Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-16

/ ahovs' over there, isn't II! Iney are
.hserful and jolly and brave and fine,
"a they can tell US so little, OF where
49, are and what they are doing. re.
'.,,.a this letter recently from one OF
Az men in the Fifth Regiment Of Ma.
.,,.s Il was written before our men got
,r,o action and it's mighty clever. 1t
..rered several pages of typewriter paper
.,d vet IL did not tell thing. The writer
a. with Headquarters. and has quite
h,, IN do with the writing OF what hap
..,s over there, for us all. He says
=, receives our paper and laughs over
~o,cv's stories, which is gratifying, isn't
q, To think that some of Nancy's non
.,rse has brought cheer to any of our
men. mn,
The letter says in part: Although I
,.d decided to summer in France, some
,rs decided so quickly for me that hac
90 time even to decide as TO my ward.
,obe much less give farewell dinners
ITS still comfortably warm here during
,,e days, but quite cold at nights. Any.
.av II is sufficiently late in the season
N cause me to think about the winter.
"r haven't quite decided just what TO
Al think I'll spend a few weeks In
paris and | suppose winter in Marseilles,
or possibly take a run over to southern
rtalv or possibly down to Spain. It's
really an awful nuisance to have to think
about these things, especially as I'm not
depending on Cooks this year. Oh, Iaaws!
There is, however, just one annoying
thing about the whole business, and that
is instead Of Cooks I've got another firm
looking out for me. I'm sure they don't
make I'D nearly ,uch an attractive pro-
gram. but during these times of war
there are a lot of things which have to
be done which are not to our liking.
UTNHE people I'm referring to is an
i organization called the Marine Corps
and you'd be surprised how they make
I'D their minds to do things whether you
like It or not, and, what's worse, you
have to do likewise. In other words,
everything is decided for you and they
don't even bother to ask If il meets with
your approval or not. And for that reu-
son III ullictlutu "ldl III Sums w
do or, 10 be more exact, haven't been
told yet what am to decide upon.
However. annoying as this seems TO
me- there are several redeeming FEATURES.
One of them is that 1t saves you all sorts
Of worry, bother about time tables, hotei
arrangements, etc, as we'll as money.
Then again you're absolutely forbidden
4.
you develop the proper viewpoint df
you don't they'll develop it for you), as
Il saves you from the various tempta-
tons, as you may well know!!!
900 ALTOGETHER I'm having a per-
~ fectly lovely time, and am sorry
.ou're not here to enjoy 1t also. 1t would
| such relief to you, | know, to sit down
ild be able to write the Nancy Wynne
c llumn without bothering what to put
In it, that would be all doped out
for you. OF course you wouldn't dare to
mention names OF places, names Of per-
sons or anything of that sort, but II
would make the column wildly exciting.
Every one would be specuiating who was
meant and what they did and where they
went and who they entertained, and
there'd be so much speculation about
who's who and why. the paper would
double, nay. triple, it's circulation.
1T might run something like this: The
A. VS. left last week for Fort
H, where they are visiting their SON
inlaw. j F. S. = has been
staying down in c.. I wonder who
Is the attraction? Can it be the old
affair is on again? X II has just
come home from C Nj, where
she has been visiting her fiance, and
T. c. spent quite time at Camp
NJ with Mrs. C. who every ono
Gays is going to be her mother.in.law!.!! !!
The -. OF -, leave today for their
visit with the q forgot to put In the ticks
TOR a moment IS at -, and later
hey will go to for n months
stay Lovely, wot? cSome real guesses
IN that, too remarks Nancy, soto voce)
But them is the rules. so what can
ono DO? And YOU know this Is entirely
inherent from a newspaper office wherein
one may at times give vent to ones tenn.
perament and tell ones readers just
where they get off,
The fact that I'm writing this letter
should be sufficient indication that I'm
~ell AS to where am. where I've been.
where and when I'm going. when we go
INTO the trenches and the exact time this
war will end--all Of that you'll have to
fead between the lines, which know
YOU are perfectly able to do. Anyway,
you'll have to do your best, for the cen.
soF absolutely won't allow me to tell you
any OF these things. So there you ars.!!!
Thers's lot more. but it might not
interest you as much as It interested me, |
70 III spare you; but isn't it great to know
'aat they are In such good spirits and
"lely over there? Please God, they
VIII come safely back!
MRS. STEWART --URTs' dancing
AVA class will start It's series for the
season tonight at Asher's. and there will
oe quite few informal dinners before
my meeting. Mrs. Henry Jeanes will en-
.eftain for her niece, Elizabeth Morgan,
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Reed Morgan
air and Mrs. Horatio Wood viii enter
'A'h Tar their niece, Annabella Wood
.ho Mrs. Alexander Brinton Coke will
,n'eftain !. for her granddaughter. Sophia
farnal.
ihs committee of boys In charge Of