The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-08-22

ana nave Detn on the mop ever since
All records for attendance and en-
thusiasm have been broken and
should hate 10 say how many meals
were served. We shall know later on
when the slips are checked up. We
had a flag raising at 10 o'clock with
the Band OF the Irish Guards TO play
the Star Spangled Banner, some stunt
when you know that the Irish Guards
are one Of the three crack regiments
OF royal guards-and incidentally we
had movies" Of the flag raising and
il ever they get TO the States Ill lose
my reputation there for | was doing a
perfect Dervish Dance in order TO get
some action into the picture. 1t has
been a very successful day in every
way, and the spontaneous enthusiastic
cooperation on the part Of the Lon
don people was beautiful to see. A
part of our celebration was a big base
ball game and it was attended by the
King and Queen and the Royal family,
thus officially sanctioning the celebra-
tion of what has always been describ-
ed in England as an Act Of Rebel
lion," namely the Declaration Of In
dependence" And by the way, | had
an opportunity of taking run out for
a bit this afternoon Zone of the oflic
ial auto drivers for the Y. NJ. c. A.
asked me to go down to the game. OF
course could not stay but came right
back with her, but | did see the be-
ginning of the game and | went into
the house of the Duke of Norfolk in
which George the 3rd first saw the
light. History is certainly not re-
peating itself now for one George is
trying very hard to correct the mis-
takes of namesake predecessor of
his. Another interesting fact is that
in st. James Square, the fashionable
location of this Norfolk House where
George the 3rd was born, the Ameri-
can Y. M. C. A. have just opened a
Hut or Inn for American Officers and
have called it the Washington Inn.
Poor old George the Stupid would
have had fit if he coould have fore
seen any such thing. There is stat
ue of George the 3rd in the city here
and one of Washington, and one has
only to look at the two statutes to see
which one was the man and which the
imbecile. But the genuine enthusiasm
of the London people was fine. 1t
seemed like a sure enough English
holiday. A Londoner said to me that
he had not seen SO many flags flying
since the last coronation, and there
were surely as many U. S. flags as
there were British, from Parliament
buildings and from Buckingham Pal
ace itself and by the way, the King or
his chamberlain gave us 100 beds in
the Riding School of the Palace for
the use Of our overflow boys. 1t has
been great day and | am tired. |
am enclosing the little flag that have
worn all day. | have something fun
ny to tell you about that Buckingham
Palace sleep, but | won't try to tell
it now for | must go to bed and to
sleep.
Saturday Night.
Another adventurous day. 1t began
with the King and Queens 25th we'd
ding anniversary and the whole Royal
family passed the Hut enroute for St.
Paul's Cathedral this a. m. for cell
ebration in semi-state array, and | ran
down to the Temple Bar just block
or so away to witness the observance
Of the old custom of the King receiv-
ing the sword of the city of London
from the Lord Mayor Of London as a
token of his (the Lord Mayors
granting permission to the King to
enter the city. The Temple Bar
stands on the line between the old
city of London and the city Of West
minister and in the city Of London the
Lord Mayor is supreme theoretically
at least) and whenever the King visits
the City Of London officially or semi
state, this old custom is observed. It
was very gorgeous affair. Will tell
you more later.
Then this afternoon early ! went
by invitation TO wedding, my first in
England. One of our night workers
was married, Miss Mcbride. Note
the enclosed song sheet which was
used to sing from during the cere-
mony. A nice little wedding with a
reception afterward in the church par
lors at which time | responded to a
toast drunk lin lemonade) "to the men
absent at the front" She has broth
er and nearly everyone present had
some friend or relative in France. So
you see have been dissipating, albeit
went as representative Of the Hut.
Figures are now coming in from our
auditors and indicate that we served
1861 meals in the Hut during the "a
hours Of the 4th Of LnlY. Some husl-