Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-29
Overseas Correspondence
BY JAMES II. GlPSON.
tWritten for the Capital News,

| Diekirch. Luxembourg, Dec. 23.-Aft-
err migrating for many weary kilo,
were apparently set here for a spell.
No one will be sorry. for this march
ing and counter marching in wet,
muggy weather, isn't what it's cracked
4 UP to be, even with war on, and
moving around. with no war on, gets
everyone grousing. Personally, l love
moving around like ! do the kaiser.
This Is a considerable town. Before
the war Ii must have been quite
summer resort, for there are any num-
Der of big hotels, and most of them
were forced out OF business by the
stoppage of the streams Of tourists. In
one OF these. the Grand Hotel des Ar
dennes, we have our quarters. IT Is
four story affair, built in two sec
tons, and quite new and clean. Not
withsfanding the amount of money
put into it's construction, there was no
provision made for heating most of
the rooms, and running water in none
of them. Evidently thoy expected
guests only during the summer
months, and then made them battle in
the river. II they bathed at all. for
there seems to be no bathrooms in the
AAcNNAt 6tiiNA icl very IUdHN IN LOMU.
fair critic said that | always men
toned my baths in my letters. and
that by careful count of the number
took, she was unable TO award me
even q leather medal for cleanliness
they are events in mans life over
here and frequently achieved only
after much stress and strain. Yester-
day I had another bath / found the
nlIRa I'm nm old fo1 - .I,1
OF town. The bathtub vase OF tin, ana
the water felt like the fire had gone
out day before yesterday. After wait
ing an hour for the water TO get
warmer. went III to try ii again.
tho arrangement being that pals of
hot water would be Forthcoming If it
was not hot enough. It decidedly was
not. ! rang. and by and by an an
Gent crone appeared with a bucket
Of fairly hot water. | told her that
about 10 like that would make the
bath endurable. After I had waited
another half hour. ! became disguised
and shivered through by additions.
When l was dressing the old dame re-
appeared. and seemed much hurt that
! had not waited for the second in
stallment. At the rate the hot water
was coming in, / figure | would have
been eXcatly two weeks getting
through with that bath If 1 had in I
sisted on comfortable one.
klDDlES ARE KlDDIEs.
Riddles are Riddles the world over I
At Grevenmacher, where we spent a !
day. | was sitting in the cafe room /
Of the hotel where / was bflleted. /
when the tiniest little fellow stopped \
into View. He was rather smaller \
than glass of schnapps, and they I
serve that delightful beverage in a
glass that holds at least Z. thimbleful. \
Fle had on new boots, and White stock \
Ings, and suit that carried me back \
TO my own early youth. for it bore .
evidence OF having been \
lewly manufactured from one &c faith
ers well Worn garments. He was well \
with his personal appear
ance, and also pleased with on ac-
evidently acquired
about the same time as tho shoes Tic
had learned 70 expectsE#dc lie did
this once, with eutiro SUCCESS and
glanced np at me with quite the air
q man ~ the world Satisfied with n
the effect produced h. rencated viz