The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1919-02-28

the afmlStlce- mas Deen signed, ana
guess they have relieved your wcr-
ries.
/ have just written Gilbert let
ter and enclosed yours with it, /
am glad to say many Of the boys pas
sed through safely.
Tommy GORDON and ! are in the
same division, (the 5th.) | had a
letter from him few days ago. He
is in the 9th infantry of the 9TH di-
vision and / am in the 18th infantry.
/ received the Christmas package
last Friday You could not have
fixed box to please me better. The
handkerchief was so nice that ! am
going to save it until get back into
civil life. Those good American CT
gars are hard to get in this country.
Sometimes we get them from the ".
NJ. G, A., but a cigar equal to those
sent me cost so cents each here in
the civilian stores. The candy sent
me cannct be equalled anywhere ov-
CT here Everything here is unreas-
enable in price. A few Of the arti-
eles have noticed are: eggs, 1925
per doz., and before we came here
they were s1250; shoes, $1,000 to
$4,000 pair; handkerchief like we
used to pay s cents for, from 80 cts.
to S1.00 1t is sorry grade Of cam
dy at $500 per pound. We get can
dy through the Y. M. G. A. at 20 cts.
d bar for chocolate; so you see mon
ey does not buy much here. Most
of the civilians wear wooden shoes.
But, don't let that worry you. We
are well fed and / think will soon
have all new clothing.
&. 1t might be little more of inter-
est if ! should go into detail about the
civilians of this country Their
bread, as used, comprises of 1-3 flour,
1-3 Irish potatoes they do not know
anything about a sweet potato) and
1-3 saw-dust, ground straw or nut
hulls. All is made into mass and
baked. They have but very little
meat, and they eat much horse flesh.
The German prisoners tell us their
uniforms are 1-3 cotton, the other
2-3 a little wool and the balance pa
per War has brought about many
conditions and results that | could
mention. / only mention those few
things to give you an idea on the con-
dition Of Europe today OF course
the conditions vary much in different
localities. But, / have much in store
to tell you of my own personal ex-
periences and observations upon my
return.
] am glad to hear you have good
for a big harvest of wheat.
viii give you little warning. You
had better save an extra supply of it.
1 expect to be home by next summer
and oh, how / viii eat biscuits, it
will take three to count them. I
have eaten only few biscuit since
left home.
Would you be surpiesd if told
you refused two dollars for a bis
cult. One morning after hiking all
night, our kitchen caught up, and
we had most nothing for breakfast;
no bread, only little flour that had
been issued to make gravy, so the
cooks made biscuits from the -four.
In a place like this, under the cir
cumstances money buys nothing, it is
worthless, so tired and hungry, with
only biscuit and a little syrup for
breakfast, nothing more to eat; mon
ey could not buy it; not many times
but a few, have been under these
circumstances. But, | have never
had to go over two days without any
thing to eat.
You can bet / am going to eat if
| ever reach home again.
Yes, / know you have me in mind,
and remember me in your prayers,
not only you but others. Though
thousands of miles away I have felt
their influence. | have often heard
smart people tell Of the influence Of
prayer and mind, but now know
it is a fact that the influence of pray
err and mind can carry far, although
the parties may be far apart. / will
give You an illustration of my own
experience.
On Monday morning, October 18th
! went over the top my first time, and
at night as lay in mud and water
in hole on guard between our lines
and the enemy (who were or A hun
dred yards away / felt the influence
of home prayers as it called my MIND
back home, and sure enough | later
received letters from home and
friends al dated on that date, each
stating for an unknown cause | was