Show from one of our soldier boys in france ivan miles who 13 with the american expedition irv forces in france writes to hia sister in this city partly as follows I 1 hope you worry very much when you hear from me for some time ve had a fairly good trip and no accidents I 1 bot a little sei sick of course but not enough to lay me up I 1 am feeling fane now and hope to continue to feel that way it is very damp here as it rains every day nearly I 1 will he a frenchman when I 1 come back I 1 guess as fur as language is concerned I 1 dont want to copy some of their davs which I 1 will tell yon about when I 1 corn home the poorer class of people here wear wooden shoes and all of the little boys and some of the women and young girls smoke we have a Y M C A here where we can go when we get a chance to write and see a picture show it sure sterrs rood to get to talk to an american gal one feels out of place when he goes to town and hears nothing but french spoken I 1 hope to be able to speak it myself someday donald donald and I 1 are both acting as messengers now and like it pietta good |