The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-19
GRANITEVILLE
Arthur Macdonald of the Canadian
Forces Seeing Many Sights,

Arthur Macdonald writes his mother,
Mrs. N. A. Macdonald, of some very in
terestlng visits he has had in France
since the close Of warfare, and he in
forms her that he expects to be home in
May or June. His letter is as follows:
February %, 1919.
Dear Mother: l got back from Paris
yesterday and l am we'll satisfied with
my trip. / enjoyed every minute was
there. Two of the boys that came back
with us left for England on IA days
leaves this morning, SO / went down and
sent a cable to you for eco which viii
come to 500 or very near it. / should
be getting away this week, for we all
came back from London at the same
time last August. ! have about $500
coming to me but they call it deferred
pay and am not supposed TO get it until
| am discharged Some of the boys have
been able to draw on it though but ]
wanted to make sure, that is why
! cabled for the EGO to be sent to
the Bank of Montreal, London. | figure
that if that cable comes through and
can draw little of that $500 | will 90
to Ireland and see what the shamrock
looks like. | hope it will be different
than England, Scotland and France, for
they seem to think a Canadian soldier is
a young millionaire. | made the best of
my time while ! was in Paris and saw
as much as | could during the short stay
had there. We went out to MalmaisOn,
where Napoleon and Josephine lived, and
there were a great many beautiful things
to be seen there We also went to Yer
sailles and saw the palace in which Louis
XIV. and Louis XIV. lived A person
could not imagine the richness OF it. We
could not get out to the garden and park
in front of the 'palace, as the ground
was so soft. In fact, it rained nearly
every day while we were there. Some
of the rooms there contain pictures, tap
estries and vases that are priceless.
We also took in the Notre Dame
cathedral, which think Is the largest in
the world the st. Surplace cathedral,
which has the largest pipe organ in the
world il has something like 1000 pipes,
and we also visited the church of St.
Gervais, which was hit on Good Friday
by a shell from the long range gun and
killed 1870 people. There are still blood
stains on the floor.
Where Napoleon's tomb is. in Les In.
valides, there is some great marble cary
ing and also in the Louvre, which is a
big museum. We went to the grand
opera and the marble work there is sure
great sight. The inside Of that theatre
il one of the most beautiful things / ever
saw. We also went to the Alhambra
theatre and the Gaumont Picture Palace
The great war painting at the Panthe-
non La Guerre is one OF the best things
to see there. We were over by the EifTel
tower, which is 904 feet high, and at the
big Ferris wheel Was also down to the
spot where Clcmenceau was shot. The
old man is holding up pretty well but
see by the paper that he has had too
many visitors, The next letter you get
from me may be from London OF some
where in Ireland. At present we are
supposed to 90 back on the tail end of
the I'd division, They will be starting
to leave France in a couple of weeks.
really don't expect to get home before
NAV or the first Of June anyway, for
things are moving very slowly.
The woman's auxiliary of ST. Johns
Episcopal church will meet in the vestry
on Thursday March 90 at 1880 p. m,
Remember and 90 to the Granite the
atre Thursday night if you want to see
good feature and the latest news pic.
ture OF the day.-ady
First Glass Private Alphonse Allaire
of Graniteville arrived here early this
morning from Camp Devens, after seeing
eight months service overseas. His wife
and friends met him in White River
! Junction,