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Show m A RARE TASTE OF BATTLE LIFE IN FRANCE, THIS "Drink wines of nil kinds at reasonable rea-sonable prices. "Water Polluted; needs boiling or chlorinatlon." That Is tho Information In a letter recelvod by ono of tho offlcors at Fort Douglas from a brother officer "somewhere In Franco." Tho lottor I tells in detail of tho needs of an officer offi-cer on tho othor sldo and thus gives n vivid description of tho llfo of American officers In France. The French cllmato Is described as cool, seldom over 75 or 80 do-grces do-grces F. Advice Is given to bring a good supply of woolen clothing as It Is practically impossiblo to obtain any thero. Stationery Is another of tho luxuries. luxur-ies. Pipes, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, tobac-co, dental floss, tooth pasto, shaving soap, a "housewife," hone, strop, vaseline, should nlso bo takon along. Fruit is good and cheap. Hall arrives and goes forward at varying Intervals and Is censorod. i Cameras must not bo used. Cables to New York cost 6 cents a i word. Amorlcans ..are ..paid ..In ..French money. The oqulralont of fl Is 5.7 francs. |