Captain/Major Harold Ward Correspondence, item 175

• December 12, 2018 02:59:05 Thomas A. Lingner

  the last time we actually saw

  any member of the fair sex was on

  March 4th. The town was very 

  interesting. The houses actually 

  had roofs on & the people - crowds of

  them - were walking about the streets

  with nothing to disturb them. We found

  we could only use the cafés 

  between 12 & 2 pm, & 6 pm & 8. It was

  also a meatless day. However we

  had an excellent lunch with

  roast chicken as the chief dish (not

  reckoned as meat). The table cloth

  was clean & white, the glasses shone 

  & there were clean plates, knives &c.

  for each course. It cost me 20 f

  but for one day in three months

  I thought it was well worth while.

  The shops were very interesting but

  many of the things were dear while

  some were very cheap. I wanted to

  buy lots of things to send home but

  time was short & it is difficult to

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