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Show hydTpark news I HYDE PARK, May 'J. Interests correspondence comes from ono or our young men, Mr Ivan II. Huncey. , son of Mrs. Mary llancey, who Is Bta-' tioned In Trance with tho American 'Expeditionary Force. Mrs. Ilance is the proud mother of two soldiers. Leslie is the other son who has been in the scrvlco and hat. recently returned re-turned home. Ivan is now located in Bonnet, France. Kxtracts from som of his recent letters follows: . I have been to Dororlny today and am going to tell you a little of what I sees there. Wo made the trip In motor trucks bo It 'was made not much of on effort to get there. We visited the home of Joanne D Arc, seen tho bedroom where she slept most all her life. Wo were In all the rooms of the building aui I as-sure as-sure yon I found them Very Interesting. Interest-ing. On the interior the house has been repaired some but Is in a pretty good state of preservation, Tho rooms are filled with paintings, statues sta-tues and banners. 1 Wo also visited tho old chuich sho used to worship in. It is still used nnd has u very pretty interior although al-though I havo seen moie beautiful places. From here wo visited' tho 'new cathedral, built upon tho spot 'jeanno D' Arc' is supposed to havo received her vision. This church is not fully completed but tho pait that U erected is furnished both Inside. and out and Is most beautiful 'lucre are six paintings on tho Interior wall of tho chapel depicting her career from tho time sho received her vision j until sho was buincd at the stake at Rowen. I passed through Rowcn a tew duys after landing at La Harvc. 'l havo visited ulmoBt all tho princi pal places connected with her life except ex-cept Orleans. "I read of tho death of President SmlUi and ox-President Roosevelt. I stood at attention by a statue whllo 1 twenty-one guns were fired on the 'day of President Roosevelt's funoral. "Everything Is high priced over here. For a tin o'f sardines costing flvo cents we pay tho equivalent of fifty cents, fifteen contq for an orange or-ange about the size of u plum." In a' letter under a lattor date be Bays: "It looks rikc we will havo to stay here for some time yet. Wo aro now installing an electric lighting system in Bonnet. We will generate our own electricity and when wo get tho Bjsteni finished we will show Bonnet what electric lights look like. I am sure thoro aro a great many people hero who have never Been them. It is soldom we see a place wlta a lawn, no shade trees or anything very nt-tiactlve. nt-tiactlve. The houses stand on tho edge of tho narrow Htreetu and most of them ore joined together. If one enters the houco you nearly always havo to go through tho barn as tho house, barn, chicken coup, pig pen and wagon abed are all in one. Tho cesspool Is UBUsally on tho ground In front of tho front door or window. win-dow. I don't know whether I can fin lsh writing now or not, bocauBO 1 havo throo little French girls hanglne around becauso I havo a box of cakes ' It la rather told now. We wash ant shave In the public wash house iitnl the woiik-ii of Bonnet beat the dlit out of their clothes with paddlua In Ice cold water. Quite Interesting' when, fifteen or twenty women kneel down around the stone icservolr and stand splashing' and talking nt the same time. I imagine I can see you folks doing washing in such a man ncr. I think I have learned to wash like the women of Bonnet so when I come homo I'll take clothes up to the old ditch and beat hell, or I mean the dirt, out of them with a board. ' ''It takes four men a good naif day to kill a hog. When the hog Is slucka woman holds a., pan under the wound, which Is about as bU as I VI a darning needle could make and catches tho blood, stirring it at the same time, while Mr. Hog la squealing squeal-ing as loudly aslils vocal organs will permit Everything Is saved, and 1 believe, eaten. I "I have been on guard the pan four hours at the power house and must get ready to go to school 1 do not care very much about tl-'t school as It Is a signal school. Sonic of tho boys think it more of a punishment pun-ishment than a schooling. I i:. unsigned un-signed up for a schooling alotu; vocational vo-cational lines. The course lasti (t throo months which will help pa.'s the tlmo away. Orlo, son of Mr. uid Mrs. R. II. Hyde, is still driving a Ford but expects to teach tho vo.'.i tlonal school In the ear future." I Mr. llancey says he feels fine and Is In tho best of health but anxloui to return to Antciiea. Ho Is stal.tni cd with headquarters company of the 3G2nd Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Lorln Lamb arj rejoicing re-joicing over tho safo arrival of V.v Ir first baby, a girl. Tho relatlvos of Grandpa Cash met at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Leo In honor of Mr. Cash's 89i birthda). the last day of Apt II. Light refreshments were served. Although Mr Cash 1b advanced In yea is ho enjoys en-joys health to bo envied by many ounger men. He Is Jovial and optimistic, op-timistic, keeps posted on current events ev-ents nud converses on modern problems pro-blems with an Intelligence that Is reinarkable. Mr.. Moses Jensen recently return ed from a business trip to Idaho Fa! Is and vicinity. |