The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-03-13
FROM ACROSS THE OCEAN
Interesting Letters from War Work
~rs and Soldiers Ia France and Ger
many.
Letter From Private Alfred A. Sey-
mour Of the A. 4. r., 10 His Parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederich Seymour Of
Dorset.


Cannes. France, Feb. Z, 1919.
Dear Folks
No doubt you will be- somewhat sur
prised 20 hear from me, from WA.
down here. and to know Of the gran,
time that arm now having.
! am down here at beautiful wintel
resort spending scven-day furlough
and | can not begin TO tell you all o.
the interesting things that ! am see
ing. but surely will have great dea
10 tell you when ] get home. Their
arc four other fellows in the part,
with me from our Office force.
We expected go to Paris for three
days; thai wns on Tuesday, but wher
II came train time our passes were re
jccted for Paris. so we Immediately
applied for seycn-day furlough tc
come TO Cannes, which is one Of
Europe's most beautiful spots. VIZ
left Vitrey Tuesday afternoon and
went to Paris, staying there that
night. Wednesday morning we went
to Lyon, which is the second larges,
city'in France. We got our supper
there and left for Cannes AT II o'clock
arriving here at II O'Clock yesterday
morning. Thursday, February 9th.
After being checked in by the military
police we were taken TO our hotel
where we are TO stay while here. II
is the Cosmopolitan and one dandy
hotel, too. will send picture of same
if possible.
We have seven days here outside of
travelling; government pays hotel bills
and of course carfare, so our only ex-
pense is what we spend while here for
our own enjoyment. The eats are fine.
and we have a wonderful bed or rather
beds in our room, and get the service
of civilian boarder. There are four
of US in the room which / am in. !
could hardly realize myself getting in
to real, honest to goodness bed last
night, and l felt like pushing the but
ton and ordering my breakfast
brought up to my bed, us ! could have
done il had desired.
This is a beautiful small city located
on the Mediterranean Sea east Of Mar
seilles, which we passed through. We
are Is miles from Nice and Morocco
and Monte Carlo. We are going to Wis
il those places Monday and stay day
in each place. This place Cannes, and
Nice, are where all Of the Dukes and
Lords from all over Europe spend
their winters, SO you may know it is
pretty well known spot. We arc
right among the beautiful Alps Noun
tains with their snowy caps. That is,
the Mediterranean Alps, and are with
in only a few miles Of the Italian Alps,
which can easily be seen from spots
here. We expect to 90 on Italian ter
ritory before we leave here, as we are
not more than GO or 70 miles from
Genoa, Italy, and not more than 25
miles, guess. from the border. Nice
is noted all over the world as winter
resort, and l am sure that Mr.. and
Mrs. Campbell can tell you a great
deal about all of these places. Monte
Carlo is the worlds greatest gambling
city known, which we are going to Wis
it. We have to visit there, that is, the
Casino where the gambling is done, be-
fore 9 a. m. There is said to be won
derful sights over there.
The Y. Nj. c. A. is conducting many
sightseeing trips which we are taking
in. Today we went by motor boats to
two islands out about eight or ten
miles in the sea and visited several
historic things. One of the islands is
inhabited only by the Monks. We
went through the Monistary and saw
the whole works used by them in their
religion. Unable to tell you all the de-
tails in letter. On that same island
was chapel and fortification built
by the Romans in the fifth century.
The name of that island was st. Hon.
Grat. On the other island, called ST.
is a Very famous and his
toric prison. This is the prison which
held "The Man with the Iron Mask"
In the 10th century during the ruling
Of King Louis XIV. Be sure and get
that book and read it. II was written
by Dumas. ! was in the room where
be was kept ] saw many other inter
eciing things which would take too
much space and time try and write.
Tomorrow we are going TO small
rity not far from here, called Grasse,
and pronounced as grass" II is
famous for the manufacturing OF per-
rumcs, there being so such factories
here. We viii 20 there by tramway
,r electric ears. 1,
II is very warm here. SO We never
rave To wear an ovcrcoat nor gloves. I
In fact the women all carry their para !
vol or sun shade. II is as ! imagine =
pqirr Reach Fla IN hr in the winter