The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-01
People -s Events e,,ss ;.
By Celia Myrover Robinson
AN OPEN LETTER
Dear Polly:

Dear Polly:
/ am having a wonderful visit in
Pensacola. The air is like wine these
delightful blue and gold September
DAYS. and the welcome am receive
ing is just as cordial. Say what you
viii. there is something about these
Pensacola folks which sets them apart
fro n1the rest Of the world IN the
charm Of their hospitality. 1t does
not make particle of difference If
one is bit grey, and has grown ter
ribly worldly wise by rubbing elbows
with the universe, and just bit caus-
tic from spending much time in trunks
and travel,-when one reaches this
Place o. Dreams, the old friends are
just the same, the atmosphere is just
as warm with friendliness, and youth
comes back to one and even a very
gossipy globe-trotter, like myself,
finds the world sweet, and whole
some and worth while.
have been renewing the most de-
lightful associations and have heard
some things in which / am very sure
you will be interested. You know
when we two were in London, how we
used to wonder about the girls who
had married into the service-the
many Pensacola girls, some of whom
came out about the time we did
others who were in their cradles at
that time.
/ have set myself very busfly to
work, like the gossip that I am, to
learn just where. all these girls are
who have married into army and navy
circles, and I am nightly pleased te
find that without exception they have
married well, as we say in the good
American vernacular, and many d
them are very high IN officialdom.
You remember Marie Taylor? She
was one of the first of the Pensacola
girls to marry into the navy. / was
talking to an old friend of hers to
day.
Her husband, Commander Johr
Willis Greenslade, ranks very high il
the navy. They have made theil
home at Annapolis for years, ant
have two handsome young sons, on,
twelve and one ten years of age
Mrs. Emma Taylor, Mrs. Greenslade'i
mother, makes her home in Annapolis
with her daughter and son-in-law, blu
is expected in Pensacola some tim,
this winter, probably before the hol
days.
Another girl whom you will remem
Der with cordial interest, / am sure
is Maude Fernald Reyes. Her hus
band, Raymond Stedman Reyes, is nov
a Lieutenant Commander in the navy
They have made their home in Phila
delphia for years, which is very de
lightful for Maude, as it is her oil
home. They also have two sens, on
nine years of age, and the other three
Grace SeIlars is another Pensacol
girl whose husband is in the navy, an
with very high rank. Commando
George Brown Bradshaw. command
ing the San Diego. Grace makes he
home at Coronado Beach, very beau
tiful suburb of San Diego, and is yer
popular there, as she always was j
her home city.
I am sure you win be interested i
news of Ethsi Maura Robards. Sh
was, remember, great favorite Q
yours. Her married life was espee
tally beautiful, and its tragic endin
unspeakably sad. Captain Robard
as you viii recall, was thrown fror
his horse in one of the mountain pas
ses at Port au Prince, having bee
among the officers of the Unite
States Marine Corps sent to Haiti I
quell the instruction last Decembe,
Had he lived he would have been pro
NOTED to the rank of Major thi
month. His life was indeed laid dow
forhis country, and it is mark {
that country's appreciation that b
Young widow was appointed by Pres
ident Wilson to position in the nav
department at Washington.
She has dear little son, Bin,
who has been spending the summer i
Texas with relatives of his father.
part of the time was spent with hi
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Robards, IN San Antonio, but mos
of the summer on great cattle ranc
with his uncle md aunt, Mr.. and Mr.
Louis Maverick. He is a handsom
sturdy little fellow, If one may jude
by his photograph.
The Richards were making the
home In Philadelphia at the tin
# the tragic accident, but they ha
pent much time in Havana and Ho1
olulu. where the charm of service lii
is said to be most delightful.