called the "Toma-
hawk" Very appropriate name. oh,
have several rolls OF films to be
developed when We get In and guess
most Of them will be good because
We had nice weather this trip. How
ever. Il did rain the day We got there
and that helped lessen our opinion OF
Sunny France"
They say = sprinkling wagon IL
the most useless article in France.
and darned II l don't believe II. Ev-
cry time I've come over hero its
either raining or getting ready to
rain. It's no wonder grapes grow
so good.
We just missed President Wilson .
ship one day this time. We were Or
dered to proceed to Brest but our
orders were changed Just two days
out and we went to st. Na1aire. II
we had continued to Brest II would
have put usand the President in Brest
the same day. I was rather dissap-
pointed myself because had my
camera all fixed and had the cotton
In my ears for our salute of twenty
one guns. We still carry four six
inchers, ha!
took some pictures on our trip
over Of our crack gun crew at drill
| got bawled tonight for not wear
ing my life preserver while we were
going through the mine or danger
zone. You see there is still danger
of US running into one OF those dev.
ilish mines the Germans have &C
cleverly laid. hardly ever weal
mine only when the Commander re-
quests me personally as he did to.
night. Ha, ha! He's a good sport
though, and Just bawled. me ouI
easy like. you know. because he al
ways claps louder than anybody else
when there's a fight on and he sees
me coming through the ropes. But
wait until l ask him for thirty
day furlough next trip or so. l hops
he doesn't forget me then.
We have fve moving picture ma
chimes on our ship and have movies
every night. Sundays too, after th'
church services. They have $500
O'Clock mass for Catholics every Sun
: day morning.
. We have chaplain and Y. NJ. c
A. man aboard and they make ev
, erything as nice as possible for us
l suppose we will heve at leas
three boxing and musical program
e on our trip home so will leave tina
to write about when 1t happens. Gu
: sh,n has n good Band and the Arm.