Well, this was a day. Went to get our dress tried on and it took all of the morning. Then we went to see the oldest church “Notre Dame” (The Church of Our Lady). It certainly is a wonderful building. The outside is covered with life-sized statues. On one side are the five foolish and five Wise Virgins. On the other side is the road to Hell and to Heaven.
We saw a funeral. The hearse is like a rack and the coffin is a rough box. The priests walk by its side all the way and the Sisters keep saying a prayer. The mourners have no carriages but all walk to the cemetery.
Then home for lunch and to work on the books for the huts. There was five hundred fifty books and we handled them six times. That took the rest of Thur. At seven we had dinner then to a walk around the block. Went to our room and to bed at about ten. Got up at about seven and ate at eight.
Diary of a World War I Donut Girl 