World War I Collection

(front) 11. Menton --- Pont Saint-Louis -- Poteaux frontieres Collection A. Bettini

(back) Italian Border.

April 17 '19

Motored out from Nice to the Italian border. Spent the fornoon in Monte Carlo.

Miss H. Engebretsen, 1331 Grove St., Berkeley, California U.S.A.

it & I only hope that you may vallud you so that you could enjoy yourself. Of course we are bouyed up with hope of you getting home soon — It was nice of that Dr to give you a chance to go down to the base hospital.

You will enjoy all that beautiful country though — Lately Mother sent me a most interesting letter written by that cousin Kathleen Pautun from Nice — describing Monte Carlo & the Alps, on hers — & going to Nectwler if Italy is — She was at Nice in luventher — I hope you will keep well

and we, apprarantly, are going to humor some politician who has waved a big stick. I am not especially enthusiastic about going but as it will be the farthest north that I have been in fourteen months it may be quite a relief. But "quien sabe" como se dicen los espanoles.

I have never been in Cannes or Nice as you thought. I have been in Europe but only in Gibraltar, Algeciras, and Naples as far as the Mediterranean coast is concerned. No Monte Carlo.

spoke is it? I can see it could be a great temptation to go if you were given the chance but unless [underlined] you went very [underlined] soon indeed it would delay your coming home in time for fall term of college would it not? How delightful it must have been to see Monte Carlo & the Italian border - interesting beyond words - & I am so glad you got the Kodac [Kodak] so that