The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-04
Pensacola High
School Girl in
Washington

The big thing to write about this
time is the closing Of the Second
Liberty Loan campaign. All through
the week, at all the prominent cor
ners, you could see folks making
speeches to induce buyers to "come
across" There were lot of movie
stars in town helping the work,
among them Marguerite Clark. They
certainly drew the crowds.
Today is 'tMcAdoo Day." The stores
and government buildings all closed
to honor the treasurer's return from
the Liberty Loan campaign, and in
the afternoon there was an open air
reception and band concert for him. I
never saw such mob in my life.
Washington Is crazy over him, and
everywhere he is heralded as, "Our
next President, Mr.. McAdoo.'
The war spirit is running high in
Washington. I attended a patriotic
band concert few days ago at the
treasury building, given by the Great
Lakes Training Station band, COM
posed of two hundred and fifty
pieces, and lead by the famous Sousa.
The theatre and moving picture
houses, with their orchestras of ten
to thirty pieces, play nothing but the
new patriotic airs, as Over There"
Where Do We Go From Here?"
"Joan dare" and "Sons of America.
Another thing that is helping to
make the war seem more real, is the
various shortages, or "famines," that
now seem to be becoming acute. The
stores here are only allowed to sell
two pounds of sugar to customer.
!, and each person is supposed to limit
himself to one ounce of sugar per day.
It is reported that when the supply
now In town is exhausted there will
be no more until January. Also there
. is quite a coal famine in Washington.
Yesterday Mr.. D went to sew
eral coal dealers and finally secured
the promise of one ton in about two
weeks. They have about half a ton
left froL- last year, and that will
freeze to death. Everyone tells me
to "Cheer:qp, the worst is yet to
Am working hard at the University.
We always have two themes a week
in Rhetoric and sometimes three.
Think of it.! One month in P. Fl. S.
used to nearly set me wild. My first
three themes came back today. / was
scared green. The Deans secretary
had told me not to be discouraged If
my marks on them were low as they
are corrected by one of the Washing
ton Star men. Each was marked
"B" GO to 95), so I am delighted.
It}is not call work and no play" at
the University. Wednesday night
the Woman's Club gave its first en-
tertainment. The old girls each took |
a new one. Each class gives a |
'stu1t" as they call it, and then a |
dance. It is real funny the way the |
girls give their boyless dances. The /
girl that took me, Betty VOORHEES,. al !
20 invited me to spend the night with !
her. j did. They have a most won |
ierfu mansion out in the swell part
IF town. Her father is big man
at the Bureau of Engraving and her |
mother holds some office with the !!
District Of Columbia chapter Of the |
Red Cross. Maybe didn't keep my
AM going to a dance Thursday
night, q real dance. One of the boys
,fraternities at the University is Civ
ing it. The only trouble is I wouldn't
know the boy 1 am going with from
Adams housecat. One of my school
friends is going with his brother so
she has invited the three of us to din
.ner at her home and from there we
go to the dance.
Can hardly wait. These new pa
ssttriotic airs are awfully good to dance
by. n