Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-25


Dear Folks:
write you TO night from town
few miles south of Paris, being an
route TO Albania with trainload
of merchandise. Having sixty
one cars including the car inwhioh
we live. Myself and another OIL
Ger and two assistants (French)
will take this train across France
and Italy to Brlndseor Tranto, Italy
where we will tranship to Pugli
line S. S. and ship part across the
Adriatic to Durazzo, Albania, and
part to Salonlca, Greece. Believe
me, Grandad, It is no easy task to-
take a trainload of merchandise a.
cross two or three countries and a
sea or two, but that is Just what
makes IT interesting. Can now speak
French quite well and enough Ital-
ian and Slavic (Serbian) to enable
either. so get along very well. Have
our in quite good shape, army cots,
two stoves. table, two good lamps.
and a varied assortment of food staffs
so am quite happy.
Coming to Paris after leaving
Rome which point l wrote you,
stopped off at Florence; a beautiful
city ON the river Arno. The Petit
Galleries contain some of the most
renowned paintings in the world. -
Botticelli, Raphiel, etc. From
Florence went to Genoa via Pisa,
where is he leaning tower of Pisa.
Spent a day and a half in Genoa but
saw very little of it as my time was
taken up in endeavoring to purchase
gasoline from the Standard oil Co.
there. price was unsatisfactory SO
made arrangement for purchase and
delivery from the Royal Dutch Shell
Co. at Salonica, Greece.)
Genoa is very hilly, however. and
quite beautiful in the residentiail
Monte Carlo, Cannes, Nice. MarseTl- |
les. and Lyon. Did not stop at any
of the points as was on an express
train, nevertheless saw some very
beautiful country. The Rivera is
exceedingly beautiful at this time
of the year. as is also he Rhone Val
ley. Paris too is very pretty in its
Spring dress. A great many Amer
lean tourists in Paris now One
can tell one as far as one can see
and hear one. Quite self important
they are, and therefore of course
quite ridiculous.
Folks, I did not forget you on
Easter day and | too remembered
you had birthda yon the 25th of
March, but was too busy at that
time to write. Just te SINE | wish
you many more birthdays and
hope to be with you to celebrate
one a year or two hence. Shall pos
sibIy be over for three years or so
vet. Shall finish Albania in Oeto-
Der and Will then go to Russia.
Grandad, wish you would write
me all you know about your anees-
tors on your fathers side. Wherei
they were born and when, so far
back as you know or can find out.
Have heard OF some people of the
same name in England and If rela-
tions, would like to visit them. Also
if you know anything about the Rem
merit family. let me know. Am go
ing to go through Germany this fall
and win stop off at Cassel tHesse)'
Am feeling fine of late and now
weigh GO Kilograms or 152 pounds.
Not married as yet. Not even
any intentions Plenty of pretty
girls but none Just strike my fancy.
Met two very nice girls in Paris last
week. Chilians from Santiago,
Chilli. Spoke only Spanish. which
| too speak having studied same be-
fore leaving San Francisco. But
they have returned to Chilli and l to
the new East. so it is ended. Such
is Iife-and now must close and
write a line or so to Harry in San
Francisco.
Love to both,
naorOa