Show RESEMBLE ACRES OF LILIES visitors bors beautiful description of the american cemeteries in france exquisite in uniformity though american relatives usually want to plant flowers on the graves ot of their sons or brothers in the american army cemeteries in france an army ruling forbidding this has been adhered to the cemeteries a uniform stretch of green grass with white crosses look like acres of white lilies according to miss elsie goddard a wellesley graduate who has returned to this country after having had supervision of the Y W C A 11 rest huts built for tile the comfort of relatives visiting the graces in four of the american cerne cemeteries sri in france at ferstl first every one wants to plant flowers on the grave they love says miss goddard but they soon see that the army ruling rating keeps the cemeteries most beautiful and impressive because of the uniformity cut flowers can be placed oo on graces grav ia and flowers can be planted in the flower beds near by but not on the graves the french people who are eager to decorate the graves in some parts are often surprised at this ruling but our cemeteries as cared tor for are wonderfully impressive aft ter visiting them few americans want to take the bodies of their boys home though they have been determined to do it before they came the Y IV 0 A and red cross combine in maintaining rest huts at romagne bony t belleau woods and fere en no matter liow how prepared a mother and father are for what they expect to see the first sight of the field of american graces overwhelms them i says miss goddard God |