The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-18
JEAN ELIOTT
LETTER.

SUSAN DEAR. Society generally has
spent most Of tho week nursing sore
feet and sunburned ,noscs-that 10,
svSr since "wednesday. Flag. Day. the
day Of the prepa rodness parade. Never
have I aeon more representative 20.
ciai gathering OF any sort. for every
body almost was in II. Tho first Of the
week was spent preparing for tho pa
rsde. the last recovering from the Of
fccts.
Our sex. Susan. cnfno In for a special
amount of praise concerning their part
and II was big part which they
took In the pageant. As q whole. they
marched much setter than the mon;
their lines were, straishtsr. and they
moved with moro pen" Just between
you and mo. though. fcw--only very
few-did look too funny for wordsi
Preparedness tho Topic
Of AL Conversations.
The entire city has <nikod. dreamed.
and breathed preparedness this week.
Even the small children havo thought
of nothing else. Which quite meets
with my approval. for the young people
should be taught respect for Tag and
country.
IDENTIFY have the same idea for their lit
tie daughter, aged twenty-five months.
showed the results Of such training re-
Gently. 1t was when she was visiting
a portrait Of a man in majors uniform.
marched up to II and saluted It. wish
that you could have seen her, she look
ed so sweet and cunning. Perhaps she
s and her nsef tribute e to Ike Anericsn nag.
when in New York about sixty years
ago. 1t is pretty story, but perhaps
you have heard It,. The frigate 81. Law
renee had just reached New York from
hear the Swedish nightingale sing at
Castle Garden Theater. The next day
they called on her in a body. Their
enthusiasm and graeousness brought
ceptance of a luncheon rendered her.
When she was about to leave the ship,
she looked at the Stars and Stripes and
said: Il wish to salute your flag
When Jennie Lind Sang
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
So standing on the sangway she sang
THE star-spangled Banner" Silently
from all over the ship men gathered
with uncovered heads until every one
was on deck.
Nor were they her only. audience. for
borne upon the still air her song had
been heard by many other vessels near
steamers blew their whistles and cheers
rose from all sides. filling the harbor
with their tribute of applause for the
artist and the flag which she had so
charmingly saluted. ra
After tomorrow Fort Myer will have
nothing on the Barracks for manless
Eden. for some time within the next
twenty-four hours every battalion OF.
the Mexican border. That will only
leave the officers at the Engineer
School behind. Just think. Colonel
Wooten. the. commandant. Is going:
also Capts. Virgil Peterson. Thomas
bridegroom. and Lieuts. Frank Besson,
William Henry Holcombe. another
bridegroom; Mason Young. married just
this week: Alexander Cronkhite. John
Bragdon Douglas Gillette. Earl Paulus.
Edwin Bethel. and Donald Dawson.
be left behind! Also think of the at
tractivc dances which we will miss TX
they all do not get back before fall!
i know II we women could vote. all
this would cause us to do our best
next November to get the man In Of
tice who would End a way to bring our
soldiers and their bands back In time
for the social season. Can you imagine
Washington with brass buttonless
season? l can't.
Mrs. Hodges Torn
BY Conflicting Emotions.
Mrs. Hodges. though. must be torn
both ways. sorry to see her husband
20 to Mexico and glad that a further
effort Is going to be made to protect
American property on the border. for
only last week her fathers place was
raided. Her mother. Mrs. T. A. Cole
man was visiting Captain and Mrs
Hodges at the time. Her father has a
ranch about twenty-five miles north OF
Laredo, Tex. A bunch of Mexican BAN