Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-16
OBSERVATIONS OF AY
MAN IN FRENCH FIELDS
Fwmcs Christian Pastor Gives an
Interesting View az
Things.
is A WONDERFUL COUNTRY
Eating ~ Snaiis II Not Matter
~ Necessity. Hut
pclIcagy

Or J. IT, Morgarv and wife Of this
city are In receipt OF an Interesting
istter from John william Darby,
formnriy pastor ~ the Christian
church at this place. and later or
Washington. Ind Reverend Darby
IL In Europe IN the service ~ the
v NJ g \ The letter IL written
from oondrccourt. France. of dat.
January ~, and W. have psrmls-
sion 4, print portions Of the cplntlo,
80 follows
"My address In Riven above Have
10 pvt n that way so you VIII rce
I am at another place. Look II up
on tho map. II II about ib0 mites
west and south Of Paris. up near
Nancy, located On a branch ~ the
Mcuse II flows riRht past my win,
dow whom 7 am et my officr, ana
when In my bunk u flows just three
stories below mo ! live In tho attic,
: ~ am the religious director ~ tho
sixth area of France, There are Just
about q dozen mon In France doing
the exact typo OF work that 7 do, 20
You SEQ I am one OF n dozen any
way This In wome job. bclIeve mo.
Vet II In a vastly important one, ]
have access To a car and n driver for
n, NO got TO TO from place 10 place
In my work, and I hAvel over quite
an area. ] went recently through
tho forest established by Louis XIV
for his hunting grounds II was Inn
.mense, To-day I 70 60 Vaudeville. q
camp located In the midst OF tho
greatest forest In France. while
fhere I will get 10 take n hunt for
boars. tho officers In charge taking
me with them. I anticipate q good
time, not only o. the hunt. but also
In tho work I will get to do with
probably 400 oolored troops sta.
toned thsfc who so far have had
littls done for them,
~ little later ! will have 10 mako
q trip through verdun and tho Ar
gonns sector, and OF course that
takes me through q wopderfui area.
Today I have on hip boots and bc-
FORE night Will look - though they
were needed. on my way out there
! was fortunate Nsnoush to psss
through Chateau Thisrry and Mw
what had happensd thsrs. There
are sheli holes IN which you could
bury NO housev like xourv and the
whole area 10 punotursd Win them.
The small places whore tho boys
dug In for the last time are still
showing In many plscss. Not a
town IN that area but V ieveiled to
the groundi not . tree Of any size
but hAs been blown TO atoms. soms
are ydst cot OF by The (hslls and
csssrs uprocssa ana iiitsd Tar ron
ss"iS ps:s,sS Ssvs sJk:n Gss o.
, ~ "Sv:rywhsr. : ,h.r. ar. graves of
fAi,su heroes with ting little wooden
evoss raised ever lheif tired bodies.
som etivnes thsir hnhuet hankA ygJon
the ton OF the croas and other untss
an ammunition belt swuns over one
arm. II Navs me such q depressed
feeling that could not help hut ro-
move my hat and allow the tears IN
fisw. I never feit % proud Of the
Amsrican army In eli my life - ,
AZ whom 4 saw what they han don.
thers. J fervsntiy PRAYED that u
any srrinG bog tel IN that awful
IN the hour of svsrlastins fife Just
4 field eory with blood and all for
the aAuss for which the great Christ
"v+sncs n wssdJksui TN many
ways. 30 u England. EnRland II
picturesque. lta little towns are ali
huddisd W ahist valleys and IN.
thatchsd roofs apd clcseiy-built
France rSS = ssrseui,urs,. "rhsrv ar,
thousands Of small towns and The
people seldom live In the country;
that ID, there are few farm houses.
ali the peojis iivinG In thA towns
and farming never more man b
acres. II 10 done with crude. old
fashioned imblemsnts. nevar with
modern tools. yet II In intensively
farmsd. Tho towns are closely
buut, with very narrow streets and
thd people generally. of the poor
.oisss II IL nothing now to sec
wooden shoes such ~ you see In
picture books Hheir buildings arc
never OF the wooden type, but al
ways OF stone or of something .like
s,ucco---I have not yets diseovered
The roads here are OF iimestone
and OF course good. hut with ~
much rain they are always muddf
The French people eat horse meat.
and al,o eat snails. You will won
der 40 this. but YOU know I have
eAien them and II n fellow In hungry
aid does not know exactly what he
In eating. or n hungry enough he
does not care. However. the snail
IL not eaten because they. do not
have other food. hut n In an article
OF diet II II the regular snail that
You know The thought IL the worst
thinr about A. They are really a
fine food