The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-12-23
TAKES WOMEN
TO COUNTRIES
OF OLD WORLD
MRS. WIGTIL SKETCHES HIGH
LIGHTS OF EUROPE AT
CLUB MEETING

ioot VCOh, MIS-. WAY llle w lSIl
talked entertainingly of the trip
which she and Miss Sue Laterell
took to the American Legion con
vention at Paris and through Eur
ope. In order to save congestion
and confusion, travellers from the
various states were grouped, some
to take passage from one port and
some from another. In this way
it came about that Montana and
other north border states left from
Montreal The Wolf Point girls
would have preferred to sail from
New York on the Leviathan. The
ship on which they sailed was the
Montcalm. They found the other
passengers very sociable and
there were many ways in which
one could find amusement. The
evenings could be spent in dane
ing and card playing. During the
day there were tennis games and
other sports on deck, with tourn-
aments arranged for the final days
of the voyage. The ship orches-
ira played during every meal and
there was concert every after
noon. Food was served six times
a day: at in the morning, 10:30;
noon; 400 pm; 600 PM; and
1870 pm. OF course part of
these were only light lunches.
The White Buffalo
An interesting passenger on the
boat was the white buffalo which
the City of Buffalo, N. Y, was
sending as a gift to the President
of France. Like many of the peo-
pie aboard ship, the buffalo be-
came seasick, and those in whose
charge it was feared that it would
not survive the trip. But it did.
The Town Pump
The travellers arrived at Liver
pool on Sept. 8. From England
they crossed the channel to
France, landing at Havre. A noti-
ceable feature of that city, and
one which attracted the attention
of Americans, particularly those
who are used to having water
piped into their homes, was the
city pump. Women standing in
line waiting for their turns at the
pump, chatting as they waited or
women carrying heavy pals of
water. All of them wearing bed
room slippers. 1t was a surprise
to our travellers not to see the |
wooden shoes which they had be-
lieved to be common in Europe |
Nowhere that they went did they
find the peasants wearing wooden |
shoes, but everywhere they were
wearing bedroom slippers. France |
still wears mourning for her sold
er dead, and because it is the
custom of the country to wear |
for relatives as far re-
moved as second cousins, black .
crepe arm or hat bands were
bands were seen on every hand.
Plenty o; Time
A thing that impressed Mrs.
Wigtil was the leisureliness Of the (
FRENCH There always seemed to
1e plenty of time, time to gossip
around the town pump or while
he community wash was being
lone in the village streams. Time
or the shopkeeper to lock up his
tore from noon until pm. while
lie Strolls home, eats his lunch and
trolls back to his place of busi-
less.
Meals served at little tables on
he sidewalk outside of cafes and
were a novelty to the
who had never visited
france before A big umbrella
'ver the table protected diners
rom sun or rain, but not from
mosquitoes. There appeared to be
10 flies, however.
Money Down, Prices Up
The franc which is commonly
onsidered to be worth 203 cents
5 at the present time worth only
bout &c, and everything is up in
rice correspondingly. Before ar
living in France the Americans
ad their money changed into
rancs and as they docked at
Iavre, they threw handfuls of
oins into the water, and greatly
njoyed watching the youngsters
i've for them.
France, Mrs. Wigtil said, did
in her power to show
er hospitality and make the boys
ave a good time During the
eek of the convention the people
{ Paris walked in order that the {
axis might be at the service of
ne Americans.
French Trains
Continental trains are quite diff
srent from American trains, and l
! many respects the Wolf Point I
iris found them more desirable.
s they had a special route fixed q
p for their side tours, they did
leir travelling by night and their
Ight seeing by day. Mrs. Wig