TRANSCRIBED FROM THE HOT SPRINGS NEW ERA SEPTEMBER 14, 1918 P. 3
Mrs. M. J. Ault,
Dear Mother:
I will write you a few lines today to let you know I am well and hope you are the same.
I am in France now and this is a beautiful country, but the people are sure queer to us boys. The women dress like the old time pictures and do look funny to me. I saw a party of them washing some clothes yesterday; they were all gathered round a hole of water they had made good and soapy, and were all washing together. They had little wooden boxes that they got in on their knees, and taking scrub brushes and a battling stick were just flailing the clothes terribly—it sure did look funny to me. Most of the little boys wear waist and pants, then an apron over them.
Well, Mamma, when I see you again, I will be able to tell you a lot about this country you do not know.
With love and best wishes, I remain your son,
Edward S. Ault,
Co. C., 154th Inf., 39th Division, A.E.F., via New York.
NOTES: Edward Lee Ault was writing to his mother. He was born on December 26, 1893 in Hot Springs Arkansas and died on March 17, 1975 in Hot Springs. He is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in, Hot Spring. His military headstone identifies him as a Cook US Army serving in World War I. (The editor apparently misread his middle initial.)
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
Mrs. M. J. Ault,
Dear Mother:
I will write you a few lines today to let you know I am well and hope you are the same.
I am in France now and this is a beautiful country, but the people are sure queer to us boys. The women dress like the old time pictures and do look funny to me. I saw a party of them washing some clothes yesterday; they were all gathered round a hole of water they had made good and soapy, and were all washing together. They had little wooden boxes that they got in on their knees, and taking scrub brushes and a battling stick were just flailing the clothes terribly—it sure did look funny to me. Most of the little boys wear waist and pants, then an apron over them.
Well, Mamma, when I see you again, I will be able to tell you a lot about this country you do not know.
With love and best wishes, I remain your son,
Edward S. Ault,
Co. C., 154th Inf., 39th Division, A.E.F., via New York.
NOTES: Edward Lee Ault was writing to his mother. He was born on December 26, 1893 in Hot Springs Arkansas and died on March 17, 1975 in Hot Springs. He is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in, Hot Spring. His military headstone identifies him as a Cook US Army serving in World War I. (The editor apparently misread his middle initial.)
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT