Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-10-12
TELLS OF TRIP To
EUROPE
MISS GERTRUDE McGUINE
SPOKE BEFORE
CONVENTION

Miss Gertrude McGuine, assistant
superintendent of the Wausau public
schools, made several addresses last
week, in which she told of her trip to
Europe made during the summer, with
the party entertained by The Milwau-
kee Journal Miss McGuine spoke
before the Wisconsin State Nurses
association and at the Vesper services
held at the First Universalist church
last Sunday afternoon.
There were go passengers on
board, $50 of whom were first-class
passengers. Some very important and
interesting persons were on board.
Among them, the Counsul from Col
ombia to England, the United States
Minister to Persia with his family,
the Haiti Minister to Great Britain
with family, and party of Harvard
and Pennsylvania University students
on their way to take part in the Olym-
pic games at Antwerp, and Texas
University party.
~The Steerage passengers were
Slays, Jews, Greeks and Poles. Mr..
Spencer, our correspondent, spent one
mOrning among them i'm order to get
their reasons for leaving the United
States. The inyariable answer was
that ii was no place for poor man;
that the capitalists of America were
controlling more than the MOnarchs
of Europe. In contrast to that state
ment was that of the purser who said
that the crowd was returning with
S750,GO0 which gave an average OF
$4,000.
Visited Rheims
1.-The first trip to the battlefield took
us to Rheims. Here we had our first
hand knowledge of what war meant to
France. There are whole streets in
the business section in which no shops
can be kept, residence sections where
every house has been destroyed and
some parts where debris has not been
removed from the streets.
Temporary houses, little more than
sheds, but large enough to accommo-
date several families, have been erect
ed to shelter the homeless. Shops have
been opened in shacks. The work of
rebuilding Rheims progresses slow
ly, but the fact that it is progressing
shows the French determination.
Later we drove to Fesmes where
so many of our Wisconsin and Wausau
boys fought so gallantly. The 32nd
won great renown there. Although it
was taken and then re-taken by the
Germans, the Americans finally sue
ceeded in driving them out for all
time. The American cemeteries are
right beside the town. Every member
of the party located and decorated the
graves of friends.
Chateau Thierry
"At Chateau Thierry, prominent
places were pointed out to us where
the marines fought so splendidly. We
crossed the famous bridge that they
held so defiantly and kept the Germans
from crossing. Even street crossings
were placarded for the benefit of the
American tourist. We ate dinner in a
hotel that had been almost destroyed
and had been repaired. AT every turn
we were reminded of something that
war is like. The American cemeteries
are very beautiful and WONDERFULLY we'll
kept At every cemetery, American
boys are taking care of the graves. /
regret that 1 did not know the exact
location of more of our Wausau boys.
l inquired about them at Romagna,
however, and believe that I visited all
who are buried there. The Romagna
cemetery is especially beautiful. A
sunken garden directly in front, con-
tains beds of purple and gold pansies,
symbols of thoughts. The largest bed
is filled with gold pansies in the form
of star edged with purple pansies.
1.-The one 'Argonne' cemetery con-
tains the words 'Argonne Cemetery in
purple and gold. Steps lead up to the
cemetery proper. The graves are ar
ranged in neat rows and each is mark