Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-15

nszrsNsssss 8, boy"
v.,r weeks after the arrival Of that let
. !, received an invitation from the wife
n an Aberdeen University professor TO
-, her for a few days So I hope that
shsss impressions Of The Granite City"
! I'M catch the eye of my old Scottish friend
+. !. phlladelphIa, and he viii. know that I
have not forgotten
+, sI,,s a far cry to Aberdeen" as the guide
i\Asoks say A long. uncomfortable journey
~e~,m London with no Pullman cars, no
q .ss,,ar sleepers, no conveniences en- route.
E snd--in war time-no food, except what
- carries with one in the train
SCENERY SUPERB
pnt the scenery Is beyond compare.
RI MYERS mountains. moors and lochs are all
around and the little train puffs It's fussy
A vav up heathery hills and round precipitous
4 corners such as one finds only in Bonnie
gcotland.
when Edinburgh Is left behind. when the
4 winding Forth is crossed and the Grampian
& Maintains appear In view, the air takes
4 eudden keen tang" It's the first breath
q Al the Highlands. And when one reaches
4 Aberdeen, the Granite City of the North. the
r.lt air and the heather moors commingle
\ % produce an air as "heady" as cham
. payne.
YORK hard and they think hard. And above
an. they fight hard.
For Aberdeen is the home of that most
hmous Highland regiment. the gallant Cor
dons The Gay Gordons," they are called
n Flanders. And Aberdeen is irrevocably
certain that the Gordons are going to win
The war.
WITH TARTANs FLYING
They are splendid-looking men. Today I
watched a company of them march through
the windy streets, tartans flying. kits
( swinging. heads up. their pipers blowing the
pipes until one might fear that their lungs
would crack from the exertion.
This city," said my friend the profess
~. SIS permeated with the Gordon spirit.
and that spirit was never stronger that it Is
,cday We are a solid wedge of the war
De Gordon wedge-the granite wedge"
We are going to win. Our great and
miami company OF hghters-the Gay Cor
dons-all marched out of this city with one
1xed purpose-to win the war. Thousands
3 md thousands have swung down the streets
% the stirring strains Of The Cock O. the
North and thousands are still going.
hsener, more avid than ever Look out OF
hat window, and contradict me II you
s hrel"
Msekly looked out of the indicated win
! low From the street below came the mad
1krlr OF the pipes and the tramp. tramp or
many feet The Gay Gordons were on the
march
The professor cleared his throat. Hun
dreds and hundreds are coming back to US.
halt lame, tattered and torn" said he. but
all they need Is the Highland air of Aber-
deen-their home-to bring the bloom OF
health TO their cheeks. Then back they
eo-brave lads to face the guns again.
he wiped his spectacles surreptitiously, for,
tespte fierce manner, the professor has
NE kndest Of hearts.
Tt Is not the foolish. fighting spirit. In
ths strong country of the Gordons the war
{ vas never popular with us. But we knew II
>ls necessary. and that we were fighting
not for our own freedom, but for the free-
som Of civilization"
we are thinking people. This we
nousht and this we knew and for this we
ne shedding our best blood and making
ncrinces willingly. There has never been
- kightest hesitation with us. We have
nzrsd on with this idea uppermost: What
efH II costs, II must be DONE"
WARS COST HEAVY
10 Aberdeen the cost of war. both In
bod and gold, has been vsry heavy. Yet
nssa are bright. and spirit Of optimism Is
Werywhere.
Il Is habitat Of farming. a harbor of
~ gentler arts, ,thb Granite City OF the
&ortk From the siangor Of its big streets
ne can retire 70 the quiet haven OF the
= olleEe where the young followers Of arts
~ divinity ,dssd TO foregather. but which
bow Is strsAgely silent.
For Ayts and Divinity have buclSled on
ne svsfd That famous scholar. Principal
Veone Adam Smith. has now become a
.pai OF war. Marischal College. de-
VEG % medicine and science. has a new
menclature. Martial College"
-, s'sae Is booming. Patriotic Aberdeen ID
M remarkably prosperous.
~. 10 the busy streets the women are
"N"s' They are all, TO a woman. carry