The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-24
Interesting Letter from Mrs. W L. Boi
court, Written from Toulon, France.

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Letters from Mrs. w. l.. Boicourt,
written from Sunny France, tell Of
their trip from Douai TO Dion, then to
Lyons and on TO Toulon, where they
were located at her last writing.
This city IS the main naval base Of
France; crowds of saIors throng the
streets. At this date, Mr.. and Mrs. Boz
court and Miss Jane are probably in
Marseilles. In a letter of March 3, Mrs.
Boicourt writes: AT last l have found
the sun of Sunny France. Up in the
Nord, where we have been all winter,
where all the winds bring rain and
where there is always a wind, | came to
the conclusion that the reason the
country was so-called was because the
people loved so passionately the bit OF
sunshine granted them. Here it IS a diff
/ ferent story. The proverb, Make hay
while the sun Shines would have no
significance for these people, would It!
The long. brilliant days, the clear, salty
air from the sea, the hower-scented air
from the surrounding hills do not sug
gest the immediate necessity of doing
anything very theoretically. or at any
/ definite time. Toulon itself is a most
attractive place, the most important
military and naval port of France. II is
a snug little harbor. for the Straits of
| Gibraltar keep it from having any per
ceptible rise and fall of tide, and the
water seems much clearer and cleaner
than any I eyer saw at home. 1t is full
of boats Of all kinds, "a the streets
of the city are fun of sailors OF all
| kinds. In spite Of the fact that there
are many Americans here, the little old
state of Vermont seems farther away
than ever.
The flowers are beautiful beyond
any words Of mine to describe-sweet
alyssum and daffodils and ionquils
grow wild and anemones of puppies and
pinks and yellows as big ss roses. In
the flower market this morning, a
woman offered TO sell me literally an
armful of carnations for less than five
| cents. She offered me also a beautiful
bunch of forget -me-nots and little liz
she guess how she made me see a piece
OF road not far from the Booker farm.
"The trees are wonderful, too. The
figs have not yet come into leaf, but
peach and almond and cherry are ex
travagantly in blossom and the dusky
olive orchards are beginning to bud
Palm trees, huge old fellows, are every
where and eucalyptus. bamboo, parasol
pines and, in the height OF their bloom,
the fragrant bay trees and the exotic
mimosa. No. nothing suggests Vermont
very much, but she is not forgotten.
Jane dropped her ball in the restau-
rant where we were eating the other
day. and she said. Thank YOU to the
man who picked II up for her. Well.
he said. Tim glad 30 hear American spo-
KEN and she said she was, % The
next question was, Of course, as to.
what part OF the United States she
came from and when she named Water
bury. VT. the man looked positively
faint. I'm from Rutland county. Yer
mont. myself he said. and so is my
friend here. The friend found his voice
then and this what be said: Do you
know Prank lamb He was a Mr.
K from Poultney, but had often
been in Waterbury, he said He wa a
guest Of the first gentleman, making an
auto trip through the Riviera Tere's
Just one country in the world TO live
in, said the owner - the auto, and
I'm going hack 70 Il next month Why
wouldn't miss seeing spring c1n.e
over the Vermont hils for az the