The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-04-19

travelling out OF IdrlS pretty SooH.
Orders is orders and l am not saying
nay to anything that comes along-l
would like to see Paris in the spring
time, but they say it is a very beau
tiful country where we are going,
next to Paris the most to be desired
in France, so here's hoping for inter-
esting days ahead. We shall be 100
miles from the Alps, hardly within
walking distance. Our connection with
the army is a very close one, the edu-
cational work is in their charge-a
real live gen aral and a colonel attend
the meetings and have the final say
at the sessions of the commission. We
people in the office end of the work
are interested in being pleasantly
situated-if our work were with the
soldiers we would be glad to go where
they are. Our work with the soldiers
is done in spare time whenever we
have the opportunity. l certainly
belong to them for anything that l
lads the other night at program
given for the soldiers. 1t occurred to
me their mothers would like word
about them so they gave me addresses
and few facts and / sent letter
home telling their mothers what Won
dreful lads they are and how Paris
is not spelling them. 1t is just little
incident, but we try to keep our eyes
open and our hearts ready at all
times At the Beaune university there
will probably be plenty of opportuni-
ties to be helpful to the boys too.
One thing sure, if had supposed that
my stay in Paris would be limited to
six weeks or so there would have
been more method in my sightseeing.
have done it noontimes and Sundays
and occasionally half holiday, gypsy
fashion and not at all studiously, have
| lust roamed about and enjoyed every
thing l could. l meant to connect
everything l saw with it's historical
associations but thought there was lots
of time to do it. 1t has been interest
| ing just looking at the outside OF
things, poking my nose through the
gate bars at Cluny Museum and enjoy
ing the quaint picturesque exterior
for instance is sample incident of
one Sundays wanderings. We learned
afterward that if we had made big
noise and been insistent somebody
would have let us in. The snow in
the garden was untrod and we did not
dream it was impossible to get inside.
| would like to see the inside of Presi-
dent Poincaire's garden which runs
away back to the Champs Elysee, but
the high fence makes it impossible.
One of the handsomely uniformed
guards spoke to me one day when l
was trying to peer through, and
smiled at me, but did not offer to
grant my request-he told me that
"Comrade Poincaire" lived there,
which l knew. quite we'll but l did not
know that his guards called him
comrade. ..
| wandered through the Luxem-
bourg Gardens and enjoyed the
statues and the open spaces and the
snowy aspect of things. The statues
surely did look uncomfy with snowy
background. Talk about chilly looking
statues-the Cathedral of St. Dennis
heads the list, with it's famous kings
and queens lying upon their tombs
face up with hands clasped in 'Now
I lay me down to sleep" fashion.
Marie Antoinette is there, Catherine
de Medici, the famous Louis 'teenths
Several of them, and l should worry
anyhow why they were famous-most
of them just because they were, or
because they could spend money
faster than the others,-we are obliged
to them for leaving fine big bridges
and museums and gardens because we
can enjoy them now.
The French would not like my ir-
reverent way of speaking Of their
honorable remains" / fear.
I am not writing you the kind of
letter l should or could, it just hap
pens to be the one I can this minute.
This is beautiful building where
am located now-built in the time OF
Napoleon-at Beaune l shall miss
these high painted ceilings and ornate
gildings and inlaid 'foors-our office
fixtures rather spoil the grandeur
thereof, but we shut our eyes to mod
ern Americanisms and feature the Ma
poleon stuff when we glance about
We have real telephone switchboard
in the kitchen, operated by Belgian
refugee. The Elysee Palace, American
army headquarters have a telephone