Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-28
Ma" Mcdonald Tells
Of Doing" New York


Lyman Mcdonald familiarly known
as Mae among his friends in Sa-
lem, has written the following letter
to Dan f. Langenberg, telling of a
short furlough he had and his "doing'
Of New York. He writes
Hampstead, L. l., Mar. 20, rs.
Dear Dan: We have had furlough
for four days so | postponed writing
until L returned as we were ON the go
all the time New York is a wonderful
city and for the time we had at our
disposal l think we saw about as much
of it as it was possible to see, i'll that
length of time. The people here treat
us better than any place we have been
stationed and they Go lot to help the
soldiers enjoy themselves while they
are here. 1t is very fitting that they
do as it is the last American city we
will see for some little time and it is
gratifying to the soldiers to be sent
away with the good wishes of so many
people. Three of the boys and myself
went to town together and took lodg-
ing at the west side Y. NJ. C. A. They
have banner over the door reading,
- Your uniform is your pass,' and
they extended us every privilege and
courtesy OF the place. They also gave
us passes to several places of interest
and we surely enjoyed ourselves to the
full extent The first day we went to
the top of the Woolworth building and
it is truly a wonderful sight to look
out over the city and harbor from
there. 1t is magnificent building
and is elegantly finished throughout
the interior From there we took in
lower Broadway and Wall street and
the district of the tall skyscrapers. The
Battery at the very end of the city is
interesting and contains the aquarium
where one can see every kind of fish
imaginable.
The next day we visited Central
Park, located in the heart of the up
town district 1t was Sunday morning
and the park was full of New York
"society - on horse back, of course
there is nothing green now but 1t is a
beautiful place and when the shrub
berry and trees leaf out it would be
much more so. From there we went
down town and took a Fifth avenue
bus for a ride up Fifth avenue and
Riverside drive, along the Hudson; on
this ride we saw the soldiers and sail
ors monument and Grant S tomb, as
well as a great number of the resi-
dences Of New York millionaires. They
have large buses with seats on top, and
as the weather was ideal, it was very
enjoyable trip. That evening we went
to the Hippodrome and saw wonder
full show 1t has the largest stage | ev-
er saw. Most of the scenes depicted
some phase of the nations stand in
the war and were beautifully staged.
Imagine full sized locomotive pulling
a train onto the stage and transport
loaded with soldiers pulling away
from a dock That was one of the
scenes we saw. Another feature was a
pageant depicting the growth of the
nation from the time of Columbus
down to Wilson.
The next day we took in Brooklyn
and, then came back to New York and
went out to the geological gardens. We
saw every kind of animal imaginable,
there being about five thousand of |
them in the park.
/ received the package alright and
everything was fine, Many thanks, |
Dan, for all of the good things you
sent. We have been drilling very stead
lily lately. Today we put in a full day
ending up with nine mile hike with
our packs on our backs.
1t looks now as though our depart
ure will be delayed as several of the
men in our squadron are still held in
quarantine and probably will be there
for several days yet. Had it not been
for the quarantine we probably would
have been across by now.
The weather has been all that could
be desired for the past week and we
like it much better here than either
Waco or San Antonio l looked for
ARM 5 name in the directory, thinking
1 might see Tom 0rdeman, but I did
not find it in the directory and didn t
find time to look him up I received |
copy of the Elklet yesterday and read
it with interest, 1t was addressed to 1
Waco and forwarded on to me. pre- |
sumo you have. by this time. gotten up /
courage enough to ride with the ''lady !
chauffeurs and trust you escaped