The Denver Jewish news., 1919-07-02

son, Leo, who is still in France with
the A. E. F.:
Tours, France,
May 20, 1919
Dear Papa:
viii try and give you an idea of the
interesting and educational trip that
one of the boys in the Division, Cor
pornl CronlS, and I took thru the ruins
CO the former battle-ground of the war
and also of the incidentals on the way
including the bright lights of Paris.
Our train to Paris was not due to
leave until two o'clock ON Thursday
morning so we asked an NJ. r. to take
us over to the Red Cross station, just
across the street, until train time. We
sat around over there. talking and list
ening to the music until the train was
due to leave.
We boarded the train and after we
started, a woman came in the car very
ILL., and in giving her our seat 1--WE had
one to divide between u.s., it meant
stand up all night and no sleep. About
our train made its way
into the city of Gay Paree and we
we're once more gazing upon the faces
of beautiful girls and stern NJ P.'s.
After checking in and receiving our
"blue ticket emitting us to twenty
tour hours in France we Immediate
ly went around the corner from the
Care d'Orsay and partOok of II meal
of the Red Cross at the enormous cost
of seventy-five or rather fifty centimes
,about s cents), and did our duty
well.
We crossed thru the Tuileries Gar
dens and began looking and asking for
.he Tuileries Hotel and, after about
fifteen minutes finally found ourselves
in the foyer signing up for room,
should have said bed, because there
were only six in the same room when
we finally blew in.
After washing, something we seldom
did on the trip. we took nice walk
IL the Place de Concord where we be-
gan getting our Vest pocket" edition
IN action and took numerous photo
glaphs. From there we went to the
Avenue dOpera where we made some
purchases and the stores were just be-
ginning to raise their shades ut nine
tells.
After walking what seemed to bc
half the way. we arrived at the Depot
and found ourselves paying thirty-five
confines for our passage-way to the
.rotorious city. When we bought our
tickets we also purchased our lunch.
proving that we still were awake. tho
we had no sleep the night before, and
half an hour later stepped on the soil
of Versailles.
After listening to the lecturer in the
courtyard and looking over the ex-
terror we went thru the buildings, and
were in many rooms and buildings OF
Iruch Importance connected with the
Peace Conference The pictures, paint
ings. draperies, and wall decorations
were simply beyond words, and many
Of them We're very old but none badly
worn. We We're in the room of glass.
where the Germans forced the French
To sign the treaty in 1870, and where
the Allies intend making the Germans
sign this treaty in the near future.
After going thru about every single
room in the buildings we went thru
The gardens. and everyone was amazed
ut the sight of the wonderful gardens.
At the end of the gardens was an arti-
ficia1 lake and the row-boats sailing
up and down across the sheet of glass
lnade it a wonderful sight to behold.
We walked to the Eiffel Tower,
which is being used as an electric
wireless station and is closed to the
Iublic, and sat down (for Il minute)
on bench in the yard under the same.
\ woman came along, just like con-
Guctor OH a street-car, and got out
Hcr tichets W &c US ioA Siie
down hut we parted and left her
benches for some other occupants.
Don't know whether thac is just a
charge for Americans or not. but we
Logan to wonder if we could even
breathe the air without paying the
French dearly for it. We crossed the
bridge and sat in the Tuileries gardens
Dear the Trocadero for while and
took tram back TO the hotel. first
stopping at the Red Cross for sup
per.
After visiting an emporium to quencll
our thirst, to the Folies Bergere. we
purchased tickets for the Promenade