The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-21
How They Celebrated
IN Patterson.
~ Helen Wurzlow

II
n..ce, Victory! Democracy
=. az soon as the last German
tned his name to our peace nego
~. these words carted around the
..r,d The whoop of joy began in
rance and in spite of the old pro.
..rb. this glorious news travelled
.....r than any disastrous tidings
q. aver reached us. The work OF
destruction stopped. The awful
~ and crash of cannon, the whiz-
llwo II bombs and shrapnel, the the
rndous nervous tension of waiting
a. death, the horrible slaughter and
rhine of warfare, all stilled in one
nomcnt. The spirit Of silence
veipns supreme. Then from the very
h.art of the earth breaks forth a
,hout that grows and grows in vol
ume until the whole earth has raised
i. voice in one paeon of relief, joy
and thanksgiving fhat the war il
over.
Bill Hohenzollern has fled! Ger
many is republic! The noise of
hattie is hushed, but no din could
wer equal that caused by the spirit
II exultation on this eleventh day
II November, 1918. See! Red,
white and blue lights in No Mans
Land. Hear the thunderous roar of
SIMON. and bombs-but you can
tell BY their very note that it is one
n cheer and not of death.
Xmas! New Year! The glorious
Fourth! Thanksgiving! All rolled
into one great holiday. Fire-crack-
m, brass bands, flags, parades,,
peeches, cheers, noise!!!
About seven o'clock Monday
morning someone yelled right out
ade my window. "The wars overw
4 think he was speaking to someone
aeross the street, but / am sure they
hard him in Morgan City, I'm
nsdiately, the whole town was out,
md before you could turn the
whole street was filled with flags
md bunting. Everyone had grabbed
he first noise making machine with
h reach (anything passed the CEN
scr except German silver.) Auto
mobiles raced Up and down; boy
scouts paraded the streets, ready to
Get in line; and Red Cross uniforms
we're conspicuously in evidence.
The logical point was Williams
mill, and there everyone fell in line
tor the parade. The boy scouts. in
regular formation, escorted the Red
Cross organization whose line of
march formed the symbol of their
ordef-the cross. Young people
cannot possibly keep still on such
occasions, and their snake dance was
one Of the liveliest and most effec-
we features of the parade. ALI the
organizations and workmen (who
eeuld work on Victory Day?) form
= ranks and the whole joyous pro-
eeeslon marched down Main Street
1.-THE Texas Oil Company's square.
speech! Speech! Speech! First, |
e 9. s. Williams, who acted as
nrman, ably addressed his fellow
nens. Come on. Mr.. Rogers, do
yeur share. Everybody responded
.oyousiy to this patriotic appeal.
= boudreaux contributed his opti-
&C lecture on war and the flu. |
sstner Sassebiau sincerely express
= tne thanks Of the assembly in a
yer OF gratitude that peace had !
J. last come to US. The colored pop
.llon Of Patterson showed its
sady and willing cooperation thru
y ech Of DR.. Murray. Turnout
8 operations, the bombardment
i we town with firecrackers was
.ceassnt.
Ane whole day was one Of cele-
s.on and good cheer, yet war is
And even in our hour Of su-
e delight, we bowed our heads
severence and respect for those