The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-08

harmonized we'll with the general at
nosphere of the village. The dining
room especially was a restful place
and wodd work and a glowing fire in
! the fireplace at either end of the room
| one of which was directly behind my
back. And such a meal as it was too,
We began with "horsde aeuvres" and
ended up with cheese, black coffee
and French pastry such as had often
heard about but had never tasted be-
fore-the kind that just melts in your
mouth. We got up from the table at
1:15-one cannot hurry through a
French meal.
After that we visited the Chateau
bith inside and out. It was built in the
18th century by the, treasurer of
Francis the first, so the story goes
and when Francis found that the
treasurer had used state funds he
appropriated the chateau for his own
use. Thus it was that over the en-
trance and above the freplaces and
at various points on the place is
found the coat of arms with the sala-
| mander on it. This is the same as
at Blois.
The day was a beautiful one and
just cool enough to make one like to
exercise a bit as well, so we took a
stroll about the village afterward,
and, quite by accident, came upon the
little pastry shop where the pastry
was made, with our ap-
petites whetted with the walk,
were fully able to do justice to
chocolate and third of a small cake
a piece How the fellow manages to
get his sugar and flour to make the
cakes don't know, but he must have
these ingredients to make such deli
cases. Then we walked back to the
hotel and sat down before a blazing
fireplace in the little parlor adjacent
to the dining room where we dozed
till 700 p. m. being just a bit sleepy
from our walk.
I suppose you would call the meal
we had supper, but it was regular
dinner, with fried chickens into the
bargain. 1t was quite crowd of
Americans too that were there, for
some nurses and men from the base
hospital near Tours had come out
and two naval officers from Tours al
so had come out seeing the sights
as we. So you see that we quite out
numbered the two French couples and
three other Frenchmen, alone, who
made up the other guests. Again we
were at the table over an hour, and
left in time to walk to the little sta
ton and watch crowded train at
900 p. m. for Tours, where, after
several long stops for no apparent
reason, we eventually arrived at IL 100
pm.
Last night, (Monday), Captain
Tomlin, Lieutenant Thall, John and
/ went to the Trainon to see "Kick
In" played by a stock company COM
posed Of players of the cover There
Theatre League" headed by Mary Ro-
land. This is a play that had long
run in the States and is a hummer.
I saw it with Mae at the Tech in
Buffalo in June, 1916, so it was not
entirely new to me but it brought
the States a lot nearer to see it
again.
| I've forgotten to mention every
time since the occurrence the general
feeling of regret and sorrow that
everyone, I'm sure, felt here at the
news of the death of Theodore Roose-
| him and America has certainly suffer
| ed great loss. I know that in the
| eyes of the French people he was the
"Greatest American
! Have run out of gas-Love, dear
ones-DONALD.
| Tours, France, January ~, 1919
| Dear ALI
| I inspected chateaux at Chaumont,
Amboise, and Chenonceaux last Sun
day, and I must say that, all in all,
| it was the most wonderful experience
yet. All three are linked up with
the history of the early kings and
queens, as are the other chateaux
that | visited on previous occasions.
| count being able to visit these three
chateaux in one day as one of the
greatest privileges | have ever had.
There were four of US in the party
! that made the rounds. We left Tours
on $50 a. M train in the direction
of Paris. We arrived at Oinzan,
some SO kilometers distant, at a.
m.-three quarters of an hour late.
A brisk twenty minutes walk across
4 the Loire and down the bank on the
other side brought US to the lodge at
! the gate of the wall that surrounds
the vast estate on which the chateauS
| of Chaumont is situated. Entering
we walked up a rather steep road
lined with thick hedge and trees
At the end of this we came upon 9
broad terrain on which the chateaua
/ is built, adjacent to a bluff with 6
i wonderful view of the Loire. Exten-
sive gardens surround the place. Il
is completely furnished with thous-
ands, yes millions,a of dollars worth
of wonderful tapestries, furniture
rugs, pictures and hangings. This
was a favorite seat of Catherine-de
s Medicis and her bedroom is preser
we'd as it was in her time, and adj
i joining her bedroom is the most won